Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1857-11-25
WASHINGTON, Nov. IL, 1857.

WASHINGTON, Nov. II, 1857.
MEssRs EDITORS: "Order reigns in Warsaw, Was
once the exordium of a dispatch which Was soon
followed by information of the most startling char
acter. So at this moment tranquility and quiet ex--
lists in this great metropolis 1t is however, only
the lull which precedes the tornado. In less than:
short month the ambitious spirits OF the Union
will congregate here, in and out Of Congress The
President is quietly concocting his first annual mes
sage, the departments their reports and the bureaus
their statements Members already on the
ground, and may be studiously in the libraries
and elsewhere collecting their store of ammunition,
for the tilt and tournament of the campaign 30 soon
to open. This is not confined to either party. Like
the night before the bloody combat on the field
Of Agincourt, =:
The hum of either army Silly sounds -.- E'j1
- and from the tents -- .--sr
g. The accomplishing the knights
With busy hammers closing rIyets up,
Give dreadful note Of preparation. I'D"
The approaching session of Congress will prove
one Of the most trying and exciting that has ever
occurred to our nation. Questions are to be agita-
ted that will try the very existence of the confeder
acy Fortunately for the country especially for the
South, we have Chief in whose experience, ihteg-
rity, frmness and capacity the conservative portion
of the nation repose with confidence Elected un- .
der excited and perilous circumstances by scant
majority, Mr.. Buchanan has borne himself that
while he holds his own in the South, he is winning
back TO their first and true love, the North The
recent contest in Pennsylvania has placed her where
she in the days of Jackson. New York has, with
her empire vote followed, and Ohio has assured
Know Nothing fanatics that in another contest they
are ruined. But the pilot who steers the ship Of
State through the shoals and breakers of the com.
ing Congress- will prove himself worthy of the fame
of Palinurus The Cabinet are assafe and conserv.
ative the President In the experience and di-
plomatic tact of Gen. Cass our foreign relations
are safe; in the prudent and economical admins
traton Of Gov Cobb the Treasury is guarded though
@ ed he rod in 4.
travagant premium the U. S. loans not yet due,
which in these times Of pressure and panic il would
have come to him without any effort or premium
the Interior relations of our country well COM
mitted to the care and sagacity of Mr.. Thompson;
the interests of the Army and Navy are IN safe:
hands the Post Office Department under q liberal
yet prudent head and the opinions of Judge Black
have shown to the country that his plain unvarnish
ed common sense, aided by his extensive legal
knowledge, makes him one of the best legal advi-
sors to the government since the days of Edmund:
Randolph -eEs--sss.:
This is not the language of panegyric for your
correspondent has nothing to hope or fear from
these, but speaks the language Of TRUTH and from
close observation of their daily doings and from not
a very casual or short personal acquaintance. The
subjects to be brought before the next Congress- bo
OF foreign and domestic relations will be of CREST
importance. In the foreign relatonns with Eu-,
ropsan governments Mexico, and Central America
and in the domestic the disordered financial condi.'
ton of the country, and the Kansas dfieulties-
The last and not least will perplex the most expert
enced Legislators That Governor Walker has over
stepped the condition in which he was placed is
Ident, from the moment he accepted the appoint
| ment to his last proclamation. He talked and felt
like the insane Lear, that he was Is king-aye, ev.
cry inch king" While he entered upon duty with
the sympathy of the South, he declared that Kan.
is unfit by climate TO- hold slaves, and thereby
loses their confidence he declares the polls of whole
counties illegal and void still outraging their
| feelings Whether he went to Kansas to resuscitate
his political existence or retrieve his fallen finances,
time will prove. But it would seem that he has sue
ceeded in neither while he has lost the confidence Of
both parties. No doubts his abilIties-his craft
and tact are equally notorious Doubtless he will
explain his course. The better opinion is here that
his nomination cannot be confirmed, and If it is il
will be only by the union Of some facile Democrats
with the black Republican party Of the Senste.
OF our North Carolina delegation in Congress
much is expected The Senators are men good and
true from the previous experience and bearing oi
the members of the House they WILL if they do their
duty, make their mark. Mr.. Clingmsn, like good
soldier, first the field and last to leave" Is on
the ground. Dr. Shaw has been here, il is believed
| preparing matter to make some developments Of Z
most astounding character in regard to some abuses
| in certain quarters. OF their acts and doings q
well all other questions of interest," your reader
may expect . faithful account from ";sz
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