The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-07

soy" this, our contemporary would have an
easy time Of il; but we know Of only one
philosopher in history whose say-so was
deemed sufficient" even to his academy
| We submit that il is not sufficient for our
contemporary $50 say" that any assertion Of
his is ''entrely sustained" without having
some veri-similitude about it.. 1t is not suffi-
cient for him to say that he has filled his pail
by "milking the BULL" because the ordinary
experience of men is rather against the proba-
bility Of such an assertion. To take one of
these votes in illustration of the s'sufficency"
of what our neighbor "says:" Mr.. HMLYER's
amendment or addition was agreed to, on the
last call of the yeas and nays, by vote of one
hundred to sixty five. Of the one hundred
alternatives, thrty-four were WHIGs. De-
Quoting the Wings, there remain sixty-six
DEMocRArIC votes on a poll of one hundred
and sixty five. That is to say, if the WHO'S
had gone in body with the minority, the vote
would have been reversed. And this is the
result which, in the Judgment of our contempt
rary, renders it sufficient for him to say that his
assertion is /" entirely sustained" that it is
the Democratic party of the House only which
can be trusted to carry out the Compromise!
Why does our contemporary continue to
amuse himself with dreaming dreams and see
ing visions? Why live in localities, ignoring
the practical things of the world? Why not
confess, frankly and honestly, that the DEMO
Gratis in the House and the Democratic party
are divided in regard 10 the Compromise; that
the leading Southern Democrats-among whom
are AsHE, AvERETT, DANIEL, BRAGG, CAS-
KIE, McQUEEN, BococK, MEADE, MILLsoN,
ORR, POWELL, VENABLE, WALLACE, and
WooDwARp-are as hostile to a portion of
these Compromise measures as are RAN
ToUL, MoLoNY, CAMPBELL, Governor CLEvE-
MAN, FLOYD, GIDDINGs, and Grow? pretty
set of gentlemen are these 10 form the "onIy
party' to be trusted in carrying out the Com
promise! We admit that large portion of
the Democrats have sustained the Admnstra-
ton in these measures of Adjustment, with
commendable disregard Of party obligations.
/ They have spurned the irammels of the De-
MocRATIc caucus, and have planted them
selves on the doctrine of the Presidents
messages. We would not withhold from
them any of the credit to which they are enti-
tied for their patriotic and Independent action.
1t required nerve and courage to deviate from
the path marked out by power that has hith-
erto been conclusive and exclusive in the Dem
oCRATIC party. But, for all this, we cannot
reason from the fact that this meritorious por-
ton of the Democracy sustain the Administra-
ton, that the whole Democracy ought to unite
to overthrow the Administration for the sake of
giving better support to the Compromise!
Support the Compromise by uniting with the
gentlemen we have above enumerated TO sub
vert the present Administration! Can person
be serious-one might almost ask can person
be sane-who proposes such scheme for &C
complshing such an objectl Is not it, on the
face, quite as hopeless as the enterprise which
DIR JOHNSON attributed to HUME and the scep-
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