East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-12-29

vital interests Of the people should be
neglected by the peoples representatives.,
and not only by them but by the people
themse!ves, and which causes our Nation
al Halls Of Legislation daily to present a
seeAe OF turmoil and confusion riyaling
the hellish fury of Pandemouium.
But the institution is here now, and
has been since the organization of the
government. 1t is more frWly cstab-
tished on the soil Of the slaveholding
states than the hatred of it is in the hearts
of its Northern enemies Neither whirl-
wind nor tornado can uproot it-moral
suasion is powerless against it SO long as
it is profitable, and could it present no
other claim for protection, support and
continuance than its age lit being older
than the Republic itself, aud having been
recognized at the time of its establish
mcut), that fact alone ought to protect it
against violence.
/ The fierce and terrible invcctiye hurled
at the whole South by the Northern Rep
rcsentstivcs in Congress is met by the
more fierce, more bitter recrimnation and
clustering defnance from the Southern
members. From men thus heated aud
exaspcrated can we reasonably expect any
sound and healthy legislation = when
every act of Congress is made to hinge
in some manner upon the niger, will
the interests Of the nation be properly
cared for? There can be no well found
ed hope that they will.
Neither the Democratic nor Repubh
can party as at present constituted Is
equal to the emergency. The former is
fostering in political rottenncss and rapid
~ approaching its death amid the war
ring factions which now combined, assume
and bear the name of Democracy.
4 wise and noble statcsman-the last
of his race now living-who has the good
Of the whole nation at heart, holds the
position of Chief Magistrate of the
United States. There he stands ready,
willing and anxious to save our fair
country from impending ruin, but power
less to save. The party which elevated
him to the position he holds, has been
shivered into fragments by base, diSap-
pointed and ambitions men, and he who
should have been their leader, and who
would have led them triumphantly on
ward is deserted and now stands helpless
and alone; the solitary representative OF
the once truly great national democratic
party.
The Republican party having arrayed
itself in open hostility TO the south, dis
solution Of the Union must be the incv.
liable result Of the accession Of that
party to power in the federal govern
mcnt. Is it rational to presume that the
citizens of one half of the Union will
submit tamcly to the rule Of a sectional
party, which, if it ever succeed viii owe
its 5, cccss wholly to its open and avowed
hostility TO their institutions? The idea
/ is prepostcrous.
Although the great mas Of the people,
both at the north and the south have
gone stark mad upon the slavery Q1eston'
yet we are firm in the belief that tht.v
are quite sane upon all other questions
of vital importance TO us as Nation,
and could they be brought to realize
their true condition as a people, we be-
lievo that they would hail with JOY the
birth of q new commercial conservative
party which should have for its chief Oh
ject, the uniting Of all classes, for the
protection Of our common interests.
Such q party is needed to cherish and
protect our commercial and financial in
terests, not only as people but as indi-
viduals, and we may thank the Hcrc'a
for having preached this subject in the
+ able manner which it has done we are
slowly very slowly = recovering from
the paralysing effect of arecent financial
revision, and well does the Herald re-
mark that more terrible revulsion is
in store for us, unless we hasten to the
rescue and deliver the country out Of the
) hands of the base and unscrupulous men
who now control tive quote again from
that paper as follows:
awe arc again entering upon career
: of public danger which threatens to
! bring upon us II commercial and financial
rcvulsion far greater than this continent
has ever before witnessed. 1t is not now
I the bursting Of the temporary bubbles OF
, speculation towards which the country is
| driving, but it is the complete destruc-
ton OF the very foundations of our ma
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