The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-01
JUDGE DOUGLAS.
From the Nashville crenn uaion.I

tFrom the Nashville CTenn) Union.l
We observe that one two of southern exchanges
Ia their anxiety to hold party ascendency in m
no are trying make fair weather with Judge Doug
las and his anti ecompton friends Their argument is
that Judge ID. has been true to the party every
thing but the proposition to admit under the Ls
compton constitution, which they declare to be past
issue longer practical and that the alternative in Hi
nos Is TO take Judge Douglas submit to clean black
republican victory. This all very plausible as
there are few southern who if forced to choose be-
tween regular black republican and Judge D. would
prefer the latter But is this proper way put the
question Does choice between evils justify require
an aation with either Does such state of facts de
mand Of the truly national democracy Of Illinois
render anti Iecomptonis from the dread of de-
feat Indeed may it not be better for the friends to
truth and the advocates of sound principles to submit
for awhile to the triumph OF their very worst enemies
than to compromise with and play second to mai
contents and rebels in their party Does not such
policy barter away for temporary purpose the
great moral force which had heretofore constituted SO
much of the beauty and strength of the democratic party
and the constant want Of such element Of weakness
with the opposition
We observe from northern exchanges that fac
ton Is more bitter and intoleiant towards tho true
mocracy than these anti Lecomponites following in the
lead of Judge Douglas If not in open afation, they
are longer in open warfare with abolitionisn and
while few of southern friends claiming for them
liberation from the true men OF the party, these
-Lecomptontes prescribing with bitter hatred
every Iecompton democrat in the North that they
hunt down. AT such time and under such circum-
stances is it manly to the mildest phrase for south
be lccturing those gallant spirits of North
to lay down their and submit quietly to being
crushed out for fear these guerras of the party may
commit greater Nepredations stillf We such d
policy and have but little respect for the moral honesty
of those who devise it. 1t is setting premium upon
dishonesty and offering reward to traitors
In democratic circles there is division of opinion in
pronouncng it great wrong for knownothngs to have
gone into open afation with black republicans this
Iecompton issue Why, then, is it not equally great
wrong for democrats to have done so All agree that
il offence for which Messrs Crittenden, Bell
Co. should find forgiveness except in long and sincere
repentance Why, then, should we be any more hasty
in overlooking such offence in Judge Douglas True,
1t may be said that their offences extend beyond the
recent issue So much the less to be expected Of
them. and 30 much the OF Judge Douglas 1t may
be sad also that they southern representative
and under stronger obligations to their section But dem
ocras acknowledge difference in their ranks between
northern and southern Consistency h one OF
those Virtues which the world loves to acknowledge hut
despses to practice which is but another evidence the
natural tendency with men to go wrong.
We have, perhaps given too much prominence to this
matter but cannot look patiently at the aud
Inconsistencies of few of friends while
critcizing and ccnsuring the msdeeds of Others.