The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-09-02
THE UNION" STILL OPPOSED TO MIR DOUG.

The ORt0n Will DOT make psAcS Win Mr.
| Douglas, no matter what may sthe exact state
of the case with the President. The letter
| writer's for the last fortnight have been very
sure that the war between the Administration
| and Mr.. Douglas was at an end-that the hon
orable Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia, had gone out
to Illinois as peace commissioner. However,
the continued attacks upon Mr.. Douglas which
| appear in the columns of the Union do not af
ford. corroborative evidence of the truth of the
statements of the letter.wri'ers.
We quote few paragraphs from one of those
Union articles of last week, to show the state
of feeling between the parties. So far as we
know, Mr.. Douglas has taken notice of the
| Unions articles but once on the stump, and
then he was exceedingly serene in his animad-
versions upon the conduct of the Union. But
to our quotations. Says the Union:
ave find the Opposition press publishes
largely to prove that Senator Green thoroughly
sustains Judge Douglas in the present canvass
in Illinois. Mr.. Green has now had a sufi cient
opportunity to understand the exact position of
the Illinois Senator, and we feel almost inclined
to appeal to him in a respectful manner to give
his views on the subject to the public. We
| feel quite sure that Mr.. Green based his opin-
| ions of the Illinois canvass very much on what
he was led to believe would be the course of
| Judge Douglas on his return to his State early
| in July; and that he, in common with many
others, now regards the attitude of Judge Doug
| las as utterly indefensible. 1t would be well,
| then. for the distinguished Senator from Mis-
souri, at once to relieve the Douglas press of
the labor they have undertaken in quoting him
a. authority to support the course OF their chief
in the present struggle.
| ain truth, we entertain no doubt whatever
but that Senator Green heartily endorses the
| conduct of the Democratic party in Illinois in
utterly repudiating Mr.. Douglas and his factious
| associates.
| "There are many persons in this city, and
| in other parts Of the country, who had the am-
| plest assurances from Judge Douglas himself
that he would return to Illinois, and open The
canvass on the basis of the future alone. He
had repeatedly declared that 1.-The dead should
bury their dead that by cones should be by
| Cones These declarations were made in the
most unreserved manner, everywhere and on
| nearly all occasions. They inspired confidence
in their sincerity, and gave promise of har-
| monious future. How were they redeemed
| By An indiscriminate assault upon every per-
son who supported the Kansas policy of the
Administration, charging upon them the com.
mission of high crimes and misdemeanors,
with perpetrating gross and monstrous
fraud !" tss
This may be simply personal contest be.
tween the Union newspaper and the Illinois
Senator, but we presume that the Uaion reflects
the sentiments of the Administration in the
| matter.
MR.. KEITT sUsTAINs THE ADMINISTRATION.
The Hon. Mr.. Keitt has been making a
speech, in which he comes to the conclusion
that it is his duty, and that of every other
ultrsist in the slave States, to support the pres
ent Administration. Mr.. Kett is doubtless
right 1t would be ungrateful, indeed, if, after
all that the President has done for Slavery, ite
defenders were not to rally round him. .
The speech of Colonel Keitt was delivered
in South Carolina-in Colonel Orr's district
upon the 5th of August. In opening, the hon
orable gentleman had to indulge in little o.
that gorgeous rhetoric for which he is renown
ed. We give a specimen:
"Mr. Keitt'thought that there should be nc
divisions among the Southern people, We
could avoid them, ard ought to shun then
with Jealous care. he knew that Struggling
clouds would darken the heavens-that viviC
lightning would cut the skies-that when the
hurricane had passed over its frightful course
the heaving pillows would answer to it's wilc
appeal.
Ia 1852, continued he, we agreed to stand
upon one 81 tie South. The so ad th Vas S movpc
with measured tread to this object. We stand
together; Virginia raises a bugle note-Nortb
Carolina sends her reply-the Palmetto State
is ready-the Empire State, the gallant Ala
bama-the chivalrous Mississippi-Texas, with
her lone star-all are in line, marching togeth
er for safety, either in or out of the Union
Accused be the tongue that would utter words
of distraction, and palsied the hand that would
cast fre-brand in the Southern ranks. We
should stand together-whether in the Union or
| not, time must reveal"
After this and more preliminary talk Mr..
Reitt came to the important part of his speech,
which we quote:
"Twelve months ago, he advised adversely I:
but now he would say, sustain Mr. Buchanan 8
Administration. He went to Washington at
the beginning of last session, resolved to oppose
the Administration. But when he got there,
he found Mr.. Buchanan upon the platform of
the South. 1t was then be determined to sus
tain the President cordially and ungrudgingly
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of it's extravaganza 1t was not extravaganza.
True, Mr.. Crittenden bad estimated the ex.
penses for one year at 500 .0O0, 900, but this
was incorrect. They were $57,000,0O0, and
he did not think that they could have been less
| Would you expect greater economy from the
Black Republicans What chains down the
expenses of the Government The Demo
cratic party. AS 10 the Black Republicans,
they obeyed no rules. They had an Anti-Sla.
| very Bible and an Anti Slavery God. On the Sla-
very question, also, he thought the Democratic
party worthy of all support. The Democratic
| .reat parties of the day. These were the two
flags on the battle field. Those who stood un.
der the banner of the former we're of US. If it
has been cut down, if it has lost it's strength, it
was because it had thrown eff its gross impuri.
ties. fit be in the minority it was because it
bad chung TO the very horns of the altar"
1t is very evident, from this and other speeches
made by Southern politicians, that the extre.
nists of the South regard Mr.. Buchanan as
peculiarly deserving of their support. He is
not looked upon as such Southern Democrats
as Secretary Cobb for instance, is-with zeal.
ousy. He is not merely National Democrat,
but Southern Democrat. The ultraists trust
him-he is their favorite President, since his
Kansas policy has become fully comprehended
by them. 1t would be strange if he was not.
What more could Col. Keitt himself have done,
had he occupied the Presidential chair The
only strange thing is, that men educated in the
free States, living among free institutions, can