The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-05
THE acI7YzEN1 IN WASHINGTON
from the Southern cl,i,cn washington city De


IFrum the Southern Citizen, Washington city Dec. Al
The Southern Citizen begins this day to be published
in the federal city, which purports for present to be
the legislative and executive metropolis of the United
States. We commence labors on the eve of what
will be highly exciting session Of Congress ''tem-
ocratio party broken up into sections northern and
southern, rather feesoil and constitutional Sec
ton Central American and Mexican affairs approaching
the critical point French and English fleet in the
Gulf to blow away the Monroe doctrine southern egs
atures eagerly discussing the slave trade Kansas fresh
as ever the of national politcsnot setted "
nor likely to be settled General Walker emigpnts
barred OF their passage and wondering whether they live
in free country Senator Douglas making tour in the
South to pass the time until lie shall be reelected sen
tor and can descend upon the democratic party at Wash
ington as ts pastor and master, with olive branch
one hand raw-hide in the other an administration
high and dry upon the bleak rocks of ecompton having
anchored itself upon the mere constitution of the United
States, in ignorance of the fact that this document Is
now superseded has received new northern nerpre
tation undreamed of by the who made il such is
the pepexed condition of affairs at the opening of this
most tempestuous SESSION.
The sprnging asunder of the democratic party was
not unexpected unprotected by us in the Southern
Citizen The line of Mason and Dixon, potent TO sever
the Christian churches themselves and the Bible Societies
dVulsye even to fhe dividing asunder of the joints and
marrow this inevitable line could not fail to run through
the democratic party also. Camped together by cum
ming compromises draped with garlands of patriotic
phraseoogy, smoothed by bright of treas
ury gold the ever widening gap could not but yawn
openly, impassably at last Is it utterly beyond the skill
OF some political brdgebuder 10 arch over the chasm
still The Unon being the paramount political good
there not still perhaps something sacrifice some
part OF our dignity and honor 'theoretc abstrac
lion, some portion of our title to sovereignty and land
home and hearth, for the sake of maintaining that Sd
cred II Piulbus Unuan of our fathers 7
Undoubtedly some arrangement of the kind be ac
comPlished for the present. The North is by
prepared to force the whole doctrine of Seward upon us
at neither indeed is it to us very clear that the
whole doctrine of Seward will ever re the doctrine of
the North They have too deep interest there in the
products OF southern labor to be willing to cut them Off
1t Is sufficient for all northern purposes to obtain po
cal control the southern States so thai they the
northerneB can guide and govern the of the
federal government for their own profit 1t is enough if
they can compel us to buy everything they make for
us ut the dearest rate and transact all business
with the rest of mankind by their commission houses fac
tors, banks and ships villiyng all the while dis
grace to free country and foul blot upon the other
wise stainless Yankee escutcheon This kind of arrange
ment can still be effected and the blessed Union OF our
fathers be preserved
For example, the South accept if she chooses Mr.
Douglas, of Illinois, for her champion and leader against
the black-repubicans: He is statesman of most lib
eIal phrseology he the black republicans he
does not care not he whether people slaves
in fact he owns slaves himself for the present MS
question Of morals he will not hear the thing discussed
laughs at the 'foul blot national escutcbeon ;
and trampes under his feet the theory of mo more slave
States 1t is not the theory in fact he for
any Theory Ii is the practice Practically he kept
Kansas when she applied slave State under fct
tous he advises how southern
may be- under the fictitious petence OF popular
sovereignty forever prevented from creating slave
State In short, be isl northern and senator and
the prudent North begins to that they trust him
He will do all that the North DESIRES the South will but
accept him. for the sake of the union of the party and
the Union of the States.
If the southerners like this compromise they con have
it; and Mr. Douglas is the TO it, Be 1t So
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pole il they would rather fold their hands for little
more sleep and little slumber Besides we are
well aware that although the great bulk of the eighty
million government expenditures goes to the North las is
natural) yet still there many merorious politicians
pipe layers wirepullers and logrollers at the SOUTH
who pick and nimbie at the treasury Particularly yir
gna has the honor and advantage of having the claims
of her statesmen admitted by all administrations to such
extent rs almost to place her level with Ohio
And we are told that so long as there still Off
open to southern men, and so long as Virgnians
almost their share Of plumber il is in vain to
mportune the South about her dangers her disgrace
She will neither soc the feel the other
This is perhaps mistake There is considerable stir
amongst the dry bones and the word Compromise
begins to be three unpopular sllabes at the South We
apprehend there are many souherners thoughtful and
vgilan of the signs Of the times, anxiousy this
watching the of politics at Washington aud
quite prepared for all hazards and extremes rather than
submit one hairs breadth further To such offer the
aid and cooperation of this Southern Citizen We devote
to the support of the southern cause the southern
cause in that form which enemies call extreme ultra
aggressive &c. and to trouble and let our readers
whole hand at once, what require the part
of the South is
First Repeal of all laws prohibiting the foreign slave
trade, or imposing penalties thereon.
Second Repeal of the law abolshng the slave trade In
the District Of Columbia,
THIRD Absolute resistance TO everything in the nature
Of Compromise between North and South
Fourth. Peremptory demand for the Intervention OF
Congress- President and Supreme Court r slavery in all
Territories the moment STAKEHOLDER brings his slaves
there in other words Intervention by the authorities
sustain the law and prevent robbery.
These four items include all Up to certain date
say till the day of -lS6-we willing to labor
for their attainment II souherners the nselves
they can attain them ALL else dissolve the Union IL
they will do neither the the other before that day
why we, for poor part, will decline to urge them
farther have idea OF making Cassandra of