The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-10-06
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

The COHEsIyE PowER.-J. G. Underwood
Esq, of Virginia, made a speech in Maine re
Gently, in which he gave assurance that the
South would stick to the Union;
"There will be- plenty of men at the South
said Mr.. u, ready and anxious to take the
Federal offices under Republican Admins
tration. SO far from dissolving the Union
when Republican President is elected, the
slaveholding gentlemen will cross the Potomac
in swarms, and clamor at the Capitol for the
privilege of serving their country in public of
fee-Slavery or no Slavery And to show that
the ideas of these Southern gentlemen are al
ready turned this way, he related that Vir
ginia friend of his, the editor of paper which
had never been accused of leaning in favor
of Freedom, recently accosted him Mr.. o. as
follows:
1T looks as if the Republicans we're going
to have control of the next Hd3-and I'll tell
you what want lsau you toSive your iqfu-
ence for postmaster Of the HoIss-I shall be al
right an politics!
And so it will be, said Mr. o., with any
quantity, even of the 6re-eaters. So far from
dissolving the Union, they will be the most
eager beggars for Office under a Republican
Administration"
OON. SHASE AND 1bE htl9
A singular instance of political fanaticism and
ingratitude may be found in the remarks, which
we copy in to-day's issue, of 6 paper assuming
to represent the German population of Boston,
respecting a letter from Governor Chase, decli-
hing to attend the Inauguration of the Webster
statue in Boston. Because Governor Chase
used the ordinary phrases of acknowledgement
for the invitation extended 70 kin, declaring his
regret that he could not listen = Mr. Everett
eulogy upon Mr.. Webster, he /, denounced as
q time serving coward" and; Is paying hon.
age to the fugitive slave law.
Now, it should be remembered that Mr..
Chase's letter contained not word of laudation
of Mr.. Webster, nor a word in eavor of the pro-
ject of erecting the monumen4 = though, if it
had, the friendly offence might we'll be pardoned
in a statesman who had shate1 with Webster
the hard experience of the NewaIngiand farmer
boy, who was born in the same State, educated
at the same college, and who; ike Webster, in
spite of early universities, has achieved conspicu-
Gus rank among the public meH of the country.
Governor Chase is a statesman who unites to
a scrupulous regard for the deeorums of life a
consistent and unfinching adherence to princi-
pie, unsurpassed by any of his political COM
peers. And no class of our adopted fellow-cit-
liens are under greater obligations to his in
trepid independence end devotion to the cause
of equal rights than these G.rman ultraists,
Who So pnjHstiy make him the-target of their
abuse. These men are importing TO the coun-
try of their adoption the same caYilling, imprac
ticable spirit which nterfered with the ful6lment
of their hopes of political freedom in Germany,
and which makes the project pr German unity
a mere dream. No wonder they. have Disguised
and driven to despair the leaders who, in the
revolutions of the old country, were only exalt-
ed to become the victims Of the distrust and
silly jealousy Of their followers. Il is fortunate
that the bulk of the Germans who belong to the