Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-24
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

4 f~AASSN PSA Va WI
friend of the Organ for knowledge of the
existence Of the following paragraph in the
National Era Of this city, journal we rarely
see under the pressure of our business engage
| ments:
"The Evening Star of this cit, discourses as
| follows in reference to the newly-formed Re
| publican Association
| "'In the same number of the Tribune we
find a constitution and bylaws purporting to
be those Of the association of the Republican
party in Washington city, which, as matter
of course, can all be comfortably seated in the
sanctum of our neighbor of the National Era,
if that apartment is twelve feet square. sThe
Republican party in Washington city is moth
| ing more nor less than the never-to-be forgot
| ten Van Buren-Buffalo- platform party of the
federal metropolis, weakened by the loss of at
| least one-tenth of it's members, in the with.
drawal of the two individuals who, having
been conspicuous Free Sellers in 1S4S, are
| now proprietors of the Organ newspaper, which,
| to its credit be it written, has, as at present
edited, no affinity whatever with Abolition
| ism, direct or indirect
The editor Of the Star has no occasion to
speak alphabetically about the size of the
Era sanctum, as we can assure him that the
office has not been removed since he was q
| regular contributor to the columns Of the pa
| per. His connection with the Era perhaps
| afforded him the opportunity of acquiring that
| intimate knowledge of the Free Soil Associa-
| ton of 1S40, which he displays in the above
| paragraph; but be should remember that good
sehoOl-fellows never tell tales out Of school. 1"
| G..
We owe our friend, the editor of the Organ,
not some" but thousand, for the gallantry
he displays in coming so promptly to our de-
fence from the gravecharge which the Locun,
tenens of the Era makes against US, as above
| quoted. He (of the Organ is glorious fell
low, and points his sharp rapier with inim-
| liable skill. Witness the conclusion of his
comments upon this article, as follows, viz:
What right has the Abolition paper to
claim a gallant defender of the South, its in
| situations, and the Union, as an ally, upon the
| mere Circumstance of his having been q con-
tributOr" to its columns? We will tolerate no
| such insinuation. We therefore demand, on
behalf of our colleague, a withdrawal of the
insinuation, and ample reparation for the
| SANDER. Otherwise, 'odds bullets, and
| bludgeons' But we choke down our
| indignation, confident that our colleague will
| deny the charge, and demand that the con-
| tributions' be published; and, in default of
| this obvious measure of justice, that we shall
| be empowered to wait upon the Haytien who
has perpetrated the SANDER with a mortal
message, and bespeak collins for two
| Placing little faith in the integrity of the
purpose of whoever may be the writer of the
original paragraph in the Era, az, if he knows
| any thing with reference to our "contribu-
| tons to the columns of that paper, he
also knows well that We have never for an in
slant sympsthized, with our pen or mind, with
| the Era 5 politics, with its purposes or its alb.
stract views on the subject of American Slave
ry we hasten to relieve the doubts and quiet
the indignation of him Of the Organ by Civ
| ing the explanation he demands
Thus, the editor Of the Star, for many years
before purchasing this paper, was a writer for
the press, daily, weekly and monthly, by pro-
fession, on nearly all subjects in which the
public at large took interest-poIitics, history,
| literature, the arts and sciences &C., &c. Al
ways industrious, he furnished papers for the
periodicals, the weekly and daily press, upon
| any subjects with which he was familiar, where
his views on them were judged to be of sufi-
| cient Importance to be satisfactorily paid for.
| Thus, while he furnished letters, &c, on
| politics and reports to the Washington Union
with which journal he sympathized politically
he also furnished for the National Lutelligen-
Ger, series of elaborate papers on the pro-
gress Of the industrial arts in the United
States, written from New York and for the
| Republic Of this city, the well-remembered
series of "Ichabod" letters upon fashions in
Washington, the squabbles of Office seekers,
the roorbacks Of those with beams in their own
eyes who were bent on picking the notes out
of those Of the Administration, and, indeed.
on any and every thing amusing and enter
tanning then occurring in Washington. Short.
ly after the beginning of the European reyo-
iutions Of 1S4S, we commenced, and for months
continued in the Union, q series of "contri.
buttons" on that subject, prepared with labo.
rious care, and only after consulting all the
trustworthy English and continental sources
Conformation within our reach When the SUBJ
ject became somewhat hacknied, the Union S
| proprietor declined longer to publish them,
and we were applied to by the proprietor Of
the Era to furnish a similar series of "contri
buttons" on the sane subject for his Journal
with the handsome compliment, by-the-by, Of
an ODER of just twice what the Union had
been paying for them.
We were rejoiced to find so much true liber
atty evinced by publisher holding the opin.
ions of DR.. Bailey, ofthe Era, as was evidentir
this offer made, with the full knowledge ON hi.
part that upon American slavery and American
politics, we were as far apart as it was possible
for gentlemen to be; and we were perfectly will
ing to furnish our views on the condition of Eu.
rope and passing occurrences there for that jour.
nal, SO long as his readers would stand them.
So, We commenced and continued the prepare.
ton ofthe papers in question, weekly, for many
months; in none of which, however, was the
question of American slavery or American
politics alluded to, otherwise than in dressing
down" Exeter Hall, and those clergymen who
pinned their faith to it, ON all passing occa.