The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-10-22
REPUBLICAN, ASSETS.

The National Era of this city has great horror of
the ''save power and is great friend and advo
cate of the republican The Era is pleased to
think we meet our '!reverses' with considerable
composure, and undertakes to render uncomforta-
BILE by pointing us to the assets of its party We
reminded in looking over the schedules of cotem-
porary of class of men in the West who devote all
their means to buying up tax titles and questionable
claims upon interstate estates. Knowing that their
tenures are a little weak and always suspicious they
contrive fortfy them 10y obtaining year after year,
the same old forms in their behalf. When they come
into court to test their rights of property in nine
teen cases out of twenty they meet with nothing
but adverse decisions They told that if they
would claim by the law they must to it, at least
that they have strictly complied with all its drec-
tons So it will be found with the assets of the
republicans when they come to try their titles
to know-notllingism and all the other isms of
tho day. The Era may buy up fugitive claims
here and there upon factions; but cannot reduce
them to possession, nor render them permanently
available A party that will sell out to-day must be
bought up again tomorrow. They do not so much
hate the democracy when they trade with The
that we cannot make terms with them. '#.
The Era explains with admirable precision one
point in which the Americans little interested.
II shows that, although the forms of fusion have
been observed, in reality the Americans have been
utterly cheated out of all participation in the pro
ceeds The Era, on this point says: .,.. "a.
'sI'he sl.se democracy gained few members of the
present House, not from the republicans much as
from the Americans. The real republican strength is
greater than in the last House but not an American
returned from the free States. - .n.s ..#..
The Era goes into detail upon this point, and tells
us how the republicans have absorbed the Americans
in Ohio @ .s .... : ..... aa. .E. a.,ss p.
In Ohio in 1885, the Americans and the slave demo-
cratic parties had together eleven thousand votes
than republicans This year the American party dis
appears and the republicans carry the State by fifteen
thousand majority.
Our contemporary puts down this result in Ohio as
have sold out absolutely to the republicans in that
State We shall see more of this next year.
The Era makes Pennsylvania exceptional
State" and comedies that nggerism republican
ism is not strong there as in other parts Of the
country, while Americansm is still entitled to the
consideration of separate existence. Then, again,
the tariff had much to do in Pennsylvania, in the es
tiInation of the Era. From its comments ON this
point we infer that Pennsylvania is hardly regarded
as thoroughly and certainly republican. If we, them
take out Pennsylvania from the list Of its assets and
Indiana, which is democratic, and New York, which
we think will also be democratic, and New Jersey
and point to tle-eyident weakness of its claims in
Ohio, what is left of the Eras overwhelming
republican party In fact, a little reflection
upon these facts will convince neighbors that
we had the best of for feeling comfortable
even in the midst of There is great
amount of real Simon Pure negroism in Pennsylva-
MIA Ohio is getting sick of it; it spasm of the
democratic party in New York that gave it mo-
mentary triumph in that State; New Jersey is inhe
rently sober and honorable; Indiana cannot be Sc
dnced Connecticut win return to u.s. Wisconsin
and Michigan cannot stand the misrule of the oppo-
siton; and Iowa, we hope. has been redeemed by
the recent election. Now II we add to this array
California and all the southern States making sixteen
in one body, we do think it presents an agreeable
view OF the future of the democratic party