The Washington union., 1857-04-21
THE HYPOCRISY OF ABoLITIoNIsM.

Every one is familiar with the history of the for
Y nation Of the constitution. Every one knows the
character Of that body of patriotic who formed
it and submitted ii to the country. Their talents,
their wisdom, their patriotism their love Of justice,
and their devotion the liberty of the people, inspired
them in their holy work, and enabled them to pre-
sent to their countrymen the most extraordinary pro-
duction of human wisdom that the world had ever
I, seen Independence had been achieved, but public
liberty--the liberty Of each ndividual-had not been
fully secured. The States sovereign and indie
pendent Of all foreign powers and Of each other but
they needed some system to demonstrate their ma
tionaity some great charter to define, to limit, and
TO secure their national rights This they obtained
IN that great work-that wonderful imbodiment of
wisdom, Justice truth, and ftness-the constitu-
ton II was the result of conciation, forbear-
ance, and compromise Its authors were forming
the organic law for an empire of States, and they
acted with that solemn dignity, freedom from selfish
ness and rigid justice which the great occasion de-
manded They were not seeking to obtain advanta-
ges over each other, but they were laborng to set
up a government that should form more perfect
unon establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defence, promote the gener-
al welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to
themselves and to their posterity. This they accom-
plished They produced the constitution of the Uni
ted States, as perfect as human wisdom and glowing,
unsel6sh patriotism could make it.
One would suppose that a constitution thus formed,
commencing itself by many sanctions, would have
commanded the appreciation of every citizen But
such was not the case. Many amongst u.s. even then,
opposed it at the start and now with increasing
numbers they oppose it with frantic bitterness and
6endish hate and are seeking with never-ceasng ef
forts to destroy it,
The abolitionists, aggregated under the name Of
black republicanism, influenced, as they say, by
their sympathy for the negro, would destroy this
great work Of our fathers sever the Union break up
our nationality, and commit themselves to the pro-
lection of their higher law. But their utter hypoc
risy in all this thng has long since become apparent
to the whole country. Philanthropy has nothing to
do with It, The mpurity of their motives is evinced
by the impurity of their conduct and character
The Beechers, the Cheevers, and the Kalochs are
only types Of class-specimens ofan order of men
who impudenty talk about the immortality Of others,
whilst some preach treason and others practise vices
too gross to be named. But the arraH hypocrisy
and mendacity Of the whole thing 10 gradually be-
coming apparent to the people, even to their own
duues BY little and little they begin to understand
the iuggle; AID as they understand it moro fully,
they begin to hang back from it's excesses. The Of
feet of this is becoming visible in the elections just
paasinp in the free States Our faithful friends, the
true national democrats Of the North fighting all
these heresies at their own doors, and they per-
ceptibly gaining on the enemy everywhere. 10 us,
then tho future looks bright The omens are full OF
promise The signs are for good, and not for evil.
The constitution the Unon and the fraternity OF the
States arc too strong and too enduring in the hearts
Of the patriotic people-the solid, honest masses OF
the counryto be destroyed by raying fanaticism or
hypocritical, canting philanthropy.
The remarks in the following article from the New
Orleans Crescent are 80 pertinent and true that we
take pleasure in transferring them TO own col
umns That paper says:
.aHYpocsmY ABoLIroSsN. .--0ne OF the worst signs
of the times Is the continuance Of the hold OF abolition
Ism upon the public sentiment of the North 1t fore
shadows the dres results for the future Notwhsand
ing the leaders of the abolition army have been expelled
from Congress for dishonest and corrupt PRACTICES not
withstanding its leading editorial champions are known
To have received bbes Notwithstanding they have been
saurht and exposed in ialschoods innunerabe notwh
standing their daily walk in life is such to exclude
them from even the pale of Christian charity notwth
standing their home practices give the lie direct to their
home preceps notwithstanding they ncnlcate one doc
trine and practically enforce different doctrine not
ithstandng il has been proven time and again that their
socalled principles founded upon deuson and deceit
and notwithstanding It IS apparent as the noon-day
sun that the efforts of aboopsm have worked nothing
but injury TO the African and work nothing but
injury to that race every conceivable contingency the
Juror of fanacism abates notthere is no ebb in Its
Aow-and its magn current surges onward with accee
rated speed and mighter momentum each succeeding
election.
"This be accounted for only on the ground that
abolition fanatcsm, like
sss----Faith fanatic Faith, once welded fast
To some dear fasehood, hugs it to the last -
and that northern fanaticism must its course
Il dash this Union into fragments before its strength is
exhausted We have little hope of it's exhaustion
before the cosnnaon Of the final catastrophe The last
November election demonstrated that the abolitionist
welded fearful power and the spring elections thus far
have shown thSt that power Is increasing instead Of d
minshing We haze doubt their strength viii con-
tinuc to augment until 1860, when Senator Seward will
he elected the presidency Of the United states With
such an event staring them IN the faceand becoming