The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-02-11

The Republic ana aus RalllnY at Congress.
Sidney Smith, in one OF his speeches, tells good stsry
Of stout English housewife, with touch OF the vrago
in her composition, who from the door OF her hut the
seaside seeing the tide rise higher than she liked. forth
with seized her broomsck and began in fury TO sweep
back the swelling wave. But Dame Partington. fume
and fret as she might, match for the Atlantic
She could make herself wretched and ridiculous but
that was al-the tide rose and rose till the irae and
struggling beldame became food tor fishes Such is the
predcament OF the Republic newspaper in its present
phrensied assault upon the House Of Representatives
To see what has brought the special organ" Of the
wing administration to this sad plight, brief retrospect
is necessary During the Rrs eighteen months Of its ex-
iseace. the Republic became notorious as the chosen
mouth OF the worst and most odous administration
which had ever afflicted this country. During all that
time devoted to the desperate schemes OF the abolition
st sgitaors Of the wing party fought fuously against
the policy of compromise and Cancellation. new
whig dynasty came in and that same policy OF compo-
mise in the face of old commitments and convictions
became the chief raying crythe very sh,bbOleth-of
the new administration. Forthwith the Republic RATED.
Il became an organ of the Compromise, which up TO
that day il had opposed. 1t proclaimed the Compro-
mise 10 be issue ranscending all party questions
1t became the most furious denouncer Of those very
wing agtationss whose support up to that day it had
lived aud whose ouest work up to that day il had been
most Jealous to do. And, TO make the infamy OF this
,ergversation more conspicuous and exquisitely CON-
plee back to its editorial chair thus to advocate the
Compromise came the very who had first put the Re
public on its anti-compomise tack. and kept it there till
some Misunderstanding discomfort at the arrange
msn,s pertaining to the Galphin grab drove him in
dudgeon from his post In no other hands than his could
the shame OF the Rspublies unprncpled and open self
contradiction in its advocacy Of the Compromise have
been so curiossly consumma,e But the wre,ched cor
gans cup OF degradation not yet nearly full. Days
and events went and from day to day the Republics
hate and OF Its old friends and patrons the wing
agalonists waxed hotter and louder But it allin
vain. The agitaonsts in the wing ranks strobe from
victory to victory. They kicked the Compromise out of
their party called to prepare fox their party
lion BY three to of the wing vote in the House.
they voted down the compromise resolutions. And,
finally. in stricken battle with the compromise wings al
Baltimore, the sgitaiors the day, and placed the
standard Of the wing party in the hand of the leader
whom two years before their chiefs had specially marked
out and chosen their candidate. This transaction
rived the wing party in twain Half the wing party
almost the entire wing party Of section OF the
iry-sood ready back the Republic az ainst the TIL
umphant agitaors. il the Republic would only show
the courage OF the will TO be honest. But at this
crisis, once again the Republic miserably uuckled
No, "Truckled" is not quite the word |, prompt
ly made up its mind to raj back again TO the ser
vice Of the very men whom for twelvemonth il had
steadily reviled Without one day OF decent delay to
k,r., LII AZ
with which il had INDICATED them, put its v
cry, and plunged into the drest work of the Of
sectonalisn and agitation, with blindness Of fury
and brazen hardibood OF nendaci,y that higher
and higher. till at last the astonished and disgus,ed
country the RspxbHeust before the special organ
Of compromise Observation-Disclosures in open further
OF the wicked schemes Of sectional agitation
Iealousy eonspirng with the abooniss Foss and Fogg
TO lie dovn franklin Pierce abolitionstl From
that hour the Republic stood revealed 1t Haunted in
the colors OF its trade," and became the syno.
nyme OF political prostitution
A lew words more close The story, and show what has
brought the RspS< to that strait of demented despea
lion which finds ia only in wholesale abuse Of the
Congress Of the United States On the morning Of the
Sd Of November the Republic found the wing organiza
1t bad sold out all its convictions often that
buyer was to be found in the wing market Its charac
ter and its vocation alike clean gone The leading
agitation presses OF its party turned 6ercely upon IT,
and drummed il out Of the whig camp traitor and
renegade For this tissue" at last had "hed its mind
To this end II had barteed all had TO barter So utter
ly had II los, caste with its paryso openly
nary was it deemed 10 be-hat leading wing Jour
nails circulated and credited the runor that il was
about 10 be sold to democratic spectators in dis
organization Thus hooted out OF the ranks OF e-
climate parry waffare--thu, stripped OF the knight.
ly sword and spurs-wbst remained to the republic
but the tleo Of the bravo and the ponard OF the
sin The field Ct honorable was closed TO it, but
the career Of the freebooter and the bandit was yet
open. II could lay hold OF special Interests. II
could enlist in the service OF depreciation upon the pub
e treasury and, knife in hand il could bid the officers
and tpe prominent members Of Congress BY $50
stand AND deliver ~
Such 10 the explanation which we deem due 10 the
country Of the unprecedented personal attacks Of the R.
public upon those leading members OF Congress whom
rexards a. chiefly instrumental in defeating schemes to
get money out OF the treasury.
Having thus exposed the process through which the
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