The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-04-10
C. WENDELL.
UNION oFTICE, Washington, April 9, 1859.
BLACK REPUBLICANS AND AMERICANS.


BLACK REPUBLICANS AND AMERICANS.
When the black republicans first organized, as
party they professed to be too perfect to be content
TO associate with democrats wings Neither of
these time-honored parties were sufficiently pro-
found and wise in theory spotless in practice to
be worthy of fellowship. They withdrew from old
associations to unite in new organization that
should be free and pure and uncontaminated by the
heresies and wickedness of either. 1t is true that
those who had been democrats claimed that they were
still democrats, but had become purified, and those
who had been wings claimed they were wings still
but by their conversion had become so perfect
that they too good longer to dwell together in
unity with their former associates. Both were just
men made perfect. For time they separated them
selves from the world and professed adherence OF
all outside barbarians. The Americans, who sought
to build up party upon the theory of birthplace
and religion, were especially condemned as the
greatest fanatics of the age, whose principles could
be tolerated. The upon these heretics was
severe and, apparently, never-ending. The Amer
cans, when first organized concealed their aims with
an the dark recesses of odgerooms. BY accident OF
treachery of some of the initiated their principles
were promulgated. They were the antipodes of
the republicans, and professed the strongest re
pugnance to their political doctrines and especially
their admitted sectional basis of action. The great
body Of the Americans were found in the southern
States, and in that part af the Union they were
mostly old-line wings. They were professedly the
deadly enemies of abolition and slavery agitation.
At the North the partsans assumed to act upon
the ground. They too good and too perfect
to fraternze with their former associates to min
gle with the common herd of wings and democrats.
But soon the keen observer discovered that strong
sympathy existed between the black republicans
and Americans When in Congress they were soon
found voting and acting together in perfect harmo-
NY. Their joint Votes made Mr. Banks Speaker, and
each party claimed him as Simon Pure and indis-
putably its man and champion. The Congress pre-
cedent soon followed in the different States,
and at the present time they acting everywhere
with the utmost cordiality. A small concession
even nominal one, removes all obstacles, and a
firm union is formed. For instance, in Massachu
setts the black republicans have consented to pro-
hibit naturazed citizen from voting for two years
after he is otherwise qualified. This has satisfied
the Americans and in that State they form the tail
to the blackrepublican kite. In New York less has
been yielded to them. They consent to come in and
to go for Seward for President, abandoning Fill
more, upon conditinn that registry law should
be passed. In New Jersey the Americans came in
and helped the republicans to elect senator in con-
sderation of receiving certain State offices which
they have not yet obtained and probably never will
In Pennsylvania the only condition of the union was
that both should make common fight against a
democratic administration which was too pure Just
and high-minded to suit the purposes of either. In
Maryland the black republicans have been eminent
ly successful in their tactics AT first, being few in
number. they appeared TO be hewers of wood and
carriers of water for the lordly Americans for moth
ing. But it now turns out that the latter, seeing
their PROSTATE condition, have agreed to frater-
niae with the black republicans and to unite
with their cohorts for the approaching cam
paign. At recent State convention the Amer
leans made proclamation by their resolutions
that they were ready to unite, for the future,
with any and all parties who are not demo-
cratic, which means the Seward black republicans
All their past professions of adherence of black re-
publcanism are abandoned. They are ready to re-
pudiate all past professions and swallow any creed
even abolition, in order to secure help to defeat the
democracy, and plant themselves under winning
banner, even though il should be black. This is the
true condition Of things with all the Americans,
wherever found. They have fused with the black
republicans wherever the latter have any strength,
and now these parties embrace each other with all
the cordially of the most aectionate brothers Even
tbo form of aenarata conveptonu win not he lones
tice The distinction in name win cease to ex-
ist, and a win be conferred by common
sent that can be adopted in all parts Of the Union
These parties act upon the motto that "united we
stand, divided we fall"