Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-28
Spirit Of the Morning Press.

HHS htrSeesSvrtcrT, w itaI that 1iDCI Ait
which distinguishes its conductors, pays
a sincere compliment to the present Sec
rotary of the Nays administration of
his department, which we extract, if but
by way of contrasting the righteousness
of its tone with that of the Democratic
party papers generally in speaking of their
political opponents. We have at times
seriously thought of offering a reward
for the discovery of single paragraph in
any Democratic paper in the Union
which may not really be in disguised op-
position, in which word approbatory of
the public services of a Wing is discover
able. The InteHigencer's remarks on Sec
rotary Dobbin are as follows:
Tho Secretary of the Navy appears to be
winning his way to public confidence, and. ns
We are not unwilling to do justice to politi
cal opponent. we ore ready to give credit to
the Administrator of the NAVY Department
for any honest endeavors he NAV make to i'm.
prove the condition of his all-important
branch OF the public service. With this view
We copy the annexed brief ariicTe from a
neutral and highly intelligent New Orleans
paper: One act at least of the Secretary's we
cheerfully embrace this opportunity to com.
mend, and that is the issue of his - psueroI
order" OF the 18th instant. Without profess
ing much familiarity with such matters. we
are under the impression that such an order
was greatly needed and will have a very salu.
utary effect on the discipline of the nav
We may further use the occasion to express q
hope that the Secretary's party position may
enable him to prevail with Congress to reform
some Of those mischefs introduced into the
naval service by Democratic legislation, which
his able Wing predecessors had not the infiu.
ence to effect
The Union continues its discussion of
the Cuba question at length in powerful
article.
The Sentinel considers the question of
the power of the General Government in
connection with internal improvements,
as applicable to the Pacific railroad cues
ton. The same paper contains a letter
Just addressed to the editors by Greene
I. Bronson, defending himself against the
hard hit involved in a late allusion made
by General Jefferson Davis to his letter
to the Free-Soil meeting in the Park: not.
withstanding which, General d. expressed
his willingness to regard him as fit to be
a member of the Democratic party so
long as he continues faithfully to support
the Baltimore platform, &c. In the course
OF his letter Judge B. writes as follows.
The letter which has been men,;onsd
proves that declined freesoils association, ;,
ana was opposed to freesoil :. opinions Mr.
an Buren, and his followers were then insist.
Ing that Congress should enact the :. WiJmo,
Proviso, and exclude slavery from the new
states and Territories. They also said that
the slave States would demand the ;nterfar
ence OF Congress to authorize them 10 carr
their slaves into free territory. | declared
myself opposed to any action Of Congress on
the subject, either by way Of prohibiting or
authorizing slavery in any territory where IL
did not already exist. This would leave the
matter to be settled by the States themselves.
when States should be formed
On the mere constitutional question, the
opinion was expressed that slavery could not