The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-17

To Messrs Drsxel Sathsr Church. San Francisco Cali.
forniA
LETTERS TO DIR. o. A. BRowSsoS, on TIE IN.
COMING ADMISISTRATI0S.-NO.l
DEAs As friend snd regular reader Of your peri.
odical trust shall he pardoned for making some refer.
article in your January number entitled Sa
~ and The Laconiag Adniaisraoa Though you hold 10
Office your riends warranted in regarding Won
mere private etzen standing in the front rank Of lii.
erature history, and metaphysics and welding pen
which, like that Of DR.. johnson in former age bu
GRAINED up native Saxon almost the magnfcep,
plane o. the classic tongues consider you as one
Of the real actors in county drama Your eontribu.
ions cannot be regarded the hAsy opinions of the hour
ont the cool convictions OF the deliberations
and snch they mnst tell mghnly for good or evil not
oay upon the present but upon generations yet to live
rhe torrent Of antavsry fAnstirsm threatens to sweep
everything in its course; BY one the srongholds
monthly literature in the North have yielded to the tempest
Putnam followed by Harper and the South stands al.
without ally, friend There surely some
thing eArlly oncas these successive sarrenders
the strongest castles Of northern literature to the mag.
enemies ofhe constitution and inss naon can easily
picture fatnre The uninritng to al who have sworn
eternal fidelity the rights Of the SlAts The South
howeves scoaisnding for ans and if the day shall
when she no longer trust to the marnapm-
iry Of Der northern brethren she uss mon The strong
arms and noble hearts OF hsr native sons
The descendants OF the galsnt band Of the May Flow.
s not 10 remember that those proad seats olearnnp
Cambridge and YalerirAlling almost their medieval pro-
toypes Of the Old Korla5 not owe their grandeur and
greatness entirely to New Rnslaud energy and New Eng.
land money. From the earliest period steady stream
wealth has poured IN from th4 eensrcns Souh some Of h.
nohlesi minds Of Vrgais Of The Caroinas Of Georgia
Aah4na Of Maryland and Of Other souf err States have
been nurtnrd in these academic shades for the war now
waging between different sections az the Union Acct.
dsnt-we VIII not SAP mistaken con6denc-Save the uni
verires Of New EaglaEd the aarsngs which they now
possess The Old Dominion snioyed opportunities i'm
essurshly superior those Of the ragged plains and
snow-sd hills Of The East for fornainE metropolitan
saAt Of learning but she chose rather divide her strength
and lei large part at her immense revenues Gov into the
oofsrs Of Tale sid Caaarsags Vow Virginia after hav.
ing breasted the Of TIE rsr0uton given up the vast
territory Of the Northwest fseaon aided in building
two grand literary establishments in the North and con-
uisassd from h- Own Fro6c sn race OK heroes saQes
and Statesmen tAat Ashsns in the dsys Of Demohens
ooald NOS surpss FINDS herself 3ner the nsssity of de-
ending her Own borders and fghrr sr her individual
exsssueea We 90 not easzae View Eag2n5 for conndng
for literary Supremacy; Int hSs nor the confidence Of the
South hesa 70 so ersas asrreas Di Virginia act the
part Of wisdom in skiny secroax rar OPPOSED to her
interests The guardians OF her dearest rzhlsY But
not TOO late 70 spTr rsaeay. Les southern statesmen
who ssnd tAsT Yale sex-5 participation in the
selection al Foricsl ssxao0&s; hry have rights which
they hare long orsraSes sa4 ss alone wiz Be to blams
il they shall nos szvrcsss EhtzA
But SIR, while tAs So1sA Is zith5uf mighty lever
with which the azirerss q she yorth she Dos
seses no power 70 sires The nar1her press The press
every where L. ard oasss TO De- isasp~sdeuf: ii IL moral
thun5erhot which 6e6ss al oPpooa the rsius Of peace
and war are in its bands reroHan rides in s chariot,
and kagdszs and snrtrts rrerhls be-e is maria When
psrely literary rnoathy goes orsr 10 the tnrT we feel
the loss bat whea sQ4arsery Review changes rround
and o9eas It's esissrsss upCn MS the shook is M on every
SIDE From yoar oEn cclrSus cir in Former tinea, We
learned sose q The very Socsisss against which TO the
sapTise ard rssrs1 Of yOnr friends ven are now warning
TIE PRhiic ws sasl call yoar arsasoa 70 some Of these
eidsr POsitic1s we shall only ersrise rSshi hich
ogiciArs Yea viii readily cnaccse % an In your January
number, page %, ve and the fsllowSrg:
Toe most Of US Who The NsrsA roes sor Mr. Buchsn.
an ana 80 90 Caea Fssncec tr the Frpcse OF defeating
what we regarSed IS norsAtr ssu1xi party on The
hand and ntoss-sss mtriosr rsrfy On the other
We ourselves supported hs aos IRON sar attachment
the democratic Psry as sA scs he cpaidse opposed
knownothingsm and shoSSos sss rsr rsr rss, thrsa
enfsg 6z-gsrs ts0s srSscS r-r~ ss ru Bat there
other extrmss also 70 be guarded sgxSns, Kpow-uohng
ism VIE regard IS desd and husieo The danger now arises
almost solely from the saessa % rexro slsrer &C. &c
fpseado Ameriosaisa xaniAssra ST the election,
what the asn.f Ofiss death and snrsst Did not the
democratic parry sOus possess TIE power 70 Zeal the blows
Of which yOa sseAkf woala rssous nAis ism hsre
carried the dsy bur kor the ascc-sryf Il il good poll
cy-is II not insrsntaseso CT party innediatey
after has readerca srcA service to he country and to
snkna Bat wh&f evidence hare you thar kpor-nOth-
insis really dead and buried DO not ths late
rh,e risss In Cur large cd and the orerhssrng tone Of
the press show tsi the dragon Of religious
Persccasoa vas notstrsasled In the cradle and that the
monster not dead bat slcepingf The spirit which
arczrp;c1 the psrxn perseaans AZ me arsr Crssus-
he spirit o. NE roa times o. Crouwr and the protector
sie-shr strange hnssioism wAscA prompted our Pilgrim
siaes 70 drive the RAPss sad onAkes into the bowling
EisSernessstiA lives IN At rs power and lacks only
ne cYPorsunau 70 take he form q mighty crusade
against TIE uaivsrsAl rights of man The storm that
s'sy RACED sgsirsS CAihOlosn rSs me; ~ the solid
nd hi,Asrto invnchas calnnns of he democratic par
Is rs waves were tsmPOrsrsy ssRvea; bai what as
sr>ncs have ne that arsFsr niguiy tAs- the know,