The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-04-24

there bat one which has the honesty ana the courage
make an open and definite avOwal Of It's principles OBJ
ects As bad the radical aboonsts are they are at
least entitled to the credit OF refusing to compromise their
principles for considerations OF availability They ae
favor Of abolshiug slavery in the States without delay
and they unwilling to stand upon any lower differ.
platform Thus far they have resisted and repealed all
the propositions Of the black republican aboonists to
lower their flag and unite upon the single idea Of oppO.
ton the extension Of slavery TO the Territories They
know that the black republican leaders at heart as
willing slavery abolished in the States they are
they know too that tho respect which the Stewards and
Wilson's and Hales express for the constitutional rights
the southern States preenoe and that any and all
Of them would gladly consent TO trampe the constitution
under foot If they could do with Immediate prospect
of accomplishing their selfish political purposes,
The only difference between the two classes of abOi
tonsts is to matter of policy They both have the
same object in view, and they both would readily attain
that object by united warfare upon the constitution
by so doing, success probable. But whilst one Of
them prefers present defeat abandonment conceal
of Its disregard of the constitution the other deems
it polite profess regard for that instrument which i
members do feel with the hope of making their decep
ton available for present political advantages The one
would risk bold and desperate charge upon the fores,
of the constitution the other would to
profess great devotion to the Union and yet seek to un
dermne its foundations and by gradual approaches effect
| its downfall.
| Who that Is familiar with the career Of the black
republican leaders does not know that it is sheer
hypocrisy in them to profess that they have wish
or purpose inconsistent with the continued existence
of slavery in the States2 Who has forgotten the
zeal with which they proclaimed, only two years ago
their determination to repeal the fugve-slave law to
abolish slavery in the District Of Columbia to prohibit the
trade in slaves between the States to restore the Missouri
restriction and to resist the admission Of any more slave
States into the Union When they proclaimed these OBJ
jecs they found difficulty in securing the hearty CO.
operation of the radical abolitopists. There thea
perfect harmony of purpose and consistency Of sentiment
between the two classes of abotonists.
At that time combination Of circumsta had thrown
temporary gloom the democratic party. Some Of
its members lacked the to stand up to the principle
of the Nebraska BILL and bowed before the of Sec
tona agitation which followed the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise Others had become disafected account
Disappointment in their hopes and expectations of Offices
and determined to ride upon the rising wave of popular
dissatisfaction which religious and political fnatcism had
put in motion against the present administration. So
long the tide seemed flow towards abolition ascend
ency those leaders, who insulted when they
called abolitionists black republicans hae f
lows well met "hand and glove 'cheek by jowlH with
the Gerrit Smiths the Garrsons, the Parkers and the
Beechers, having conscientious scrupes about
riding the constitution and throwing the radical abb
olionists themselves in the shade by their clamorous
in behalf of the ultra, ant-southern propositions
The courage of these rampant braves has suddenly oo1
cut and they indignant If they associated BY
with aboltions if the term black republicans
applied TO them. They party sprung into
existence since the days of republicans
having designs against the constitutional rights Of The
South and only anxious to make Kansas free State
To be sure, they the same men who coaesced With
the radical abolitonss and the know-nothngs and The
Maine-liquor-law men, and by of the rsion
the trumphs which gave them their strength in Congress
To be sure as f,stons, they committed repeal
the fugtyeslave law the abolition Of slavery ins
District of Columbia the restoration Of the Missouri
sriction and to the exclusion of any slave States
but since that time there has been ebbing of the tide
and, consequently, dissolution of the sOniss and the
formation of the new republican party; and, nasnqeA Al
the popular mind has manifested decided reaction against
usOns they seek drop their principles with their
and as republicans repudte themselves fuOnis and
other issues for the present and shrekng only for freedom
10 Kansas" 1t is settled by high authority that the
leopard cannot change his spots" but 1t does not
follow that when he changes bis ashrieks," be
not the same leopard The Seward of 1856, who die
cards all other issues but that of freedom for Kansss
the same Seward who in 1854 was thoroughly identified
with the extreme Of the radical abotiOnss
So Of Hale and Sumner and Wilson, and all tbeS blsd
republican associates. They have adopted their present
in search of Availability they have ignored ldi
abolition necedents in search of availability they hsU
adopted the simple neutrality-suspicious. issue 10 'earA
Of availability.
II viii be credited that the black republican Leaf
would have lowered their flag IL they had not d'oo
cred that the ebbing Of the tide about TO leave then
high and dry" To themselves from this TO them
terrible fate they resolved to taking backward
steps to adapt their positions to the popular nd
tons They calculated confidently being able to induce
their late associates In victories to march backwards
the music Of availability. To their Amusement bow
ever, when the order TO "sce about given, Wills
their know-nohing brethren OF the South eagerly OBEY
3D. and marched even before the word given ma'
radical abolition associates stood still in their tracks "0
heir northern know-noihing fellows in fa'oHism Whe'
ed about and marched without orders to encamPm"
Of their This the process ofdsntegraon !"
fusion forces and the result that whilst each d'
Of the lately victorious army much opposed " eve
to democracy, neither had strength enough Of s