The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-09
Close of the Great struEgie-ruturs Pros
meets the tive Gre at Political Parties.

Close OF the ereat btruS8he-roture Ffos-
poets Of the tive Great Political Parties.
The crisis of the republic s passed! The great
question is settled. Fanaticism is rebuked, and
the scathed demsgogues of all parties will stink
back 10 their kennels. Those despicsble hum
bugs who so long arrested the progress Of legis-
lation in Congress. and filed the nation with alarm,
are exploded, and their authors will g, with them
to the sleep which knows waking. TIL. ghostly
hend Of disunon is laid, and all the clouds which
lowered around our house" are buried in the deep
boeom of oblivion The national vessel, which
20 long lay struggling with the storm, has
At last reached her port in safety, freighted
with the dearest hopes Of mankind for freedom.
The great experiment has not failed; and the weary
and disheartened millions Of the old continents
may again gaze, through 4 cloadless sky, upon the
world inspiring spectacle othe firm and triumphant
march Of our empire. California has been, ny
an overwhelming majority, greeted as a sister
State. Her golden star clear from the West
em ocean, and calmly took its place in the grand
constellation. Saturday, the marriage Of the At
Andc and the Pacific was celebrated; and as the
lightning had flashed the glorious intelligence all
ever the continent, from ten thousand Chrlstisn
temples, assumptions Of praise and gratitude were
offered, by millions Of the American people, to
ihe Protector Of the Republic Such spectacle re-
minds US Of the days Of the Roman republic.
when, after the discovery and the defeat Of the
conspiracy Of Catalina, Cicero, in closing his great
Grafton called on the fathers Of the Senate, and the
PEOPLE Of Rene TO go to their affairs and thank the
immortal gods for the protection they had extead-
ed to the Eternal City. And what spectacle more
grateful TO Heaven than ths thanksgiving of .
mighty nation, after such deliversnce! The Last
great act Of the drama is terminated. For the rst
time, the republic touches the two oceans. lts sun
rise begins in the dark forests Of Maine, and its
sunset is over the ettering mountains Of Califor-
MIA. The world has waited for the contamination;
and 1880 will be marked, in all future tune, by this
most signal and grand event. Yes, the crisis 10
past, and the republic s safe. The Caialines have
fed, and Rome can now breathe free again.
II now becomes a natural and proper question
20 enquire TO what human agency, under Provl
deuce, we owe this benefcent RESULT Ia word,
then, we snswer, TO every American citizen 10
whom the Union and the prosperity Of the State
was dearer than party-to every Journal 10 the
country which put forth its inAaeace TO rebuke
Sanaticsn, TO calm agitation, and to iniAme
higher veneraton for the sacred Ruaraatees Of
The constitution. But the consummsuoa was
mainly achieved through the influence Of the
great headers Of the American Senate, and
p~rhsps we cannot better eIpess our mean
ing than by saying that the real uium-
virste 10 whom the commonwealth owes
its safety was composed Of Clay, Web
ster, and Capotline Joye. Bat, lest our
ilusirsiion might betray into injustice, let US
say thstwe will sbsie not one iota Of the credit
which belongs 10 ether illustrious Senators.
ThtourhSat tAe agitation, Gen. Csss has been true
90 the republic, and he has brought TO the aid Of
M Clay auihe 0as,sncs az his great name and
genius. Mr. dickinson, too, Of this State, has
been jealous Gsd interchangeable in the national
cause lie hss placed himself on a lofty em,-
nepce, where, in oontras, with his colleague, we
see striking ILLUSTRATION Of the difference between
patriotic ststesu.aE ans a trucking demagogse.
Ercn one OF the eltSeme corners Of the republic
we find smoker noble Senator Impetuous, rash,
and bold, bu brave, true, and pltrohe, Mr..
Foo,e has borBc o E,saB share of the laurels ~
this great victory. And there are many others we
need mo- HaFne. whose important services Ia the
prefent Cangress Aave won the applause and graft
tude Of their countrymsn. Thar fidelity IN the
constitution will not be fotgosies their virtues
will h. appreciated by the. oessdtsents; other
a nd HE her posts q honor await th<m, and their
names wili he isken care Of BY history.
But q IL, nevertheless, true that 10 the enormous
and indsfetiRable labors, the over~heiw~ag power
u the persuasive elOQuence, the pSes.vs Of the
great tame and the noble nstionsl sisnas 81 Clay
and Webster, we are more indebted than 70 any
osber men. The one has been the Nestor. sLSshe
s,bcr the Achilles of the struggle. In the one 80
trace the Apollo, and ia the other the Hercules ~
the nsp.blie. by their combised. Harmonious. IT,
rcssoble action, they have brought the great whig
parry 70 PoInth never reached before. II stands
o. DeS snh lofty elevation For the irs time, we
bad alpoet ssd, since washington-it has WOO the
psestige a bross nationality. Mr. Clay has always
h~s. Bsoonal nssn-l~ he won his great fame
~ sd-ccsnps national m 'ssares, by inoibisg the