The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-04-29
WASHINGTON. d. C..
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1852.

Mr.. MANGUM AND Ma. BRooEs-The re-
port Of Proceedings in Congress, on our fourth
page will be read with much interest. They
would seem to indicate a disruption Of the
Wing Party, but we are inclined to think that
harmony will be re-established The letter
from the New York Express rejecting severely
on Mr. Mangum, and dragging before the pub
lie his private and social relations, provoked
the ire Of that senator and in the Senate last
Thursday he administered an unmercful cast-
cation to Mr. Brooks one of the editors of that
journal, and member of the House, who had
revised the letter according to his own admis-
sion, before its appearance in the Express.
Mr.. B. made \ personal explanation the fol
lowing day in the House, from which We ex-
tract the following paragraph, as the only por-
ton possessing any special interest After re-
counting the fluctuations Of the National
Wings of the North. and referring to the con-
duct of some Southern Whg- as authorizing
the suspicion that their services were about to
he forgotten-a suspicion which naturally
touched their tendcreSt sensbilities he pro-
eeeded to claim from his Southern friends pro-
lection against the North, as follows:
d" IL wa. due t. Us Northern men, that We
should have such support from them for in
that terrible hour OF trial here, two sessions ago
our ,CrrlccS wCJe necessary for them, and they
were given to them freely with the implied if
not expressed understanding that they lcouH
protect N 70 the crteRt Of their ability Ever since
that we have been hunted down in the North
as the Missouri Compromise men were. who
acted with the South in 1920 under the lead
Of Mr. Clay, as We Northern Wings acted un-
der his lead in 1850 But one or two Northern
members Of Congress who voted for that Com
promise survived the political shock of that
day nav, almost the whole of them were
buried in their political graves IT, therefore
we feel unusually sensitive now, amidst the ad-
verse public opinion about ny in the North. we
must be pardoned for our anxiety. rs again and
again we demand cOuntenance and protection,
IN carrying out what great mass of our peO-
pie deem TO be an OdiOus provision of the Con-
stltutlOn or IA creating II SOunder sentiment of
respect for the execution of that instrument in
it, very spirit and letter In demanding all
this with sincerity and energy, we demand but
what is our right and what 1t is your duty to
give MS. And if we can have it cheerfully,
unlted.y we can support ourselves and our
common Union upon the basis of the Constitu--
ton Without it, we must all become the mis-
cradle victims OF tanaticiSm and political fury
Southern men are proud to represent the in
terests and yindcate the honor Of their con-
stituents; but here is a Northern man shame
less enough to stand up in his place, the un-
blushing dciamcr Of the People who have made
him their representative. He charges them
generally with disloyalty to the Constitution.
and then mplorcs the South to sustain and
protect him in dcfyiug their opinion, and re-
forming their rebelous spirit
These " National Wings are hgh-minded
honorable set Of men, and we are surprised
that Mr. Mangum did not appreciate their
claims upon his iorbcarancc
DEFEAT o. THE NAVAL DISCIPLINE BILL
Our readers will rejoice to learn that the
barharou- ball to promote discipline in the
navy on which we lately commented, has re-
ceIved its IuetUs in the House. On the 2lst
after several unsuccessful attempts to amend
1t, 1t was lad upon the table by vote of SO to
90. This decisive majority against it shows
that naval officers must hereafter make IN
their minds to secure discipline and good