Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-22
WASHINGTON NEWS AID GOSSIP.

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ed, modest, courteous, onth usiartio, entertain.
ing, chiTalric, scrupulous. truthful, aud know.
ing neighbor, ipdignates tho star at o terri.
bic rate for calling public attention to the fact
that 1t is, just now, rapidly giving evidence of
the true value of its late PROPOSITIONS Of de.
votion to the rights Of the slaveholdipg States
as involved in the slavery questions now in
issue. We wanted no prophet to assure US
that whenever 1t might seem likely to nav
better to como out In its true anti.slaveholding
State colors, our honest neighbOr, established
as raoney-making speculation, partly on the
funds Of notorious Abolitionists among ia,
and also partly on the funds of others, who do
lot hesitate to ayow their disapproval of, and
opposition to the institution CT slavery, and
conducted by Vermont Tylerite, would sure.
ly be found doing battle in defence Of the anti
slavery vicws Of tho Northern wing of Know
Notbingism, which has no available strength
except whenit hoiststhe black flag of abolition
ism. 1t dis.resses rs cen most 10 death to find
our amisbls nsighbor receive our physic with
such wry faces as in its issus of yesterday,
wherein it loses It's temper amid hailstorm
of epithets bcstoTcd upon Us, such as is its
wont to bestow on those who have been hon
ored with their country confidence. Bat our
gsnue neighbours Ire and choice Language,
when bestowed on Us, affects US about as much
as that of tae New York HsrGid-a journal, in
point Of integrity of character and standing
4 in ha esti t;oo Of hoea hosa
having, about on a par with our ingenious and
good tempered neighbor Itself The Herald,
however, has the merit Of admitting tha,
it is conducted without the least regard
to the principle Of neral honesty, and
therein it teaches chr ingenious n.ighboE
lesson by which il might profit II our
Deigh5or had rot felt the force OF tee
Hsrafd'S graphic birds eye sketch of its OWE
| character as journal, and had not realized
that public opinion endorsed the truth of thai
sketch with almost unexampled unarimity !;
and if cur talented neighbOr had rot felt tie
| force Of our comparison of its late al ira Fro
| slavery professions, with its more recent un.
| Diushing efforts to Strengthen the abolition
| wing Of Know NOthingism at the South, its
| equanimity would net have been disturbed to
the extent Of raving agains. rs in terms Dor
| roTed from the tone Of the letter of some ere
its charming eotsrie threatening our life, pub
lished recently in the Star, instead of essay
ing to answer the points We made against it.
But our neishbor is fast exposing its own
character without our help; for its leader Of
yesterday, Of two aud half columns, was little
more than plea for the propriesy of the
viowa Of Wilson, Hale, Colby, Collar, d.,
upon the slavery question.
Tho New York Tribune Itself never pub
lished moro earnest appeal against slavery
in Kansas. Its reasons 70. 90 doing are in z
nut she'll, as follows:
"Let it not be forgotten, that in The North
AMI Northwest, The tchoLe p2puiatI0n-With
scarcely an exception, are opposed TO the re
pesl CT the Missouri COmpromise-that CUR
FRIEsDs there are committed 10 its restoration
that the:e will be nc peace TIL that poirt SHAH
be adjusted-ahd that without its Uirfuak re
Sto-auon-its resiors ion in practice, if not by
IaW-OUR enemies in that whole region, will
triumph IL the coming elections
TIE Know Noshingl of tho South, WAC axe
not ilmsdiauy interested in the solution CT
the qucstion-who shall be printer to the next
House o! ReproEentatives-Yill 10 doubt appre.
ciatc the merits Of the bargain by which cur
neighSor evidently designs selling them BAG
and baggage" body and breeches," as Col
Benton expresses himself with moro force than
elegance at tiues-to Wilson, Colby, Hale,
Colflx Co.
Oar n.ighb0r ia cur especial little pet 60
we shall have to continue to physic it, purge
i, blister il, sweat it, cup, leech and bleed il
IS occasion may require, though smartirg
under our d0ctOring, it continues to call u
naughty names al mGussUm; for VIC have an
indiBtinct recollection that it bestowed choice
epitheis upon On Henry A. Wise with even
more lavish psn, than on us, and tia. it found
FOOLS among IL especial ooterie OF note shaving
and blather-skiEing, pceachar-politician,, Pro,
fessionai gamblers, disappointed Democratic
Office seekers, and g.ossory lOa,srs. to risk
some seventy five thousand dollars Of goIae
body's money on the accuracy Of its Jour
1sighbo,'s) views concerning Mr.. w. par-
sonaily and politically. Cur neighbor, now
that it he's turned ous-and out snti-siayery in
its politics, can hardly hurt any one in this
section By resorting to rnmiigatad black
guardian to break the fo.os Of argument.
Our Ingenious Eeishbor.-It will be Is-
| collected that our ingenious neighbor by way
of Grating the impression that it had some
thing substantial TO cry over when lament;ng
| the recent reIaos al of Mr. Wilson, vehement
and active Know Nothing politician, from
situation i'll the Navy Yard, quoted Mr. Hunt,
the chief ensinass Of tho Yard, in justification
Of its whining On tina. occasion.
Mr. Hunt, who was absent at that tine, hay.
ing returned to this city, has addressed to Us
tie following letter:
WASHINGTON, Juns 10, 1855.
| To tie Editor Of The Star:
SIR: was just on tho eve OF dep rtcro on
BUSINESS in Reading, Pc, when lay attention
was called TO the publication in the " Daily