The Washington union., 1858-02-18

to him On the 18th ult from the delaware Cross
ings' precinct in Kansas have induced that gentle
man to publish statement on the subject which
will be found in our columns to-day, aud which we
commend to the attention Of our readers. We hope
that the presses which have been liberal in at
tacking General Calhoun on this subject will now do
him the justice to publish his frank reply
is THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS A DEMOCRATIC
MEASUREi
We are convinced that this government is vitally
dependent for it's upon the democratic party
that its harmony and triumphs the harmony and
triumphs of the federal system. The maintenance of
the great cause of democracy, then becomes patri-
otto duty We know il is often asserted that the
control Of parties has dernorazed the general admin
istration weakened public consideration for the gov
ernment, prostituted talent and statesmanshp pro-
noted management and intrigue thus making our
institutions mere convenience for plumber and pee
ulation. Such undoubtedly, are the Impressions of
many of our citizens--imprcssion derived from the
existence of public evils inseparable from the
operations of all governments--evils which
in the United States when compared
world The practical man cannot fail to that 80
vast trust conducted necessarily by thousands and
tens of thousands of agents MUST exhibit numerous
instances Of bad faith and wicked deception and
fraud. But it is evident that these are not the Sc
verest trials to which the federal government is sub
jected. Nor are they to be found In a want of
ability the part the ministers Of the law, in the
ment, nor in the negligence and indifference of
large portion Of the community in regard to all
public affairs. The great obstacle in the way of
successful government in this country is to be
found in the powerful array of individuals of
portion of the Union in opposition to the federal
constitution. 1t is vain and wicked to disguise or
attempt to Disguise the fact that such combinations
strike at the very vitals of the government. They
seek to nterpolate into system element Of ty
ranny, to abridge and overwhelm the rights of mi
norty on the plea that it is lawful to war against
people who recognise the institution of slavery.
They assal the compact of Union itself as "coye
nant with the devil" They seek to combine the
majorities of the North against the conceded mnori
ties of the South, and to exercise supreme authority
responsibility for the institutions of the slave States
The democratic party is the only obstacle in the
way of the of the sectionalss. It's integri
ty then, ought to be paramount consideration with
every wcl-wisher of the constitution. Without it's
agency and its energies, we do not believe the gov
crnment can be preserved. We see guarantee
except in those Of faithful adherence to the cove
&c nj; 10 fl,o,
straints upon the strong no great baance-wheel to
assure all of the harmonious operations of the ma
chinery of the State.
Precisely at this moment, more than at any other
period of history, is it important that the ntcg
rity of the democratic party should be preserved.
Fidelity to the faith now is a virtue indeed while
infdelity is heightened into crime.
For four years we have struggled against a vir,i-
lent sectional organization upon the subject of the
concerns of distant Territory. We treated the
matter with all candor aud fairness. We laid down
before the countryin 1854 the chart by which pro-
posed to sail the ship of State. We declared that in
the organization of the government of Kansas the
people of the Territory should establish their own
Institutions We desired to get rid of the subject of
to drive it out of Congress- and we adopted means
of doing so, in complete harmony with our institu-
tions. We determined leave that and every other
local concern to the people themselves. We were
met by fierce opposition and were defeated in the
fall of s54 in nearly every State of the North We
were beaten, but not conquered. Our cause was
Just; it was right that the people should make their
own government-that they should govern them
selves We removed the fight in the following year
and retrieved many Of our losses. Meanwhile the
republicans met us with powerful combinations all
over the North, stimulated by every conceivable eff
fort, and by vast means, collected from the pulpit
and the groggery, by which they undertook to over
urn the government established in Kansas by Con-
,rcss, and TO set in motion purely revolutionary
system of their own
We went into the canvass of 1856 on the distinct
endorsement Of the act Of 1854 and everywhere de-
nounced the republicans in aud out of Kansas,
as revolutionists and dsunionists. We avowed to
he country that they had deliberately fomented and
Kept alive the Kansas controversy with no other
han purely partisan purposes We charged them
with deliberate efforts to agitate the slavery qucs-
ion for their special benefit, and against every
lictae of honesty.
When Mr.. Buchanan assumed the presidency, it
'ecamc his duty to appoint governor of Kansas and
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