Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-12

| over here in the belief that she was to de1
with just such Government as the New York
Herald tells her the United States have, and
that the national moral of our people in the
matter Of sustaining their Government in an.
international difficulty. is fairly represented
by such individuals as Mr. James Gordon
Bennett and the precious set by whom he is
surrounded. Now, as war with us: will be
the almost instant destruction of all her inter
ests not yet "squelshed' in her contest with
Russia, we predict that the steamer bringing
to our shores the news of the reception in Eng
land Of tho proceedings Of Congress during
the frat fortnight Of next month, will bring
that which will amount to an entire abandon
ment of the present insane insolence of the
British Government towards the United States.
Kansas.-The conductors of the New York
Tribune are true philosophers after all In
stead Of raving and tearing the covering of
their neither integuments-in ordinary par
lance, their pantal0ons-ovsr the probable eff
ect of the demolition of Republicanism as a
party of respectable pretensions, on the chance
for the success Of their scheme to put Gov
Reeder into Congress by virtue of their "high-
er law" they aro.coolly whistling to keep up
their hope of the final triumph Of their pro-
ject, after all. Yet they frankly acknowledge
that the results in Massachusetts,, and New
York, have knocked all their Kansas-ease cal
culations "into the middle of next week )" by
the end of which time, however, (they are es-
saying to whistle themselves into the belief
there will be chance for getting the delegate
seat affirmed to Reeder by vote ofthe House.
Bah! They play fools game in thus cheat
ing themselves. They assume that Whitfield
was elected by Missouri mob though Reed
er, until he turned Abolitionist to ward off the
effect on his personal future of the necessary
action of the Executive on account of his COM
plicity with speculations in tho lands of his
official wards unbecoming one Of his position,
himself acknowledged and maintained the va
lidity Of the authority under which W. is re-
turned to the House.
And then they wheel round and demand
| that the seat shall be affirmed to Rseder, who
| is VIGOROUSLY elected under no pretence Of
authority of law whatever, by a Kansas mob.
They are furious against the "Higher law"
| when it cores them, and as furious for it a
moment afterwards, when it promises to gore
their opponents. Gentlemen of the Tribune,
admitting for the sake of argument that
everything you say Of the invalidity of Whit
| fields election is true, it only goes to make
| assurance doubly sure, that Reeder cannot get
the seat under has late pretended election.
Had you carried Massachusetts, and New
York by sweeping majorities, you might have
| frightened every opposition Northern member,
| or nearly all of them, into aiding you in es-
tablishing the "Higher law' Of mob election,
as the law of this case; but the contemplate
minority in which you now confessedly stand
in your late boosted strongholds, renders it
certain that you will have no man (member)
with you on the Rseder question, who is not
fastened to your fortunes. As to Reeder; his
separation from them with hope that he may
hereafter live as public man, is q moral i'm
| possibility in the mind Of any sane man.
| Gentlemen, you have played your game
badly-shockingly, indeed-and have lost all;
Reeder included. You have exposed the
charlatanism and insincerity of your "higher
law" protestations and professions in the man
ner in which you have played this last Reodor,
game; and the people, in what you lately
boasted to be your strongholds have, in these
elections, repudiated it so signally that with
all your well ''cheek," you cannot as
sumo to deny that so important fact.
The Happy Family.-Already have the
! opposition fairly achieved from the distracted
Democracy Of New York, this opposite title
that Barnum gave, first, to his harmonious col.
lection, in a single cage, Of a great variety OF
beasts, birds and reptiles, which in a state Of
nature, invariably destroy each other.
| The New York Trtbuas, noticing the recent
call of Messrs. Clarke and Whitney-two Sill
yer Grey Know Nothing New York members
of the next House-for a Know Nothing Con-
gressional caucus here on the Goth inst, brands
it as Silver Grey trick to stock the cards to
secure the election of Mr.. Haven to the Speak.
ership! The Ttibm~e's Indignant and con-
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our opinion long since expressed, that Mr.
Haven cannot get the Republican vote, which
is, in fact, more than half of the strength o!
what was originally elected as the Northern
Know Nothing vote. True, Mr.. Haven ha,
taken occasion to place himself emphatically
against what the South regards as her oonsti-
tutional right with reference to slavery in the
territories. But that salt' will not save to
him the Republican vote of the House So
that, which, according to the Tribune, is the
Silver Grey conspiracy of Messrs. Clarke and
Whitney, has already exploded; it being we'll
| known that not Democrat elected as a friend
of the policy Of the Administration land the
House contains No other Democrat whatever, }
| will vote for him. Mr. Haven is competent