The Washington union., 1858-03-21
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SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH II, 1855.
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10 DE SiIeNouhIy utSappOintSd, Kansas VIII soon DC
admitted into the Union State, and both Con-
gress and the people will be permitted TO turn their
attention to something else. This wifi be painful
result TO the blackrepubcans, because their party
lives upon sectional agitation, and they cling with
the grasp cf despair to fertile source of agita-
tion as that which nearly gave them the last pres
dental election With Kansas peacefully admitted
TO the Union, they longer keep up their or
ganization, and msst rapidly lose their power The
places Of trast and profit which now know them
viii then know them no more forever. Hence the
phrenzied effort which they make TO defeat the
Kansas bill, now pending In tho Senate, and soon
to reach the House, Hence the renewed energy
which they display in their hypocritical profes
sions Of lcvo for freedom and hatred of fraud !!
Hence the holy horror with which they cry out
against the "great wrong" of admitting Kansas into
the American Union! Hence the discipline and in
dustry and perseverance, with which they pursue
their wicked purpose of defeat, Hence the inge
unity with which they seek to obtain unnatural aid,
by the votes of those who ought rather to cut out
their tongnes than allow them to speak encourage
ment to such cause! Hence the loving Kindness
with which they embrace their new recruits and
give the grasp of friendship and the kiss peace to
those whom recently they denounced red with
guilt aud ripe for the gaows Hence Douglas aud
1rumbull have suddenly discovered virtues in each
ether whose existence they suspected before
Hence Cameron and Forncy unite fraternally TO vim
dicate the purity Of elections! Hence the virtuous
Matteson, no longer detained by sickness at home
fees to the aid of his leader Harris, of Illinois
Hence oil the enginery intellectual, physical poti-
cal, pccuniary which they put in motion and keep
in motion in order TO prevent settlement of the
KaDsas troubles
All this is not strange, because they fight for the
very existence of their party 1t is life or death
with them. If they win the country loses but they
gain. they lose, the country gains, but they de
stroyed. The issue, then, bctwcen peace in Kansas
and the Union on one side and a new lease Of life
to the black republican party on the other. The de-
mocracy stand by the country at this crisis,
they did at the great contest Of November 1856
and they have arrayed against them more the
same organization which they then glorously con-
quered. The people elected democratic President
and democratic majority in tho House, because
they wished to crush out sectionalism and de
feat forever the party which nurtured it. In con
formity with their will the administration has acted
In conformity with their will the House was organ
lied. In conformity with their will it is now pro
posed to close the fountain of excitement in Kansas
and bring back harmony to the Union. But just al
this vital point the black-republicans seek to seize
themselves the control of the House, and substitute
their policy for that of the democratic party How
can any democrat, who means ever again to act and
vote with his old friends, give aid and comfort to
such movement az this How can any man with
national impulses and national principles lend him
self to the work of galvanizng into life the old
party Of Frcmontsm Let no one be deceived !!
The line is now drawn. The policy of the black
republicans must prevail or the policy of the demo
cratic party must prevail. The few recruits who
go to the camp of Seward and Hale go there
not to control its policy, but to help it to sue
ceed. Small minorities cannot dictate, in the long
run, TO great majorities. If CONTRARY to all be-
Lief the Lccompton measure should be beaten
what will take its place? Mr.. Douglas proposed
an enabling act, but it laughed at and laid
aside. Mr.. Crittenden has plan, Mr. Gilmer
has plan, and doubtless there are other plans
But how is either of them to be adopted? Where
are the votes to come from' When the firm ground
OF the Lecompton measure is abandoned, and prece
dents and law set aside, in crazy search after
popular will outside of law and outside of form,
where on earth gentlemen to find any solid foot
ing whatever? To what scheme arc there not obiec-
tons and powerful oppostiong And will not the
result eventually be that Kansas is left open once
MORE and a continued source of bitterness and
strife What might satisfy Massachusetts, on this
subject might not satisfy Virginia. What would
suit one section might be Objectionable to another
The President has wisely seized upon that plan of
settlement which, having the authority of law and
precedent in its favor and leading to no practical
mischief, may well challenge the support of all na-
tional men.
Let every man in Congress, then, who wishes to
sec the Kansas question settled and tho Union at
peace, stand by the Lecompton measure At var-
ous periods of history vital questions have
arisen which have divided parties and controlled the
fate of politicians. The embargo, the war, the
bank arc of these, and the lessons derived
from each of them ought not to bc forgotten In the
view which we take of it, the Kansas question is
one of great and serious Importance; and they who
assist in keeping it unsettled will fearful
responsibility. An opportunity is offered to
adjust it safely and permanently without injury to
n.