The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-03-08

for buncombe, have found it more diff
fcult TO manufacture public opinion a.
gaiust the Union than they imagined
The practice ofspringing upon Congress,
questions which have a tendency to array
the hostile parties against each other
has not met with that appreciation which
the authors desired from their conslitu-
ents. Upon the question of Union, so
far as the people are concerned, there
are no differences of opinion and al
though there may be few fanatics who
think they can calculate its value, the
same number of fools or idiots may be
found in the Lunatic Asylums Of the diff
ferent States. Meetings have been held
in different parts of the country since the
opening of the present session of Con-
gress----in various sections where the
hope was strong that some sympathy
would be exhibited towards the course
of certain wild and fanatical members
and at all of these the strongest attach
ment has been expressed for the Union
and disposition to calculate" its value
utterly and signally condemned. These
manifestations of public opinion have not
been without their effect, and a gradual
return to reason and moderation is be-
ginning to be witnessed.
In addition to this, the Presidents late
trip to Richmond and his reception "a
long the way, has inouced him to lay
down the rule that will govern him in
the administration of affairs; his strong
attachment to the Union, his fervent de-
votion TO free institutions, and his unal
terable determination to employ all the
means in his power to prevent sepera
ton of the different sections from each
other and thus preserve inviolate his oath
of Office, will not be without their effect
upon the fanatics of the North or the
hotspurs of the South.
Viewing these indications of pub
lie sentiment, and expecting nothing
from the President inconsistent with his
obligations to the country and its consti-
tuition, members of Congress begin to
modify their views and speeches. and
breathe a somewhat warmer attachment
to the Union than was their wont. In-
stead Of swords, daggers and blood ad-
ding force and palhos to every sentence,
and destruction and desolation rounding
off every other period they content them
selves with simple hint at arms in their
perorations. This last is easily excusa.
BILE, as it affords rather a pleasing rem.
eniscence of what simpletons they have
made ofthemselves by their efforts to man,
ufacture buncombe for their constituents.
1t also affords them an easy way to creep
out of the very foolish position, in which
they had placed themselves.
If any members of Congress are still
unsettled in their opinions, or are anx.
ious to prolong this useless controversy.
let them make visit to the great West
where the people breathe no other than
the purest and most devoted attachment
to the Union-where if any one would
attempt to make calculation of its val
ne, there would be tendancy to calcu-
late the taxes necessary to keep him in
straight jacket" the rest of his life
and they will begin to fear that their
monument will not be an honor to their
memory and that the legacy which their
public services will leave behind, will
only be accepted as a beacon light to
warn others seeking Immortality and glo-
ry, from the dangerous rocks and shoals
where their predecessors met a fata
doom.
We are we'll advised ofthe excitement
existing in some quarters upon this
slavery question, but 1t has been caused
and is kept up by men who expect t.
gain place and notoriety by it..-and when
the people of the North are convinced d
that their Southern brethren, at least the
great portion Of them, are not the barba
rians they are represented to be, the ia.
bles will be turned and the only danger
will be that their resentment will go too
far the other way. At this time, among
all parties, a disposition exists to compro-
mise the questions at issue, and we want
no better evidence of the fact than the
GLORIOUS fzzles" by which the opposi,
;ion meetings have been distinguished
A New BANK IN VIRGINIA-The Com.
mittee on Banks in the Legislature of
Virginia have reported bill incorpora
ting the Central Bank of Virginia, at
Staunton, with capital of not less than
500, 900 nor more than 100000. This
Bank is intended to be Independent
the Bank Committee of the Legislature
preferring an independent bank to in
creasng the banking capital of this State,
unJer the Branch Bank system. The