Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-08-23

ton upon the ADMISSION OF new ctAtes, which
may either suggest themselves or which may
arise in the various combinations of interest
called politics The effect Of imposing pre-
conditions upon the admission of States will be
that they will be unequal, and therefore dis
contented There can never be an amalgama-
ton Of interests, sentiments, and rights,
which will make us in heart and strength one
nation, whilst we retain in fact separate and
sovereign existence in such things as were not
coded by the original confederacy. If the
Union be ever dissolved, its dissolution win
trace the fracture first made by some inequali-
ty in the materials of its structure.
But we have set out in serial article, to de-
monstrate that there should be no line of opin-
ion or of right traced across the republic; that
the slave States have no wish and are under no
necessity to encroach upon the free States or
upon the territory coterminous to theirs; that
the development of slavery is within the ample
area, State and Territorial, appropriate to its
pursuits, and safe from invasion; that the
slave States have demonstrated no purpose Of
encroachment, and that it is contrary to their
interest to engage in scheme of propagandsm
over the more Northern territory. If we shall
have been successful in demonstrating these
propositions, we think that the Nllth section
will have been shown to offer the best bases OF
settlement on principle, whilst the progress
and development of the great rival institutions
will be left to the decision Of interest, exempt
from the interference of government, or the in
tervention of political organizations.
The Black Republicans in Washington.
We are pleased to see that the recruits at
this station are but few, although the National
Era satirically says
Now that the Republican party have MAORI
ty in the House of Representatives, with fair
prospect of the Presidency and the control OF the
Federal Government after the 4th of March, 1887,
we predict vigorous growth of Repulcansm on
the soil Of the District of Columbia"
That is, that when power and pay shall
come to the aid Of Disunion, its numbers will
increase rapidly. This is equivalent to an ad-
mission that the present professors of this
heresy have been influenced by hope OF gain
from which they hope for an accession of num-
bcrs.
|. But whilst we are grateful that the Star
and Era agree perfectly as to the present
insignfcance of this movement, we regret to
observe an imputation upon the fidelity of the
Star to the constitution and the rights of the
States. The Era is the avowed organ of Abo-
lition. ct hopes that the Union may not last
month after the Federal authorities shall
have decided that stakeholder may travel
anywhere in the Union with his slave" And
this ultra and avowed abolition paper asserts
that the editor Of the Star was once "a rcgu-
lar contributor to the columns of that paper.
Now this is a grave charge. Under ordi-
nary circumstances, we,should have no right
to call the attention Of another to an imputa-
ton of insincerity, because every gentleman is
presumed to be the best judge and guardian OF
his own honor but this is grave charge
against one Of the pillars and champions OF a
cause in which we are enlisted. If undisputed
or unexplained, it must injure the cause In a
much greater ratio than it can the individual.
/ 1t therefore becomes US TO demand, in behalf
of the anti Abolitionist party an investigation,
Just as an army may require a sentinel to be
tried by court-martial, not so much for the
private justification of the soldier, ms that the
army may have proof of a fidelity upon which
its safety may depend. We, moreover do 50
| in kindness to our colleague, because his very
rapid pen has glanced by the point of personal
injustice, to congratulate the country upon the
insignifcance and want Of character Of those
who compose the Black Republicans in WASH
| ington.
esppreciate that patriotism which, disre-
garding the case Of personal consistency, flies
to assure us that the country is safe But be
it our care to see that our colleague does not
suffer. We demand Of the Abolition paper,
PREPARATION or specification. No doubt the
contribution to the columns" Of abolition
must have been mere local intelligence. 1t
may have been an obituary, n wedding, an ar
rival, or departure. Perhaps some reply
demanded by a chivalrous spirit to some as
sault upon cherished principles But this in
situation is even strengthened, in a subse-
| quent sentence, into connexion with the
Era |" What sort Of connection" can this
mean2
What right has the Abolition paper to claim
a gallant defender Of the South, its institutions,
and the Union, as an ally, upon the mere cir
cumstanc0 of his having been "a contributor :"
to its columns We will tolerate no such in
situation We therefore demand, on behalf OF
our colleague, Withdrawal Of the insinuation,
and ample PREPARATION for the SANDER Other
WISE "odds bullets, and bludgeons -.
But we choke down our indignation, confident
that our colleague win deny the charge, and
demand that 1.-The contributions I" be pub
lished and, in default Of this obvious measure
of justice, that we shall be empowered to wait
upon the Haytien who has perpetrated the
Islander with mortal message, and bespcak
collins for two.
NEBRASKA AND ANrtNEBRAsKA.--All the mem
beers OF the last Congress from Massachusetts, voted
against the Nebraska bill but only two Of them
were reelected. All the members from Kentucky
voted for the bin. Not one of them is reelected.