Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-05-16
THE !" REPUBLIC."

| Rumour had foreshadoWed the change in the
editorial conduct of the Washington Republic
which was formally announced in that paper of
| Tuesday morning. The reasons assigned by the
late editors, Messrs. Bullitt and Sargent for quit
ting their posts, will doubtless be rendered more
ineligible by the future course of the Republic,
than they are made by the limitations conveyed
through the valedictory annunciation of those
gentlemen. For the present, we may say, with
out reserve, that regret sincerely any political
or other necessity which could have required this
change, under present circumstances. Although
the Republic did, at the time when the issue was
made between the friends and opponents ola COM
promise led on respectively by Mr.. Clay and Mr.
Benton, commit the cardinal error of urging the
Presidents policy in competition with the union
of measures contemplated in the appointment of
the Senate's Committee of Thirteen it has more
recently made noble atonement for that error by
producing powerful arguments in behalf of the
Committees report. On Tuesday last, the day
before the notice of change of editors appeared
the paper contained admirable editorial article,
which was we'll designed to usher in the great de-
bate to commence in the Senate that day. Its
opening paragraph is in the happiest style of Mr..
Bullitt
"Ths day The wrote) has been consecrated to the
opening of debate in the Senate OF the United States
which has had no equal in the magnitude of the conse-
quences that are to flow from it, in any parliamentary
struggle that has yet been witnessed in that body The
history the Senate is repete with examples obrlant
conflict but at no past period have the representatives
OF the States and OF the people been summoned to high
er or more dangerous duties The country stands on
tiptoe, awaiting in GREATNESS anxiety the tdings which
every breeze shall watt from the to the crcumte-
renee OF the Con ederacy. The question is shall there
be harmony and fraternity land union shall there
be discord, estrangement, and convusion The crisis
is near at hand The coming time is full fate Des-
tiny seems impatient OF the approaching struggle. as
though issues close at hand OF graver magnitude
than any hitherto confded to mortal decision"
The article proceeded to show how a Just ap-
plication of the Presidents recommendations now
demands cordial support of the Compromise bills
of the Senate, and concluded as follows:
"We are for peace-for what will produce peace
And we conscientiously believe that, if the people of
the country could be brought to vote upon the propo-
sons OF the committee as settlement of all their rou-
bles dsruss, and -bunngs, they would be found
North, South, East and West, the Far West and the
Southwest, rolling up maorties for them OF four nay
of ten to one. would be struggle between them as
TO which section sickeet of the dangerous enmites
which faction andfanaticsm have sowed between them
and emulation in the unaninty OF expressing their
love OF the Union, and desire for fraternity, concord
and mutual good will.
"For these reasons, we shall support the policy of
uniting all the relating to the territory acquired
by the treaty of Guadalupe Hdago in one bill-the
Omnibus bill, the Writings of the day will have it.
We for the Omnibus bill. The Omnibus is the
great convenience of the day. 1t is the peoples con.
veyance 1t is that which takes them home safely and
cheaply. 1t is the chariot of the republican, the work
ing man, the bone and snew the men whose hearts
are blstered and whose peace sacrificed by political in
cendaries. We not ashamed take our seat in the
Omnibus with the illustrous statesmen of the age
with patrotspeacemakers; with the men Of the Union
who are for the Union Nor shall we, as we rumble
along over rough pavements and broken .wavs in
such company envy those outsiders who whip their
faded steeds aain to keep pace with the coupee the
buggy or the 'suky in which some one solitary and
alone is wheeled along the golden sands OF California"
STEALING A NEGREss.-Senator Morton, of Florida, |
has had negro woma n, about 26 years old stolen
from h I'M at Washington. He supposes her to have
been taken to tree State and offers $1,000 for her re-
coyery-Soutbern ribune.