The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-14

The paragr aphs below copied from the New York
Tribune the grand reservoir OF mahgnily. fanslicsn.
and hypocrisy, from which ISSUE day by day. TRADES OF
bitter detracon and unmi,gated calumnies eainst the
purest statesmen OF the county Having been invested
with some degree OF responsibility by being recognised
as the ogas Of the Scott wings in The late presidential
canvass, its editor all the consequence OF die
ator, and pesumes not only TO prescribe rules for his own
fanaca followers, but actually asplres to elevate him
self 10 the level OF honest men, and TO comprehend the
motives which actuae them. Was far
moved from bis own appropriate sphse as Horace Greeley
in search OF the motives which control Frank Pierce and
Jefferson Davis Nature designed him TO play "second
fiddle" to such fanatics as Abbey Folsom, Fred. Doug
lass, and VIM H. Sewardiheir motives and purposes he
may appreciate but he makes himself ridiculous well
contemplate when he seeks to figure above that posi-
ton. That our readers may understand exactly what
manner of person is that presumes to SIT in judgment
on the motives of the President. Secretary OF War; and
southern statesmen generally, avail ourselves OF the
inmtable descriptive powers Of Gen. Sam Houston, who
had occasion during the last to draw his portrait
in dissccling OF the vile documents which issued
from his press Gen. Houston said:
"This pamphlet (hoding up ono) issued from the
press of Horace Greeley editor OF the New York Tribune
Horace a remarkable He is tho whitest
and thin, and scattering He white hat and white
coat; and must be permitted to give il you my
did opinion, that his iiper is OF the same color
"There is another peculiarly about Horace that must
fail to notice. is said that when he gets up OF
ing, he his legs through his pantaoons far, that
the bottom of them JUS, enough to the top Of
Of his boots TO say, Good morning to you''
With these remarks descriptive of the author OF the
paragraphs below. is hardly necessary for 10 add
that they tissue OF misrepresentation and fabri
cations from beginning TO end. The object Of the Tn
bune is obvious. and carries ills condemnation its
face:
From New York Tribune.
But TO all who know their letters In politics. il is equally
plain from the mouh-piece selected, that the President
road located to suit the oriy of the people
of The United States. much less
of gravity OF the Atlantic and Pacific populations. but 10
please the South. or, in other words, the slavehod-
ere You do catch Jefe Davis getting up for
Pacific railroad which will pass centrally the great
West the great region beyond the West He would not
have opened his mouth, eloquent for strict construction
ill he had the Presidents pledge keep the Union safe by
havng the road pa,s through Arkansas Texas. via Abu
querque. 1t is of no use TO argue with politicians OF his
school, whose patriotism is identified with particular
zeal for the peculiar institution. that Nature and the
venence of the greatest trade require tho national road
connect the region of the lakes, well tho Mississippi
with the Pacific, and in such away TO accommodate
the and fertile valley Of the Columbia and lis tribu
arie. wei those Of the Sacramento and San Jos
quin.
Were thi, purely question of locating great national
road cali it military civil there would be difficulty
settling it any than there is in getting line of
railroad located within The borders of Stale There
be sectional interests such case, and
would have their advocate but the
yenent the greatest number would carry the day. and
opposition would quietly succumb But there is another
eston Plcate itself with this OF the road and
make infinite trouble. The southern politicians,
aged by northern sub.evienoy, have settled that every
thing ,ha give way the extension and sggandzement
oil their institution The extension OF that Institution
the gold rego of California, where slaves might pick
fortunes for their faster than the fields of
Mississippi imperaiively requires railroad which shall
pass through free territory For such road, but
other, they surrender their "sct construction" and
for such road and other they have made up their
minds do it. The North and Nature will be gainst
Geography, geology, mathematics and civil engineering
will be entirely against the but they have argument
by which they hope 10 defeat all this opposition The
Union will be in danger unless the road goes sou,h Of
rory made free by the Missouri Compromise. central
national road Is cure to desToy unless California Is
verted into slave State and the territory through which
the road passes made saie for property in human flesh
This is the ground which the southern politicians will
just Nature is against them, and that their
last cry Of Union in danger appeasedby S0oO0.-
900 TO Texas and the fugitive-Slavs law.