With this final disposition of an ugly problem, the peace and permanence of the Union were viewed universally as fixed facts.

Still, considering the gravity of the case, a little precaution would not go amiss.

The slavery question had shaken men's faith in the durability of the republic.

It was therefore adjudged a highly dangerous subject.

The political physicians with one accord prescribed on the ounce-of-prevention principle, _quiet_, SILENCE, and OBLIVION, to be administered in large and increasing doses to both sections.