The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-29

therefore, that those who took part In the meeting
60 first for the destruction of the Christian religion,
of property, and of social order; and second, for
the flag Of the United States, provided 1t waves
over the battle grounds OF Europe
Can harshness or ingratItude 60 furtheri
We fancy not. At any rate, we know not
where to find so strong concentration OF
either as in this last paragraph from the Times.
We have already shown that a majority OF the
Bentonians dared to disobey orders TO secure
reconciliation and harmony, and it may now be
seen how their overtures were accepted. The
Times and its party do not believe in prodigai
children, death-bed repentance, or any thing
Of that kind; they are satisfied that they have
pot into the true church, and they now
hurl sentences of communication against
all outsiders prodigal and repentant, OF neither
The question now is, whether the Baltimore
Convention, or any other valid Democratic or
ganization, will hold fellowship with men re-
presenting assemblages composed almost ex-
clusively, according to the ST. Louis Times, OF
"Freesoil and atheist converts" Answer In
the affirmative, and you strike at the orthodoxy
of the body, and probably involve exclusion Of
the anti-BENroN wing Give negative re-
ply, and you upset the Unions antciPations OF
bliss and victories consequent upon the present
imagined return of fraternsl feelings
The sayings and doings Of the anti-BENTok
wing call for less extended notice, although we
are at a loss to conceive how the Union can
square its knowledge of either with its congrat-
ulations on returning harmony. Contrasted
with the holder advances made by the younger
and more active section, both may be pro-
nounced harmless, and in many respects excel
lent; but they present on their face proof OF the
existence and importance of the division which
the Union endeavors to ignore. The resolu-
tions agreed to renew expressions OF adherence
TO the Baltimore platform, and promise &C
quiesence in the Compromise measures; and by
implication they repudiate the spirit of proPa-
pandism which forms Distinguishing charac-
teris.ic of their rivals. One reporter says:
ain relation to Kossuth's demand. the orators OF
the evening, il we did not mistake them TOOK
GROUND against his prctensions, and held this conn"
trv I'D as beacon, to light, by her glorious exam
ola. other nations to higher destiny, rather than
"A belligerent in every revolution that may occur
on the face Of the earth"
So that tho old standing partisdns are at issue
not only with the BENTON wing, but win
General CAss, Mr.. DOUGLAS, MIR. >. +.
WALKER, and all who, with them, are partially
inclined to adopt the faith as it is in kossurH.
est. Louis Republican closes its account
of these antsgonistic demonstrations with this
observation, which appears to US to be fully
warranted by the circumstances we have
noticed:
..TakinR view Of the whole field. as 1t has been
occupied on this memorable occasion, we are un-
able 10 perceive how those hostile forces can
bring about a compromise. They evidently dlner
in their understanding OF past transactions, ana
having become fixed in their views and feelings,
sense Of pride must prevent them from arriving at
n reconciliation. They differ, too, in the pro-
sression and radicalism OF tho times, and can
hardly match sufficiently well ever again 10 Pul!
evenly"
Are we to conclude that the speeches and re
nolutions on which this judgment Is founded
are the invention Of competing editors, bent
upon mischief; or that, being bona tide, they
have been accidentally or purposeiy overlooked
by the Union in its anxiety to build up hopes Of
returning harmony Shall we take the re-
,oicing without the facts, OF the facts without
she re,oicisg 2-ihe harmony without The truth,
or the truth without The harmony