The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-05
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AS IT is.


by political party we ordinarily understand enc
of those divisions into which the community are sep
arated upon political questions Since the ORGANIZE
ton Of our government have had parties, the
supporting and the other opposing pending meas
ures, each Of which involved some principle upon
which the division took place throughout the coun-
try. The democratic party has often done so, and
especially in 1870, at Baltimore, promulgated the
leading principles governing its action Its opinions
upon questions subsequently arising have been form
ally and distinctly avowed and especially IN 1856 at
Cincinnati Their advervaries have promulgated 50
many contradictory and discordant principles that
none, not even careful observers, can inform us
what is the real settled general creed of the opposi
ton This is especially of the biack-republicans
Their political creed has about many variations as
the party has localities. There is no one principle
which it adopts and adheres to in oil parts of the coun
try, or in all branches of the party In the New
England States negro equality seems the leading
ground Of action. Since they fraternised with the
know-nothings, they have politically elevated the
negro above all persons born out of the United
States. With them, negro, however stupid or
ignorant, is entitled to political privileges which
they would deny to Humboldt, Brougham, Lamartine,
or Faraday, if actually resident among them. The
enemies of the democracy, then, are fast verging
into downright sectionalism, designed, by arraying
one section of the country against the other,
to secure and perpetuate the ascendenoy of
their party. No opportunity is left unimprovod
to infame the passions of the people in that part
of tho Union against those residing south Of them
because they permit slavery. In New York the
same party, although they denounce slavery, con
tend that their great object is to dignity and protect
white labor, for, while slavery exists in any State,
they insist that it will operate to degrade it, but
how, they do not explain. For free negroes they
have no affection or sympathy except for those who
own real estate and voters and then only about
election time. In the western States the pure abo-
itonst and all the enemies ofthe democracy work har-
moniousy together though except the former none Of
them care anything for the negro as is demonstrated
by their laws excluding them from residence among
them. 1t is manifest that a game is being PLAYED
there designed to benefit certain class Of politi-
clans, who can only elevate Themselves by creating
and operating upon sectionalism In Missouri. in
stead of sympathizing with the negro the effort of
this party is professedly directed to driving him
from the land of his birth and the home of his affec
tons, to the land OF sekness and pestilence between
North and South America, to die among strangers
whose language he cannot understand Under the
deceitfhl pretence Of elevatng white labor, the
whole republican party, who not real aboli-
honists, are prepared to exterminate the whole
negro race--certainly an etfectua mode of extin
gushing slavery. Recently a republican member
of Congress from New York over his own sigma
ture, avowed this murderous philanthropy. Blair.
IN Missouri, placed his reelection substantially
upon this ground. He proposed in the House last
winter to COLOMBO the negroes in Central America
where all know that disease, starvation and death
would soon cxterminate them This he knew. be-
cause IN one Of his speeches at St. Louis he said
But you might get all the negroes in this country
together and they ,couM only aarpe," and added
What have they made out of Africa where they
came from am for getting rid of the negroes alto
gether and having our State for white men On
the banners at celebration were these among other
notices: |" No NEaRo COMPOSITION In OUR LASp''
Missouri FOR WHITE MEN, AND WHITE MEN FOR Mrs.
souRr--"F z. BLAIR, THE WHITE MAN's FRIEND z,
Blair supposed that principles, looking to the ex-
termination of race, would aid his reelection. but
they secured his defeat They were too nhuuar
Tor any section Of our country. Still, the northern
and western republicans, with all their protested |
sympathy for the negro mourned over his defeat |
Notwithstanding all these seeming differences there
is sympathy and harmony among this class Of politi
clans in all parts Of the country. When deemed
necessary to promote their aspirations they can love
the negro and hate all white foreign born or 20 for
terminating the African and worship the rich brogue
of the lrishman, or compliment the deep cultural
of the German. Old planks in their platform are
daily removed and new inserted to suit those
whom they wish to occupy it, In New England
and New York they put in and take out according
to circumstances, q temperance plank, while in the
West they show great Partially for one which has
. whiskey perfume. The alien plank is ripped up,
chopped, hacked, and hewn, and put down SO often
that some suppose il to be the subject of some evil
enchantment. They caress negro, or consign him
to death and destruction with cool readiness which
excites astonishment among honest men,. This party
has no real, settled, aud permanent political creed
except opposition, to whatever is democratic; but
1t has two objects always in viewA-to crush out the
democracy and to control the destines Of the Union
in both of which they will fail I'M ss,, ,s IA
JUDGE DOUGLAS AT FREEpopT