The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-15
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The calm and rejecting portion OF our people
cannot have failed to observe, since the incoming
Of the present Administration restIessness ON the
part of many of the Opposition press 10 bring about
some result, no matter how dangerous 70 our hap
piness, in order TO overthrow the party now in
power. They seem to have lost their reason; and
not few of the leaders of the misnamed Democratic
party are willing 10 peril the very existence of this
Union upon questions Of sectional interest, rather
than harmony. and peace and prosperity should
prevail under Wing rule Such with them is the
infatuation OF party affinity aud the despair
quent upon the rupture Of that cossiUssss that has
| bound them so long together, that they much
more anxious TO raise storm than 10 quell one. Ii
are 10 collect the true sentiments of their hearts
! from their public. press, they harbor feelings, and
indulge in excavations, that, if put in practice,
would enact over again the scenes of that most aw
| full tragedy the French revolution. Men who have
served their country long and faithfully, both in
| the council and in the field; whose moral charac-
tiers are above reproach, and whose social virtues
are distinguishing traits, not only denounced as
traitors and scoundrels, but the language Of Bill
lingsgate is beggarcd to heap upon them their in
| furiated wrath. The administration of the Gov
| ernment under the present honOrcd and distin-
gulshed chief, is scarce six months old, and yet
| they would have the people believe that it is
| monster of such hdeous mien,
| To be hated needs but to be seem"
| No one at all connected with the party in power
has escaped their fury, and none who assisted in
ejecting them from power is free from their rage.
You must do this, or you are no Democrat--you
must call to your aid the vituperative tongue of
| Islander, you dereiict to the obligations Of
| party--are the weapons and principles they have
used and ayowed in order To cut asunder the ties
that bind grateful people to the honest, upright
soldier that Yields the helm. You must forget the
obligations you that chieftain "when he stood
| god father to your husbands and your sons when
they were baptized in bood'' upon the battle fields
and merge the nobler feelings of duty and graft
tude in the sordid, selfish desire of placing in power
the corruptionists that have wellnigh brought this
country to ruins their daily song. In vain have
the people looked for some tangible act TO condemn
the present Administration, and yet ridicule, con-
tempt, oboquy, and all the meaner, baser passions
of human nature have been brought into action to
1 have it condemned in advance. The decalogue has
been disregarded, and it's high behests violated;
truth ravished; character, in it's purity, assailed;
dark insnuatons worse than the assassins dagger,
have been invoked to weaken the sensibilities and
deaden the affections that pervade the bosoms
three ourths the American people for the great
and good man at their head They have done
every thing that vice could prompt virtue would
shun in their unholy warfare against General Tay
lor and his Cabinet; but thanks to the good sense
Of people still burning with gratitude, their con-
duct is recoiling upon themselves; and if there is
mistake in the signs of the times, they will be
sunk to infamy low that the ''hand of resur-
| rection cannot reach them"
| might review the articles of their organ in this
city for the last six months for the truth of my
serons and then point to their reteration by many
of the class of journals, but my object ID far
different. seek not to indulge in any thing coarse
|
ieve it is the honest, heartfelt hope of every true
Whig-is to sec this country prosperous, and this
people united and happy.
There is point, in editorial article of the
Union of the 18th, that must awaken every true
patriot to the impending danger that is foreshad
owed in what is to be the policy of the clique that
| clings to that fragment of dissolved Democracy,
who claim that paper for their organ. In the ar
ticle headed ''The California Usurpation and the
| New Orleans Commercial Bulletin they virtually
| acknowledge that the proceeding of the Admins
tration intended to promote the interests of the
Wing party, by dsposing of the slavery agitation
| without forcing General Taylor to declare his SEN
timents on the Wilmot proviso."
i thank you, Messrs. Editors Of the Union, for
| the acknowledgements thank you individually
and colectively and were it not considered indei-
| cate, ] would thank you by name. And what adds
| very much to the obligation you have imposed, it
is true the Wing party above all things desire to
''dispose OF the slavery agtaton; and the fervent
aspirations of every one of and, no doubt, many
Democrats, who will act with US, 60 up daily to
| Heaven, that " this cup may pass from peo
pie. dispose of the slavery agitation ~ Yes,
/ it is sentiment dear to every true Wing heart /;
| and, if possible, wish it disposed Of before it
reaches the 90 Wilmot proviso." dispose of the
| slavery agitation.'' God in his mercy grant that
it may be disposed of TO the satisfaction OF every
section; that the chickering's and heart burnngs it
| has engendered may be forgotten, and our people
once more united in feeling, they now in in
terest. And will you not Join us in disposng OF
this great question, ] fear not. Not that am so
uncharitabe as TO suppose that you are wanting IN
the common feelings of patriotism, but you have
given the reason why you are not willing to sec
this agitating question settled Will promote
the interest of the Wing pArty" That is the great
difficulty, and that is the alarming feature in the
case. You know that mems passions
subside, and they have cause to be excited, the
prosperity OF the country under Wing rule and
Wing policy will be apparent, that the people
masse will rise up to do them honor Your only
hope is in the agitation of the slavery question and
our promotion is in its amicable settlement.
| The position taken by the editors Of the
Union is gble and resolves itself into few sim
pie propositions relative the part that each Of the
present political divisions of the country will occu
ply in the impending crisis. The Wing party are
Tor disposng Of this slavery agtation and for the
sake OF the argument grant that IL Is 10 promote
their interest as political association; but appeal
| To the candor and justice of every right thinking
man 10 say If the settlement Of this question will
not promote the interest of the whole country Is
IL any benefit 30 Government, that one section
Of the confederacy should be arrayed against the
other upon a question vitali Have the jealousies
and bad feelings that have grown up, and grown
out Of the constant agitation OF this slavery ques
ton benefited us In a national point Of vicwg Has
not the constant clamor upon this subject 50 irri-
tsted many Of our citizens, as 10 lead them TO be-
eve that not one people in interest, and the
sooner the conne1on Is dissolved the better indie
pendent OF Its influence upon us in political point
of view, not its arnicable adjustment worthy the
effort Of every good man, in bringing back that
harmony Of feeling and brotherly love which char
aCtcrlZcd our ancestry IN the carrier days OF the ne
publici And can il be possible that men Of reason
will condemn the Wing party for wishing 10 ''ds-
pose Of tins slavery agitation" not only before IL
reaches the President but before Il il again brought
into the halls Of legislation
Such IL my abiding confidence in the good men
Of all parties, that trust that the feeling will in
crease the crisis approaches, dispose Of this
slavery agitation" though cit should promote the
interests Of the Wing party"
But what arc the people 10 think Of the opposite OF
the propoeitioni and which il the position oi
that portion Of the Democratic party who cannot be
quoted under the defeat that signally overlook
them last November. II IL be true, and the editors
Of the Union say IL IL, that the Wing party wish %
dispose Of the slavery question:" what IL the
country 10 gain by the efforts Of the Democratic
party TO force IL in the halls oflegisaton' Suppose
this sgtating question AT the next meeting Of Con
gross, a. IL has done before, consume most Of the
session, 10 there who calls himself n patriot
aud friend Of this Union who expects any good Ia
grow out Of such disposition Of the time Of Con-
gress II " immaterial how this matter may be
decided. The ill-will engcndered in the debate
will be disastrous 90 profitable legislation. Can II
be that they wish TO sgtate the question merely "a
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