Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-01
WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Ine tendency OF Politics.-A writer from
this city in the Journal of Commerce Of the
day before yesterday, takes occasion to ex-
plain the rapid tendency Of the voters of the
country to separate themselves into two great
parties only. This is In accordance with what
We have been publishing for some months
past. At the South, since the virtual dissolu-
ton of the Philadelphia-p platform Know.Noth-
ing party by the formal abandonment Of Sc.
crecy and the nominal abandonment of hos.
tiiity to Roman Catholics, there is now, vir-
tually, but single party, as all in that Sec
ton Of the Union agree in opposition to the
great northern opposition organization, headed
by Senator Seward. At the North, while the
Philadelphia platform Know Nothing party
and the straight-out Wings still oppose the
persons representing the Democratic party,
they stand with that organization almost to a
man, upon nearly all the questions really in
Issue at this time--the slavery question and
the liquor question being the only two which
are not peculiarly local Opposing men in
politics and mapfully espousing the cause
they represent, is but feeble and Ineffective op-
position indeed, and always tends greatly to
strengthen that cause in the end. Feeling
confident that that the Know Nothing delu.
sion at the North is rapidly following in the
wake of the same thing at the South, we arc
prepared to see the secresy feature abandoned
there also, almost Immediately.
The anti catholic feature will be maintained
some time longer in that region, owing to the
prevailing leaven of Puritanism, the spirit of
which is almost as deadly hostile to the civil
equality of religions at this hour, as when it
burned witches at Salem and whipped Quakers
at the cart-tail. Stripped of the opportunities
to mislead and inAame the ignorant, fanatical,
and bigoted and prejudiced, which the secret
teaching of demagogues instructing men bound
by oats to implicit obedience affords, the ele-
ment of hostility to Catholic equality in civil
affairs must soon die out, even in New Eng
land; as it cannot, in this enlightened age.
stand the FIRE of free and full criticism in the
open light of day 1t is but an effort to re-
establish, in the popular mind, ideas exploded
century ago by the power of reason, truth,
and justice. When itraies out there will be
but two parties left at the North-the party Of
nominal progress" avowing the right of the
Government Of the United States to do any
thing, more especially with reference t.
slavery within our cOuntry's limits, that
majority of the voters may fancy to do; and
the party of the Constitution, true to its limi-
tations and to the principles of cautious self
government inculcated by the early fathers
of the Confederacy.
The Bon. Henry May.-The health of this
gentleman has recently improved much, his
numerous friends here will be exceedingly
glad to learn. By-the-by, as we find that
there is an effort on foot to injure him by Gre
ating wrong impression with reference to
his position, as Representative in Congress,
upon the question OF the late change of the
superintendencies Ofthe armories of the United
States, with our knowledge of the facts in
volved, we cannot do less than set the matter
at rest 1t is said by those who would gener-
ate prejudices against him, at this particular
time, that be was opposed to the bill making
the change consummated. This is poItively
and unqualifediy untrue. Much to our own
regret, we found him its warm friend. We
even yet believe the measure to have been an
unwise one for the comfort and interests of
the Government employees in such establish
ments as well az for the public interest; thous b
in this opinion Mr. May, in repeated CONVEX
sations on the subject, refused to coincide, and
exerted himself from first to last with great
zeal to secure the substitution of our late fel.
low citizen SamuerByington, Esq, (whose ap-
pointment was so earnestly desired by many
of the mechanics of Washington for the late
military superintendent of the Harper's Ferry
armory.
The Blunders Of the Telegraph. have
ascertained that the mistakes in recent speciaI
dispatches from this city to the New York
TTibnne, to which we alluded yesterday. &C..
Cured in the transmission, or in the Office in
Kew YORK, having been correctly sent to the
operators. While this explanation is due to
our friend who attends to that department of
the Irtbane in this city, the fact that the mis-
Ionoe OICuIIe0 etIcl5 tneno cur position that
the most unreliable thing on earth is " Wash
ington news" b. telegraph; as, though when
the sender IS correct, a mistake almost in
variably occurs, either OF the operator here. or
In the telegraph office at the point where de-
livered, or at some intermediate telegraph Office
where transcribed and again sent over the
wires, or in the person in the newspaper Office
who writes out the copy for the compostor
from the brief hints to which the cost of send.
ing news for the press thus, necessarily con-
fines telegraphic news for publication in most
cases; or, again, in the proof-reader or COM
positor who sets it up, usually the last thing
done before locking up the FORM" and,
therefore, always done in great haste, and on
morning papers in New York, shortly before
daybreak, when all hands are tired and sleepy.
We mention this formidable list Of disabilities
in the way of insuring the publication of
dispatches for the press, as intended by the