Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-23
AGENTS FOR THE STAR.
SPIRIT OF TIE MORNING PRESS

SPIRIT OF TIE MORNING PRESS.
The iHteliigeReer, discussing the current
incurSions into the territory of Mexico from
that OF Texas, says:
g IL arOtler column our readers will find
somc further particulars concerning the intes-
tine war waging on the Mexiean side of the
RiC 6TsEde, ard Of the part which bodies of
men fir n the United States, under military
organization, re taking in it, as auxiliaries'
90 tue bands the other side of the river in
rebellion against the existing government of
Mexico. Its high time that the attention of
the American public should be called TO the
features of this ruthless predatory invasion,
In violation as well of the laws of the United
States as Of the law of nations-an invasion of
the territory of a friendly Power, at the cap
ital of which the Government of tie United
States actually has at this moment an Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
for the purpose of representing and preserving
the peaceful relations established between the
two countries
1t Is, perhaps, from an inherent defect in
ali forms of republican government that legis-
Iativo enactmentS look rather to the punish
ment than to the prevention of offences The
constituted authorities of such Governments,
though at all times sufficient to punish the
open violation of law, are not always cOmpe-
tent to restrain the thOughtleSs or vicious from
acts that have a manifest tendency to its yio-
iatiOn. In Republic, more especially, en-
bracing so large an extent of territory as that
Of the United States, and under Govern
ment formed rather to enlarge than to abridge
the liberties of its citizens, il must always be
IN the power of few licentiOus and turbulent
individuals TO commit miSchiefs so serious as
To bring disgrace upon the nation before it is
possible for the Government, however vigilant
or well-disp0sed, to intcrpose its restraining
ann. 3"
The Union, in view of the fact that the Pres
idcnt is suffering from ague and fever, urges
him not to leave the pure mountain air Of Eir-
ginia at this time. The Union, discussing
Southern Rights and British Reviewers"
says:
The July number of the Westminster Re-
view, a British mcnthly, contains an elaborate
article upon the policy of the United States,
from which we take the following passage:
= The progress of civilization and the con-
science Of mankind are against the sIavehold-
: err, AMI they know It, and therefore they
are desperate. Here, at least, is party
which has an object, viz: the preservation Of
tie privileges and the property of its mem
beTs- Hence that energy of purpose and con-
fancy Of action which make up for the bad
ness OF their cause and the fewness Of their
number These three hundred and fifty thou
sad shareholders have far more voice in the
government Of the tweDty-tbree or twenty six
million inhabitants Of the United States than
have tEe landed aristocracy in that Of Eng
lanu. In the South, though even there but
small minority, they secure almost all the
other hlteS, by holding out to each ore Of
them the chance Of possessing human property,
and by insGring to them the luxury of oprreSs-
ing black man, even if too poor to own him
By appealing TO the caste feeling they enlist
the preJudices, and by the work which they
fhnI 10 10 a.
ests Of both North and South on their side ;
ana by tie compactness of their party Organi-
Za'lon- and the SIM leuess Of their object, they
lo.d the balance between, and therefore the
rule over, every other party in the Union
Every y61T however, this predOminance is be-
coming more difficult to preserve
= TIE flea thrown out by the British re-
wer las " the power OF thc siaveholders) is
OF those tipFaheies liz which fanatics like
Pndip ard Garrison love to luxuriate before
analgamated crowds. If pretext SO shallow
deserve an answer, it would be easy to show
1he overwhelming power, on the other hand,
OF the miBOI.ties represented in the Congress
OF the United States by the abolition leaders.
Ieere IS not one OF these aboiitionists who
really represents the white people of his dis
trict or his State, however he may construc-
lively affect to do SO. Take the abolition Sen
aters, for instance: Senator Hale, of New
hampshire, isthe representative Of about five
and sixteen Thousand FIVE hundred whites mt.
t?Tly neglected. Senator Seward is the rem
resentltiye Of about twenty five thousand free
blocks IN the State OF New York to the utter
and c1utcmptuOus exclusion of three million
seventy thousand whites, vino are made To act
as Interiors il the grand game OF that willy
leader IN the cultivation of the fanatical shirt
Of abolition. Senator Wade, Of Ohio, another
OF the same class, turns from the nineteen
hundred thousand white men of bis State. and
best0ws his affections upon twelve thousand
free blacks. Senator Sumner has no care for
the nine hundred thousand whites of Massa-
ehusettS, his mission being to fiatter and 10
lawn upon the iOrty-six hundred free blacks
OF his State The same suggestion holds good
ct such representatives as Giddings, L. ID.
Campbell, and their confederates. To elevate
the free negro to q political and social eauaIi.
~ with the whites, and to give utterance 10
the idea OF the Immediate deliverance of the
co!orcd population of the South, is the whole
business Of the abolition representatives. IN
Congress The vast interests of the whites
Of the intelligent and energetic Caucasian
Taee--are utterly abandoned and lost in the
wild eaaSe of these fanatics after the danger.
Gus phantoInS and follies to which shey are
committed