The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-15


the Sandwich Islands as temporary and excep-
tional; that those countries will hardly find their
true position until they take their places mem-
bers of the great American Republic. We go for
the annexation of the Sandwich islands whenever
they sball propose such measure; for the annex
| alton of Canada when it can be consummated
peacefully, honorably, and with the consent of the
parties concerned and for the annexation of Cuba
With the consent of Spain and Of the Cuhans, AND
WITHOUT sLAvERY-not otheTseise"
With this cot1imon declaration of desire from
widely different sections of the Democracy, it
is not surprising that our city neighbor, the
Union, with full sense of its prospective re-
sponsbIities, utters warning note upon the
subject. The sentences italicised in the sub
joined extract from it's columns of Wednesday
indicate consciousness Of the furce possessed
by the influence to which we have been.alud-
ing:
"The exigencies of the present crisis are press.
ing and momentous. They cannot be evaded, and
they cannot be met and mastered without full
preparation. The rapid growth of this country in
wealth and power provokes the jealousy and fears
of nations of rival strength and adverse interests.
To comprehend and to battle their hostile designs
is but one of the important duties imposed upon
the statesman by the exigencies of the present
crisis Another, and by far more grave and
difficult duty, will be to give proper temper and
direction 10 the public opinion Of his country.
1t is not to be disguised that the splendid achieve
ments Of american rGlor in the Merican ,oar have
made the people Of this country more confident in
their pr0sDess, and reckless undertaking ha
zardous enterprises, at the time that they are i'm.
PEELED and daring adventures By that restless and
aspiring tnergy ,och their essential Characteristic az
nation. In the work of restraining the tendency to
excessin the popular opinion and passion the press
must cooperate with the statesman. 1t is hazard-
GUS for public man or public journal to under
take to resist the pressure of extremists, and to
maintain moderate position against the current
that sweeps SO strongly towards utraism in both
directions; nevertheless, it is solemn duty from
which no selfish considerations of expediency
should induce to shrink. Such a position has
this journal endeayered to maintain, and such a
position does it mean to maintain. There is evey-
,chere class Of political adventrers oho from, the
mere desire Of change, with the hope of mending
desperate fortunes, soould recklessly inuolve their
countryin the calanities Of ,Dar and the disgrace of
violatea public faith. With them we can have no
sympathy
With these conflicting manifestations of
principle and purpose now. what may we ex-
pect when disappointed se6shness and ambi-
ton shall begin their work two months hence?
The Washington correspondent of the
Charleston Standard recently asserted as
well-ascertained fact that General PIERcE's
Cabinet 'wilI contain no gentleman whose re-
cord fails to show him to be State Rights
man Of the strictest school," The Union
Democratic journals of Georgia rightly inter-
pref this to mean ssthat General PIERCE in
tends to put the Union Democrats of the South
under the feet Of the Secessio,ists;" and they
hint that the experiment, though not unexpect-
ed, will prove perilous to those who undertake
it. Thereupon the Charleston Standard re-
iterates the statement of its correspondent, and
adds the following remarks, which are by far
too suggestive to be withheld from general cir
culation:
stNot that we mean to hint that General Pierce
will prescribe the Union men as such, but that
when it becomes necessary that he should choose
his friends, he will look for them in the organiza-
ton which elected him, and not in that which did
all it could to defeat him The Banner if it is dis
posed to pick atand join issue with correspon-
dent. will find him full-blooded State Rights
Virginian, who knows what he is about, and writes
nothing without good authority for it. He knows
that eneral Pierce is a State Rights man, and
will look to such for his counsellors If the lead
ers of the Tugaloo ticket claim the right to be SO
considered, zoe are willing that they shall state
their own claims and define their own position, but
must say that their efforts defeat the regular
ticket in Georgia, merely because the electors, &C.
cording to the notion of their opponents, had shown
toomuch zealin the cause Of State Rights and South.
srn Rights, cannot be regarded as very conclusive
evidence of their State Rights principles If they
urge these efforts in proof Of their friendly zeal for
General Pierce and his party, he may well plead
Justify to be delivered from such friends. AS well
may the few, who endeayored quietly to throw
away the vote of the South upon Troup and Quit
man, come forward with their distinguished claims
upon General Pierce, tine leaders of that party
in Georgia, whose movement, even if successful to
their utmost expectation, could only have render
dthe election doubtful. They should not be pro
scrbed for their opinions We hope that the
policy of General Pierce will be to put nobody
under the feet of anybody; but W e believe that
he will have the wisdom and discrimination to
judge for himself between the men who sustained
MIN ana those who labored to defeat him. 1t is
not question of prescription, but simple matter
of choice between warm, active, and successful
friends, and men who did nothing, or only that
which if successful might have defeated him.
Having yesterday copied from the Alexan-
dria .age paragraph in which the editor cen
sured General CAss for his alleged leanngs on
the intervention question, we to-day give place
to letter denying the accuracy of the state
ment on which the structures were founded.
We do this as an act Of courtesy rather than
Of justice. We have not meddled with the
merits of the controversy, and cited the com
ments Of the .age, as we had cited those of the
Louisville Democrat, not to endorse their sup
posed facts, but to illustrate the conflicting in
terests and views Of the Democratic press.
Governor FoRT, in his message to the New
Jersey Legislature, states that the receipts into
the treasury during the past year have been
$l7l ,683, which, with ST ,553 76, on hand pre-
vious]y, make the available fund Sl78 1857 10.
The disbursements have been $l65 1888 12,
leaving balance in the treasury Of 81 ,698 SO.
The estimated receipts for 1858 are $155,
1853 48, and the disbursements $134, $40, leav-
ing balance in the treasury next January of