The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-19
THE LAT T NE VS..
BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TElEGaApHs.
Very Curious from Washington.


THE LATE DINNER OF JUDGE MASON, JUDGE DOUGLAS
AND GEN. PIERCE AT THE WHITE HousE-DoUGLAs
DOWN UPON ATCnIsoN AND sTRINdFEILow, ETC.
wAsHEaros, August ls, 1855.
you are aware that very lately Mr. Senator Mason OF
Virginia. and Senator Douglas of Illinois, dined with the
President at the White House and were right IN sup
posing that they had hing at the dinner besides
bacon and cabbage
Since Judge Douglas has gone of she NORTH and the
President and Mr. Mason have departed os the Virginia
white, red blue, salt and sweet sulphur Springs tho
secret in part IS out The leading conversation at that
dinner was upon Kansas Reeder, Aehison striDgeow,
&c. Mason approved the removal OF Reeder but said
that Southern ought to have gone 10 Kansas in
the first placc-not compromser hut regular ire
eater. Mr.. Pierce smiled and said that he hal 70
suit both sections. He didn't like to Reedcr be-
at the Pennsylvania October election It might do
damage to the party whereas there otherwise
a hope, this fall Of saving Pennsylvania. Could not
Reeder have been spared till the middle OF Ootsbers
Mason said no Virginia would desert you II there
any further temporing. You with against
Let Reeder Co. and will provide against the deserton Of
Pennsylvania Keep up the excitement, and while We
break up the Know Nothings the rock OF slavery, We
get the democracy together again. Make sringfeow
Governor of Kansas after the fall elections, and shall
thus distinct understanding the slavery issue
upon the meeting of this abolition Congress Let
whore they
Judge Douglas demurred. The whole Of difficulties
in this Kansas imbrogio had resulted from the out.
rageous proceedings of Atchson Donphan and that set
Strngfellow but the Stingellow of Atchson doing
his work for prospective consideration. Between Do.
nphan and Atchison in their desperate rivalry secure
thd suffrage of the prosavery party Of Missouri for the
United States Senate in the next Missouri legislature
all these Kansas border troubles had been created The
proceedings of those had brought popular sove.
reigny in the Territories into contempt and the whole
country both sides to the dangerous Issue most yo-
lent and virulen sectional contest for the Presidency Nor
can we hope rally the Northern democracy together tin
this Doniphan Atchison and Stringolow Legislature OF
Kansas ia set aside its acts declared null void and
provision made for of the Territory by tho
bona tide people thereof according the We must
do this before hope to rally the Northern demo.
cracy to the support of the Nebraska bill.
Mason didn't care for the Northern democracy-didnt
want thcm-the time had gone by for that. sectional
contest Inevitable If Mr. Fierce Is with u.s. We shall
sustain hin-if not, where else the administration
look for support
SUCH understood, substantially a part Of that
dinner conversation at the White House between Messrs
Pierce, Douglas and Mason. It may be overcoored or
1t may not DO colored sufficiently high OF one thing
am positively assured, and that H. that Judge Douglas
makes secret Of his denuncaons Of Doniphan Atchi
son and strngeow in consequence of the odum which
their proceedings have brought upon the great saving
territorial doctrine of squatter sovereignty.