Washington telegraph., 1851-01-15
correspondenoeoftheTs Tslegr p h


LITTLE Rock. Jan. 4, 1851.
In your paper Of the LIST inst in speaking Of
FIournoy's Resolutions on Federal Relations, you
say ..,he useml,-rs Of Tho House have mistaken
public senti.nent." This 10 true, but not the
whole truth. Had you been present and wrf-
messed the signal triumph o: tie principles en-
bodied in FIournoy's Resolutions, you would have
been content. The truth Of the matter is, that
some very few men in The House, who would like
to be considered ''the chiva1ryr" were bent ON
getting up an excitement, aud putting through
set of resolutions breathing blood, thunder, dis
union secession, and every other monstrosity that
could add to the nosoriety Of the movers This
begun to be understood about week after Flour
noy's Resolutions were in hand. After cogitatIng
the matter, the House. aud It may be safely sa'o'
the Senate aud citizens, concluded that the brttrr
way would be to knock the whole business on the
head. The clamor men thought it would be idle
to resolve that the Union was Of great value
the resolution could not increase its value; and,
they thought, would not testify any greater sin
cerhy than they already felt They seem 10 have
regarded the business as an effort TO make party
capital, and they would not he used a. astru-
u,eu,s in sucn business. They seem 70 have
been like Of two young votaries OF science,
who were standing together beside a large rock.
One says 10 the other, show easy It would be Tor
man to butt his brains out against that stone.
"Oh no." says the other, ''tha, is ony soft sand
stone, free stone; it works easy under the chsel
,,,d b<r1 1ut ali
the oth.r, II think it is hard enough To kill man
il he should butt his head agails, il" 'But
DON'T" says the other, aud 50 he bowed himself
and ran head foremost ag.ins, the rock, and broke
his neck. After tho survivor had recovered
little from bis grief and surprise al the sudden loss
of lis friend, he said, "Ah, well! some people
never will believe that rock IS hard till they
butt their brains out against it," ! he great ma
iority of the House were in favor Of the Resou-
tons AMI of the Union. but th-ydid not like 10 see
false and needless excitement got up for nothing
at ALL They believe that the Union is like a
strong, mighty rock, and let him who may MT
believe it try it with his head and he wilfbe like
the youth who broke his neck as aforesaid 1t
seems impossible to make any one believe that
there is any present danger. That their has been
lowering clouds aud threatenings OF Storm Is but
true, but the danger is passed, and the country
satisfied. The beauty Of the whole business s'
,ha, the secession and revolutionary, or rather
rabid, resolutions, for there was "A st OF them
also, were voted down with swift haste; the
seceders we're most bitterly rebuked, aud then,
lest a misappreh-nsioL should arise, they laid
Fiournoy's on the table too. The proceeding it.
self ended in y broad farce. A few. very few
undertook to mount high horses and talk big. but
it was no 20. The members, with great unan-
unity, resolved that they would not be excited,
aud 81 the business ended 1t is in con tempt alton
to have Union Mass Meeting here ow the 18th
inst, but there is no telling how il will result
many think the attendance will be thin. This is
certain, tha, :here s not only no excitement, but
rather an apathy. The business is settled,
and there ,s aversion to rskng over the matter
again.
REPUBLICAN,.