The daily union., 1856-01-22

standing upon their principles il eooly turns about
and attempts 10 hold up the indignation of the country
IA democrats Of 2s4 members because they elect
Speaker and then declares them to be many il alone
responsibel
These three facts appear in rebuke and conradic
ton of the present effort of the haegae to hsten the
responsibility for the disorganaton Of the House upon
the democratic minority they appear, too in lis
own editorial columns and doubtless from the same pen
which now denoances the democracy They sre--frst
that there predicted difficulty TO the election Of
officers of the House. least far the Isgeer is
concerned but the reverse secondly that down the nth
of December after the democratic had nominated its
officers and laid down its platform the hsligeaeS
thought Of accusing the minority Of the responsibility but
the contrary, alternately coaxed the majority and
demned il for coming together and thirdly falling to
produce any impression upon the majority OF the House
and for the purpose of assisting the calumnie put forth by
that majority and of encouraging knownothing and abo.
lition calumnes upon the democracy II now falls back
upon the minority and holds it accountable for the cond
ton of things in the popular branch Of Congressl
In other words the teigeneer demands of the minority
either that il shall surrender to the aboonsts that deca
ration against seetionasm and anacsm upon which it
has only lately achieved Of Its erandes rumphs,
else to withdraw that portion of its platform announced
the fret of December in favor of the doctrines Of civil
and religious liberty and against the knownohng society,"
please those who deny that they know nothngs,
who repuda,e the oahs and obligations of that order,
and who indignantly that they in favor of civil
and religious liberty. ..a
The allusion of the Ie9eacr to the Union In reference
to the condition of things in the House. is characteristic
The Union has pursued but one course from beginning
Long before Congress ogelherwhen the iatgencer
and other fusion organs had doubt of the speedy organ
saon Of the House. and Of the utter mpotency of the demo-
cratic minority and wben indeed the Union supposed the
abotonists and knownohngs would have difficulty in
coming together and least OF ALL that the northern division
would separate in the wild hunt for oieewe called
upon the democracy 10 nominate their candidates in caucus
and 10 assert their principles We have continued to call
for adherence these candidates and to this creed
without alterng and without change If confusion has
been the result of differences among the fuson tell the
Leigncer that ii is late in the day to turn 10 the
democracy and charge them the authors of that conu
son Such has been the of the Washington Union
and the Lateiigene~ make the most OF it. We may
well be proud of record compared with that of the IN
teligecr which has asserted that there diversity
of opinion in Congress sufficient prevent speedy
ganization then that the majority and the majority alone
responsible; then that Mr. Banks should be elected
then that he should be withdrawn to allow another
publican to be elected and now after giving to the world
all these opinions it round aud asks its readers 10
believe iu its eleventh-hour accusation upon the demo-
cratic minority and in its eleyeuhhour assertion that the
democrats laid down their platform OF principles when they
knew that an organization could not be ehectedl