Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-02-28
Correspondence Of the Eaton pcmccrat.l
WASHINGTON NEWS.
WAsnINoroN FKl. l5, l856.

WASHINGTON rEb los 1000.
The long. promised speech Of Senator w ilson,
of Massachusetts. on the c. ntIal American
question, was delivered The other day. IL was
. rather poor affair. in my judgement, 10 come
from a successor Of Daniel Webster. Mr..
Wilson did not speak TO The meriis OF the
question. Indeed he haudly spoke 10 the
question al all. lie talked about Oregon, and
Kansas, and chat polar sea upon which Dr..
Kane gazed;;' ss il Oregon, or Kansas, or the
polar sea, had anything to do with the Clay
ion. Bulwer treaty which England has so
slramefully broken. He said The walls OF the
Cspilol resounded ten years ago with the cry
Of a54.40 OF fght,r and yet we hastily backed
down TO 40, s~leaving England in possess oil
| ofihree hundred thousand square miles Of the
free territory Of the republic" suppose he
made this statement for the purpose Of show
ing England that we are q nation oil blusiering
towards, aud that she can play out her de-
signs in Central America with perfect impu-
nifty. All these rumors OF war with England,
in The oninion OF this astute Senator, were set
sioat only ''lo diver, the people from attend.
ing 10 what was passing on the other side Of
he Mississippi" Here w have The pi,h of
Mr.. Wilson'S speech-btIe we see what he
was driving of. IL was Kansas, and not Cen.
tral America, ;h4tweIe uppermos, in his mind.
A war with England, which al good men
would deplore on The score OF humanity, Sem
alor Wilson would regret because Of lis ten
iency 10 interfere with the operniions Of the
Emigrani Aid Society! Al free highway 10 the
Pacific is Of less importance than an under.
ground railroad in Kansas! And John Bull is
very saint in comparison with ''burder
ruGan." as If John he's not been the border
mfisn of the world ever since he grew 10
manhood. There was this difference between
the speeches Of Cass, Seward and Foot and
The speech OF Wilson; the former were states
manLke whilst The latter was siufnplke. Mr.,
w. has Just one idea, and that is inky.
The election OF Mr.. Wendell, e Demo,
c.atic candidate, as HOUSE Printer, is q hard
blow 10 The Black Republicans, who had set
their hearts on elec,iug Toilet. The desienol
the Republicans in pushing Toilet ~os TO bnild
up Printing Establishment at the National
Capitol, for the furiherance Of their Interests.
Everything was 10 be mnde subordinate 10 The
great idea Of Black Republicans the oppo,
sition 10 the Democracy. But many OF The
opposition members refused to 80 the full
length orlhe Grow, Galloway and Washbun
string, and faillrg to obtain a compromise, they
lei Wendell slide in This looks as if there
was going 10 be trouble in the anti democratic
camp at the North.
A spirited debate took place in the House
yesterday, on o motion TO refer the speclal
message OF the President n relation 10 Kansas
10 the Committee Of The Whole. Dunn, Gid
dings and other Republicans opposed the mo-
lion, but it prevailed.
Tn. memorial Of TX Gov Reeder was pre-
scented and referred 10 The Committee on Elec'
lions. The majority OF this comm ittee being
Black Republican to the backbone, o strong
blast in favor Of ReeJer may be expected
But the minority will doubtless give US as
slrong a report on the other side.
The House stands adjourned TO Monday.
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