The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-08-24
THE NATIONAL ERA. WASHINGTON D. c, AUGUST a. 1854

he Is zoo much of q thinker and an Indenend.
ens 70 DC sllenced, or bought over to the sup
port OF the party, "right or wropgu MANY
OF tne Germans, like him, will vote the indie.
pendent ticket. The Know Notbinps of course
WIZ support it, and we are full Of hone chat
the Hunker nominations in good mart If NOT
IN whole, will be defeated. Your CORRESPOND.
ent, ). + is rather too sarguine in the expect
aton tnat one-half of the German voters will
80 Ior the Independent ticket. Nothing has
oeen done by the party leaders to conciliate
.nose VINO have been dissatisfied, and "bolted0
IN sucn numbers two years ago, and the yoke
Ut party Is evidently becoming loosened from
'ne necKs OF the intelligent and thinking Ger
nans now many will vote with u.s. we can
nU' say; we think enough, combined with
other opponents of the Pro Slavery policy of
the Pierce Administration. to secure a substan-
tial victory.
The votes of the Know Nothings are to be
taken into consideration in our estimates of
sne forces In the present canvass. They were
ieiG In our spring elections for city oficerS and
WIN certainly be united las | am assured by
tn0se VINO know something about it) upon one
ucket ss the October election. What their
sfength VIII be. We can only conjecture but
t Will all tell against the regular Hunker nomi-
nations. That much is certain.
In the western district in this county, J. S.
Harrison is almost sure of reelection.
wings Free-Soilers, and Know Nothings, will
vote for him unanimously, and not few of
the Old Line Democrats, who SO nobly assisted
to elect him at first In the eastern district,
disney is not candidate-not, suppose from
any fear as to the result; but having been in
ONCE two terms, he must give place to a new
man. Inc district has such a large majority
OF the Old Line Democracy, that it will be
difhoult to defeat the regular Administration
nomination. The Hunker Convention last
week made no nominations; and until they
are made, either by another Convention, or by
the popular vote system" the battle in this
county will not commence in earnest
The NeW York Evangelist in late number
conveys false impression to its readers relative
to the Christian Press of this city and the cause
1T advocates. The Press, it is true, has been dis
continued as q weekly paper, to be issued after
few weeks interval as a monthly, on the 1st
OF September This was not at all owing "to
the hopelessness of the modes of action - it ad-
vocates, nor to the impoSSi5ilitp of keeping it
going as weekly" The true reasons for the
step taken, as stated in the last number of the
Press, were: First that two UNCONVENTIONAL
papers have been started since the Press was
commenced, on the field of its circulation, and
advocate the same views. Secondly, one of the
societies of which it was the organ 1.-THE Mis-
sionary) has been united with the American
Missionary Association, which has journal of
Its own. Thirdly, it is now less needed as a mere
Antl-Slavery paper, because of the changed
tone and sentiment of many other papers, both
religious and political. Fourthly, its subscribers
are mostly Congregationalists; and, with its
present character, it cannot supply the wants of
that denomination, and might hinder the es-
tablishment of religious paper of that char
acter. There were other reasons rendering
the change expedient, and it was decided to is
sue monthly, devoted entirely to the Anti-Sla-
very cause, of high character, which will not
come in competition with weekly papers, and
can be more easily and extensively circulated
than weekly. The Evangelist is right in its
estimate of the distinguished ability with which
the Press has been conducted, and it may rest
assured that the cause it has advocated, and the
peculiar modes of action'' it has urged are
neither languishing nor dying out The prin-
oiple of non fellowship qOith Slavery is spread
ing, and the societies which act upon it are
fourishing beyond any former experience. 1t is
destined to spread through the Church too till
every kind of protection and liberation shown
towards this sin by the Church, in any of its &C.
clesastical bodies, shall be taken away.
Yours P