The Washington union., 1858-02-20

is unanimously insisted upon by the South lie
has next the question: whether the majority section
should not the South in the execution Of these
pledges, in conservative and generous temper,
rather than captious and overbearing one He has,
lastly also, the great and grave question, whether
great national party organization, which has been
formed expressly to check and avert the evils that
might result from the present disparity between
sections shall be able to retain under its banners
sufficient number of northern patriots to appease the
ealosies Of sections to protect the reserved rights
of the minority and to establish the peace of the
Union.
II il the great mission of the national democratic
organization to supply that confidence between
tons, that sense of security from unconstitutional
aggression to the minority which is essential to
the safety of the Union in the new relations that
have arisen between the sections Unless there be
servatve men enough at the North to preserve, with
similar men at the South, national party, actuated
by national principles, forming body guard TO the
constitution, standing mediator between the ma
jorty and minority sections, and preserving their
ancient relations of fraternity confidence and har-
mony tho North and South must be actua-
tcu ny iutual ulSuuoI Jo"toubyt diu h"Acuf WihSh
cannot fail to work harm to our institutions
We have every confidence in the perpetuation of
our glorious Union, aud in the final triumph of pa
triotism over faction but confess that chief
reliance for the accomplishment Of this result, out
side Of the energy of right and the potential
agency of an overruling Providence, is in the con
servative power Of the democratic national organiza-
ton.
We have spoken plainly of the dangerous and
posivc point which the sectional agitation has
reached, in order that might expose clearly
to the conservative men of the North the absolute
importance of adhering, at some sacrifice Of feel
ing and views of expediency, to the democratic
organization II is the ark and covenant of safety to
the Union, and must be clung to at every risk.
There is identity of significance in the maxims
The democratic party-it must be preserved J"
=" The Union=-it must be perpetuated.' We might
condense these maxims into one The democratic
party--it is the Union"
THE LETTER EPIDEMIC MIR. BANCROFT AGAINST
MR. STANTON
The country is suffering just now under the terri
bic infiction of this disease and do not see very
clearly how it is to end short of carrying off large
number Of politicians and lovers of notoriety Pro-
motion by merit is slow and unreliable and pa
triots and statesmen exceedingly abundant in
these days. that to wait the natural process of getting
ones name before tho country is than weakness
and ambition can bear The most recent attack of
this maady was upon the person of Mr.. George
Bancroft who evidently caught the disease of Gov.
lC.. Al. "a -
type. Mr. Bancroft jumps, by single bound, away
into the middle of Kansas and its affairs and deals
his blows right and left, it seems to u.s. without
the least regard to friend or foe Mr. Bancrofts let
ter, which covers 70 speech, prepared intro
ductory to the expected address Of MFR. Stanton at
the Academy of Music in the city of New York We
would not say without the best of reasons but we
must intimate that, in our judgment, Mr.. Bancroft
took unusual pains to discrcdit Mr.. Stanton upon
central and vital Between Mr. Bancroft and the ex-
Secretary are decidedly the side of the latter
He is the best informed, the best naturcd much the
most scrupulous regarding nero matters Of fact
and, wthal, much more logical on this subject than
Mr.. Bancroft Mr.. Bancroft builds his case on the
assertion, for instance that fifteen counties of
tho Territory of Kansas had no census or registry
and were therefore, "disranchised" at the delegate
election of the 18th Of June. Mr. Stanton meets this
declaration about registry thus
said to them, gentlemen, you might have gone to
the probate judges and had those put the lists
But they said 1t not their duty to CO. IL the duty
of the officers to register their Now it useless
for any Of to disguise the truth The great the
frccStatc people did not fig whether their names
registered not they opposed to the
ton they opposed to all the laws and all the pro
ceeslings under it,
Then, Mr.. Stanton proceeds to say that in the reg
istcred counties 9,25l persons recorded. 1t is
a fact which it is well to state here that at the
delegate election of these 925l persons, only
trihe over 1900 voted. We have often explained
this matter by asserting that the freeSatc men had
resolved party, extending throughout the Ter
rtory noi 10 rofe We have declared that the people
of the disfranchised counties" refused to rote Mr.
Bancroft thinks not. lie had been occupied several
days in preparing his letter. and he is clear that the
people dsfranchised' Upon this point we
have to quote again from Mr.. Stanton's speech Of
night before last, in New York After allutling to
the registered counties, he says
" In the other eighteen counties there was no census,
and no registration. think it very probable, although
do not know the fact that In of these counties the
officers deferred and discouraged by the people from
the duty Of taking the census"
" have doubt IL is true that the great majority of
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