The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-01

land, WIN CnaraCterisuc 6nTewuneses Uncovered
that though the Executive was passive. the people
Of the United States aroused the subject,
and, in adv ance of any action on the part of our
Government, ordered her naval feet Withdrawn,
tickled the ears Of certain ministers, and you
now told that the fishery difficulties are at end.
Are they? [Cries of No." No" "Never!"I
No. they are not at an end. II they .cih the
Wings, they are not ,oih the incoming Democratic
administration. Mr. Soule had no desire to see the
country at war; neither did he wish silently to
witness her sacred honor imposed upon The hest
way to avoid serious difficulty is never to suffer
the first infringement upon your rights II toiH be
the duty Of those toho come into potcer n @ch ntrt
10 recty the errors Of the present Administr alton"
These would be omnous words from any
leader Of the party, but proceeding from Mr..
SoULE they are indeed significant He is de-
clared to be the "creator' of Mr.. PIERcL's Pres-
Dental chances, and will inevitably occupy a
prominent place in his councils if he be elected
The Senator from Louisiana is dividing the
labors of the contest with "ihe Little Giant"
from Illinois, and will unquestionably share
with him the honors of victory or the morli6ca-
ton Of defeat. They are the only leaders Of
note who have thoroughly identified themselves
with MIR. PIERoE's fortunes; the others follow
General CAss's example, and do no more than
is absolutely necessary to prevent their expul-
sion from the church.
Of Mr.. SoULE's censure of the present Ad-
mnistration for its action on the subject Of the
fisheries, we need not speak. Not single
privilege to which our fishermen are entitled
has been conceded by Mr.. FILLMORE or Mr..
WEBSTER, who have maintained the rights
justified by treaty and insisted upon by Demo
cratic predecessors. Mr.. SoULE's Gallo anti
pathies might have been gratiied by an aban-
donment Of friendly diplomacy, and the substi-
tuition Of costlier and more deadly agencies; but
the sober thought of the community will repu-
date his appeals to passion, and will ralify the
temperate yet firm and satisfactory policy of
Mr.. FILLMORE and his advisers.
We must assume either that Mr.. SoULE, in
his anxiety to serve the Democratic nominee,
is anxious to gain the votes of his auditors by
a resort to the clap-trap of the demagogue, or
that he is proclaimng the settled foreign po-
licy Of the first DOUGLAS cabinet that may be
called into existence. The two positions are
not irreconcileable, and may jointly present no
more than the truth. Separately or together,
they are valid grounds for marked condemna-
ton Of the Senator and the cause he advocates.
PIERCE and War" may suit Mr.. SoULE's
fancy, and may be popular with congenial au-
diences but much more than pretty rhetoric
is needed to make them palatable to the coun-
try.
The New York Ezprsss remarks:
"When honorable Senators in Congress, repre-.
senting sovereign States of this Conederacy. thus
talk So. from Tennessee and Michigan to Maine, it
becomes quite time for considerate people to ask,
and to demand to k ow what they mean. That
with Spain is contemplated for the forcible
nexation of Cuba-war at all hs zards, and involv-
ing all consequences, is quite evident from the
Michigan eloquence Of Senators Douglas and Wei
ler-and that war ia thought of, to say the least,
with Breat Britain. in the matter of the fisheries, is
quite evident also from Mr. Soule's Maine speech.
Arc we mere alarmists, then, when we repeat
edly cry-'BEwAREp
"'There may be a RUPTURE with Great Britain,
says Mr.. Soule-and moth ing is more possible, we
admit, &c ti.- dow. foil. into rasb and
reckless hands, such seem stretched out for war
The fishery difficulties not at an end, adds
MIR. Sou!e-and certainly not, we know, il Mr..
Fillmores wise direction Of them 10 to be upset by
an incoming administration as Mr. Soule de
clarcs and predicts. 1T will be the duty Of Mr..
Pierce, If elected, in March next to rectify the
errors of the present Administration.
Snow, this aEcrFIcArIoN Of err ore becomes very
serious business; and If Mr. Soule an thing
# be is not uttering mere froth-he means war
he three little simple innocent letters Of Kossuth
w Ar There are no errors of Mr.. Fillmore to rec
ify. He has followed exactly in the paths of the ad
ministration of Gen. Jackson, MIR. V.n Buren,. Mr..
Tyler, and Mr.. Polk; and if they committed 'er-
rors,' there is no rcctifcation OF them short Of
war To do other wise than they have oil done. is
10 insist upon fishing within three milcs the shore
in spite Of the convention of lsls and to bring our
fleet to the Bay of Nova Scotia NEE, the British
aeet, gun to gun, just there; and what is this but
war. Mr.. Van Buren's administration had much |
with Great Britain on the subject |
If the fsheries-just Mr.. Fillmores adn.iuistra-
ion Is having-and every thing insisted upon by |
Mr.. Van Buren's administration, Mr. Fiilmore's
lie insisting upon, too. To 'rectity
heir errors' Is TO 60 further than they have gole
'r dared to 60; and this is certain. inc vi,abe
indeed Mr. Soule, throughout, scarcely disgui-es
what he is after, notwithstanding his disclaiming-
be Ia after any thing but frothy epccch on the |
tamp to gull the people Of Maine--a presumption
ve shall not indulge in towards homo. able
Senator"
Loss Of temper is always sign of weak |
'ause." at is sign Of desperation. |, is
ign Of defeat"
The Union says so, and the Union is right
It's own columns for three months past have af-
iordeda indisputable evidence Of The fact. 1t
has been out of temper all the time ], has
lone nothing but fret, fume, vilify, and abuse,
md it does nothing else now. Every state
nent that it cannot answer it calls "a Rour
pack" Every fresh revelation against its can