The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-22
lFtom tie National intsll.geneer.
The rslspce Wheels of the Government,

The Balance W heels OF tue suoNeEHAaeHst
We believe it is only those who suffer
themselves 10 be warmly enlisted in partisan
warfare that have their fears aroused as 10
the safety Of the Union. Persons not With
in the heated arena are able TO lock with
composure upon the contest to be deter
mined within less than two mouths. Ihe
people OF che United States have been TOO
long accustomed To the war-eries Of party
zeaIots to allow themselves to De auneces.
ssrily disturbed in regard to the future. IL
is true the contest for the Presidency has
never before assumed an aspect so sectional
as az present. but there have been dangers
heretofore, and the ship OF State has safely
ridden the pillows and Stunned the break.
ers. Notwithstanding the apparent intri-
cacy of our political system to those who
have not studied its philosophy, i Is salts
factory TO the friends Of good government
10 know that there are balance-wheels eapa-
Bile of correcting and regulating ali the err
ratio tendencies Of the great machine. The
very fact that there are diversities of inter-
ests in country so large gives assurance
that there can never be combinations IN the
three branches OF the Government OF sum
Gent strength and durability to work ralnto
the system. In the NEST violent party
times we have ever known there was an
element Of safety in one or the other House
| of Congress. So il is nov, and 50 will 1t.
ever be. To use q geological illustration,
we NAV be SLOWED to say that there Is a
| great substratum oil strength and power at
| the base of our institutions, which lnsures
an ultimate adhesion and cohesion Of tho
centre and of the extremes. The deep
rooted affection and reverence OF the work
of our fathers, now become part OF our
education and combined with all the sub
stantial interests of society, viii always sub
due and eventually overcome all the sugges-
lions OF passion and the madness Of the
hour. Political phrensy, Ike every other
mania. must have its eliminating point, its
process OF subsistence, and its period Of ab-
solute rest. There is in this yet young and
thrifty country reeuperatlVe quality that
needs but moments pause to set all its
active elements into vigorous and impressi-
bic motion.
The Boston Herald, neutral print, gives
a practical turn TO thoughts like these in
the subjoined paragraph:
at amuses Us 10 hear Our partisan cotem-
poraries respectively talk Of she danger to
Tue bhfDIt WhlNi SiE G4EAtt3i " A1AA#iAAAdAAF
Fremont or Fillmore would cause. A spark
of common sense viii show that there is no
cause for alarm in the accession OF either of
them Ii Mr.. Buchanan were the success
full candidate, and were disposed TO be as
ultra as possible, what would he dgi Would
he not have Freesoil House whicH would
check and modify his every movement
And suppose Fremont were elected; would
not all measures be modified by Democra-
tic Senate! And If Fillmore should attain
the chair, what could he do with the Free
soilsrs and Democrats OF both House and
Senate, very large majority watching and
nullifying his plans' Under these CFeum- /
stances il is sheer nonsense &c talk Of dam /.
ger to the Unionfrom the accession "a. ej'4- (
er of the Presidential candidates TO The (
Presidency"