Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-09-18
Odended Dignity IA Warning TO WASH
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uarty 1t ab0undS WIFI every ihNoo'No winch
win encourage one part of the Union to hate
the other. 1t calls the people who have gone
into Kansas, s'rnfflans," "villains; says they
are worse than Lafitte the pirate. it calls the
United States officers in Pennsylvania, "harpies
and bloodhouhds;" prefers to believe the 'esti-
mony Of a negro to that of an American nm
ister; calls Mr.. Wise, the Enquirer, and Ex-
am;ner. fierce and fiery advocates oil the Ami
can slave trade;" and "negro-breeding North
Carolina. Tennessee, and Alabama" are called
/" bloodhounds all this is in single number
of the National Era
This paper, devoted to encouraging the am
mosities Of one section against another, mas
been transported by the Black Republican
movement into an active interference IN pom
tics. II published, few days since, an articie
Of ours. in which we denounced the nefarious
combination to make up a sectional issue. ms
article the Era copied, adding, that this paper
was "a candidate for the public printing"
and calling upon his fcllow-fanatics to remem-
her the opinion we expressed of them we
were glad to sec this. We know no post or
patronage that would induce us to be party
TO war of one section against the rights OF
another, or the harmcav of the Union. So we
said:
d We apprehend that it sca.sely needed that
,he ma should impress the fact a our hostility,
u a reason why the Blackies should not patronize
10 oven IL we were so recreant TO every sense OF
nronrety as to ask their suffrages. We imagine
he colored organ itself has sent circulars to the
.rst,rned members and it is in pleasant antici
nation Of pocketing the Federal shekels.'
To this the National Era, from wAich we
have quoted the epithets in the foregoing part
of this article, responded in the Following
strain of dignihed indignation:
t" It would be beneath the dignity, and foreign
10 the practice Of the National Era, TO retaiate
the coarse and vulgar epithets of the Organ but
Il i proper TO state that the editor publisher and
nroprietor of this paper, DIR. Bailey, is not, and
will not be a candidate for the public printing.
Now. we have called the Era the +" colored
organ.n We admit this is ametaphorical sole
csm, but, looking to the iniquity Of its pur-
noses and the darkness of its means of nc
,omplishng them, we considered it the most
EXPRESSIVE illustration at our command, com
patible with that propriety of speech from
which we never depart We have already de-
nonstrated that the term employed to distin-
puish those Republicans, who openly recon-
mend sectional war, must be very different
from those who made the Federal Constitution,
and brought the States to dwell together in
unity. We say the destructives in Europe
are called Red Republicans. Upon this thesis
we have written an essay, showing much his
torical research, and George Sanders, shocked
at the superior wickedness of these disguised
,iisunionists, has hastened to defend his Red
Republican followers from the suspicion of be-
ing in any manner connected with or respon-
sible for the acts Of the Era. We commend
these essays to the reader.
Upon this logical basis we have thought
proper to designate those who were engaged in
the Abolition movement of which the Era is
the organ, as Black Republicans; and, to save
type. we have called them as the Grammarians
would say, per syncope, "Blackies." Now,
as this is an historical and logical demonstra-
ton, simplifei, condensed into brief and ex-
pressive epithet for popular convenience, we
submit there is nothing " coarse or vulgar" in
it. So we have in nothing to avail ourselves
of the Era
We have, it seems, trodden on the dignity of
this viperous concern. doctor Bailey" the
editor, publisher, and proprietor ais not, and
will not be, acandidate for'the public printing"
This win be public relief to all aspirants.
But where is this doughty doctor? What sort
Of doctor is hes A doctor Of divinity
double d. If so he is serving the cause of
Christian harmony very badly TO kindle bis
fires Of sectional hatred, and keep them burning
by all manner Of inexhaustibe speeches Is
he Doctor OF Lswsy Then he ought TO
abide by the Constitution Of the country which
protects him, and not teach that people had
right to obey the law or not, as they may
choose to think il was TO their advantage.
Is he Doctor Of Medicine! Does he, like DIR.
Caius, give the Blackies the "potions and The
motionsg" Then let us tell him he could not
administer more efiectual emetic, than the
black, malignant and fetid spirit, distilled from
his own columns. But whoever, and whatever he
be; whether the collateral relative Of the "pcr-
ditamque traditam" "infortunatamque Bal
lesn," renowned in song and story or the old
Bailey itself"--is " all one to Ranger" lie is
a very mischievous Bailey, as this city may one
lay find, Let US address few words, upon
this subject, to the people Of Washington
Our editorial mission is TO restore harmony
and maintain the Union. We deprecate any
sectional question. We adjurc the Conser.
vatiyes Of every quarter, tcrally to the standard
Of peace and stability. We have made a
truce and we respect il. Under this truce we
have made noargumentfor slavery, none against
IT, Whatever may be our personal opinions
upon that question, they have never been ex-
pressed through the columns Of paper en-
phatically dedicated TO Compromise and Union.
This National Ere has been, and is pur-
suing a different course. The result of its
counsels may be disunion--ours cannot end
in such calamity. Now, win the people Of
Washington reflect FOR moment upon the CON
sequences to themselves Of disunionP They
have done 40 n thousand times What i tbe