Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-11

Atlas that he who commences the work of
double-dealing is certain to get deeper and
deeper into mire Of difficulties, we have to
assure him that the Secretary of State kne W no
more Of our paragraph in question until it ap-
peared in the Star and was served to him as
enc Of our subscribers who faithfully pays his
sixpence weekly, than Mr.. Van Dyck him
self did.
The fact Is, it embraced, in very few words,
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the tEuth-as il amply proved by the tone and
character Of the reply which Mr.. v. d. has
seen fit to make to 1t; admitting, in effect,
every one of its essential statements. Which
are as follows: LIST, that the abolition views be
has Of late urged in the atlas, de not meet the
concurrence Of his partner the editor Of that
Journal, or of any other Democratic rarty.
authority of the State of New York. ID, tn at
their insertion arises from his disposition to
sell his share of tho paper at price which the
Democrats interested in it do not think proper
to pay for it.
| The Star is published at point where po-
litical secrets concentrate from all quarters of
the country No man, worth mentioning from
his position in connection with politics, can cut
up shindy or SNAKE judy of himself, )"
it matters not what locality he resides in or to
what party he belongs, that the causes super
inducing his tergiversations are not very short
| ly better understood In political circles here
than by most persons Immediately surround
| ing him at home. Whenever it strikes US that
the causes of such I" didocs," as VIC allude to
above, are worth explanation to the public, We
explain them; it being our business to en-
slightest reference to the interests or desires of
the parties whose schemes may be defeated
by such course on eur part.
In this case We took the liberty of referring
to and explaining the business affairs of the
business partner In the Atlas, because in or.
der to profit them, he was clearly guilty Of con-
tinuing to profess identity with the Democrats
party of New York, while secretly endeav-
ing to sell its prospects of success out, to tho
highest bidder for his share Of the alias. His
game was palpable. A sense of right and
wrong would have induced us to do quite as
much even for the Republican or Know Moth
ing party, were either being stabbed in the
back after the same fashion to serve an end so
sinister. We did not choose, when we could
explain the cause of the sudden charge Of
front of the Atlas, that the Democratic party
in New York and all over the country should
suffer for want of the explanation it was in
our power to make in 50 brief paragraph
the truth Of which has been confirmed in eve.
~ sentence which Mr.. v. D. has written in
reply.
"This Miserable and Unpopular Admins.
tration. From the New York Tribune and
Ecening Post down to the most ricketty,
slueaking and mangey incubator of Guy Fawk-
ism which has obtained momentary and pre-
curious existence through efforts of pestife.
rous demagosues and fanatical bigots to foist
themselves into the government, for the last
year and half, they have all been yelping
over the unpopularity of "this miserable and
imbecile administration. If they agreed in
nothing else conceivable, they certainly did
agree in the work Of arguing at least them
selves into the belief Of the truth Of their cry,
to which we refer above. They had it all 50
fixed, in their Imagination, that the admins
tratiOn wcfe to "go out" like the snuff If a
candle, without the necessity for another kick
from them, sending it on the road to perdi-
ton /; and they were to have stepped into ell
the coveted places Of all sorts-ofices, organ
ships, contracts, agencies, and what not, each
merely taking the trouble to designate what
each wanted.
Well, they are beginning at length, one and
all Of them, to realize their expectation
Ey' over the left. They appealed from the
elections CT the summer and early fall to those
that came off on the day before yesterday,
tossing away, at the North, the false pretense
Of Know Nothingism the instant it became
manifest that it could not pay at the South,
ard embracing naked and unad ulterated Abo.
htionism. 1t really does not strike US that
the last dodge has strengthened them much
eide the election returns, reader, if you are
inclined to question our judgment in the prem
Uses. .ee
But they these results) tell, besides, that
those short-sightcd and weak-mini led people
who, in assuming to teach their neighbo.s,
have resortsd to the plan of personal SANDER,
abuse and villifcation Of the gentlemen COM
posing the Government If the United States
and those whom the latter have called in TO As.
sist in the administr alton of American public
affairs, have not made anything whatever by
their expenditure, in that way, Of breath or
printing ink. -
These election results prove that some very
bad investments have been made in politics Of
late-very bad investments, indeed. The par
ties who have bitten themselves will meet
with less sympathy than was ever before &C.
corded to persons who have undertaken to
rescue tho government from perdition and to
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