The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-12

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essn elssaetiy reposss ~ ne l-aAlhx champions and
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sarr disanioa gafSeset slnc ne agpe@gauos q Mr.
Eas lssisf however a. Nsw Vera EseslnS Post seems
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val canvass Aans u ~ sss asvofssnes % he demo
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ma. ntsw o. rss 4vs.rtos o. rus sar.--Ia ths
shees pntaA letter fom Ffasss Y. BLAIR. sha dsn-
ssshe6 srrsiss " infmef years, che s preserves
hatea hss inser~ss IL pebble qesseaa Mf Blair neuhsrn
man ~ hrh ssa rssaesoe, Representa- Eoe, boogh, W
fear nos namsfcus sss 10 tbs slave Stsles, whem the
friends - hamas hbs 10 al parts q tbs unon sAoud bold
IN honor. Ills rsasesans shs great qsoioa 81 the DAY
entitled a. sesvses nes oay aeooaei ~ bra iHdoPeed
en uprght character, hss ling espsrisnee and hls
kn0sledged ability ba beyona that, " their hbsrAAy,
uisasn, and fsrecsst.
The great object II ,hoss Who desire % male our cosn.
Try In reality what Ia nanetha eest the face 81 the
caFth 10 prevent The extension OF slavery that fruitful
Of dseord, which Ne. Blair Justly attributes
most dangerous political dssnronk A. sasse qusrre be-
sssns with every advantage obtained ~ the
friends o. slavery the cheek should b. sppsd az tbs earliest
moment Mr.. Blair for treating thls great esh voc
would treat pestisnoeepanning within the limits ~ the
spot OF whieht has taken possaoA sni suffering u % IN
wade quarter Within these pits Ike the issps o.
small pox, Il endure m sppontea tme ssyoad the~ 4
should never be allowed 10 pss THIS Gf. Blair sho~s
the policy % the foundet ef Political insssioaa
policy earlier coassltasn aud eoptiuses unarr
till school of political philosophers led ths esansy
asray. by restoring that good Old policy ~ shall OBEY ne
dictates only Of The most enlarged hbsra, bat y s
safest conservatism.
"There are many who are In ssvar yiAen. NE eonro
versy which sgaies the csuny uFss The saesiieh
whether shah admit the unlon any Stas whcs pre-
itself with consultation cgslning sisvey That
not the question At present IL may not y gasaaon r
come; aud the people Of the Tree STATES 90
their daty they act with unanimiiy, hrmness, and wis
DON'T is question which win probably never come up
Let slavery be excluded from the Territories Warrington
Jefferson desired It should be- and there Is no danger
that OF them will ask to be admitted With constitution
toerang slavery Let the infant communities which 10
form States while their pupags be trained up in
way they should goths marked out for them by
the wises and best whom our country ever sawand
there is no danger that in their maturity they will With to
| depart from it,
The true present questionable great practical ques
ton Of the moments whether slavery shall be allowed 70
overflow into the Territoresy II not there yet orr,
has entered il has entered dy and In tes exists only
by suHerance-it is yet established We must shut II
resoutey and eecuay must exclude u from those
regions of which it has not taken possession and drive from
those into which it has partially inruded The Territories
mighty field which Is to be fought the great battle
Of liberty All future contests should be postponed to this
| urgent navoidable imminent one.
question of resisting the extension Of slavery there
many who agree With and would zeaousy act will
from whom could not hope cooperation in the AZ
tempt to exclude from the Union which has areay
adopted the institution Of slavery. We should ccrttnd
against the admission Of State under such crcin
stances with smaller party, and with less chance OF c
cess, than contend against the ntroductts OF
slavery into the Territories II Is wisdom TO maks the
party OF freedom large and formidable possible and
bring forward premature issues that are likely tomaNe
less that give enemies the OF
new ground from which to assai In dealing with con-
| Norr in arrpnt ri w do
tingusng the buildings which are already dowing
coal the foundation to the roof westrve pront the
flames from sczng the neighboring houses "a staes
which incorporated the institution Of ary into
their constitutions the evil Is already beyond remdy The
work have to do must be done before the mnhicf has
grown to that hopeless magnitude"
We have some curiosity how the peculiar organs
of the Seward portion of black repubcanism VII receive
the proposition Of Mr. Blair If they concludeto adopt IT.
they necessarily sulty themselves and yet this is
no difficult thing for them TO submit to. great mat
ter to have such man rs Francis r. Blair he Seward
ranks and it would surprise be is once promo
ted the leadership of The party Upon thsame rrinc
Pile of policy on which Greeley advocates election OF
Mr. Banks Speaker, expect to sec tse leadership
rvon-at least osensibly-to Mr. Blair Tie great point
of Mr. Bankss strength u.s. that his antecedms demo-
cratic all questions except that Of slavery To elect him
Speaker therefore was concession democratic prne
pies made by the abolition leaders, who are willing TO
sacrifice any and everything for the advertisement, of their
sectional schemes Upon exactly the ssrr principle Mr.
Bairs ancient democracy, and his close eonnexon with
General Jackson recommend his counses the favorable
consideration Of the abolition leaders Tie Post readily
adopts them and we should be surprised II Seward
himself after little dignifed and hesiancy
cudes that best back down from bis present high
issue Of dsunion and TO adopt the less startling but not
less fatal suggestion of making the res.raton OF the Mis-
souri, restriction the Die for the presidential canvass
of 1856. at
1t is scarcely necessary for US to rdnark that whilst
there apparent there is real erence between The
issue as proposed by Mr. Seward and that proposed by Mr.
Blair The one looks directly to the rejection OF any new
State whose constitution recognises slavery the other
looks FIRST the prevention of the extension Of slavery to
any more territory, and necessarily results in he end to
the admission of State except such prohibits slavery
The former is the OPEN manly and ingenious prop
osition the is substantially the in disguise
The idea of giving additional strength for the insdious
disunon scheme of Mr. Blair tie ground that il
from quondam democrat is prepoerous. Democrats are
not SO Indifferent the maintenance of the great prnc
pies on which the Union be preserved to follow
Mr. Blair into the black republican camp merely because
his anecedcnts are democratic The result win be the
same whether the issue proposed by Mr. Seward tst Of