The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-15
]lolitilal.
From the philadelphia North american.
A Wonder.

The "soIc organ at Washington, published on
Sunday the th inst, does not 50 lar as we gather
from a cursory glance at ITS contents, furnish a
rrnTescntatiyc OF a foreign government. To what
cause We are 10 attribute this remarkable silence in
,reard TO the interests which il has lately so We
Lrnently sustained, we quite at loss to CON
i.cttlre Ii may be owing 10 the fact that II has
exhausted not only all the arguments, but all the
sophisticatons which could be employed in behalf
Gifts foreign allies; 1t may be that the motive winch
prumptcd its &c ton longer exists in such ne
gree al least as to its fealty il may DO that
il has grown ashamed of its vocation, ana mas de-
termined to abandon II; orwilat Is more Prop'oie
than all the rest--it may be that II mas begun 10
feel the consequences Of It's anti American ana uh-
patriotic conduct in the indignant censurcs ana
Condemnation of its own parusahs F" ha'e'eI may
be- the cause, the fact itself Is worthy oi anu
we therefore announce that inc "ashihS poi c'o''
OF the date above referred TO- docs not as iar as we
orr aware contain any of It's usual exhibitions oil
foreign attachment and devotedncss to foreign pur
poses. 49,. -. 80, a, !,
claim dsnutcd in this quarter at least-to be the
..snIc orean'' of the democracy" at Washington,
il Is not unnatural that the party which abuses that
name should be held accountable for tine doctrines
il promulgates These doctrines are so lnlmlcal TO
tht. best interests of the country-so utterly at va
rance with true national spirit, and so directly
calculated 10 bring discrcdit upon our national
name, that their influences begin to be seriously
felt; and many, even among those who are not
over scrupulous, heard TO declare that If the
Union is not checked in its present tendencies ruin
and disaster must ultimately, and most certainly,
fail upon those whom il Is understood 10 represent.
The Union if we may judge from recent ar.
tclc believes that its worst fault Is its ignorance OF
grammar This, we admit, Is bad enough. Ii is,
Certainly, trying TO the patience 10 wade through
whole columns Of sllinble- skambe stuff, in which
all the parts Of speech at absolute defiance,
and Lindley Murray and his followers are secuted
out Of existence. But bad this is, it is not the
worst Contempt OF deCency-contempt of truth
contempt of all social igations-contempt of all
honorable restraintsthosc are far more deserving
of eensure than any mere inability to write cor
rcctly; and when these is added an utter and abb
solutc want of all patriotic feeling, as cvinced in a
desire to prefer sran gers and foreigners to
flesh and blood, and TO uphold all other govern
mcnts al the expense of own, II is not easy TO find
words sufficiently strong to express the disgust and
Indignation which such conduct inspires.
Perhaps it has never happened before, IN the hls-
tory of this or any other co0ntry, that newspaper
claiming TO be the principal, if not the exclusive
exponent of the feelings, sentiments and opinions
OF a party which PROCESSES 10 embrace the masses
of the people, has openly and constantly employed
itself in the assertion and maintenance of foreign
interests; and it remains TO be seen how far the
ample of the UnioTi-now the recognised and cs-
tablished foreign organ at Washington-will be
sustained and justified in its crusade against Amcri-
can rights, American interests and American honor
by the great body of American citizens.