Mobile register and journal., 1845-05-09
From the Union. m TIE pIlRIIC


 so gracefully vacated by our worthy predecessors, N ihuut pa, ing them the tribute to which we think them justly entitled Public gratitude demands this expression at our hands Our private feelings could not be satisfied without pouring them iorth.- We cannot dismiss the editors of the Globe to ihe genial shades of private liie--to which they are about 10 reiire--wil ilhou saving, in the presence of the grand inquest of the nation, that they deserve inc verdict of their appreciation. Mir. Blair has had stormy to encounter. Questions of the highest importance to the restlnes of our country have ne cessarily come under his supervision. He may have committed some errnrs he may have offended some poticians; bul his general course has been disln- gushed by great rmness Of purpose as well great ability in the execution oi his high office We are aware oi the dangerous contrast to which we are about To expose ourselves We cannot expect to r. val his abi lity. acquire hs reputation Yetlhis, Ut least we can do: bring inr our trying task d 1 zeal industry and conscientious disposition to discharge duties, which are at least, equal to his own. His eptaph stands recorded upon the mo- nument of the Globe Time is yet wanting 10 write | our inscription upon "Fhe Unon."
 l But how do justice to their manly and mag gnani"uus and liberal conduct towards ou selves Messrs Blair X RIvts have transferred their office into our hands, m a manner that serves to enhance ihe meiIt nf the No men could nave scted in n h,sh her style of ds'nierestedness than thensrhes.- | They have no, sold the office establishment - They have charged nothing for the good will of ihe l paper. They have mol placed an expensive value upon the office, and then reduced Ia the unplcas- ant alternative of compelling us to come up the er standard nos of endangerlug the unlOn and harmony of our party by a competition among rivals. Nnth- ing of this litlIe and selfish spirit has ming led scli 1 in the whole transaction. From he first to the last aci we have found every lining that was disnieresi- l ed and manly in their condurt '.Give us," they said, ''the present vane of niaterials Let them l be estimated by impartial yaluers-and we are con tent" Upon this simple principle the whole matter has been conducted; asj as some idle specuai ion has been nduged m the newspapers, about the amount of the valuation, and we see no net essily for throwing veil over part Of the transaction. say al once, that he cop Ois materials, and the valuable printing office ,n winch the Globe has been published, a,e estimated at $35,000. We should not hesitate, with equal frankness, if il were neces sary or prper to unve every scene of our relations with these gentlemen But how we better mani fest our of the berality which they have dis | played, than by quoting the words of Mir. Van Bu- ren himself m his letter of tho 24th April lo Nr 1 Rives3-
 tiffany thing could have added to your credit m the transaction, it is to be found E the liberal s ir, hy which Il was characterized. You dla not hIgele for high prices, indulge in ensures of the con. duct Of those whose views you were about to pro- rrote. is too often the case the part of those who are called upon To postpone their own for the supposed interests of their pnrty; but you eyinced thronghou, earnest and obviously sincere desire to carry the arrangement into effect upon terms and
 in spirit winch would be most likely to enable your highly esteemed successor 10 sustain himself in an undertaking conessedy not free from hazard In all this, MT. Blair and yourself have acted in perfect | consistency with your past characters, and have | shown 10 all-what has long been known to me-that your devotion 10 the democratic cause was not 6. sumed for lhe occasion, but real, and of a nature which made you always ready 10 postpone your inter- ests to that of your party, regarding the latter as | second only to those of your country. For all this you will, in time, receive from the democracy of the ina tI,l l But it is time for to dismiss the mere pasonnsl of the matter few words more, and we have done with the snhec! We take the chair VI ith deter minatIon to discharge its duties 10 the best of our abilities. We were moi exactly prepared to com mence our labois this evening. We were somewhat wearied fl om the aiduous field of the Virginia cleo ton. The soldier would have desired short fur lougl for recreation and rep0se. But finch from duty. The Globe ceased on the 30h ol April. There shall be no nterregnum m the office i; | and though the editor of"The Union'' has not been twenty four hours in this city, and is about 10 nead the boards of new and more conspicuous theatre, without any rehearsal of the character he about To fill, yet he throws himself upon the generosity Of his ceunii,men. lie is unafecledly conscious of his deficiencies; he has much 10 learn he has Il new and extensive alphabet 10 actune; :; he has new characters 10 study, and new duties L, perform he has scarcely twenty acquainances iu the city; but he will sirNe to avail himself of all rhe lights whcl, he obtain, that he may guide his new bark o,e. The wide ocean that Is spread bti0ie then He has, abode nll to study those great foreign relations which par arly confded, by the theory and letter of the constitution, to the guardianship of The leeral government. We shall ut least do the best we can. Our opponents pleased alrendy predict "a pplendd fiilure'' in the enterprise in which we have embarked. It may be SO! "Man proposes, but Providence disposes;'' but if an unhag ggng zeal in the public service in any degree suppl, tue place of experience of other qualifications, we shall he altogether wanting ,s the tack we have assumed We have misrust the score of age, of which the political critics nave often been kind enough to remind us. We know capacity for labor and prepared to meei any sacrifice but ihat of our principles. As for The rest, it is n the hands of Propidencs and he people. "Giye us honest fame,