The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-08-24
A. b. MAGRUDER.



In looking calmly over the political arena, and witness
ing the gradual absorption of the wing party into the pre-
vang sms of the day the conviction forces itself resst-
bly, upon mind that the peace and integrity of the
Union rest with the democratic party If it be true its
me-honored principles if it maintain its nationality, the
country will be safe If it follow the example of the whig
party and, abandoning its nationality, amalgamae with
the sectional factions which striving for the
terry throughout the country the day is far distant
when glorious Union the envy of the world will
be asunder by civil war and violence and booshed
and misery take the place of that peace and prosperity
which have hitherto attended Under these
cumsances the solemn duty of the democratic party
adhere strictly those principles which have SO long
maintained the country in its proud and prosperous posi-
ton and to frown upon every attempt to divide and dis
tract its councils In the language of contemporary
regret to observe disposition in certain quarters of the
State on the part OF portion of the democratic party to
blink the fact of the existence of the political
organization, the members of which style themselves
"know-nothings 1t is omnous either of obquity of
duty resulting from criminal desire tmper with these
people fear of offending them-in both to be
deprecated and in both be attended with dis
asrous results
The democratic party have right take into consd-
eraton in discussing this matter the question of expe
dency. They have right to ask themselves is proper
to nce the opposition of the knownothing party? Theirs
is stern duty imposed them by the principles to which
they profess 1t will be sorry day for them
when expediency shall successfully counsel either the
pudiation of the former iorgeulness of the latter
The new secret political organization is based on dog
that undermine the federal constitutions and d-
rect conflict with the whole past policy of the government
1t aims take the power out of the hands of the people,
and place it in the lodges of Brsrian association, the
revelations that have been made respecting the machinery
of which inspire intense disgust 1t overthrows the
elective franchise of the individual and substitutes in its
stead the despotic mandate of invisible counsel 1t
renews in odous form the cruel doctrines of the
alien act with the addition Of the feature abrging re
gious freedom which the reckless audacy of the old
federal party would have shrunk aghast at.
With such party in midst, and that in numbers too
large TO excite the contempt they would to merit APP
peang the lowest prejudices of the vulgar and the in
tolerant spirit of the narrow-mnded and the bigoied
under the leadership of ambitious deagogue restless for
the spos Of Office and craving complete demolition of the
existing order of things openly emblazonng their BAN
principles, which, if successful would sap the govern
and destroy social order, the grave mission with
which the democratic party the conservatives of the
land, charged is to put down this organization at
least attempt it TO shrink from the responsibility of
dscharging this duty is to gnorehe history of the party
and sacrifice its principles the altar of extremely
predetermined eNpediency They must meet the issuemeet
il boldly and squarey And it cannot be done too
From the Boston Posi-.
A Washington correspondent Of the New York Times
says;
The administration is determined to maintain the Clay
onBuwer treaty. and it understands that treaty TO abso
lutely exclude the British preensons in Central America
That treaty is sustained by every wlg press in the
try. Wings everywhere believe the Clay ton Bulwer
by wing Observation-Disclosures the
interests Of the United States and dsarms The Mosquito
protectorate.
Now stick TO this when the administration insists the
abandonment of the British proectorate in fact well as
form
The same letter contains the following paragraph
81 am informed that tie Navy Department has hand
an expended balance OF last years appropriation suti
cient nearly quite make up quarters pay the
steamer mail contracts II this is the failure OF
the annual appropriation bill for this branch OF the service
will prove great of Inconvenience the
steamer companies Congress will meet and pass the
bill before the expiration of the second quarter"