Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-12-07


before achieved by any of the race Of slippery
politicians of the day. Earnest and emphatic
twelfth section man as he was until it became
pretty certain that that "dodge" could not
win the House printing, he casts that eharac.
ter with as much facility as Mrs. Barney Will.
liams her French woman's furbelows, when
next appearing in the long tailed toggery of a
Yankee lad. Thus, he seems but to have con.
ceived the idea that the part Of full blooded
Choctaw must be played by him in view of the
otherwise utter hopelessness of succeeding in his
"wild hunt" after the House printing-preste
10 appear on the stage political, tomahawk
in hand, and the savage whoop on his tongue,
bent, avowedly, on taking the scaips of any
who are 90 unpatriotic as to dream of standing
by that now nasty thing-the twelfth section.
Fee. TO-! FUN, he smells the blood of
those presumptuous fellows who dare continue
to stand up for the Philadelphia platform,
which he so worshipped up to the casting OF a
first ballot for Speaker for the 34th Congress.
The scent SO exeites him that he fairly raves,
IN his journal, to get chance to immediate
them, by way Of proving his devotion to the
new set of principles necessary to be worn by
him, if he will clutch that printing. But it
turns out that he has only been following a
fashion set by another illustrious Office seeker.
known in the political world hereabouts, only
through his apparent Identification with the
fortunes Of "Ths Organ" We refer to q
Rev. Mr.. Nj, said to be originally from
Virginia, who shortly after the end of the las
session, favored many members Of the House
with printed circular wherein he set forth
his claims to be elected Doorkeeper, in the cur
rent contest or "wild hunt after Office" un.
der the House, as our talented, amiable. gen.
tie, knowing, and ingenious neighbor appro-
priately designates it.
One Of these circulars he addressed To q vac
of new member from the far West, who
though Republican, claims to be a fam.
ing anti-know Nothing and staunch Demo.
crat. As it based the reverend Office seekers
claims on the intensity of his devotion to the
hnow Nothing party, and his services in that
cause. the member wrote him back q po,ite
letter, saying, in effect, that he had walked
up the wrong passenger A short time sipee
he was favored with another letter from the
Rev politician, asking his vote on the grospd
that he was very stif-backed old-fashioued
Wing, pinniag his political faith to the sleeve
OF the lamentod Clay, in the Lifetime of that
great man-and all that sort Of thing. The
member. as though determined that his polite.
ness should not be exceeded by the pertinacitv
Oh his clerical customer, returned him an an.
s"er' wherein he regretted that, never having
been Wing himself, he could not sym pathize
with his claims as set forth on the new tack.
Nothing daunted, however, our hero prompt
~ renewed the attack, addressing the mem
Der third electioneering missive, in which
ne frankly owned that he had missed his aim
On both previous shots, in one of which be
had loaded his piece with American ammu.
nition' and in the other with big charge of
" hig principles, both of which, to his great
regret, had proved powder and shot abso.
lutely thrown away. He then urged that he
thought his piece was properly charged to
bring down his game this time, and went on
TO assure the member that he was and aIvav.
had been firm, consistent, and unwavering
His correspondents To-
liteness not yet being exhausted, he was an.
swered that if he should vote for him for Door.
keeper, he might rely ont that it would not
be on account of mis- political principles. Verify
this disciple Of our talented, amiable, gentle,
knowing, and ingenious neighbor has taken
the shine OF him completely,
The Telegraph.-Mr. Amos Kendall has ia
vored us with two letters denying the truth
Of the statement in paragraph sent to US for
publication by the gentleman who has con-
tracted to furnish the Star with news bv tele-
graph, and published in our issue Of the Goth
ult., a:tributing toNhe superior advantages of
the new ughes-instrument, wonderful feat
Of telegraphing between New York and New
Orleans, and disparaging the capacity of the
Morse instruments. We cheerrully give Mr.
Kendall the benefit Of this publication of the
fact that he denies iH toto the truth Of that
short paragraph, and attributes it to malice ON
the part of the chief manager of tho tele-
with the associated press.
We have no space in which to publish Mr..
h argument to sustain his assertions, except
IS an advertisement; our advertising columns
being as open to the Morse patent company as
10 any one else. We confess to the smallest
possible modicum of affection for that com.
pany or any other identified directly or indi.
rectly with the lines Of telegraphs in opera
ion in Washington; as they grind and screw,
and screw and grind in their rates of charges
% the press, until they are past endurance.
fhe country, We have to assure Mr.. Kendall.
s looking most anxiousIy for this Hughes in.
';rument and praying that it may ultimately
relieve them from the exactions of a monopolv
scarcely less odious and onerous than anv
other that has existed, so far, in the United
States.
The Democratic Senatorial Caucus-hed
yesterday morning-was attended by all the
Senator'S in Washington protesting identity