The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-02-22
FROM WASHINGTON.

Correspondence Of The Daily Laneaster Gazette
WAsHISoToS, Feb. l2, 1850.
Gen. Cass and Mr.. Ctay-Messrs. Chase, Hale
and dSeWqrd-The ReVenue BiH-An Improve
ment in the Temper of the House-Heary Ctay's
Speech-Patriotism in the Souh-Mr EW
ng's Levee-E Entivening Times.
called yesterday, for The first time,
on Gen. Cass aud Mr.. Clay. They are
we'll hammered old men, and each ndulg-
ed me with pleasant interview. Age,
and its book Of experience. have matur-
ed their love of country, and established
it as the great principle of their public
action.
The votes of Messrs. Chase, Hale and
Seward, in favor of receiving petition
for the dissolution of the Union, have
given them an unenviable isolation. |
was proud to find my favorable inference, 4,
from the fact that every Southern Sena-
tor voted against receiving the petition,
strengthened by the concurrence of Gen.
Cass.
The true hope of the Republic now
hangs upon the fathers of the Senate, on
both sides of ihe Chamber.
The House has just passed the Reve-
nue. Bill-nearly as it went from the
Senate. This furnishes another assur-
ance of an improvement in the temper
of that branch, and Of its return to the
path of wisdom.
High expectations of good are indulg'
ed, from the indicated influence of Mr..
Clays speech on the public mind; and
the hope is common to patriotic men Of
all parties. The Press cannot supply
the demand for it, by the incessant exer
tons of its capacity for three weeks. 1t
will go. with its pure spirit, and wise
aud fatherly counsels, to fire. sides in the
remotest quarters of the family of States
and touch the springs of flial love, and
inAame the devotion of its atars.
Good thoughts and sentiments are
pouring in from the South. Its winds
are becoming balmier, aud bear the fra
GRANGE of good will and affectionate fra
ternity. Let the other portions of the
country hasten to an embrace, which may
be mpressively expressed by an unad'
iectived UNION.
The day closed with Mr.. Ewing's lie
wee. The mul,itude-vared by age. sex
diversity of pursuits, religion and poll
testified almost every room in both
stories of his large house.
The refreshments were rich aud abun
.dant, -enliUenisg portions OF which wnul'
have been communicated by the an
athena of Father Mathew. But tina
good man never foresaw benefit the.
produced on this occasion. They insti
gated and cemented union; and some
pairs of gentleman, leaning against eacI
other, for mutual support. could have
maximized the advantage, by exclamnt
, "united we stand-diUided zoe don't"
Wit, humor and kind feeling reigned
Host and guest we're equally gratified
; and struggled for triumph in hilarity.-
, The flow of soul was animated by music
and the dance,--s participation in thu
/, latter of which the Secretary was com
PEELED to sacrifice to the dignity of place
A democratic Senator ventured com
plimentto to Mr. Ewing, by saying he mus
be pretty clever fellow judging from
the company he kept"
The hours were made fleet by thei
pleasures. Nights noon, cheersss il
natures mansion, found,the happy multi
tude, in Mr.. Ewing's, unconscious of it
approach. and their ears reluctant audi
tors of the grave old clock, whose stroke
told the hour, and spoke of separation
UNION.