The Washington union., 1858-03-03

broke ground against the schedule in November. BE-
committed to the validity Of all the proceedings
in the Lecompton movement down to the last final act
Of submission, while their blackrepublican coadju
tors denounce them from the beginning. Mr.. Doug
Las concurred with neither else at different times,
with both, aftsr the Of the bat in the battle
of the birds and the beasts.
Messrs Walker, Wise, Forney and Douglas, more
over make the non-submission of the constitution,
IN s0aoe to popular vote, the grayamen of their
sault upon it I; while Messrs. Greeley, Giddings,
and Others put their objection the slavery clause.
Do these veterans in the blackrepublican service
synpathixe with their new recruits in the first OBJ
jection' Do the recruits sympathize with the old
guard in the second objections Yet, notwithstand-
ing these antagonisms between the veteran troops
and raw militia of the allied forces, they both
fighting the same battIe-under the broad, blackre
publican banner Of antislavery is there any squint
ing at concurrence of sentiment with the abolition
lists in this passage from Governor Walkers Indiana
letter?
Has the African become elevated above the free
men of this Union that they in their sovereign capacity
may not decide upon all that their govern
ment, only the OF tnat sadie tnat
be within their boundares And is it true that the peo
pie inchoate free States neither atfy reject
any part their constitution but that this be done
in inchoate slave States only and then only regards
this particular institution =
Is there sardonic squint of the sort in the
following passages of Mr.. Douglass report?
'The result Of the [October election demonstrated
sented save-State constitution for approval it would
inevitably be rejected at the election Under these cir
cumstances the convention determined that instead of
combining their action to the known wishes of the people
of Kansas they would form slaveState constitution,
and submit it to the people Ia such form to render
it impossible for them to reject it, by allowing those to
vote only who would vote for it, and excluding from the
polls all who proposed to vote against it. by this dis
reputable trio" " &C., &C.
latent furtiye fash of the old abolition fire
to us apparent in both these extracts.
At the same time that the leaders of the coalition
are thus betrayng the cloyen foot in assailing the
Lecompton constitution on various conflicting pre-
texts but in real truth for its slavery clause,
of their lesser organs invoking the South to OPP
pose it upon the poor catch that though this const
tuition should legalze slavery in Kansas, yet adms-
sion under it will certainly result in bringing Lane
and Robinson to the Senate from the new State; as
much as to say "a majority of the people of Kansas
constitution on account Of its slavery clause but we
call upon you people Of the South, to join us in our
opposition this slavery constitution for the reason
that Lane and Robinson will to the Senate un-
der this or any constitution the new State may have
The bald plea simply means that it is worse for the
South to take half loaf when rendered to her than
to wait until she get no bread at all
But it would be an endless task to set forth the
manifold contradictions in which the opponents Of
this measure involve themselves. They agree in
nothing but common opposition. When you ask
for reasons, yon ncontinently raise up very Babel
about your ears Philosophers among them spin you
yarns of fine distractions popular sovereignty
by the hour which defy refutation and plunge you
in despair but it, luckily, you listen to any two Of
them at time, you relieved and delighted at the
skill with which they make mince-meat of each
others theories. 1t is Kilkenny -cat performance
which would utterly put to blush the prototype
belligerents If they present to witness it.
But such mutual contradictions and refutations al
ways characterize movements conducted on mere
pretexts. IF the members Of this coalition would
abandon subterfuge and plant themselves on their
real objections the which they resist they
would no longer tread each others toes and foun-
der in mutual contradictions. With the great bulk Of
the coalition, the real objection is the slavery clause
Of the Lecompton constitutions with the rest. it is
some ranking personal grievance that has driven
them into desertion and alliance with the enemy.
Better for them all to alege their real grounds of op
position than by dealing in subterfuge and relying
on pretexts, to make Babel of their whole cause.
Honest modes OF dealing better than dishonest,
even in disreputablo undertakings. There is honor
even among thieves. The vilest pilferers find ad-
vantage in honor.
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