Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-22

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SPIRIT or The kORNNa PRESS
The Lasfitgsaesr reviews the action Of
re recent MASSACHUSETTS, Wing convention
the resolutions passed-the editor saying:
with regard TO the resolutions forming the
"plstform,% which were reported by the Ba-
siness Committee and adopted early in the
day, every one would perceive that they ap
accustomed 10 understand by the term
l." FTeesoilism" and ould not, in that respect
obtain he sanction Of any body of Wings on
the Alta uto border. south of the Hudson.
descending 10 particulars, We can only say
that these resolutions avow the determination
of the members Of the Convention, and seem
20 pledge their constituents, TO seek the I'm
conditional annulment Of so much Of the late
action oil Congress a. repeats the Missouri
Compromise Ibis determI nalion, which can
result III no practical good, re cannot but con
slider as fra aght with the danger of renewed
AMI violent agitation of the questiJ which
during the late session Of Congress, 80 distract
ed the Councils Of the ,Nanon. Another of
the resolutions protests that the WI igs Of Mas
saehusetts will never cease TO demaGd the m
Conditional rrpeaf of the :. fugitive slave law"
unless IN the event Of the impossible enact
meDt OF provisions in connexion With il xhich
would make it wholly nugstory, if it did not
actually lead to civil tumulls and disorders
To both Of these pledges we cannot bat object,
because, whilst they probably oxpr ess the pre-
valen, feeling among the People OF MassaohuE
sets they involve The question of repeating
provisions which. having been Incorporated
into the statute-took of the United States after
Prolonged AID tree discussion in both Houses
OF Congress, there CAD, In our opinion, be no
hope Of abrogsting without conEulsing the
Union TO its centre. They are questions con-
cerning which we cannot say that We are SUI.
prised as tbs feeling which prevail s among the
Wings Of Massachusetts, bat nevertheless we
cannot recognise them forming an essential
part Of he Wing creed even in that State. and
certainly not az consti;uting any part Of the
Wing creed in one-hat Of the States of tie
Miss Frederiks Bremen, writing from Stock
holm, Sweden, proposes through the IatelIi-
gsHcsr peace alliance Ct the christian ladies'
Of tie cfvitired world for the christian educa
sior Of ftiendle s children. 49,
lie Union discusses the Saratoga Conven.
ton ard the late Massachusetts, State Whig
Convention, and rcyie~s the comments of the
London Tfn,tx on the Greytoga affair, saying
IL the course OF tae article in question:
Il. will be fresh IL The recollection OF the
reader that the news Of tie bombardment Of
GreytowR was receive with bowl OF assumed
tLdis1ation by every abolition press in the
ccuntfyr The whig journals, which hays be-
come so suddenly AmericanIzed in their feel
1ngs and sentiments, shades of the Hartford
Igen.;on protect US y promptly took up the
discordaDt cry They could sns nothing %
admire In the DtenpI yi,,dic Iii III OF Inc honor
Of our ntg Ihsy eossid SEQ noining TO ap-
prove in The gallant repy Of Captain Hollins
der. They even doabted tho right to punish
pirates anu !ree6oorers. At the time, we ex
;ected that the wig and abolition press would
fad not merely ready echo, bat an able and
nSetsi auxiliary. in the Liverpool Times. IN
ihis expectation 80 have not been deceived
lie Times is Of opinion that tia bpraing
q i:eytGsn is one of the most disg.aceyu
events hat Gould have occurred in the Line
tenth century" We will pass over such
- III graceful events' AZ the "bo-ty and
ts,uly'' order we will forget the storming
81 81 Jean d Acre; we Will observe the most
s,TUpuiOussileace n regard 70 British mas
stcEes Ia India not q word shall escape our
liis touching The infamous opium war in
tGiGa-fer The purpose Of reminding our CO.
temporary across as wstir OF the bomLard-
IEeuf OF Ceptahagen and Destruction Of tie
Is-'sh EJECT, which most disXraceful event
occurred, If our recollection has not totally
deserted Us, in the " nineteenth century J"
But ;wowsongs, as the honest, homely adags
has il. "dDnt make n rig1i" Granted; bnt,
TocoGtepd, re bolnbardment Of San Juan was
all EiehtI and the bombardment of Copenhs-
zen, With its terrible accom-. paiiments was all
wIOLg The freeecoters of Greytown had de.
fed tie American flag = had committed gross
personal QUIZ age sp0 The America An minister
had Tor long series OF years committed the
Eos. unproyokipg agyressions upon the persons
aud p operry Of American citiztns-and, be.
Tore punishment was il flicte1 they lad refused
% paAe redress or apology On the other
hand, England was at peace with Denmark
App,renuy The mos, friendly relaii ms existed
uviween the courts Of the two countries Moth
leg hsd occurred to interrupt the amieable
feelings which had existed between the gov
eruueuis. Yet, in the face of all thIs-in vio.
!atioa os all public or private right-iu utter
Contempt OF laws Ie.Ogn' sed rs sacred and in
viold5le by all civilized na'ions-Copenhaga gan
wss beu,barded; human life was waptonly
sacrificed; and millions Of property destroyed
because Great Britain xas fearful that the
Danish Acct might be used by the uncle of
their present. iliustrious ally, the Emperor Of
;he French. ~ - 'a. . g''!:f.
The Ssnffnf! reviews The history Of the orr
gin 81 the sO-cslled independent government
Of San Juan. and compliments the Yirginia
tAlexandria) Srn.fssi on the handeeme maj .
Der in which it treats Senator Hunter, In takir &
occssion to oppose the enactment Of his land
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OEspEnATr Row At LfxenBuse Ban
srS's TEsr,. ATTACKED The South. Side
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