Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-11-17
sp1RJTOF THE MORNING PRESS

tn. In,,1;gsueey copies the following guess
.s washington correspondent" concerning
the new treaty with Britain, sa,d to have
Lssn negotiated by Mr.. Dallas:
"In regard to the terms Of this arrangement,
Ian state positively that they are not known
g. tbs pubiic, and will not be made known
bsfore the Presidents next annual message
sbslI appear. Indeed, it appears that the
terms are n I yet definitely settled In regard
10 the Mosquito Protectorate, but pIooaoly
COON will be- 1t is only certain that the Bay
Islands question is settled by their retroces-
sion to the State Of Honduras i am quite
certain. also, that the proposed settlement VIII
not involve an abrogation OF the Clayton
RuIver treaty., but will, on the contrary, 30
ernlain. define, and modify it as to cause 1t to
work well hereafter and fulfil the original in
tention and wishes of the distinguished diplo-
matists who negotiated IT,
The Onion, maintaining thSt the "Rerub-
Iicsns" of the hour fight oplt with SANDER
and falsehood, says:
eft 1.-THE New York Evening Post assails
Mr.. Buchanan and his motives because he in
formed gentleman in California that be had
assented to resolution Of the Cincinnati Con-
yentioa approving of the construction OF rail-
road to the Pacific, as work to promote the
public defence. The recommendation of this
work by those who nominated Col. Fremont,
and by the latter, if not by the Post itself,
seems TO have been forgotten Their motives
were all wise and honest but for Mr.. Bu-
chanan TO approve the same thing the editor
of the Post thinks very censurable and wicked.
Few sensible and honest men will be mislcd
by these efforts at deception. BY fair, rea-
sonablc, and honest exercise of certain con-
coded constitutional powers, the CONSTRUCTION
Of q road between the Atlantic and Paclh,
States can be justified upon the most rigid
rules Of construction and so the American
people will say-indeed, have said But, not
content with traducing the President elect
the Post volunteers an assault upon Senator
slidell, for the sole reason that be is friend
of Mr. B., and because his State has gone for
the Sage Of Wheatland. Mr. Slidell, looking
to the ineficiency and inutility Of the squad
ron on the coast Of Africa for the suppression
Of the condemned and wicked slave trade,
recommended that, instead of keeping large
and offensive squadron there in sickly and
dangerous climate when little can be done to
prevent this enormous crime, portion thereof
be withdrawn, and surround the places where
slaves are expected to be landed, as a most
certain method Of securing the object in view,
and with the least possible expense The
Post, with an unparalleled efrontery aud
meanpess, assumes that his object was to sbOl-
ish al laws prohibiting the Importation of
slaves, and TO allow their universal introduce
tion into the United States.
I'm his report, which we published, this
motive is distinctly disavowed, and is rem
dered conclusive by the course of his whole
life. The Post pretends to imagine tb at from
1854 to this time he may have reversed his
opinion On this subject. 1t knows this pre-.
teDce Is utterly untrue, and consequently,
offers no evidence whatever to prove the as
sumption. The Post knows all Its pretences
TO be untrue. The editor further assumes
where he knows that be mlsTepresens and
maligns-that Mr.. Slidell is seeking to prove
himself an abOlitionist, because he is not in
favor of the African slave trade. more
base SANDER aud wicked untruth was never
PeTpetrated by the most Infamous Of the Black
Republicans. The Post know he was as averse
10 sbOlitionism ss he was to the disunion prin
ciples Of the Black Republicans, and that hs
sought no concurrence or association with
either, but was hostile to both The Pos
knows that its articles assailipg Dir. Buchan
an and Mr. Slidell are predicated upon false
hood and an anxiety to deceive the American
people in relation to the principles and wishes
of both Its maljgnity is only equaled by IL
want Of honesty and sense. 1t knows tina
neither Mr. buchanan nor Nr Slidell wishes
TO revive the African slave trade, OF to inter
fere with or resist one principle asserted by
the fathers OF the Revolution. and by them
sanctioned in the Constitution"