Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-10-10
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

the next Presidency to realize that, at the
next session, We are to have as vehement and
violent succession of squabb les and intri CUES
as have heretofore come off only during the sss
sion of Congress Immediately preceding
Presidential election. A few years ago, the
leading Democratic and Wing journals in the
different States were organs Of the party at
large-now they are organs of eliques, or
writing more correctly organs of different
aspiring gentlemen in the two great parties
Thus, the New York Tribune and Times are
organs not of the Wing party, but of Mr.
Seward, while the Express and Commercial
are organs Of the Fillmore interest. The De-
troit Free Press is the organ of General Cass,
The Chicago Times that of Senator Douglas,
and the Pennsylvania Dir. Buchanan's or
gan; while The Richmond Eng uirer is credited
with being the organ of Senator Hunter. So
they 60. We might extend the list by naming,
after brief investigation, the newspaper
organ Of every man, great or small, in either
branch Of Congress. It strikes US that the
partizan press in our country has fallen
amazingly in coming to look after the for
tunes Of par ocular men, rather than to the
conservation Of great principles in the gov
eminent The ct of this deterioration is
seen in jealousy manifested against leadi4g
public men by journalists more keenly alive to
the personal interests of other leaders, than to
a proper appreciation of the duty of doing jus
tee to all in the party of which they them
selves profess to be mem bers. We are led to
these reflections by finding the Richmond En-
quirer credited by the Alexandra Gazette
with philippe against tho Union, In which
that journal is Charged with a conspiracy to
run General Cas- second time, and to moor.
porate the sqnatfer sovereignty doctrine in The
Democratic creed, BY way Of greasing the
Generals heels for the race, ss it were.
Really, the Enquirer is coming to see snakes,
The clever old General, we feel assured, would
as soon think fgcing to Kams katka, as running
again for the Presidency at his time of life. He
will be seven y-fve years old before he could
cake his seat, ii elected. This fact should be
efficient to drive any such phantom from the
Enquirer mans mind. As for the squatter
sovereignty doctrine, We really do not know
the first man in Washington, Wing or Demo
crat, who believes in it in the ultra sense in
which the Enquirer interprets it. That is, rs
he right of settlers in United S.a;es Terrific
ries by their action in any manner to inter-
iere with tae proprietary rights of the General
Government there, or with the political rights
in connection with such territories which inure
TO the citizens of the several States As its
friends here interpret it, it is simply the right
Vt settlers in United States Territories to make
all needfal rules for their own government
which shall not interfere either with tho rights
of the General Government there, or with
hose of the citizens of the States, one and all.
1t does not acknowledge the ri hit of sett ers in
a Territory to set themselves up as complete
sovereignty, like q State. That is, to take
such action as g community, as will set metes
and bounds to the rights of the citisens of
the States there, which they can do on beoom.
ing State.
The Eastern War.-Those who conceived
that the Eastern contest was about to terni-
nate, now realize that it has but commenced,
it being known that an allied army of over
sixty thousand men are en- the march to
invade the Crimea; Sevastopol, the main
military depot In southern Russia, being the
ultimate point aimed to be reached. Up to
he moment of the commencement of the exc.
,ution of this plan, it was possible for France
and England to draw ont from the affair, with.
'ut awaiting the hazards of real war Now,
'owever, the chance has passed. They are to
light it out. If it requires ten years to settle
he questions involved by force of arms. To
Is the invasion Of the Urimea is deemed of
great importance, by public men # all parties
and nations now in Washington Thus, it set.
les the question as to the ability of France
and England, if SO disposed, to NEEDLE with our
interests and rights on this side of the Atlantic.
They are to have their hands full in the East
md Europe, for at least Eve years, not for ave
lines five Our foreign commerce must greatly
profit through thei- war, at the expense of their
oregq commerce. The commercial effect of
his surety that they have at length fairly en-
cred upon long, expensive, and very uncer-
ain career Of war, will be as rema able upon
American interests, as was the acquisition of
California. We have no space to-day in which
o comment at length on the contingencies to
Anerica of the invasion of the Crimea, though
hey crowd thick and fast ON our mind.
Anew British Charge to Bogota. learn
hat Dir. Griffith, the able and ACCOMPLISHED
British secretary of legation to this Govern
nsnt, has been promoted by the Queen to the
'ost Of Charge to Bogota, South America.
A Handsome Compliment.-The United
'taes Light House Board in this CITY have
ast received FROM che ma ayers Of the Worlds
Fair, IN New York, one Of the sixty two silver
Medals which hey have distributed. This.
With the diploma, was awarded to the Board |
or a Fresnel's Illuminating apparatus of the |
lrst older, manufactured by Mr. Henry Le-
,ante of Paris IT ia now in usa NJ Con.u .t |