The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-02-05
From the Boston Atlas.
The Excitement Mt Warrington.

Inc exCltement winch prevails at w a8hln gtOn
appears to increase rather than subsde. Ever
since the commencement of the session, members
appear to be devoting their energies to fan the
flames OF a national confagraton, in which is to
be consumed the Union Of the States. Were the
people as hot headed and fanatical as large por-
ton of their representatives we might be alarmed
at the prospect but good sense and moderation
prepondcrate among the masses, not yet
fearful of a dissolution. We do not, however, be-
lieve that the southern men who threaten disunion
are not in earnest We believe most of them who
talk that way mean what they say. They have
worked themselves into fever Of excitement, and
down the pillars which uphold the Union, though,
sampson like, they should be crushed amid The
falling ruins.
Our love for the Union seated and ineface-
able. We can never hear its endurance questioned
without feeling a sensation of pity and regret. Its
blessings manifold its associations 80 Qlori-
Gus, its future 80 big with joyful hopes, that we
wonder how any American can for one moment en-
terrain the parrcida wish that its duration should
be less than the earths its spendor less dazzling
than the sun. Yet there men who talk as flip
PANTY OF disunion as though it were matter Of no
great moment; They enter upon calculations Of
its value with the same arithmetical smartncss that
they exhibit in casting up the columns of their tai
lor's bill, and they carve il of into sections as
land spcculator does township into house lots.
And what sS is all tn. ior' What ha, given ocss
South to gain! What is the North to gain, No
thing-absolutely nothing, but on the other hand
every thing to lose. Why then talk about il :
why to get md Of one devil should we take in
with interminable discussions about committing
suicidef Why pass our nights in troubled dreams
which pail the senses and fill us with horrori
We have been led 10 thus reflect when viewing
from a distance the scenes at Washington. Great
are the evils which flow from them, and they are
not all Of political character II 10 an evil 10 ac-
custom the public mind 10 thoughts Of dissolution
Of the Union. Il is evil 10 array section against
section. Il s an evil to delay the public business
IL Is evil TO keep the country in an excited and
troubled state for long time. What we desire is
quiet rest. When we have this, the peaceful arts
flourish and good works abound in the land. "wiIl
those days ne'er come again."
All this excitement has grown out Of our Mexis
can conquess. Our present state is in measure
parallel 70 the thieves who made successful pill
lage and then fell to cutting each others throats
because they could not agree in the division OF the
spoils. Far better TO give Mexico back her terri
tory again California, gold, and all-than TO dis
wales the hocks Of Abraham shall feed, and In
which the hocks Of Lot II there is no remedy for
these angry discussions these ordinations and re-
ordinations, better thousand times 70 let Mexico
have her own again. But we have not yet reached
that point, and probably will not The recent mes
sage OF the President, and the resolutions Of Mr.
Clay, are cheering signs. They the strcaks OF
morning light In the east, which herald the rising
| OF the sun. We shall not discuss which platform
" the best. We like, however, the message Of the
President better than the propositions Of Mr.. Clay
II IL calculated II not % accomplish more at leas
10 accomplish the same thing in a more acceptable
way. We, however, like much that u In Mr.
Gays scheme. We shall not weaken the good e.
feet Of his propositions by Offering petuant obiec
tons 10 the parts which we don't IKE. In the pre-
sent excited state OF the public mind high seasoned
dishes arc alone palatsble before the patient re
covers his wonted healthy tone, n more lowly die
will be necessary. The message Of tho President
and the propositions Of Mr.. Clay, VIC regard ne In,
commencement Of the change.
4 They will he IL 10 .rI
They will check the hayward, besdlone cours
which we have been running for some months a
locomotive speed. The great minds Of the nstoi
are coming 20 the rescue. The fathers ofthe rcpub
lic--the men whose names interviewer with on
history and our growth, the filing with tn
WARP, are stepping forward 10 nip in the bud th
crusade of disunfon and destruction. III we canno
agree with all that is proposed LET us give thank
Tor what we do like. Let encourage others 20 d
likewise. II we cannot say amen 10 all, let us "a,
God speed you onward Let the puny sspirsnts 4
ststesrnsnship, like Footc and Cine1nsn, retire 70
the present; and let the President, Mr.. Webster
and Mr.. Clay come forward. People will listen ;
them, and they can, and we trust will set the cur
rent OF public sentiment running in its old channel,
OF one thing VIC feel sssured-that the continuanc
Of the present excited feeling win tend 70 open NOR
widely the breach between the North and TIE South
and, although political union rnsy be preserved
yet it, most valued blessings-thosc which arts
| from social and commercial intcrcourpc--will b
denied us, and in their places will grow the weed
| Of bitterness and hate. If the Washington politi
clans would keep in reasonable degree Of coolnes
for month or two, and let reason have chance b
assert her supremacy, great good would result
from IL.