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The Enemy Stealing
into the Democratic Camp.
It is rumored that several Black Republicans have been
appointed to important offices by the present administration. We are loath to believe it. Should such, however, be the case, gross
deception must have been practiced upon the appointing power. Let the truth be ascertained- let its stern
voice pronounce the charge to be well grounded, and the remedy will no doubt be
instantly applied by the removal of the new appointees. The struggle, which resulted in a Democratic
victory last November, and brought the present administration into power, was
too fearful in its character to justify any party affiliation now between the
friends and enemies of our glorious Union engaged in that contest. The demon spirit of fanaticism which
stimulated the Black Republican party and its cohorts in their desperate
efforts to destroy the fabric upon which our institutions rest is still alive
and full of mischief. It is an error,
therefore, to suppose that northern abolitionism has lost any of its vigor, or
its determination to strike a fatal blow in Democratic rule whenever an
opportunity offers. Its continued
howlings about “bleeding Kansas”
furnish substantial evidence of this fact.
And more especially is this true if the opinion be well founded, “that
the safety of the Union” depends upon the recent selection of a proper person
to settle “the difficulties which again surround the Kansas question.” It is the Black Republican party that keeps
alive these difficulties, and thus jeopardizes the safety of the Union. None of its
members can be admitted into the Democratic camp or suffered to remain there
without endangering its safety. This is
not the time to tamper with the enemy.
There are plenty of avowed national Democrats who have fought gallantly
through many severe battles with the haughty opponents of their political
creed- men who spent toiling days and sleepless night in encounters with the
enemies of the Union during the last campaign-
capable of filling all the offices under our government. They have earned a reward from those they
have placed in power. Let them not now
be told that those they fought against have superior or even equal claims upon
this administration. No citadel is safe
with traitors and spies in it. We have
an abiding faith in President Buchanan.
Spread the truth before him, and all will be right.- The States.
