Washington telegraph., 1844-11-06
THE UNION.

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Although the struggle for the Presidency
is over, and nothing which may now be said
about the importance of our remaining uni
ted can bave any effect upon the contest,
yet independent of any aim at political SUI
premlcy, it is a subject dear TO every true
lover OF his country, and as deeply interest
ing TO him now, as it was before the election.
Ii the Locos should triumph, we should
speak and write upon this subject, in order
to coun;eract the tendencies to disunion in
ccent to the triumph of their measures. II
the Wings have succeeded, the subject still
will be an interesting one, and they will
dwell upon ii with JOY, in contemplation of
the dangers from whose threatening fury
the country has been rescued.
We find in the November number Of
Graham's Magazine-by the way choice
one-an excellent memoir Of Bcrnadotie,
late King of Sweden, by gentleman and
philanthropist, who was long personally and
intimately acquainted with him. One of
their conversations respecting our country,
in whose welfare Bernadote appeared to
take lively interest, is thus described:
"Afier having spoken at length on the
subject of temperance societies, and of the
good which they had accomplished in the
United States, his majesty took occasion to
express himself in the kindcst manner re-
sPecting our country; said he had been ia
miliar, from his earliest years, with its his
tory, and that he had followed, with the
deepest interest, the rapid and NEST aston
ishing progress of its prosperity The
world, said he ''has never seen any thing
like it. 1t is wonderful, truly wonderful.
| see" he continued, with smile. ..that
you have a surplus revenues and are really
at a loss to know what to do whit. Ifyon
will send some millions of dollars to the
O.d Word, | will engage to find some
countries which will be most happy 10 re-
lieye you from the embarra ssment which a
surplus revenue seems at this moment to
give you.' lie was told that there was
every reason to believe that the embarrass-
ment TO which he had alluded would not be
OF long continuance, and that without doub;
our government would soon find some way
OF reducing the revenue to the standard of
its wants, If not below it. "But let me say
one thing" replied the venerable old king,
''!et me say one thing-you must keep unl-
ted. For whatever be the evils which YOU
may experience whilst united, they are no.
thing in comparison with those which will
flow from division. For, if you become d.
vided, then will you inevitably have civil
war-.he worst of all wars. And if that
should happen" said he, in a slow and de-
cided manner, and with tone that indica
ted deep feeling, IF that should happen,
perhaps another Napoleon will be raised
upto be another curse TO humanity This
is language whose import it is not possible
to mistake, and it ought to be ponder red well
by those among US, whether in the north or
the south, who talk so lightly about the sepa-
ration of these states, so happily and so
long united. And what an opinion does this
remark convey of the ..modern Alexander "
uttered by one who knew him well, and not
spoken in the irritation and excitement of
personal disappointment, but after more
than quarter of a century had passed
away since any collision between them had
occurred, and in the calm and reflection of
old age"
This interview, the reader viii keep in mind,
Al