Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-10
A General Sense Of Public Peril.

The debate in the Senate on the veto mes
sage, on Friday last, furnishes matter for seri-
Gus reflection, if not occasion for serious ap-
prehensiOn. In the progress Of the conflict be
tween the President and the Radical majority
in Congress, the enquiry, how is this difference
TO end, and how much farther can it 20 with
out transferring It's adjudication to a very diff
terent forum, has occurred 10 every rejecting
mind. The public intelligence has become
impressed with a sense Of the imminence OF
public peril, which, from suppressed whispers
and guarded hints, has at length reached the
point of emphatic and open expression, even
on the floor Of the Senate. Said a Senator
(Ar. SALISBURY, of Delaware in the debate
to which we have referred, '' rise to say that,
in my judgment, the passage Of this bill is an
Inauguration of revolution" The temper OF
the leading Radicals, such as SUMNER, STEVENS
and WADE, is daily becoming more morose and
irritable. WADE, especially, is violent and
reckless. He has in the last few days under
taken TO play in the Senate the part that STE
VEINS is playing in the House. The Radicals
seem determined to rule or to ruin. There is
nervous perturbation throughout the North
In this connection, let US glance at the South
The people here, feeling that so far as they are
concerned the battle has been fought and lost
we're never quieter than now. All that they
ask is relief from agitation, and the re-eStab-
hshment Of their industrial pursuits. Never
were sheerer fancy sketches drawn than were
e h. hat
emanated from the " irresponsible central di-
rectory" at Washington. The credulous
Northern masses, for whom they were gotten
up, no doubt think that we are in a ferment-
that We are expressing and prosecuting the ne
grOes, and ready TO fly a second time to arms
to re-establish slavery and cOnsummate seces-
sion. How different the fact is The South is
this day the only tranquil section Of the
Union. There are neither wars nor rumorS Of
wars here. Party strife is unknown here. We
are as calm as a May morning, and as peaceful
as though We had never known war.
1.-THE Committee Of Fifteen would now turn
their attention to the Northern States, and
summon witnesses to testify as to the state OF
feeling there, very different condition OF
things would be illustrated. All of the agita-
ton, excitement and disahection that exist in
the country exist there IL is all astir with
passion, prejudice and discomfort. 1t is this
day as much excited as it was during the war.
Compare for a moment some OF the prominent
men of the two sections which is the most
composed, General LEE or CHARLES SUMNER
General JOHNSTON or THADDEUs STEVENS Gen
eral BEAUREGARD or Senator WADEi These
men are types of the people OF the two sec
tions. No man living can lay his hand upon
his heart and say that the safety Of the country
is threatened by tho South. Radicalism is the
source of our peril and that is all beyond the
Potomac. The whole South is solidly in favor
Of the restored Union its only opponents are
at the North. The whole South admits that
the attempt at secession failed the controlling
party at the North and in Congress acts upon
the assumption that it was a success.