Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-11-16

The Richmond Enquirer commits an act oil III
iustice-we will not say studied one however
appearances may favor the impulationZn sPeaS-
ing of 1.-The ferocOus assaults made oy Tue Nol'n-
srn Wing press upon Judge Grler Tor ms nrmness
in maintaining the fugitive slave law 1 ne
Wbig press has every where sustained Judge
Grier as generally and earnestly as the Democrat
il nrsss and the Enquirer ought to know it
VIII tho excention of those few presses in the
North nrnfessedly Abolition or Freesoil, the Wing
nres, is unanimous in its approval of Judge Grer
How is it with the Democrats at the North! II
NE chose TO be as undiscriminating as the Euqul-
Ser, we might say it is the Democrats of the North
who condemn Judge Grler for not only many
Democratic Freesoil presses are denounclng HIM,
but Democrats are at this moment getting slgnerS
to a petition to Congress to have the Judge mn
peached 1t would be uncandld and dishonest
were we to impllcate the entire Democratic press
and party of the North in this course but the En-
quirer may perceive how e$sv 1t would De, by the
same sweeping process which II has adopted To-
wards the Wing press, to put the boot on the o'h
or leg,
II Is common trick with the Democratic pres
ses land with no one Of them more common, We
are sorry to say, than with our neghbOr the u
nion) to saddle some odous scheme or mischev-
GUS fanaticism upon the Wing party, as 1t exclu
siyey obnoxious to il. Thus we see almost daily
fpurinr in the columns of the Union the head
inrs "Abolition Whggery," 'Nhiggery and
FreesOilism," Sc, at the very time when the
Freesoil Democracy has obtained entire asceadan-
CIV in the party in New York, has even driven the
Conservative or Compromise Democrats out OF
Tammany Hall and out Of the party, and are now
the sole supporters Of the Democratic Admnlstra-
ton and, further, when the Democrats OF Yer
mont aud Massachusetts, are now, as they have
been for years in the latter State. in full alliance
offensive aud defensive, with the FreeSoll party.
With these facts so recent ard 81 notorious, tor
the Enquirer to talk about 1.-THE assaults OF the
Wing press on Judge Grier" is taxing the credu-
lily of its readers too seyerely.-.Nm. Int.
ANYExArIoN OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS,
The Washington correspondent OF the NJ. Jour
nal of Commerce, says:
The news concerning tho annexation OF the
Sandwich Islands is somewhat startling, though
il is matter long talked OF. There can scarcely
by doubt that the Hawaiian government has ia
ken some preliminary steps towards this object,
and England and France may protest against "
ia vain. The Californians are exceedingly desi-
rous for the consummation of this project. DIR.
Gwin, one of the Senators from California, has
taken great interest in this matter and during tie
latter part Of the last administration, he urged up
ON this government some Immediate action upon
it; and he asserted that the Hawaiian government
was not only then prepared for the measure. but
that project Of treaty for the purpose had been
forwarded to this government, and was then in
the State Department.
''The American missionaries who have. from
time to time visited the Sandwich Islands, are
friendly to the project OF annexation, aud have no
doubt done much to promote it. Oar mssioua
RES, it must be remarked, laid the foundation for
the recognition of the Sandwich Islands by the
United States, France England and Belgium and
the establishment Of diplomatic and commercial
relations herewith"