, 1856-09-26


( ilict with ultimate diSunion, the character
of the organization in respect to its geo
graphical or sectional features is worthy of
consideration That the republican organ-
zatiOn is purely sectional will not he con-
trovcrtcd The question, then, is, whether
an Executive, elected exclusively by the
sixteen northern States, and a Congress,
House and Senate, composed Of a majority
in each branch elected by the republicans,
could so administer the government as to
preserve the Union. 1t must he borne in
mind that the republican organization rests
upon the doctrine that might makes
right as much as its platform abhors that
principle when appiedt to our foreign policy
The sixteen northern States have the
might" and, say the republican leaders,
the North ought to govern the country
because it has the majority or, in other
words, because it has the might" 1t
ought to have the control of the House
and Of the Senate for the same reason that
it ought to have the Executive. The
House is already secured and they hope
to maintain the might in that branch.
Not long since one Of the leaders in the
Senate boasted Of the progress they had
made in that body, and INDUCED in pleas
ing anticjpations of the time when they
would have the might" there as they
now have it in the House. These two
objects they hope to accomplish by getting
possession Of the executive department with
all its patronage for the next four years.
Suppose Mr.. Fillmore was mistaken in
assuming that the South would not submit
to the election Of Fremont IAN assumption,
however, which we are not controvcrting
or denying), and that the republicans could
elect their President by an exclusive north
ern vote, and that the Union should still
remain unbroken. What if, at the end of
two years, both Houses OF Congress should
be found to be under republican control 4
suppose every northern representative
should be republican, and every northern
senator a republican; every southern rep
resentative democrat, and every southern
senator democrat Then the government
would be in a condition to test the practi-
cabilty of its administration by the repub-
lican party. We know, by many years
experience, that the democratic party can
have the President and both branches of
Congress, and the wheels of government
move on smoothly and prosperOnsly. But
could the same thing be done with a repub-
lican President, Senate, aud House of Rep
resentatives Is it necessary to give an
answer to this question? The answer is
already given in the hearts Of the true Low.
ers Of the Union. 1t is the moral certainty
that the death-knell of the Union would be
sounded by the announcement Of the tri-
umph of republicanism, that is now stirring
the very souls Of the national men all over
the country. This is not a conviction to
manifest itself in the idle clamOr aud clap
trap of ordinary political conflicts. 1t is a
conviction which inspires silent but deter
mined energy, and brings into exercise the
solid, substantial, conservatism Of the land.
In our position we see with qualification
throughout the country the most fervid
spirit Of devotion 10 the Union on the part
Of our democratic and national cOtempora-
ries. They see clearly that the triumph Of
republicansm would be the triumph Of. dis
unionsm, and to this issue they are bend
ing all their energies. 10 this issue the
enemy will be kept, and on it we shall gain
the greatest victory ever achieved u