The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1855-09-04
VERY CURIOUS FROM WASHINGTON.

The Late Dinner of Judge Mason-.Judge Douglas
and Gen. Pierce at the White House-Douglas
WASHINGTON, Aug Is, 1856.
You are aware that vory latoly Mr.. Senator
Mason, Of Virginia, and Senator Douglas, ol
Illinois, dined with the President at the White
House, and you were right in supposing that
they had something at tho dinner besides ba.
con and cabbage
Since Judge Douglas has gone off to the
North, and tho President and Mr.. Mason have
departed for the Virginia white, red, blue, sal,
and sweet sulpher Springs, the secret, in part
is out. The leading conversation at that din
ner was upon Kansas, ,Reeder, ,Atchison String.
fellow, &c-Mason approved the removal OF
Reeder, but said that Southern man ought
to have gone to Kansas 10 the first place not
a compromiser, bot a regular fire. eater. Mr.
Pierce smiled and said that he had to consult
both sections. He didn't like to remove Reed
or, because at the Pennsylvania October election
i: might do some damage 10 the party; where
as, there was otherwise hope, this fall of saw
ing Pennsylvania. Could l. OF Reeder have
been spared until the middle of October:-
Mason said no! Virginia would desert you il
thero were any further temporizing. You are
with us or against US. Let Reeder 60, and we
will provide against the desertion of Pennsyl.
vania. Keep up the excitement, and while
We break up tho Know Nothings on the rock
together again Make Strngfellow Governor
of Kansas after tho fall elections, and We sbal
thus secure a distinct understanding on the
slavery issue upon tho meeting of this new
abolition Congress. Lot us see where they
are.
Judge Dou sias ienaarrsdar Tho pehnlo ~
our difficulties in this Kansas imbroglio had
resulted from tho outrageous proceedings OF
Atchison, Doniphan, and that set. Stringfel.
low was bot tho Stringfellow of Atchinson, do
ing his work for a prospective consideration =
Between Doniphan and Atchison, in their des
perae rivalry to secure the suffrage Of the pre-
slavery party of Missouri for the United States
Senate in the next Missouri Legislature, OF
these Kansas border troubles have been created
The proceedings Of those mon had brought
popular sovereignty in the Territories into con
tempt, and the whole country on both sides to
| the dangerous issue of a most violent and viru
| lent sectional contest for the Presidency =
| Nor can we hope to rally the Northern de-
mocracy together till this Doniphan, Atchison
and Stringfellow Legislature of Kansas is SCI
aside, its acts declared null and void, and pro
vision made for government of the Territory
by the bona fide people thereof, according tt
tho law. We must do this before we can rally
the Northern democracy to tho support o.
the Nebraska bill.
Mason didn't care for the Northern. Democrn
cy--didn't want them-the time had gone BY
for that. A sectional contest is evitablo. /
Mr. Pierce is with Us we shall sustain him
if not where else can the administration lool
for supportl -.
Such, understood, was substantially par
of that dinner conversation at the White House
between Mossrs. Pierce, Douglas and Mason
1t may be overcolorod, or it may not be colore'
sufficiently high. Of one thing am positive
ly assured, and that is, that Judge Dougla
makes no secret of his denunciations of Doni
phan, Atchison and Stringfellow, in conso
quence of the odium which their proceeding
have brought upon the great saving torritoria
doctrine of squatter sovereignty.
IN. Y. Herald.