Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-07-31


of political parties in the country, i affords US
sincere pleasure TO find that the good old Demo
cratic party promises in the coming State con
tests to present an unbroken front TO her adver-
saries.
Too much honor cannot be awarded to the
valiant champions who are doing SO much TO
produce this happy result. Pennsylvania, New
York, Kentucky, the Carolinas, Alabama, Georgia,
and all of the other States in which elections
to be held the coming fall, have sent up most
glowing accounts of the good service of their
brilliant orators Tennessee, by the authority of
our neighbor ofthe Washington Union, in Satur-
day 5 issue, adds another TO the bright galaxy Of
oratorical talent, which at this time crowds her
hustings. 1t will be seen by the following edito-
rial of the Washington Union, that the Hon. A.
o. P. Nicholson, (sole editor and proprietor Of
that valuable and popular journal,) says he is
doing ''yeoman's service for the Democratic
party in the exciting contest TO be decided in that
State on Thursday next" When our party ) in
terests are involved, we forget all cause of ami
mosities, and readily tender with our thanks
notice of the services Of distinguished gentle
man, however neglected. he may have chosen to
be Of our own services. We return good for evil,
and are not afraid of ''dishtrbing the harmony of
the Democratic party" by so doing. We render
tribute to whom tribute is due.
To be ones own trumpeter, however, is less
rare now, than in the olden days, and therefore
while we dissent from the taste ofsbeng placed
in such category, we do not mean harshly to
complain oft. But we do not believe that Colonel
A. o. p. Nicholson, the sole g editor and pro
p,ieior' of the Union ever wrote in such un-
measured flattery of his efforts, however well he
may have been pleased with them himself. And
yet he is absent from the city, and this is an
editorial from his own paper We wonder who
did write it. 1t is admirably written, and shows
the perfection which may be acquired in all
things, by assiduous practice. We have seen no
advertisement of any editorial substitute, and in
journal conducted with such editorial versatility
of principle, taste, and style, we are left in
state of bewilderment as to its authorship. 1t is
not sufficiently dramatic for the pen Of the re-
puted but still incog. junior editor of the Union,
nor has it the ear-marks of the author of
the learned article few days since upon the
Vienna Conference, which rumor ascrbes to the
distinguished Attorney General of the United
States. We suppose, however, we and the world
must remain in ignorance of this new acquisition
to the editorial sanctum of our neighbor, though
but for the recent absence from those official
duties whose snerous burden had quite impaired
his health, we should be able to play the Yankee,
and guess another member of the "White
House''-ho We presume, however, the accu-
mutation of his duties during his absence has
How we should like TO be the organ-during the
dog days at least-of such kind masters. But,
alas we have to paddle own canoe, with
hope of no such high help as is afforded to our
neighbor.
But there is mighty grave question suggested
here. Who is the organ; All will remember
the mist which enveloped this question some time
ago The editor and proprietor of the Washing
ington Union is not here, and we would not like
TO suppose the Attorney General of the United
States would stoop from his high eyre, to be-
come his own, and the organ of his colleagues!
Surely it is not the ncog junior referred to above,
for presume his late failure to notice the
sharp practice of the Administration upon one
Governor Reeder, has somewhat impaired his
| high feather with it.. Well all we have to say,
in conclusion, is, what we had occasion to say in
our rivalry with the ntelIigeneer some time since,
when the Administration was out of an organ, that
if it must have an organ, take especially if it
will relieve us as il has done our neighbor, the
Union, by btorcing The beIlotes sometimes itself,
and thus give us a chance TO distinguish ourselves
by "calm, argumentative, and convincing"
address TO immense crowds Of all political par
ties
From the Union
Hon. A. O. p. Me- olson.