Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-03-07
THE YEAR ls4s.

Since the pending Oregon debate begun very
open suspicion has been repeatedly expressed on
the moor OF Congress, as our readers have seen,
and is quite widely entertained by the observant
part OF the Public, that no little of the movements
and great part of the violence of the speeches is
to be referred to certain aspirations that belong to
the year OF Grace which we have placed at the
head Of this article.
Our neighbor Of the Democratic government pa
per evidently likes not these signs Of competition,
and thinks that there are somewhere Republican,
ay Democratic, spirits more aspiring than prudent
or modest; and he therefore admonisheth them Of
late as follows:
we are free TO say too that will operate against rather
han IN avor Of any whose friends should prematuey
ana unnecessarily pecpilae him upon the country as their
iavorte candidate cannot be too earnestly too distinctly
impressed upon every m that is Of no advantage to any
one to be brought forward this scheme for his cleo
don-to shape measures for his It father serious
disadvantage to any aspirant II will disgust the people It
will raise rival interests up against him. AS in the sports Of
the turf let any ahead at first all the other horses
will run against h and try him down. Let no man.
them pretend to suspect is ~ ades Of preference to any
one-of even dreaming Of any mans election. We would
gravey spurn such suppositon if not almost TOO
ridiculous for serious rebuke moments consideration"
Let no man be unadvised enough, then, to ina
slrfe that the people have be by warspeeches
made to have, any especial favor for him. Should
he try it, there shall be "ran' at him, and the
country's love shall be turned to hate. And above
all things, let nobody delude himself with the idea
that the /" Union means this time to g sink or
swim with Mr.. VAN BUREN, or with any body
else, until after he shall be elected Attend, then,
all ye that are in hurry to be great without leave
Visit till all is ready We shall all have chance,
if we do as ye are bid and ye shall ali, in due
time, be dealt with fairly-as at the Baltimore
Convention.
It is usual and useful, however, after having
checked the faithful with the law, to refresh and
encourage their hearts with prophecy; and, ac-
cordingly, the Union, little after, permits dim
view of the future, as follows:
"Thcy (the people) not thinking of who shall
be the Of Mr. POLK The Government belongs to
the people q the several sovereign States 1t is theirs to give
and theirs to take away The highest Office in their gift and #
the President does his duty, believe he WILL and puts
his stamp the Of his measures the mode Of bis
selection, is for the people tell again their dsn
guished to bide their time, and wait till the people shall
call them into the public service"
Now, this is by no means as clear as it might
be, II strikes US that " the Party" the Cohe-
sives, will comprehend ii Hi means any thing,
it means but thus
II is the peoples to give and the peoples TO
take away or not take a,cay the highest Office
in their gift and, il the President does his duty,
: and puts his stamp, BY the success of his mea-
sures, oil Tie mode Of his selection, then the most
distinguished men al other candidates must bide
their time, and salt up their Hopes for another
season, some four years later than lS4s."
We trust that all other candidates, and their re-
spective friends, will take heed accordingly.