Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-12-08
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.

SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.
The Intelligsnesr is to-day devoted wholly
TO news and miscellany.
The Un'on grows eloquent against Know
Nothing ism-ssying
"If Gen. Washington were now alike, and
avcwed hiscelebrsted ''letter to the Catholics
ne would be discarded at once. Jackson would
be disfranchised because he was the son of an
Irishman; Jefferson would be repudiated for
the pledges of his inaugural addr ess; and that
earlier patriot, Roger Williams, would be out
lawed because he dared to announce and to
suffer for the holy principle of religious tolera
ton. Take the trophies of know.nothing ven.
geance already secured Joseph r. Chandler,
of Pennsylvania, q whig Of distinguished
ability, was remorselessly sacrificed for his
religion sin the house of his friends" Fol.
lowing this connexiOn, look at the result in
Massachusetts,. Two Of tho most esteemed
and efficient representatives in the present
Congress, leading members of the whi9 party
we mean Charles w. Upham and William
Apple,on-have fallen before this unsparing
prescription. In the democratic party, that
which we note az an exception in the vbip
ranks becomes the inexorable rule Men who
have reflected lustre upon the American chsrac.
ter, whose experience, learning and devotion to
tie country lave made cir names "household
words"-such men have fallen before the tenn.
pestofprejudice Butproudly do they bear them
selves! You would take them for victors, not
victims. They feel that they have gone down
in good cause, Gh1 they ¬O that their
banner sail 10arss.'
The Uhrom coImends toe scheme of the
company Of Americans about to colonize the
wsil-krs"n grant from tho Mosquito King to
Sheppard i Co., and PREDICTS that the enter
prise viii rapidly result in the establishment
Of a new Central American repubIic-sayinr,
too, that eminent lawyers declare the title of
these parties good. We had been under the
impression that tho Union admitted no title
whstever in the Mosquito King to be donated
way. The editor, however, takes occasion to
disclaim the idea that he is sustaining tho
Mosquito Kings title as against Nicaragua,
saying:
{" If the government Of Nicaragua shall OBJ
jeet to the enterprise, 1t will present oues-
ton between the colonists and that govern
ment, with which the United States will have
no connexiOn. The colonists do not violate
any law in voluntarily e1patriating them.
selves and seeking residence in Central
America. They will not 60 as an organized
military association, but g individuals. upop
their own responsibility, and at their own
risk. They do not constitute secret band of
sdventurers, but they make their claim to tho
soil in open day, point to the evidences of their
title, and avow their plans and purposes in
the most public manner. Their expedition is
purely peaceful, and undertaken in no spirit
of aggression They do not go as American
citizens, either instigated or encouraged to
emigrate by our government, but they volun.
tsrily determine to change their residence
and their citizenship, and to do 80 publicly
and peacefully. In this view, We cannot soc
that our government can be complicated in
any way in the enterprise. But, to avoid all
Interpretation, ii IL proper to remark that
We know nothing of the views Of our govern
msnt on the subject, and the sentiments we
express are our own