Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-28
WASHINGTON NEWS AID GOSSIP,


OF the continued I'LL health Of the respcnsi bic
conductor Of our talented, courteous, inesnu.
Gus, truthful, and knowing neighbor. he il
said to have been an invalid ever since the
| Virginia election, an event, as it resulted, BY
no means calculated TO quiet the nerves Of an
excitaoie gentleman On the Know Nothing
side, VINO had felt so sure Of tho defeat of
Wise as to bet handsomely upon the happen.
ing OF that event. Wefear, too, that the copdi.
ton OF his health was not benefited essentially
oy those arsind b m on his return from the
rnl,adelphia Convention, when mast have
been solely for the malicious purpose of an
noying him-he was told that the Star had az
sailed him, personally, in his absence-a story
wholly without truth, notwithstanding the
conduct Of those left by him in Temporary
charge of bi, Journal towards tho editor
OF the Starr a. ne will realize on taking
the trouble to look over file of the
Star during the period in question. His
Two morse act In the Philadelphia Know
Nothing convention his efforts to build pla B;
form (for such it was) that should be satisfac.
tory to Judge Core, Of Georgia, and Mr. Gun
nlngham, OF South Carolina, on the one side,
and Msssrs. Wilson and Colfax, on the other
was freely commented on in tho Star, as We
thought it deserved to be. The idea was
laughably gresh''-that il, the idea that the
Know Nothing people of the North and South
could be brought to harmonise on the slavery
4 nuAsti0p hAcanla thn nG
Nothing hopes for success consisted in out
a6olitioniEing in future the avowed abolition
party; while in Southern States, where Know
Nothingisn has arrived to the point of respec.
| liability in the number of adberents il has
only done 50 through fervent avowais of it's
readiness to eat FIRE redder, hotter, faster, and
more of it, than any blood and thunder orator
Of the famous Nashville convention ever
dreamed of eating.
slave question structure, therefore, with
plank in i, for tho South to stand on, and
another for the North to stand on, virtually
yielding up Kansas to satisfy the North, and
refusing to consent in so many words to hoist
the Tag OF Missouri compromise, tho said
refusal being to satisfy the South, was finally
termed by Us two horse act, infinitely more
amusing from the evident enthusiastic desire
OF fts Trainer to brig men together who were
hopelessly asunder, than happy in its results
We have always entertained kind feelings for
our neighbours responsible conductors, and do
even yet, Notwithstanding the amount Of
slush which has been cssayed to be thrown
upon rs from other pens in its columns, thus
| forcing Us, as 1t were, to enlist for tho war in
our OVID defence, snd to show practically to
| Its Proprietors and editor that they had moth.
| ing imaginable tc gain by compelling the
Star to become active in the Political arena.
The editor Of our neighbor tolls tho public
that the condition Of his health requires him
TO abandon his post for some tiGe he has
our best wishes for it: speedy restoration for
personally, No entertain only the kindest feel.
| ings for him. Politically, his views arc re,
gaTded by as as being outrageous from one
who claims to be a defe nder Of the right. Of
| the South under the constitution, and we
shall do our best, God willing, TO shoot the Ia
down as they rise to fly over the country, poi.
souins the public mind wherever they 60.
his views with reference TO the future rights
of our fellow citizens who are Catholics and
| those who were born sbroad-uiih refer ence
to tho scheme OF making religion and birth.
place political questions hereafter 10 this
| country, have met, and shall continue to meet,
our earnest disapprobation whenever we may
| feel called on to refer TO them in the Stars
| columns.
Burweil, form,rly the editor Of the Wash.
ington Republic and lately the editor Of
the Baltimore Patriot, has been called to
supply the place Of the retiring editor of
cur peighbor, as the latter intimstes, until
his health shall have been restored We
congratulate the Know Nothipgs of Washing
ton, who respect themselves, that they have
| been aols TO secure the services of q gentleman
Of Mr.. 5 well known talents and character,
and anticipate tina under his guidance how
ever much the northern wing Of their party may
| squirn! under his lead, they will read nothing
from bis pen squirting towards appreciation
Of the exclusion of slavery from Kansas, un-
less, psrchance, Know nottingham has entirely
remodelled his ancient habit CT thought
Fecessity for Change Under the present
division of cares and lsbors am ong the several
Executive Departments, there remain more or
less Of them on the State Department which
really have no application whatever to It's
Legitimate functions. They were placed on it
in the early days Of the Government, when
our foreign relations ware simple and not ex
tensivs enough to require half the minds and
hands for their due care which they now ne
cesSarily occupy. An effort will be made, we
presume, next winter, and we trust a success
full one, to induce Congress to 80 remodel the
duties Of the several Departments SIS to place
them where they properly bolong--thus giving
tae duty Of preparing the Biennial Register to
the Interior Department, tgether Nth the
distribution Of the laws and Congressional
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