Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-06-22
Spirit Of the Morning Press.

Spirit Of the Morning Press.
The Union's leader of this morning is
under the caption The Abolition party
the main element of Wing organization
hereafter from which we take the fol-
lowing extract:
"What was the wing party is now the
abolition or free-soil party. Let the at
tempt be made to recognize the former,
and the latter takes the lead, fills up the
ranks, and commands the column. There
is no place for abolition or .tree-soH men
or measures IN the democratic ranks. For
instance, no one doubts that in New
York the whole machinery of what is
called the wing party is in the hands of
Mr.. Seward and his friends. In Penn
sylvania, w. F. johnson, and other
enemies of the South, have it in charge.
In Ohio, Ewing and Corwin are in COM
mand; while in most of the States of
New England and the Northwest this
same rule may be applied almost without
an exception. 1t requires no argument
to show that, however this combination
might please northern agitators and the
INSCRIPTIONS wing leaders in the South,
it would be repudiated with scorn by the
masses of the slave States. Nor will
those wings in the North who separated
from General Scott in the last canvass
ever again be attracted to a sectional
standard. The charm is broken, and they
are not willing to become abolitionists
simply to show that they are wings once
more. Such is the whig party of the
present day and such it must be in the
future: or publicly dissolve; and when it
does, the abolition party becomes the only
opponent of the democracy. What liv-
ing principle can the wings offer to the
country to make up party but the abo-
lition principles? 1t is their entire pre-
sent stock in trade"
The Intelligeaeer gives, from the Jour-
nal Of Commerce, the following statistics
of Presbyterianism:
The great Presbyterian family of
churches in these. United States embraces
no less than eight branches, namely, the
Old School,, !" the "New School," II use
these terms for the want of a better, the
Associate, f" the associate Reformed"
the " Reformed Presbyterian, for Cove
nanters,) the Reformed Dutch, +" the Ger
man Reformed" and the s'Cumberland
Presbyteriaus." All these bodies are
Presbyterian in form of church govern
ment-holding to the purity of the clergy,
anb an order OF ''ruling" as we'll as
" teaching elders. These eight branches
are OF very unequal size and influence
The Old and New School, between them.
nave not less than 800 ordained minis
tiers, 5000 churches or congregations, and
not far from 375, 900 COMMITMENTS. or
actual members. Probably as many as
million and half of people, if not more,
are more or less under the influence and
instruction OF these two great branches of
the Presbyterian family of churches
They have no less than ten theological
seminaries and theological faculties, and
more than twice as many colleges. They
have large number of religious RE
views, -" Magazines" and Newspapers"
under their control, and it is not denied
that their is large amount of cultivated
talent III these bodies, whose influence is
felt throughout our country"
1t also talks about the Metropolitan
Railroad, and says:
"on the assembling of the Commits
sioners yesterday to ascertain the result.
the following appedred to be the number
OF shares taken:
In W ashinGton. ,S06 shares.
Georgetown. o.723 :.
Rockville. 900 q
Hagerstown ...... Ola
Fredericktown.. .... us
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