Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-05
WASHINGTON NEWS AND Goss1p.

prince John" bstwsen two Fires.-We
Are by no means an admirer of the political
course of John Van Buren,, nor the spologist
OF his eceentricities; however, We may look
with complacenoy, and as a mere gladiatorial,
intellectual entertainment, upon the exhibition
OF playful bumors, of biting satire and keen
ness Of wit and invsctiVe displayed by him
during the present New York canvass. While
these peculiar features Of his mind are hber-
ally scattered through his political speeches,
and from their main staple they scarcely In.
jure or wound, or are regarded as of any par
ticalarimportancee even by those against whom
they are directed. And while these dis
tinguishing elements pertaining rather to tho
imagination than the judgment, abound in his
intellectual structure, and account for much
Of the interest he excites as a stump speaker,
one looks in vain for those evidences of discre-
ton, sagacity, and Of calm and deliberate
good sense, which form the staple elements of q
statesman, and which are indispensable to a
political leader.
1t is fCr the very reason that his imagina-
ton, his humor, and bis wit overbalance his
judgment, that he Is said, in a measure, to
have lost caste, as q leader, in New York, even
among those with whom bis voice was former
ly potential. La it not possible that the intel
iectual peculiarities, which had diminished
his influences as politician, may account as
well for what appears equivocal in his Ian
guase and his conduct, as for the very opposite
constructions put upon both by the friends of
the Seward Fusion movements, and by some
Democrats Hear what the New York Tn
btt,'e, an organ ofthe Black Republicans says:
Did not John Van Buren, endorse Pisree's
policy in the State Convention Did he not
oppose the restoration of that barrier to arts.
tocratlc aggression North, the Missouri Probi-
billion? Is he net doing the dirty work Of
the slayeholdinz aristocrat, by opposing the
union OF honest Wings and faithful Democra-
nc Republicans, who are striving to avoid q
future cause Of crime and bloodshed, by uniting
as great national party to maintain the Clio.
nous rights bequesthed 10 thum by their Rev
dictionary forefathersl
This same John Van Buren, has the assnr.
ance to enter St. Lawrence county IN land
IRONICALLY the memory of Silas Wright. that
ne may thereby damage that departed states
man friend, the sver-faithful and consistent
Preston King! He tramps through the State.
denouncing the union Of the people for holy
objects, that he may win the favor of crafty
band of Southern President-makers.
1t can hardly be doubted that the Tribune
would tako advantage Of anything falling from
Ar. Van Buren,, which sustains its peculi.,
views, but this is its unchanged language in
regard to him.
but the NsIr York Epening Post, which
tavors the detection Of Preston King, and Of
course the success of Seward, would scan thu
course Of Mr. Van Buren, still more cr;,;,.,,,
than the Tribune, to gain from it, if possible.
something to sustain its own devious course
And what does the Post say:
In letter addressed to the Even;ny Post
On. the 2ith of September, Mr.. Van Buren,.
speaking OF the convention Of the 18th Septem.
per- SAID that he approved entirely of all it
resolved and all il omitted
Among the resolutions adopted nv that
convention was the following:
RSs0Fgea, That We regard the organiza-
lion OF bands OF armed boraerers, and their in
Ifun0n into the Territory Of Kangas, rot "a
o.mu sae settlers. but for the sorcible subyer.
n VI t'e rights OF the legal electors, not only
1ba r;nS.osh OK the peace Of the Union and
an VI The community assaiie1, and as
az eAanPle full Of danger to the States. the
IND, "no.7 institutions and domestic tran
1I'i,s require to be protected against extsr
1-.isss-;es I,s, ana the instigatiOn of secret
inter- Of Congress, as DECLARED sn .as J,ll or.
gam s,. ms sag Territories, to leave the
people perfectly free to form and reaulsts
their own domestic institutions in ,bs; n.o
way, subject only to the Consultation 81 ,tn
Cnrsd States, and that all the poWsr Of az So
federal and territorial governments ,bonn ' h
e1erted TO redress these outrages and yindi.
cate the rights Of the people thereof
Ibis, we submit, is q disftnet aspropak n
me Nebraska- Kansas BILL Tho resolution
Gays mat the intent Of Congress was incorpo-
Tsted In the bill that that intent had been
violated; that such violation was also a yio-
L..ion o. the peace of the Union and the rights
Its hardly necessary for rs to repea. that
we were never She admirers or spOlOgists of
Mr.. Van Buren, Is politician, nor, for any.
thing fundamentally Objectionable in his Ian
gasse ca conduct are We his apologist
Vow. But having acted with the Democratic