The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-02-05

Coalitions.
The Republic of yesterday goes into the philosophy o.
coalitions and quotes the most inconsistent and eloquent
OF British statesmen 10 enforce the maxim that "when
bad men conspire, good men must co operate"
In regard TO this distinction between unprncpled con-
spiracy and well.principed cooperation, can find
We think, good illustration without going over sea- In
our day we have seen an opposition party which, at the
close oil democratic administration, found the public
policy OF the country settled. to all appearance immuaby
upon the basis OF liberal commercial and financial sys-
TEN, which left no one leading issue open and urgent
before the people, save the question Of slavery in
places under federal urisdicIon and upon this issue
that opposition party, through the unbroken line of
fifteen northern States OF this Union had proclaimed in
every most solemn form of Legislative and conventional
proceeding, certain prouso to be ills cardinal and I'M
changeable doctrine while the party through ff
teen States OF the South in the had pro-
nounced that prouiso TO be fragrant violation Of the con-
stltuon and OF public right Now if, under these cir
cumstances, this opposition party should assemble in
general convention at Philadelphia and without attempt
ing TO declare any principle in common should nominate
for President and Vice President gentlemen from op
posite extremes OF the Union-one OF them southern
STAKEHOLDER, without any record or pledge what
ever, and the other fully recorded, in terms uncon-
uadicted and unqualified, northern abolition
ist-tben Individually, would such coalition pre-
sent prima Jacie such of conspiracy as
honest men should co operate" TO put down II would
be coalition "not fit to be made And the /" special
organ" OF such coalition might wisely pause before
turing TO siigmatize any other coalition as "dihonest
and dsgraceW because nvolues Tie sacrifice of auo,ced
principles" Does the Republic find our meaning to be
clear'
Again; Suppose that the administration placed in
power by such coalition, and formed about equally out
OF Shareholders and antsavery wings. should by their
policy upon the main question involved in their cleo
uon have driven TO desperation The representatives OF
nearly onehalf OF the country, and thus placed our
Union itself In imminent peril and should then by dis.
pensahon oil Providence, at the critical moment
OF that DANGER be called TO reconstruct itself: suppose
The reconstruction should take place under the auspce s
iaPresdent whose record upon that main question still
stood unreaced in his affirmative answer OF 1888 TO the
several lest questions propounded TO him by the Erie
Abolition Society: suppose he should call TO his new
cabinet three men from the North, two of them well
known as abolition wings, freshly record in favor OF
The immediate abolition Of siaperynot the slave trade
~ the District OF Columbia, and The thrd-the head OF
ihe cabne-uy identified for twenty years with every
anl-slavery movement OF any considerable portion OF the
northern wings, and claiming loudly that the proyso
thunder" was chs own" by "paent" right: suppose
hen that this new administration should by 7h Of March
Speeches. Wesichestcr letters signatures proc
amatons, and messages bear itself upon the slavery
issues TO be unquaedy repudaied by the majority of
the wing party in the North, and throw itself into The
arms OF the southern wings, hoping for the aid OF such
democrats might thereby be seduced from their own
party allegiance and principles suppose, say, such
combination OF facts this does il not TO the
Especial organ OF such administration that il ,reads
on very delicate ground when talks about the dishonesty
and Disgrace Of giving "ieod and poiU 10 uhox
Place g P psnena stools sSfaa stools than Official
the Republic for teaching those words Ihey are a"
mos, as good as its republication and defence 70"
weeks SINCE of the Erie letter, wIVe the norme'n ee'
tons were pending.
such are two of the illustrations OF coalitions whicn
our reading Of the recent Pa-no, near 80 lar PACK a'
the srea, Irishmans philosophical pol',cs-suppieS "
us Let us now modesy try to lit the ven OF 'e p'o'
able Ff, and see II we can find anything oil 'he same
scr, there And in so doing we must omit much "excei
len, matter" comprising in New York woody anu
"sye,.yrav" eaucusing at Albany, and in Massachu'
se,ts for MIR Winthrop solid potes. and Tor MI Weos'e'
unsubslantisl laudatonsi
-"Mouth honor, breath -,
Which the poor heart Woud fain deny, BUT pAAh' Sot
Looming M clear and large IN the horizon " -.
whig future stands the capital and cenuh nsu'o "
the conaueror OF Meyico-to his party no" 'a"'s'',
the imam OF destiny" viii they, NIL 'hey' 'ney ",
work the mine OF Mexico once more-hope'eSs'S o"'"
rup, else and even this speculation desperately -
tain is not safe even il it succeed Tor Is No.
Of every man, woman and child IN me la"a. 'a' e.
name. Scot, names in the same breath nies.'' =,
ard. Johnston. and Wade' gloomy ous'"ee -
southern wings. requiring for the construction o ~
plausible coalition in il whatsoever OF ingenuity 49,
forethough, can devise And the worst OF ''e WIZ
thing i. tina, the Taylor experience has got 'pe popu"
eye wide open to the wing fashion OF managing SUI
matters. So the wstchmen who would 'a'" '"ooNe