Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-10-18
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRES.

The Intellfgencer discusses the confidence
which the South should place in Northern
Whiggery and Democracy, insisting that those
who resolved that the repeal Of the Missouri;
compromise las sbsolved the North from the
obligation to admit more slave States into the
onlon' are just as sound on the slavery oues-
tion as those resolving that they would NOT
have repealed the Miss ,uri compromise. nev.,-
theless urge scquiesence in that action as rru.
dent and pstriotic. III the 9, urse Of the ar
ucie In question, the editor let's off a good sbo.
In insisting that the Democrats platforms in
these times are made after the fashion of n.
signboards, which have different r..d;,.
according to the position of the paxer-bv The
JOKE 10 capital, truthful, and applies with
equal force to all political platforms of the
umes' They are but gull traps, designed each
70 oa9ch more votes than the others. For the
position Of the New York Hards our venerah1.
neighbor appears to have supreme contempt
-for the men "who praise sprinciple but
denounee its authors and patron -
The U1ton insists that s.the day on which
United North shall refuse admission 70 q
ne" State upon the ground that its con,titn.
lion recognizes slavery, will be the last day of
inc confedersoy." The organ also EXPLAINS
that the democracy only have breasted what
IL cnafacterises as the storm of sectionalism
Dlgotry, fanaticism and illiberality brought
about by the Union Of the Northern VIII
party with the Abolitionists and Know Moth.
ings. Inc Union also quotes the Boston
Courier t"hig) upon the recent Massachusetts
Ano" Nothing nominations, as follows:
=, glance at their nominations, 40 far 90
tney are reported to have been made will
snow az once to any one who has mind 70
oIlect MS towards them, tn at abokttiOni. m
ana aDonuonism alone, has had the control Of
All the nominating power Of this sham.na native
American organization, and, also that tbs
abolitionists whom it is attemptedo fo;st ;nto
pu6iic consequence under the protecting aeais
OF Know nothingism are as Contemplate in
talent and In political standing as thew arc
dishonest with regard to tho platform which
they are dishonest with regard to the platform
to occupy" 0 tOf"Afo
"i very one of the candidates who has bean
known before az politician has been known as
an antl-slaVery man. and it may be safe to saw
OF the whole body of the nominees of the new
party, mat shey are rancorous, ultra. and nm
mitigated abolitionists IF any one of them
has -at any time within half dozen wears been
connected, politically, with any other partv
than an anti slavery party, we should like to
know It. The free-soil party has sent out to
the voters of Massachusetts its own Candidates
Tor Congress, in the guise of know nothings."
anu WIN only the trail covering in which new
converts 70 any faith are apt to clothe them.
selves to conceal their former charactar fro,,
the world: We never had any particular favor
Tor the politicians of this uneasy and fanatical
sect, and respect for its members of will not
be augmented by the fact that they are now
endeavoring to palm of upon the people their
second hand dilapidated politicians as mem
oers OF q new and fresh Darty. ~