The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-15

faction the black republican party had the aid
and sanction of American votes in Congress and of
editors in southern States. of anti-Lecompton dem
ocrats in Washington, and of anti Lecompton demo
Gratis in the North If they could command the aid
of these men in wanton, needless and factous all
outcry as has been raised against the admission of
Kansas merely because the letter of her constitution
proslavery, is it singular that they should ex-
pect them, in the grand reconstruction of parties
now proposed, to continue to cooperate with them
on the basis of their central idea Of opposition to
slavery" Whatmor natural and logical than for the
great leaders of the black-republcan party at the
North to expect their allies to remain with them
the platform which they have occupied together all
winter What more natural than for them to ask
" if We to remain together, and to cooperate to-
gether cordially in the future, as have been doing
cordially during this crisis, why abandon the plat
form already occupy together, and resort to a
new, strange, and untried one 2? What better propo
sition could have been expected of them than this
what other proposition could their allies have ex-
pected at all?
Various journals of different parties, in the North
and the South, have been casting about for pre-
s~~s~ -
BILE for the platform of reconstructed party. But
Ego to-, says their arch oracle of New York to these
neophytes in party carpentry al have boxed the
compass of expedients, and tried all parties and
all platforms, and | tell you | have no confidence
whatever in any scheme for the reconstruction of
parties' all experience shows that no other party
can be relied upon to maintain war upon the
democracy but the republicans and these can do it
only by the agitation of the slavery question There
can be no successful resistance of the democracy
except by party whose central idea is opposition
to slavery" You have been acting with us five
months that platform it is the only one which af
fords any hope of safety wherefore should you aban-
don it how expect us to abandon it along with you
Old Dalghetty is right; and, what is more, he is
resolute His bread and butter is at stake and when
were he and his, ever false to that There will be
no reconstruction opares except upon the central
idea" There will be reconstruction on that through
every State of that sections it is already announced
in NewYork. Mr.. Haven has gone into it, Scroggs
is in, and Mr.. Fillmore is close behind Scroggs
All the silver grays who have not joined Mr. Buchanan
and the democracy in; all the anti.Lecompton
democrats who are angry about the distribution of
office are in; and the fusion is complete.
The southern Americans are the only wing of the
new combination who loiter and hesitate. OF the
Marylanders some In, and some on the fence
The same is the case with the Kentuckians though
MIR. Crittenden may be reckoned as completely in,
and already candidate for the presidential nomina-
ton Missouri is gallanty and firmly resistant save
only one sorry black sheep.
1t is thus fixed, that there can be no reconstruc-
ton of parties except upon the central idea of OPP
position to slavery upon the old weatherbeaten
platform Of abolitonism. All the factions must go
to the blackrepublicans. Mahomet must go to the
mountain