The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-12

1 ] will do ali can 10 abolish slavery. am not
Free soilsr. thorgh hold it Unconstitutional
to admit new States with slavery, and always
have and always will oppose it here and every
where. and the President--the President and
| I-aQree in all this, and will stand or fall to-
qether, &c. &c &c This 10 brief analysis OF
the Secretary's pot valiant speeches, which all
| conclude with vehement protestations OF attach
ment to the Union There is nothing he would
not do to preserve it, and in this respect, ne ex-
GELS even Mr.. Seward, Mr. Sumner, and all the
rest of the devotees of Union Of discords.
Was the Secretary friend to the Union when
he made common cause with the Hartford Con-
vention, whose great object was sectional dis
union! Was he friend to the Union, when,
as a member OF the House OF Representatives
ne invariably opposed every appropriation OF
means for defending the interests and honor OF
his country against the common enemy, and
finally, by declaring in his place, {" that were the
British army at the doors Of the capitol, he
would not raise hand in its Defence" draw on
himself the just and memorable reproof of Mr.
John Quincy Adams, that there was but one
more step for the honorable member to take,
and that was to join the enemy!' And is he
nova friend to the Union, when travelling, and
swaggering, and feasting, and drinking, from
Pan TO Beersheba, asserting and maintaining
those doctrines, and that policy, which have
placed itln imminent jeopardy?
1ne Secretary must have persuaded himself
mat the people Of the United States have not
only lost their memory, but their capacity to
comprehend what they see passing before them,
n ne thinks he can stutify them BY dove failing
into each other the most glaring Inconsistencies
and contradictions, which he seems to flatter
himself ne can reconcile, while, in fact, he ia only
rendering them more gross and palpable. Or
II not 90, ne must have implicit faith in the sub
servience OF party, and its capacity to swallow
cames. lie may see double himself on these
affer-dinner occasions, but doubt If he can so
easily blind any but those who are determined
not to see. In truth, he is acting part for
which nature never intended him, and he'll find
that in attempting to please everybody, he will
please nobody. He is PLAYING the Punch at
Puppet shows, while he should remain behind
the scenes directing the wires He is striving
to become the Harlequin of the pantomime,
when he is only playing Pantaloon, and lighting
a hire for others to warm themselves by lie is
setting up for wit, and perpetrating most
melancholy jests, which might do very well in
Congress, where they laugh at anything-even
Mr. iiale's bon mots--but will assuredly never
attain TO conspicuous place in Joe Miller.
AS a friend to all itinerant great men, who,
like adventurous down-Easters, go about in
carts, rafting their tin canisters, and blowing
their tin trumpets in all directions, would ad
wise the Secretary to make no more speeches,
especially after great public dinners. Let him
remember Patchogue, when he was under the
necessity OF "taking a step or two backwards"
He will let the cat out of the bag at last, if he
has rot already, and the people will smoke the
long ears under the lions skin. Like Issacher,
ne is strong ass, but not exactly fitted for
cutting capers on a trencher. Let him beware
how he attempts to raise laugh, least it be
turned against himself Even old Virginia will
detect him through her leather spectacles.
A NEW YORKER. .