The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-03-29


the country to the present state of the question,
and to invoke the patriotic Of all parties to come
TO the support of their Representatives in Con-
gress, and to sustain and strengthen them in
their efforts to settle the present controversy and
give peace 10 the county, Union.
What is the matter now The "sole
organ" has been claiming for the Demo-
crazy special mission to preserve the
Union and ward off the perils which men
ace it. Has it discovered that it leaned
upon broken reed That the great
party which elected Mr.. VAN buren, to
the Presidency, with the ayowal of the
power of Congress to abolish slavery in
the District of Columbia fresh upon his
lips, is not quite equal to the task Has
it ascertained that the Northern and South
ern supporters and panegyrists of Mr..
Polk, notwithstanding he signed two
"Wilmots,'' want help in its peculiar
and special missionl The Union now in
vokes the s'patriotic of all parties" to
unite in settling the issues in dispute be-
tween the two sections of the country
Does not this prove the hollow-heart-
edness of the "sole organ,", when it
claimed for the Locofoco party the special
guardianship Of the rights and safety
of the Confederacyl How long has it
been since it brooked to think of the pre-
servation Of the Union in any other con-
nexion than as the peculiar mission and
province of Locofocracy'
In invoking the patriotic Of all parties
and of all sections to the glorious work of
allaying the present excitement by wise
and national measures, the Union is fol-
lowing the example Of this paper and the
Wing press generally. From the begin
ming we saw that the middle men, the
/ conservative and wise men of both par
ties and from all sections, would have to
| free themselves from the councils and in
huence alike of fanatics and factions, to
enable them to legislate for the good OF
the country. To the task Of producing
this separation we have addressed our
selves with such poor ability as we could
bring to bear upon the subject. In &C
complishing this object we have not al
lowed party ties to turn us from our pur-
pose. We have combated disorganizing
doctrines, whether snunciated by Wing or
Democrat and in this regard we claim
to have discharged our whole duty.
| But whilst the Wing press was engaged
in this holy labor, the Union has contin-
ually assailed the PRESIDENT as mainly
responsible for an agitation itself, more
than any other paper, helped to make dan
gerous. II went SO far as to denounce the
plan of settlement proposed by him as
treasonablel whilst in the same breath il
declared the Administration project 10 be
the same as that upon which it and the
Locofoco party supported Mr.. CAss for
the Presidency. 1t has been its constant
and exclusive aim 10 make party capital
out of this matter. Its party profted
much in getting the country into peril,
| and it has sought to make as much by
! getting the county out of it. The Union
would not hear of the settlement of the
5 question except as Democratic measure,
: The preservation OF the Union was the
: sole prerogative Of the Democratic party
What has caused this changer Has
the Union discovered that the THoMPsoNs,
4 the noble, the scahing, the firstling Of
Y butcher EwINc's bloody hand, the mos
r Thompsonian THoMPsoNs, out of Con,
y gress; and the Browns, that Brown, the
e brownest of the Browns in Congress, are
n not equal to the preservation Of this great
b Republici Has it found out that writing
h offensive epistlss to Cabinet ministers,
i and shaking heads in dubious indication
1t do not reveal the pecisc qualities to which
IS great empire mly trust its destinies
: Has the blood Of tie saints lost its effica
o cyl Is there M help in the army of mar.
G tyrs, that it CALI UPON the WHrGs to come
3 up to the work pf peacei Is it at last re
it duced to the Confession that upon the
h patriotism Of WIGS, the allegiance and
national spirit of Wings and Democrats,
y the country mist rest its hopes of peace
n and its chance Of Unioni
le If the Union is in earnest in its appeal
CT to the country if IT is not merely sound
re ing an insidios farley, let it take up the
< plans proposed BY Wing and Democrat,
Is and discuss tim in candid spirit. II
q, has heretofore confined itself to specific
a. abuse Of the RIsIDENT, and what it once
supported as the CAss doctrine, and
ne watery suggtion thrown out in a min.
compoop antvapid vein. II augurs an
ID improvemenwhen the Union has found GU,
Us that this won answer; that the Locofocc
O. party is nothe whole people; that, in
IS. fact, the coaion against the Administra-
ne ton is incaple of Turing back the peace