The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-04-26

IT, covered up under the popular name Of coastr
vasm II Is the same game in another shape which the
Herald sought not long since to play off when objected
10 the avaaby any democrat who Was closely iden-
tined with the Nebraska struggle Having been rebuked
for It's eaumnious reflection upon "the freesoish north
democracy and its insulting suggestion the demo-
cratic party lower its flag for purposes Of availability ii
now turns It's batteries upon that party, and joins with
the bacrepubcan champions in charging it with being
Too much under ne influence Of prO-sldpey sentimental
The Herald proceeds When the democratic party makes
its proslavery sentiment its only distinctive principle the
democratic party then becomes sectional he abolition
lists sslrss and it ceases be entitled the support of
honest and true men, North Or South" In the present view
Of the managers Of the Herald the democratic party which
plants itself strictly upon the constitution its platform
ON the subject of slavery is sectional the abolitonis
who seek the overthrow of slavery by overhrowiug the
constitution This is the journal which has hereto
fore claimed preeinineuce for its devotion TO the consu
toua interests of the South but that journal is lon
ger controlled by the national spirit which it has here
tofore vaunted itself
The Herald esses to be aeuaed by the sole purpose
of demoshing the agitators and leaders Of the
tiona parties and effect this object it proposes that
"he intelligent conservative voters should resolve to aban-
don both these parties and form national organization
which shall assume sound American policy, ignoring the
extremes above noticed and demoish political nggerdr
wing and political nigger-worshiPpng forever This
sounds very much like the counsel given to the knownoh
ings when the Herald assumed the guardianship of that
hopeful organization The sentences sound still more
like it, "All the branches of this American party
should abandon all other issues except that of freeing the
country from the evils of sectional disputes if they
They should unite upon candidate and principle
union in opposition 10 sectional enlargement All this
is easily comprehended The Herald would return to
its boosted prosavery position if 1t was certain that
none of the democratic statesmen identified with the Ne
braska struggle could be nominated 1t is ingenious
device to induce the democracy lower its tone and its
platform and to seek conservative victory by counseng
cowardly resort aoaabil instead of firm and fear
less reliance upon the Nebraska issue The thousands of
conservative voters" who have heretofore acted with the
democratic party held by the Herald as the balance
of power in the contest who to defeat the nominee on
the Nebraska ISSUE and avoid such catastrophe that
journal would rghteu the of the party into the
expeden of changing the issue in the very front of the
enemy That journal has failed in its effort to persuade
the democratic party follow its cowardy counsels and
now it seeks effect the object 10y operating on its
fears Let go on in the formation of its parythe
result will show that it has little power TO Jrighten
towards TIE republican ranks and shall give the Sew
ards and Greeeys and Wilson's joy when they have
ceived the Herald into full fellowship