The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-27

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the lrnion Ap25--n VI
THE NEW PARTY MOVEMENT --INCIPlENT Diff
CULTIEs.
We transfer to our columns to-day interesting ar
tices from four leading papers in the opposition, the
Philadelphia Press the Louisville Journal the Balti
more Patriot and the Richmond Wing, on the sub
ject of tho early organization OF new party to be
composed of the American rump, the capital Of which
is understood to be entirely invested in the recent
Leavenworth constitution, under the management
aud presidency of Jim Lane, the republicans raised
up to the tncture Of patriotism and nationality, and
converted to the faith Of the celebrated "l2th section
so recently spurned by them as hereto and "institn
tionaP' and including those democrats who got 1T
into their heads not long ago that great party lay
concealed like Kids treasure somewhere in the
shallow. waters Of Kansas politics. To the astute
editor Of the Press the country and the world are in
debted for the suggestion that the democracy might
be circumvented and put down if their piebald
opponents would only combine and act togeth-
Ell harmoniously. 1t is a noteworthy feature
Of the new dispensation that all sides concur
Iition republicans on to the repudiated know
nothing 18th section that ia, that the body Of the
concern, with it's heart and lungs is to be found
in the republican element; and that, therefore, that
part Of the new organism must dismiss the Tribune
and it's abolition adherents from the proposed ALI
ance that the republicans must in other words, give
up their opposition to slavery in order to receive the
adherence of the Americans and democrats who, i'll
the absence Of numbers, contribute an element Of
nationality to the new concern
The prompt manner in which the latter voted for
the admission Of Kansas under the slavery constitu-
ton shows, at least, that under disguise
other, tho republicans were prompt to perform their
part Of the conditions of the alliance We have
dertaken to show that in securing the Crittenden-
Montgomery amendment as medium Of expressing
their concessions to slavery they adroitly contrvod
the matter in point of fact to trap the Ameri
and democrats into q measure Of ultra negro
ism but should the proposition Of Mr.. English sue
ceed then it will be clear that the Americans and
democrats will have secured vote from the repub
licans endorsing out and out the Lecompton const-
tuition. This simple analysis is quite enough to
show that the alliance cannot survive the end Of the
solemnity and dignity Of the subject, and the evil
IDENTIFY sincere manner in which it has been treated
by the opposition we should call it not an alliance,
but mere combination to defeat the administration
and embarrass the affairs Of the government.
But we bring the subject before the reader to-day,
for the purpose of showing the scrimony with which
the Press il treated for suggesting that the
Germ shall take the name of the National Democra-
cy The Journal intimates to the Press that athough
the Americans are not as numerous as the sands on
the sea-shore, they outnumber the seeding demo
Gratis The Journal argues phiosophically and eff
fectively to prove that party organizations, which
sprung into being by mere arrangement Of few
men, are Of real political account They are to the
genuine article what piece Of statuary is to the orr
ginal what the painting is to the landscape, what
dead body is to the living. party is not made like
q handorgan, or cart, but must have birth like
boys and girls and grow up to manhood in natural
sort Of way.
We are not clear how the Journal will get out of
the difficulty Of framing new Organization upon
these ideas--that party must have conception,
birth, growth and manhood and yet contend that
it may be created ont Of the odds and ends Of the
then feel certain that the party that is conquer
and put down the democracy is yet in extreme in
facy. We see no Indications of its coming, none in
the coquetting Of the factious now no promise big
with the power that is to triumph over them AZ
party And yet the Journal is quito right in protesting
against framing alliance out Of the chips apd un-
derbrnsh Of the day and calling il national democ-
racy. How would it appear to see Mr. Thurlow
Weed and the editor Of tho Louisville Journal ma
nipulatng in behalf Of the democratic cause What
would Mr. Greeley and Mr.. Seward say in the inter
est of the party Of Jefferson, Jackson and the party
that elected James Buchanan What part in the
new alliance are Mr. Senator Wade Wendell phill;ps.
VIM Lloyd Garrison, and Mr.. Giddngs to takea II
will be seen that the Philadelphia Press was clearly
wrong in proposing the baptismal name Of Democ-
racy for its great party which is to be formed 1t
must be confessed that the republicans and their
celent allies have many dscouraging matters to con
tend against in the future but greater than that
which win be found in efforts to effect their union
They have now, since 1854, been required to build