The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-03-25
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w ASH N GTON:
MONDAY MORNING. MARCH IS. 1850
A Disunionist, per Sc.

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The senior editor of the Union has at
last discovered Disunionist, per Sc, in the
South. The senior editor has heard of
such people, but had constantly denied
that any such existed. What must have
been his horror when he deserted one for
the first time in an anonymous CORE
spondent to South Carolina journal!
With what gusto he pours out his wrath
upon the head Of the unknown! By this
means the ''sole organ" endeavours to
evade its responsibility for aiding and abet-
ting factious, sectional, and dangerous
agitation, merely to promote the fortunes
Of its party.
The denunciations of the Union against
this incognito correspondent of the Char
lesion Mercury are of piece with the
illusions offhose Locofoco orators who af-
feet to be above party ties in considering
the slavery question, but straightway be-
take themselves to the task of traducing,
disappearing, and denouncing Presi-
dent TAYLOR and his Cabinet What has
been the burden of the "bitter-end"
speeches made in Congress since the dis
cussion of the Territorial question com
mencedi Has there been one made in
spirit of candor, or with the view to pro-
mote harmony and peacei If so, who
made iti From exordium to peroration
there has been but one object apparent in
all of them-Party, party, party. They
commence with a denunciation of the
President because he is Wing, and end
with denouncing his Cabinet because it is
Wing Cabinet The very men, some
Of them, who brooked the signing Of two
Wilmot provisos by Mr.. Polk with the
greatest composure-who could see moth
ing but patriotism in what he did-are all
thunder and fury against General TAYLOR
at time when no one anticipates the
adoption of such proviso in any law.
We should like to see an instance in
which the Locofocos have elected Wing
to Office, by asserting principle above
party. Their patriotism, in this regard,
never appears but in conjunction with
party advantages reaped. II is the eleva-
ton of a Wing TO the Presidency which
troubles them now. We heard no one de-
handing TO know what Mr. Polk would
do with bill with the proviso in il, when
such an one was on its passage in the or
ganization of territory for Oregon. The
Union did not vouchsafe then information
which it regards as absolutely necessary
now TO the composure Of sectional differ
ences, in respect to bills which have not
yet been presented TO Congress or been
voted upon by either house. The senior
editor of the Union was the warm sup
porter Of Mr.. MONROE, and during his adj
ministration conducted journal, at that
period the most influential Of the Southern
press. Mr.. MONROE was nominated for
reelection when the Missouri agitation
was at its highest. The senior editor did
not ask to know what bills Mr.. MONROE
would sign, and what veto, containing re-
strictions upon slavery extension. Nay,
more-it did not call upon Mr.. MONROE to
declare his opinions upon the subject, pre-
liminary 10 his receiving nomination for
reelection to the Presidency. II was then
virtue in a President TO abstain from
threatening Congress with the interposi-
| ton Of the Executive veto. II was all
right in Mr.. Polk, at subsequent period,
to sign bills with the proviso in it, But
what was commendsble in Mr. MoHRoE
is vice in President TAYLOR; and it is
damnable that he does not come out,
in the absence of any necessity for it, and
proclaim that he will not do as Mr.. Polk
did. The course pursued by the Union
and the I" Bitter-Enders" leaves no room
to doubt that if they are only permitted to
elect Presidents Of their party, they will
acquiesce in as many "provisos" as parch-
ment can be found to write laws upon con-
tanning il.
Of piece with the afFectation Of pa
triotlsm which rises above party, in de-
batting the territorial issues, merely to give
currency to bitter partisan speeches, is the
honor Of journal which has done more
than any other TO produce sectional alien