The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-05

for the people, and to them we are perfectly
willing TO entrust il. We fear that the course
pursued by these Southern men indicates on
their part determination 10 continue the agi-
tation of this slavery question; and we are
justified in this conclusion by the course OF
Mr.. MEADE. perhaps now their leader in The
House OF Representatives, on the first day OF
the session. On that occasion he is reported
to have said, that "all the talents Of DANIEL
WEBSTER, and those who act with him at the
North, have been unable to allay the storm
which has been produced in that section of
the country" Does the honorable member from
VIRGINIA heartily desire to see that storm allay-
ed? If so, il is strange enough that he should
sustain the course of the majority in the caucus,
who by their action, and on Mr.. RANToUL's
motion, declared DANIEL WEBSTER was wrong,
and RoBERT RAEToUL, jr., was right. Does
Mr. MEADE expect the people TO believe that
he is sincere in his compliment TO Mr.. WEE
srER, when he afiliates with Mr.. RANToUL,
politically, and approves the action of his
friends in caucus, who repudiated the Com
promise TO please this gentleman, who, above
all others, has attempted to destroy the influ-
'ence Of Mr.. WEBSTER in Massachusetts on
this very subject? Mr.. MEADE has too much
sagacity to suppose that he can beguie the
people with any such sophstry; but we fear
we discover in his conduct an insidious at
tempt to keep up agitation, by uniting
with the enemies of the Compromise North,
and at the same time to make the people
ofthe South believe that "all the talents of DAN
lei WEBSTER, and those who act with him.
have proved abortive in alayng an excite
ment which the RANToUL politicians at the
North and the MEADE school at the South are
disposed to see continued
And now, what are we to think of those
Northern men who voted for the Compromise,
and now fall back and take position with
Messrs. RANToUL. and MEADE2 But the other
day you were denounced by your Southern
friends of the ultra school as having exhibited
an infdelity to Southern rights SO glaring,
that they separated themselves from you politi-
cally, and declared to their constituents that
you were unworthy of Southern confidence;
while the minority, headed by such men as
Messrs. CoBB, FooTE, and others, held you up
as every way disposed to do justice to the
South and sustain in good faith the Compro-
mise measures. By the action of those who
voted to lay Mr.. PoLK's resolution on the
table, they have not only indicated want OF
sincerity in their former course of supporting
the Compromise, but they have effectually de-
clared that the majority of the Southern Demo
Gratis who opposed the Compromise were right,
and the minority who did every thing to pass
it, and then allay the storm the majority had
created at the South, were wrong
Well may the exclamation come forth from
New York, and every other section of this
great Republicans to the news from Wash
ington, we hardly understand it as yet, and
must be contened to wait patiently the de-
nouement"
The denouement was the ministration of the
oath Of office to the Hon. LINN BOYD, as
Speaker of the House, by JOSHUA R. GID.
DINGs-a conjunction typical of the fraterniza-
ton of Abolition and Democracy.