The Washington union., 1858-03-25
WHO KILLED COCK noBISr

The most important political problem which
remains TO be solved is that which the senator
from Illinois has presented TO the American peo-
ple-whether he has been read out Of the demo-
cratic party or whether, ON the other hand, he
walked out Of his own free will and accord Be-
ing read out of the party take it he is rcd re.
publican-f he went out voluntarily then he is a
black republican. 1t is very important, therefore.
to have the question settled at cnce-and as ne
charges the thioh With an offciorH inteeineddling
IN the matter we shah undertake to throw little
light upon the sabject The U,noni newspaper
Mr.. Douglas says in his circulars that itis not dem
ocratic newspaper-the republicans do not elsim It
as their organ-the Americans t,raHow it-and we
that we .tstriy opposed to the reds SO
that IN Every respect we certified impartial
umpire to decide upon the shades of Mr.. Douglas 8
politics. Itwould be presumptuous in toread Mr..
Douglas out of the party. We have done no such
thing. We could do no such thing. Our business is
not to render verdicts but to record Judgments.
Mr. Douglas is independent senator-he must
take his own course, shape his own destiny, fix
his own political relations, and abide the conse-
quences. We did not underwrite him. and we
do not vouch for his skill in navigation for the
accuracy of his log-book. We have stated the cir
cumstances of his getting ashore aud of the proba-
BILE loss of his chip and cargo. That is all. 1t was
somebody else that msled him il he was msled--
or if he was little intoxicated by ambition it was
not by our beverage. Hence, upon this plain reea
ord, we must insist that Mr. Douglas lie not FED
republican but is, if anything, black-repubcan.
We have but two parties in this country the demo-
cratic party and the other party If Mr.. Douglas is
still with the former, then his statement that the
Union has read him out of it il naocusa,ei II he ia
with the latter we een only say he has an odd way
of showing it. If he is with the republicans he
pays his associates poor compliment by getting
angry with us for intimating much
Fellow soldiers, said gallant captain on the
eve of an engagement with the enemy, 'we now
coming to point that shall test patriotism,
courage, and our fidelity to good cause, ! be-
your posts and 70 sield your weapons like soldiers
sighting for the liberties of your country. Should
you be overwhelmed, it is equally important that
you should make an orderly, quick retreet==and IS
am little lame, I'll stars new" When Mr.. Doug
las to Washington, just on the eve of the
great battle which the democracy had determined to
risk the strength of his previous speeches and
leadership they naturally looked to him to carry out
his principles, aud they determined, even to the
poorest soldier, to stand by him and their colors in
the fight. When the bugle sounded for the attack
he was not at his post, he was on the other side.
The battle, Mr. Douglas knows, has been fought and
won by the democracy at least, the republican Hes
slams have been driven out of the ctadel--and the
senator from Illinois went out with them. He was
not of the victorious party, as he might have been
but for his lameness His retreat too /; but
we thank him for his gallant speech--it convinced
the rank and tile and they remained trne to their
banners, true to their country true to the Old Guard
of the democracy who never desert and never SIR
render. lfever political party was endowed with
high Christian virtues with the fidelity and honest
faith of John, and with the wisdom philosophy
holiness and energy of Paul. it is the democracy