The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-05-10

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country, and of a certain class of religionists,
whether native or foreign-born. The Anti
Slavery party rejects all distinctions in politi-
cal or civil rights, founded ON birth, color, or
| religious creed or connection. The former does
not in any State embrace the Question of Sla-
very, and is seeking National power by ignor-
ing it, and suppressing its agitation. The lat
ter embraces the question as the paramount
one, in all the States, and seeks National power
by agitating it with view to its proper settle
ment. One resorts to mystery, and aims to
exempt itself from public responsibility by
rigid secrecy in all its proceedings; and at
the same time letters the freedom of its mem
bers by extra;judicial oaths: the other is open
in all its aims and proceedings, invites public
scrutiny, subjects itself to the wholesome re-
straints of public accountability, rejects all
coercive measures as to its members, leaving
to the untrammeled judgment of every indi-
vidual to act with or against it.
So utterly antagonistic are their principles,
aims, methods of action, and obligatiot,s, that
the success of one must soon or late prove
the subversien of the other. On what honest
or honorable compromise they can be brought
| together, is to nus unintelligible. If the mem
bers of the Anti-Slavery Party understand the
nature, policy, and aims of their own Party,
they cannot vote for Know Nothing candidate,
if they are honest, unless they misunderstood
the nature, policy, and aims of the Order to
which he belongs. And vice rersa.
Cooperation, as explained by the Columbian,
will be Partnership giveandtake bargain.
| If each Party is to have all the candidates, it is
| idle to talk of cooperation. This can be Sc
cured only by conceding something to each-to
| one, the Goyernorship, to the other, the. whole
| or part of the rest of the ticket. The Know
| Nothing Party agrees to vote for an AntiKnow
| Nothing, Anti-Savery candidate for Governor,
| the Anti-Slavery Party, for a Know Nothing,
Anti-Alien candidate for Judge, and so on. And
the nominees, with not single principle in
| common, will be bound, as honorable men, to
| sustain, and vote, for one another The bargain
is to be arranged by the managers, and the
People will then be expected to ratify it.
That is the meaning of cooperation with the
Know Nothings as q party. Is there an old
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Cause crushed in the coils of crooked policy,
such as this?
Suppose it succeed in prostrating the Admin
istration Party? What then? The victory,
like all the recent victories over the Admins
tration, will be claimed by the new Order, go
| to swell its selfconfdence and its influence
keep up the miserable delusion concerning its
intrinsic power, and embolden it hereafter to do
in the West what it has done in Connecticut and
Rhode Island, haughtily reject all cooperation,
and dictate all the nominations. And, where
would be your AntiSlavery Party, or ndepend
ent Democracy Rejected by the whole body
of Naturalzed voters, a large portion OF whom,
last year 80 nobly stood with you on the Anti
Nebraska ISSUE without moral power avoid
ed by the Liberal Democrats as tainted with
Nativism: looked down upon by the National
lied Know Nothing Order: ridiculed for its
blunder, despised for its inconsistency and
perpetual stigma fastened upon the name Of ev.
cry man on the partnership ticket!
But, should this partnership after all prove
failure, with what face could the Independent
Democracy, bankrupt in character and infu-
ence, go before the People, and claim. popular
support in the attempt to reorganize on its old
ground?
Were we in Ohio, our motto should be, " hon
orable defeat, rather than success through such
an alliance"
What we need at this crisis is, boldness and
consistency. Why should not the policy coun-
selled by the Ashtabula Sentinel be adopted
The People last year rallied openly, on the sole,
avowed issues raised by the Nebraska outrage.
Let them be rallied again. If they cannot be
brought to act upon these issues without COM
promises with Native Americanism, then let the
Anti Slavery men draw off and organize under
their own standard bearer, no matter what par
ty may win or lose. 1t is time to let the wire
workers of the Secret Order know that they
cannot have the alliance of the Anti Slavery
Party in obtaining local victories, which are
ultimately to minister to the construction Of an
other " National and Compromise Party" 1t
is the Fictitious aid ministered to this New Or
der, by the AntiSlavery Sentiment, acting un.
der the one impulse of prostrating the Admin
istration, which is keeping it alive in the North
ern States. Withdraw this support, and its
weakness will be so manifest, that the Organi-
cation would soon dwnde, and there might yet
be a chance of meeting the Slavery Issue d.
rectly in 1856.
EV- Please answer me one questions 1t
left entirely to the People of Nebraska whether
it shall be a free or slave State?"
So inquiries a correspondent. That is the
theory of the Nebraska Kansas Bhl the
People of Kansas, or Nebraska, are TO deter
mine, when they come to form State Consti-
tuition, whether they will allow or exclude
Slavery. In the case of Kansas, new read
ing has been given to the Bill practically,
it being decided by Messrs. Atchison Co.
that the People of Missouri are to decide the
question.
But, our correspondent will also bear in
mind, that it is with the members of firm to say
whether any more partners shall be admitted,
and who they shall be. That is, Congress has
the right to refuse admittance to People
claiming to be State. Should the People Of
Missouri form State Constitution for Kansas,
Congress should deny the application of Kan
sas for admission as State, and probably will
do so. Messrs. Cass and Douglass hold to the
right of the People of State or Territory to
regulate their own institutions, but ceny the
right Of the People of State or Territory to