The Washington union., 1857-11-19

good faith of some fricnds-dispaIaging otheB-not
spsring the President hisclf-and especially daoneng
national democracy And all this was begun and published
too before Coo Walker saa 10 Ransas Va ere 70
be bHrayd before JdrdyedI The northern democracy
not 10 Be red on The President himself oas Of that de-
taocraey!
Now. gentlemen prior to the campaign OF 1856 there
were but two lines OF sectional division in the United
Sates-the Mason and Dixon and the MissourCompro-
misc lines They geographical partly IN their char
acter and we'll defined and understood Many evils
growing out OF them had been In the past and could be
In the future guarded against But in 1856 another and
ominous line disclosed obliterang all others
1t not defined upon the EARTH but revealing itself by
what sailors call ''Sun Dog in the East, it awed
superstition like angry comet portending evil, and
shot dull back-and white gloom looming through the
msts Of the Arctic iceberg striking from Old England
by the Newfoundland banks, cutting OF all New England
and Now York, and passing midway through Pennsylva-
mia, Ohio Indiana, Illinois, and indefinitely westward
AL north of that line aekrpuboan and all south Of
it was what was called Egypt.
What did this meane What portendi Why, it was
sign In the very heavens of the wisdom of Wasingons
Farewell Addresso 6irare Of foreign influence and sectional
strife The constant commercial and social Intercourse OF
New England and New York with Old England, and the
immediate neghborhood of the lake border with Canada
had let In the wolf of English feeling and prejudice and
social habit and tanaticsm and influence into our fold
against tho institutions of the whole United States
tabshed by constitutions of government II the
most insdious foe which has invaded our country
1t is English influence operating socially undermining
institutions, and threatening peace and safety
bound up In the cords of national Union In this
sense it this nationhis ahois nation nation against
its old enemy English influence And who met that in
fuenoe and backed it from off nations SOIL past the
Mason and Dixon and past the Missouri ine as far north
the ''Sun-Dog line, which divided black repbcana
from Iy1pt? 1t democraoy-no northern democracy
national democracy The same true sort of patriotic
Amercanism Brother Jonathansm- (which fought at
Eric and Pattsburg and Lundy Lane and drove John
Bull back into Canada That is the sort of natonali
ty love and cherish, as love and honor my coun-
try-lny whole country. With true devotion in the
midst of non savchoding passions and prejudices-wh
tics associations Of their with slavery except
natonalwith fanaticsm laundering church anathemas
and over their headshey the northern
democracy whether in maorcs prescribed minorities
with strong nerves. with steady and unwaverng faith,
taxed themselves with heavy contributions and raised the
national flag of protection constitution Of govern
nientover property Of every sort, good faith
among men, State rights and State equality over
popular selgovernment the States separately and
united, the United States and battled for and
for ALL and drove back the insdious and foreign foe to
the Dog line, where yet glooms in defeat Nothing
Is fatally to kinde the pale and sickly beam of
that blue light line of seotionasn into luld fame
of fire to devour country for southern democracy
to doubt dstust denounce northern democracy after
such noble sacrifices those they made In the campaign
of 1856 The southern democracy has done this
and never will, until nationality IN the sense Of american pa
hioism and devotion 10 The Union Of the american Sa ceases
to burn in American bosoms everywhere, North and
South.
Nationality, in opposition to democracy State rights
oppose oppose all that sort of federal nationality which
would consolidate into centralized dcposm loathe
that of nationality which proposes and adopts eoo
nse Of any sort, Of he constitution for the constitution But
the nationality Of democracy which supports and defends
the constitution and its strict construction, which main
ains State rights and State equality, and keeps the faith
of compacts, which guards the Union and the country
against foreign and domestic foes honor and cherish and
glory in And this is the national democracy which this
opposition openly developed early April last in the
South, assas If this be stricken down, what have
to rely to ally with in the North And yet it
to strike at this 1t was to follow up, not to begin the
blows, that the moment governor was sent to Kansas
and he moved in his office, his speeches seized
pretext to assai the northern democracy and the admin
straton and its friends. Destroy confidence in these
and then the riot of ruin would begin 1t then that
conservative democrats began to ask sss this opposition
not is be Ehdt is called The backing friends qchda
Ne opposition Of foes Is Aas opposition dangerous mot
Whose isai Who responsible tot t.? Who backs W
Whence does come ?to sha, tgdr 1t was time to
stop and daily with the minor matter of Mr.. Walkers
stump spceches-delivered with what motive what
end-pro or con slavery-with good or bad design, no
one could fairly decide, without knowing all the surround
ing circumstances and difficulties in which he involv
ed He had been Mississippi senator. He had been
honored and trusted by the South. He had done
for the annexation Of Texas than any southern senator
He had been Secretary of the Treasury under southern
President and had done for free trade than any
before since his time in the cabinet Surely the Pres
dent could trust him not to betay the South which he
had thus served and which had thus honored and trust
ei him. and not to beray the North, which had borne
talents might be trusted to form the best Judgment tho
spot to the best and most polite movements But
whether he acted wisely foolishly sagaousy had
blundeTed, his intentions good bad, his acts
and motives were nothing compared NTH the sreghtr matters
Of The country napoued this sudden and nsdiot opposition
which gave time for developments for dispassonatc
examination and proof for just condemnation of
him, II he had done wrong, but began hot and heavy
war upon him corrupt ''satrop, felon traitor !
This could not but reflect upon the administration and
the party which appointed and retained him in place
1t not ingenious to pretend to discriminate between
the president and the governor OF the Territory Iike
man. like master" Ii he this criminal, Mr. Bu
chanan was bound to know it and If he knew it, he
better but rather worse than Governor Walker This
reasoning this opposition knew would seize the public
mind and would If uncontradicted impair confidence in
the administration IL was making adverse impress
sion rapidly when the Enquirer interposed with its
enchant pen Of DID, and arrested the rush Of the
charge International democracy and its representatives
In power. 1t took up the inquiry "Is not this rank
hostility Is not this prepared and premature oppos
ton before the administration has begun its courscbe
fore 1t has met its first Congress- sent its first messagc
What does it mean Whose is it1 Who backs it ~ I
thank the Enquirer for that blow The shade of the
Old Napoleon OF tho press smiled in bis parental hover
ing over the Enquirer when that sturdy blow fell in
its stroke for his darling democracy In my nmost heart
felt right well when that brave blow was struck It
was brave and bold to strike for the public printing
as well as the senatoshp, Mt stake it The
activity in the elections last spring looked not only
the ncunbcncy of Mr. Hunter but to the incumbcncy Of
the Enquirer too and, doubtless to all the great in
crests involved The "Enquirer assuredly hes saved
the democracy of Virginia from being involved in this
porcupne opposition.
All this time it WINS not known whether Mr. Hunter
took part in this thong ms If Is