Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-11-25
THE GREAT REVOLUTION.
The sun, the soil, but not the slave, the same
Unchanged in all except lis tyrant lord"

ysiter to the cataract of Niagara, when his
vision first drinks in view of that great natural
curiosity is almost sure TO feel sensation OF dis
appointment. Instead of vast and startling con-
vulson of nature, threatening the wreck of matter
and the crush of worlds" he sees only river of a
certain width, divided by an island of certain
breadth, gathering its waters in order to plunge
down precipice OF a certain depth; and, leaving
out the noise and confusion, all proceeds in uni
form and orderly manner. Ii is only after he has
rambled about the neighborhood, and studied the
cataract from all pons-after he has climbed the
tower, descended the Bidde staircase, stood upon
Table rock, passed under the sheet, looked upon
the whirlpool, and contemplated the falls over and
over again, from every point of observation-that
his mind begins TO conceive adequate idea of the
great spectacle. .
Ii is thus with the political revolution that has
just been wrought in this country. All has been
done in accordance with known and acknowledged
laws. A days time was sufficient for the work !;
and as no singular or unaccounlable phenomenon
attended the quiet working of the ballot it is hard
TO realize that vital and momentons political bat
| tie has been fought and won. A party which, for
twenty years, has roted upon the properties of the
Government and the prosperity. of the people !;
whose policy would continue the toiling millions
"hewers of wood and drawers of water" who
bitter end Of that odious doctrine, which has cor
rupted, purchased, drilled, and fortified its party
leaders and appliances until "THE PARTY" boosted
of its impregnability and defed its opponents
this awfully powerful establishment compared
with which the aristocracy Of England, guarded by
standing army of 100000 men and fleet of a
thousand sail, is scarcely stronger in their pride OF
place, has been made to bend and break before the
| fiat of free and sovereign people.
1t will take months and years TO realize the full
force of this glorious revolution.
! We must wait until the new President shall have
called his Cabinet about him, composed " of the
best minds in the Union,' and until the new Con-
gress open its sessions, before we can fully CON-
prehend the force of the great work that the People
have wrought. Think, for example, what an adj
will be presented the present condition OF
things by the appointment of persons TO office who
come recommended by their fitness, capability, and
honesty instead of their subserviency to the dirty
tricks Of party! Consider what may be The effect
Of four years legislation for the good of country
and countrymen, suffering foreign Governments TO
consult the welfare of their own subjects, and not
seek it at our expense And reflect upon the
changed condition of our land when President
shall assume the chair of WASHINGTON who has
both the will and the ability to initiate that greatest
and best of all Americans! Making due allowance
for human imperfection, may we not hope that bet
ter things are in store for our beloved country than
have ever yet been realized! We trust that all our
readers may witness the brightest and palmiest
imaginings of awakened patriotism in the new
career which the People have willed shall mark
their future hstory.-SciotO (Ohio) Gazette.