Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-28
wAsH1HeroH NEWS AND GOSSIP

WAsHINefoN NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The Meeting Last Night-of the party
among Us who advocate such changes in our
laws - will deprive their Catholic fsllow-citi-
Gems Of the rights Of political so-equality,
guaranteed to all men Of all religions in the
Constitution Of our country, and Who also pro
pose to extend the naturalization laws to TWEEN
ty-ons years, and hereafter 10 deny to all citi-
Gems Of foreign birth their right to enjoy any
ONCE whatever, Municipal. State, or under the
General Government, either by election or ap-
pointment-was attended by two or three thous-
and psrsons, = majority of whom were proba-
bly, in favor of the principles advocated in the
resolutions and speeches 49, -''-'-7.s-'-1
The great feature Of their proceedings was
the fact that not q man Of their opponents who
attended in such throngs, uttered word in
interference with the meeting, or, by any sign,
manifested the slightest inclination to trench
upon the sacred American right of free speech,
50 shamefully and willfully violated by the
friends Of this meeting, when the other side
were assembled last week at Carusiis Saloon.
The opponents of secret politico-religious 90
cisties. may, indeed, With just pride, point to
the contrast between their respect for sscredly
guaranteed American rights as evinced last
night, and that of their opponents, on the two
above referred to occasions, last week. $500;
The sentiments of the resolutions adopted,
and of the speeches made last night, were in
strict keeping with wha. the world knows of
the secret organisation under whose auspices
the meeting was ld-Death to the political
equality Of Catholics under this Government,
and to all political rights in America Of every
ono born under any other government!
Various gentlemen heretofore identified with
the Democratic party, appear on tho record of
the proceedings; and We have to say, for the
information Of the outside world, that every
mothers son Of them was notoriously lisap.
pointed with reference to Office, by thisor the
last Democratic National Administr alton
every mothers son of them! The following
telegraphic dispatch, which ws find in the
Baltimore Sun, tells the tale of two of these
gentlemen - '5 =! 'ei.s-
{" There were some complaints in the crowd
at the selection of the chairman, it being al
legged that he was disappointed ofice-seeksr
under two Democratic Administr atoms And
1t Was also stated that in the canvass for Clay
and Polk, McCalla exhorted the Irish every
where to vote for Polk, and he, too, was disap-
pointed; but these grumblers were few, and
good humor prevailed throughout" ..
We have only to add to the information en-
bracsd in this dispatch, the fact that the Mr..
McCalla abovefreferrsd to, is the person who
became 30 notorious throughout the country in
the canvass of 1874, for the vefemence and
virulencs of his attacks on the personal char
aeter Of Henry Clay It VIM be recoifected
that he thus made himself more odious to the
Wbig party throughout the Union, than any
other member Of the Democratic organization
who participated any where in that canvass
upon the stump; while the peculiar style of
his forensic efforts, rendered him scarcely mo:
acceptable to those of the Democrats party
who thought it best that their cause should be
advocated on principles and measures, rather
than by onslaughts on the personal character
of such . man - Henry Clay.
In the course Of the proceedings, Capt Geo
W. Cutter, one Of the orators of the occasion,
paid his respects TO the Star, in q style Of de-
nunciation reminding US strongly of the man ;
ner in which Gen. McCalla used to pay his to
Henry Clay, as before remarked. We are
sincerely indebted to the Captain for the high
compliment to Us involved in that portion of
his remarks wherein he 50 heartily denounced
the Star-inasmuch Is on Friday afternoon
last, when Mr.. Stanton, of Kentucky, at the
meeting in Carusi's Saloon, asked &C W no would
b willing to SEQ the portrait Of Lafayette torn
down from its place in tho hall of the House
OF Representatives? standing within three
feet Of the gallant Captain, We heard him ex-
claim aloud, 81 WOULD .' We heard him, too,
on that occasion, argue earnestly to weaken the
vsneratiOu for the memory of Lafayette which
Washington and his compatriots taught their
descendants to entertain, as q high patriotic
duty. He proclaimed Lafayette to be no true
republican; and on account of his (Lafay-
etts'S alleged conduct in the public affairs Of
France, to be unworthy OF the high place be
has heretofore occupied in the memory and
affections Of all true hearted Americans. Our
amusement at hearing such sentiments fall
from the lips Of . gentleman who sprung for.
ward, unbidden, to stand as the especial advo-
cate of American principles, has melted away,
on learning from his speech last night that be
is born subject of Queen Victoria, and only
arrived under the stars and stripes, after paes
ing that period Of life in which men usually
receive the impressions that mould their sen,i
ments, political and otherwise, throughout life
This fact shows how it happens that under the
guise Of extreme Americsnism, he advocat es
an abrogation of the features Of the American
Constitution and laws which have done SO M ucb
for the happiness and progress of oar country,
and have thus 80 contri buted to destroy the rel
stivs importance and power of his country
He detailed his services in arms under the
American flag with great .earnestness, init
mating, if ve construed him correctly, that
they gave him, an Englishman, q special RICH,
to rush to the front rank in our political con
| tests, while every word he uttered on this head
told powerfully against his purpose of destroy-
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