Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-03-27
!" ALLIES OF THE BLACK REPUBLI
CANS.D

This is favorite expression with the admins
tration, and is applied to oil, Democrats and
americans, who will not bow down to Baal, or
Buchanan, and do the bidding of a would-be mas
ter.
Mr.. Douglas and the great mass of the Demo
cratic party at the North, to whom Mr.. Blu
chanan is indebted for his election, Mr.. Douglas,
whom Mr.. Buchanan WAS SO anxious to oblge in
the appointment Of his friends to Office in the
outset Of his administration, Mr.. Douglas, evil
IDENTIFY at that time Mr. Buchanan favorite for the
Presidency next to hmsef-Mr Douglas and all
those Democrats who are in favor of leaving the
people of Kansas perfectly free to form and regu-
late their own domestic institutions in their own
way, subject only to the Constitution ofthe United
States" are now denounced as "the allies Of the
Black Republicans" simply because they will not
consent to force constitution upon the people Of
Kansas which they have had no hand in forming,
and no fair opportunity to vote upon, and which
is the object Of their utter detestationl
Does the administration suppose it can effect any
thing by resort to such denunciatory and un-
digni6ed language? Dose It suppose that it can
intimdate anybody, or that it can, by calling mem
bers of Congress ''allies of the Black Republicans
set the constituents Of any member against him,
and thereby defeat his re-eectionG IF such be its
belief it must have formed an exceeding low~esti-
mate Of the intelligence and integrity of the peo-
pie.
We know that its power is great, welding as il
does, the immense patronage of the Government
for base corrupt, political purposes, and we know
that it has by this means secured votes for Le-
compton which, left to the dictates of their own
honest judgment, never would have gone for this
nefarious fraud; but these men, and the admins
tration itself, win find that there is power in the
people too,-a power that can and viii make Itself
felt in the next Congressional elections
A certain Democratic member of the House
from northern State, personal friend of Mr..
Buchanan, being asked If it were possible that he
He was then asked If he supposed the people Of
his district were in favor of Lecomptons To which
he promptly replied that he did not doubt three
fourths of them, and perhaps nine-tenths were
against It. Why then, inquired his interrogation,
do you go for it? "Well," he replied, ~ know
am "a dead cock" any how; because, as the ad.
ministration make it party measure, if do not
go for it the politicians will defeat my renomna-
ton, and If do, the people will defeat my cleo
ton at the polls. Buff gowith the administra-
ton, and am defeated at the next election" he
might have added, ''the President has many things
at his disposal, and can abundantly reward me, as
believe he will, therefore will stand by him and
take my chances" We know that in his heart
this subservient politician disapproves the Lee
compton constitution, and the not sending 1t to
the people for their adoption or rejection /; but
with him party feeling over-iides his duty to his
country, as It does with many others.