Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-12-03
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.

IHe HWeutgeHCeT UO-uay contains an
elaborate ''letter from a gentleman in
Philadelphia to his friend in this city,"
upon the rise, progress, purposes, achieve
ments, &C., of the great Wing party of
the United States. 1t, indeed, presents a
very able defence of and eulogy upon that
party, which it also compares, with dis
play of much partizan feeling, with its
opponent, the Democratic party. The
same paper contains continuation of the
journal of G. A. Heap, on the expedition
of Beale and Heap from Missouri to CAL
ifornis. Sufficient of this paper has al
ready seen the light, to satisfy we'll in
formed people that while these young gen.
tlemen had " fine time of it on the
route, seeing in many places beautiful
country, and taking due care to preserve
notes of all their adventures, from shoot
ing wild geese and smoking with Indians,
to the loss Of their canoes in crossing
streams, their memoranda will shed
precious little reliable, scientific or other
information, on which reasonable opin-
ion as to the practicability of Colonel
Benton's proposed Pacific Railroad route
may be based.
The Union continues the discussion of
the questiOn-what did the Baltimore
Convention mean in adopting their resoIu-
tons upon the slavery question? In the
same journal we find letter from Senator
Weller in explanation of his recent Very
Hair" endorsing epistle to the Adaman-
tine meeting in New York. AS we predict
ed a week ago, the Senator already
backs square out Of the position of hos
tility to the National Administration in
which the " Hards" hoped he had firmly
fixed himself in writing that paper. We
knew we'll that there was nothing in COM
mon between this New York and General
Lobby party, and the Senator, and that as
soon as he discovered the uses to which
they would put him, he would turn the
back of his hand upon them. The fol-
lowing Is his letter to the Union:
WASHINGTON, December 2, 1853
10 ihs Editor of the Union:
regretted to find in the U,iiou of this
morning an editorial article calculated TO
place me IN false position before the public
In order that l may be correctly understood
peg leave to say that the object of my letter
vi 'ne list ut, to the New York " National
democrats, was TO indicate thai in the recent
election in that State all my sympathies wcrc
Win them; that in distributing the public
patronage preference should be given to the
true and faithful of the party that those who
aided In prOstrating that pure and enliybt
ened statesman, General Cass in IS4S. onght
10 fak5 hack ssots These were we'll known
TO AL with whom l associated to he nv
opinions. When called for, did not hesitate
~ ave-" Inem. H. rs seems to be the case YOU
have inferred from this that had .sunited
with factionists to throw up obstacles IN dem.
ocrahc progress. and thereby embarrass the
administration. you are certainly very much
mistaken: have no doubt this admipistra.
',ou VIII De conducted upon democratic princi-
pies ana L expect to give it a warm and
Jealous support. There is no mnn in nuhl;c
1iie lot ~hom have higher personnel resnect
than President Pierce there ia no one -
whom have politically more confidence
JOHN ID. WELLER
The Union also contains an extract from
the Detroit Free Press, the home organ
OF ten. Cass, exposing the purpose and
character of those who lead the Hards in
New York.
The Sentinel contains a learned and
grave essay upon the Internal Imnrove.
ment question, and also fires away at
the Un'on's reading of the slavery cues.
ton resolutions of the Baltimore conven.
ton. Verify, our Sentinel on the watch
tower-our new guardian of the Demo.
cratic party, is indeed enthusiastic in the
discharge of the duties of his position.
We must also add, that least the public
prssting might fall to 1.-THE organ as the
organ the Sentinel swears by its beard
.nat 1t Is no more the organ than itself, as
II We're, any how the Sentinel does it's
best to grind Marcy and Guthrie. ,5 BEN,