Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-03-05
WASHINGTON NYws AND GOSSIP.
The Committee on Territories I'm maxim

The Committee on Territories In making
up this committee, Speaker Banks "spread
himself to the work of fixing it so that by
no possible chance could it be possible that it
would fail to go any length in the way of Sc
curing the triumph Of abolitionism in Kansas.
He has placed upon it five of the staunchest
"cullud bredren" now holding seats in the
House. Gentlemen who live, move, and have
their political being wholly in the intensity of
their devotion to the anti-slavery cause. So
emphatically has he intensified its abolition
ism in his effOlt to carry out in connection
with it the programme for his administration
of the SPeakership laid down in the caucus
resolutions of Mr.. Giddings, on which he was
elected, as that the House have concluded
evidently, that it will entrust it with about
as little of the legislative business in connec-
tiOn with Kansas as possible This fact was
made plain in their refusal not long since to
refer to it Kansas business, which under other
circumstances would have been committed to
its charge without question.
Mr.. Grow, Of Pennsylvania, the successor
and counterpart ION slavery question) of Mr..
Wilmot, ia ts chairman. This young gentle
man, who was, before coming to Congress, a
lawyer Of fair talking abilities, has already
served four years in the House. He is one Of
the best debaters on the Republican side of
the chamber, so far as gift of speech is con-
oerned. He has not, however, taken marked
rank as legislative statesman or parliament
tary attorney. A short time since, in his evi.
dent oyer-eagerness to take the lead on his
side in the Kansas enlbroglio, he reported a
dill to repeal the Ito the Republicans) obnox-
ious laws of the Kansas Legislature. Now, as
the whole case Of his friends with reference to
Kansas hinges on their ability to induce the
House to decide that the legislation he pro-
poses to repeal was null and VOID a5 initio, he
made sad blunder in thus giving its perfect
legality, as it stands on the statute book, the
endorsement Of his terrible committee He
thns admitted away his whole case II it
were not for the fact that his four years ex-
perience in the hall would otherwise have
made a better legislative attorney Of him,
We should fancy that he might live and
learn. But this example teaches that he
will hardly make, in time, a much mere
effective parliamentarian than at present.
He came into Congress Democrat with head
slightly sore. Subsequently, the sore has
spread al over, until he has come to merge
any and everything in the intensity of lis
love for the negro, which he has christened
devotion to the interests of tie white man.
Whatever Mr.. Giddings thinks, Mr. Grow
thinks; and, Of course, when the former takes
snuff, the latter sneszes.
Speaker Banks has placed the terrible Mr.
Giddings number two on this committee, thus
doubling its head, politically. We expect tn at
the venerable Joshua was prime mover in the
move Of Mr.. Grow in reporting the bill to which
we refer above; because though nearly quar-
teri century member, he scarcely equals,
as an effective legislative attorney, more than
one gentleman who has barely served two
years in the hall. His forte is talking of ne
groes, slave drivers, whips, lashes, brands, the
cause Of freedom-and ell that sort of thing
He is good spouter insomueh a. while en-
dowed with quite as much tongue az any
other gentleman in the hall, he practices
rigidiy on the doctrine that political " whop.
per" unfinchingly stuck to in the face of proof
Of its want Of foundation sufficient to make
any other gentleman admit its incorrectness,
is worth twenty ordinary irrefragible facts
any day vIds his memorable discussion with
Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, and others, at the be.
ginning OF the present session, over the record
OF the Democratic party's action when Mr.. C.
nlmself was hrst chosen Speaker Effective.
beyond question, In making Abolition canital
far of from Washington where those who ,sad
his efforts in the House do not see the rsnlis.
by which be is cOnfuted, be is Of less practical
force in Congress than any other gentleman
aspiring to be party leader, because be
takes ultra views upon every subject he ap.
proaches in dc bate. In the last twelve years
by-the-by, We do not recollect to have heard
him open his lips on any thing in the hal
that failed to be connected, directly or indi
Tectly, with the slavery question. We need
scarcely say that there can be nothing sug
gested in the way of abolitionizing Kan.
sas, in passing which the anti-slayervite,
may not feel assured that he will 20 the whole
length Of his tether.
Mr.. Purvianee, Of Pennsylvania, is a new
member, lawyer Of fine oratoricsl abilities,
and evident Parliamentary tact He wa,
elected ass Know Nothing, but turns out to BE-
aRspubliean party man for all practical pur,
pose though, We presume he still claims to