The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-01
THE TACTICS OF THE BLACK REPUBLIcANs.


! excitement from that body to the other branch
Congress, and now all eyes are turned in that direc
ton until the question is finally and trust foreve,
disposed Of
With decided democratic majority in the House
there ought to be no doubt of prompt concurrence
its part with the Senate and yet the back-repub
licans IN Congress, and their miscellaneous sympa.
thizers Out of it, endeavoring to compass the de
feat of the Senate BILL and in spite of their pre-
tended reverence for the principle that majorities
should govern, are plotting for triumph by the
minority ouer The majority in Congress.
Let us, then, inquire into the grounds upon which
they calculate upon the achievement OF result
fraught with much of disaster to the peace and
the best interests of the country. 1t is certain that
if the democrats in the House prove faithful to tho
high trust committed to their hands, tho action of
the Senate will be sustained by decisive majority
in that body; and if it be not the result must be
attributed to the ingenuity of the black-rcpublican
wre-workers, not only in pulling wool over the eyes
OF some few facile and approachabe democratic
members of the House, but in awakening and direct
ing the dormant, but deeprooted malignity of the
old-line wings now rejoicing in the soubriquet of
country.
q And what line of tactics have they adopted to de-
ceiyc and scduce the northern democrats from their
allegiance to the national democratic party? or
course, presuming them to be fit subjects to he
dupsd and afterwards laughed at they are first threat
ened with political humiliation for deserving the in
teress OF the North, at the time when their coopcra
ton with the blackrepublicans would inevitably
transfer the sceptre, long swayed by the slave
power Of the South, to their own section Of the
Union This, they are told, would be an &C. Of trea
son to sectional interests, which would let loose the
now pent-up indignation Of the whole North; and
no public man. however strongly fortified by his viz
tues and his talents in the popular affections could
resist its overwhelming aud desolatng tide Polit
cal death would be his certain doom, and, so damn
ing would it be, that no act Of contron or repent
ance, however devoutly performed, could ever re- |
store him to the confidence that he had thus for
feited
It may be safely assumed here that the masses Of
al parties are always upright, honest and patriotic
and although they are often misled by upstart and
designing demagogues, they are certain, sooner or
later to regain the right path and their vengeance
IS then made to fall with crushing and annihia,pg
power upon the guilty heads of their reckless and
nnscrupuous bctrayers. Upright honest, and pa
trotlc themselves they cannot but respect these car
anai virtues in their representatives and no honest
democrats need, therefore, be alarmed by the ghost
81 political anaiation which has been made to stalk
30 long before their eyes
Let it be remembered that the national democratic
party recognises no conflict of interests between the
Inherent sections of this great confederacy and ac
ordngiy when the federal officers are to be elected
nat party never stops to inquire whether candi-
ates for official honors are residents of the soutb
nc North, the East, the West 1t is sufficient !
OF Its high purposes to be sure of the ortho | !
oxy OF their political sentiments, and when satisfied
pom this al-essentia point they vote as readily for
orthern and eastern for western and southern Ia
ion. The glittcrins sceptre which is dazzling the
axe Of the back-republicans corrodine all their -
ioughts and corrupting all their views is not and ii
oyer mas bccn sought to be swayed by the South, "
~ TINS contemplate appeal to the sectional preu Il
ices OF the democrats Of the North is an impuden al
bel upon southern patriotism. The national dem +
cratic party have heretofore in the main, swayed b.
e sceptro Of power in this country, and if the
orthern democrats will turn deaf ear to the black -
'publicans and their South American allies il il gi
ghly probable that it will continue to sway il as u
ne as the republic shall endure An enlightened 81
triotism would dcprecate the idea of the sceptre
power being swayed by any one section of tie 81
South North and when that man. | th
icious and fearful event shall occur the knel Of
II glory, perhaps of our existence as a nation. win :"
We been sounded The confederacy would not
rvive il an hour, and yet be it remembered. the
Movement of this result is basphemously held no ba
an object of glory and ambition to the national If
mocrats of the northern section W.
Then, as if still dreading the characteristic firm. tn
IS with which every honest democrat adheres 70 tic
party faith and obligations they resort to false tn
cd and deception, and impously swear that adj sa
renee to the interests of the North on this question les
mot come in conflict with their allegiance to party III.
cause forsooth, no party principle involved in the NV
nit let it be decided as it may That the Cincn tn,
= Convention when it declared it as principle of arc
md constitutional law that the territories Of the VII
i'ed States, being the common property of the WI
oe country were open for settlement alike to the ste
izens OF the South and the North and that the in are
o"h's tnereo We're to be allowed to settle their the
nestle institutions IN their oscn INN really meant ref
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