The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-12-18


by the blood Of the patriots OF the revolution
Like the Union itself IL once severed there will DO
found adhesive property firmly to unite IL again Our
foes jubant at the prospect of dissolution The
black wings Of abolition already spread In exultation
Let take warning. let us stand TO There
may exist at the present moment motives for differ
ences of opinion between of the political
creed but none for diSsenson for division and
have hope and believe that the exultaon OF
the enemies OF the democracy is premature and unbound
ed. If true TO ourselves harm befall neither
the wise, prudent and sagacious cheftan of party
nor any of It's great leaders will permit dissolution of
those ties which bind the democracy of the Union Co
gether viii they permit any sacrifice OF the great
principles which have long sustained us and made
every, effort successful Stand 10 your arms we say
democrats But let them be pointed at the providing
envy who under the guise OF friendship, approaching
your camp andn ON the friends, who with You and
of you and without whom you would be easy prey TO
your relentless foes sl r. -.aa as' $50. p aga.r
simultaneously with the receipt Of the foregoing
from the northern section of the Union. we find in
leading southern contemporary strong expressions of
confidence in the continued harmony Of the demo
cratic party. The southern opposition journals lose
opportunity of representing the northern democ-
racy identified in sentiment the agitating ques-
tons Of the past few years with their backrepub-
lican enemies and they have seized upon the cur
rent embodiment new development sustain.
ing these misrepresentation. The party to which
they once belonged having been utterly sec.
tionalized and broken down, they seek to drag
down the democratic party to the same condi-
ton. They pursue this course regardless of the
fact that but one national party exists, and
in despite of the convictions of thinking men, that
when national parties shall have ceased to exist,
disruption of the Union itself must inevitably follow
Opinion in the two sections of the Union will then
have become 80 utterly hostile that longer political
association will be intoerable to either. Such mis-
representations, however, have not and cannot i'm
pair the confidence of the southern democracy in the
fidelity of their northern brethren to the principles
Of the constitution; nor will that confidence be dis
turbed should another detection from its ranks oc-
cur, greater even than any its past history has wit
messed. 1t is with much satisfaction that we are
able to quote from the Mobile Register, one of the
ablest papers of the South, whose disposition TO
protect the interests of that section is proverbial,
all expression Of confidence in the northern democ-
racy fully sustaining the sentiments we have here
expressed . 51.l a .@ Isa@
THE PRosPEcr AHEAD.--The prospect Of serious rup
ture of the democratic party which its vanquEhed and
vindictve foes have been atterng themselves would
arise out of the Kansas ISSUE Is by imminent
as was at first to be inferred from the violent denunci
lions with which few leading democratic journals of the
North assaed the action of the convention The indca
tons indeed quite encouraging in favor of the
tnued harmony Of the great body of the national deoc
racy on this question So far the sentiment of tho
northern democracy may be inferred from the tone of the
northern democratic press there very strong anifes
tation that it approves and will sustain the action of the
enton and the admission of Kansas with the cons
tuition which shall shortly be presented to Congress Our
northern friends generally do not participate in but
the contrary condemn and reprobat factous caor
Of hayp
republicans in raising because of the nonsubmsson Of
tile whole constitution to the people They satisfied
that every obligation which may have been reasonably
held to rest upon the convention with respect to the pop
ular decision upon their work. has been complied with in
referring to the people the determination of the slavery
question .eaat Hlags
Such is the tenor OF the views which find expressed
in large number of the abest and most influential dem
ocrac journals of the northern States and doubt not
they reflect the sentiments of the great majority of the
democracy of that section this absorbing question
Az informed from the most reliable
In Washington in regard to the sentiments of the demo-
cratic members of Congress- there is every to feel
assured that the great majority Of them prepared to
sanction the action of the constitution, and to give their
votes in favor of admission Let not then indulge any
needless alarm for the harmony of the democratic party
allow any isgyings suspicious to enter minds
against the fidelity of northern brethren, who have
never fatered yet, in standing firmly and faithfully
shoulder to shoulder with in defence of constitu
tional rights ssa5.far ..aE .13
OUR COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH FRANCE. u
We have on several former occasions invited the
attention of our commercial readers to the prohibit
DRY and restrictive character of the commercial egis-
laton of France, and from tabular statements, predi
Gated on the official returns of French commerce du-
ring the past five six years, we have endeavored
to point out the immense benefits which would &c
crue to both nations by abrogating the temporary
convention of dune "a, 1922, and entering upona
new career of commercial reciprocity, which would
invite the feest interchange of the products and
manufactures of the two countries and tend to
strengthen the ancient and friendly relations which
now so happily exist between them. Ever since the
first introduction Of the prohbitve policy in France,
some two hundred years back, the genus Of Colbert
would seem to have breathed its restrictive spirit
into the commercial systems of the various govern
ments which have swayed the destinies Of that
try; and although for years past of the might
lest ntelects and at the present time several of the
most important and influential departments of the
empire have vainly struggled, and are still zealousy
engaged in the most vigorous efforts to abolish obso
lete and onerous restrictions of trade and relieve
the industry and of the nation of the incu
bus which has SO long pressed upon them, reforms
tory movements and relaxatory DEGREES to be
rather spasmodic than permanent the result of