Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-01
sFIafT OF THE MORNING PEKss

The IRteiiigsnesr Of this morning has very
httie editorislly, Its brief comments are on
ellie Constitution Of Massachusetts"
present Prospscts-Future Dangers" &C.
eupies the attention Of the editor Of the Union
this morning. Under this head he discusses
the present state Of the slavery agitation in
which he says:
AT the risk CT being accused of aiding to
accumulate and to precipitats this abolition
excitement upon the country by meanso of the
Nebraska bill. We deem ii TO be our duty to
speak the thought that in u.s. The Nebraska
ball, in our solemn judgment, was an act of
eminent good policy, ~ only because 1t Serred
puce more to arouse the attention of the
ecsstrreo a ,1e,c Of fhe designs o. the north.
srH eRt nrieS of oar 5siored Union. Abstract.
u considered, the Nebraska bill has already
5indica,ed itself; and those who objected to
il - jDoPportune. or unnecessary, have been
answered by results that show how readily the
Territories have been, or are being; peopled,
and how safely all delicate questions may be
ins,yusted 20 the popular tribunal The ma
chinery, however, of sboli ion, now we'll dis.
closed to the country, WAS not constructed be-
cause of he Nebraska bill, 6ut before that
ss~ksn-s fc1s dreamed of. ANY one who will
turn bach, and observe the progress Of Gppo-
viii be satisfied upon this point"
The organ also replies to the IuteAigencer
aaking 81 Is it criminal in the South to mite
against Abolitionism ?" On Know Nothingism
Tie linton says;
HKn0H Nothingism lie Native Amerieanism
;nteIsi6ed. An adopted citizen is not only
disfrsnchised himself, but his children. A
citizen born upon these shores is cast-out
= - Il
Bat TO De . Catholic is worse than to be 8
foreigner. That Is An ineEsdicable faint 1t
damns through endless generations. If your
fither had lived in the days Of PocahOnt8s
and King Philip, you are excluded from posi-
tion. you are degraded into sn inferior, You
are made political Payiah, for being Cath
ole Ii, before this new order rose like a
disease N our midst, some eminent citizen had
been able to prove his courage on the tented
tsld, or TO redeem the sinking prospects of the
country, or .sd triumphed il the Senate amid
the acclaim of a grateful people, all his de-
servings would be disregarded {, tested by the
Anov-Nothing standard, no proved 10 be
either Catholic or . foreigner. Tho same
spirit would tear from the high position lie
aiorns and dignities the venerable Roger u.
fancy. The same spirit would outrage the
grave of Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Even
the Deist would escape wEero the Catholic
FELL and the traitor who denied both God and
bis co2atry, Mould stand better with this
modern prescription an he who walked in
the hight OF his own befief, ana wurshipped
God after the fashion Of his Catholic fatheIs -
r. The SeniiHct gives itsresdors we'll written
E.tic'e, headed Slaves and Free Negroes, 81
concluding thus: .I ..4r .r..-.
& truly the negro needs q master, for his
organisation is such that his OILY safety is in
sIaSsTJ. In ,has condition hs il useful. con
tented sqd happy; in any other &c is worth
less, vicious. and depraYe0.''
Tie .Ss.tin4s also answers the remarks of
the Ih:tiiis,metr Ebopt Sectional Parties,'
and in ding 80. asks .hs following pertinent
question: ..-.-...-.
Does the Intelligencer think that the South
arm bigs are idiots, iunaties OK ohild zen, tn nj
~ Insists an heir continuing to Cooperate with
re Sof'aerE freessii Wings, who are re- Or
gaining for the a,'o red purpose ofsrciuftne
sl9e'syy fr0ni tAs ItrTi,9-zts. aznulirg tic
I'e5'as=G GtH on4 ,spcaisag tas ,fwaltirs
SIZE faU, G.IG trio r,tiE cote for 10 tgaas.
62iss s'oi committed 10 these Objects ~