Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-21
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.


enquirer seems 10 adopt the opinion of the
Fc'a"syfeanie', that tho new Republican
party is TO be little more than q matter o.
moonshine. Now, we believe both these jour
pals to be in errer In entertaining this impress.
sion. Its originator, Senator Seward, is one Of
the widest, if not the very wilie.s msn now
In public life in this country, and has labored
In season and QUIT season, ever since the defea,
OF Henry Clay at the Philadelphia convention
OF Is4o, which was indirectly brought about
by him, to the end Of giving birth, form, sub
stance and power to his contemplated sectional
organization. He satisfied himself that he
could control the policy of General Taylor.
Administration to the extent of placing, in DO
sitions likely to influence party and public
opinion, men who were his, heart and soul
Mr.. Fillmore, on assuming the discharge OF
his functions as Vice President, saw through
the policy and plans of his rival at home, and
counselled the rejection of those of General
Taylor's nominees who were rejected. He
"spotted" them for the anti-abolition men,
bers of the Senate, if we may be allowed to use
vulgar expression, and thus aided in bring
ing about their rejection. Ex-senator Foote
told the story Of Mr.. Fillmore's part in this
work in his rambling, gossiping way, in a
speech delivered at Marysville, California, a
report of which reached us by the last mail
from the Pacific. Col. Fitz Henry Warren
was one of Mr.. Stewards chosen instruments.
and acted well his part, so far as the interest
of his astute patron was concerned, by " stock
ing" large number Of post Offices throughout
tho Union with shrewd and active local politi-
clans devoted to the advancement of what has
since proved to be the " Conscience" wing Of
his party.
One of the first significant acts of Mr.. Fill.
more, on assuming the reins of government,
was to withdraw the Free Soil nominations Of
his predecessor, made under the persuasions of
Senator Seward and that gentleman's friend,
which had been 81 tied up'' on acct t of their
secret afhnities; on information that Mr.. f. had
privately given to Senator Foote and those
acting directly with that gentleman. Senator
Seward, nothing daunted with the defeat
his immediate plans through his rivals ac-
cession to power, has sedulously labored from
that day to this to strengthen his personal
party, and has labored with great success in
deed having detached from utilization With
Mr.. Fillmore all those who followed him for
office, and large proportion of these who
were honestly identified with his wing of the
party. At this time, Mr.. Seward has at his
back three fOurths of the talents, political az
tivity, and, consequently, the effectiveness Ct
the opposition party, the rest having gone
over to Know Nothingism.
Now, while we have no fear that any of the
Philadelphia-platform Know Nothings will
join Senator Stewards crusade against the
Constitution and Laws, (for such is the sum and
substance of the policy on which the new party
hopes to ride into power,) we believe that he
will gather under his wing three fourths of all
the Northern opposition to the present Admin.
istration-the National Democrats and Silver
Grey Wings, who make up the original BAR
kerr Know Nothings, holding out against him,
and voting with the Democrats as last resort
to defeat the schemes of Senator S. When
the latter shall have shaken the Union to its
centre, and not until then, will the new party
fall to pieces; a., when it becomes certain, as
it certainly will so become, not long hence,
that the South will refuse to peaceably submit
to the subversion of the Constitution of the
United States and the instalment of ablition-
ism in the Government, which 1.-THE new
party-proposes, the capitalists Of the North
will nearly all abandon it, and concentrate
all their power and influence on the side of the
party striving to ward off the measures and to
defeat the men thus bent on bringing about
dissolution of the Union.
Run Mad for News.-If the reader desires
to comprehend the utter stagnation of news in
this quarter in these times, we refer him to an
article published in the New York Herald of
Monday last, purporting to be a special tele-
graphic account from Washington of what was
said by the President and his guests at the last
dinner party at the White House. Besides seat.
ing at the table gentlemen who were not there,
TIC WIltcI (WnO ndS not Deen within ZJU miles OF
Washington for months past,) gets upa rigma-
role of conversation which bears the impress of
utter and sheer falsehood on its face, making
all present appear like fools, if not much
worse though the gentlemen named as actors
in the bogus farce are proverbially among the
shrewdest men and highest toned gentlemen at
present connected with American public af
fairs. As a matter Of course, there is not a
single word of truth in the whole letter, other
than the fact announced that the President on
the day mentioned, entertained few friends
at dinner; no one being among them, as mat
ter Of course, but gentLenseu, who would no,
play the pimp to furnish the means of getting
up such ridiculous effort as the letter in ques
ton, to make up for the deficiency of interest
ing occurrences at the Federal metropolis ju ST
now.
But apropos of the Herald and dinner par
ties in Washington: this bogus concoction re
minds US of an anecdote of the late Mr.. Rit-