Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-04-07

Justify his completely with the effort to sell
his party on the House printing question, if
his common sense has not all gone he will
perceive in it ample reason why we have lit
| tie faith indeed in his advice where a ques.
ton of honor may be concerned. He should
not expect us to set higher estimate upon
his views of honor, than his own, or that of bis
party in Congress. q.
Shocking. New York Tribune mourns
lugubriously over the conservative tendencies
of the times on both sides of the Atlantic.
While people of property in Europe are COM
bining to crush out every spark of the radical
fire that ragged there in 184S, according to this
editor, the tendency Of the popular mind in
the United States is decidedly against what
be regards as progress" He quotes, to sus.
tain this position, popular demonstrations in
the Old World approbatory of the measures of
the governments to prevent, in this age, the
spread of the mania for revolution that star.
tied the world in 1S4S; or, rather, especially
the recurrence Of what were the results OF
that general prevalence of liberalism in the
Il
He also quotes recent action by United States
Legislatures and verdicts at the polls to sus.
tain his position that the tendency of times
in this country is decided conservative.
In this he is certainly correct. Our own coun.
trymen, nearly to man, sympathized with the
European revolutienists in 1S49. Subse-
quently, on coming to know them better, prin-
cipally through the publications of their Amer
lean organ, the Tribune itself, that sympathy
has well nigh vanished. Were such another
series of attempts to revolutionize Europe to
commence to occur tomorrow, it is very GER
tain that not 1.-THE Of the American sympa
thy with them that was so lately manifested
would be shown
So far as its wailing over the decline of its
"cause of progress" in the United States is
concerned, we have to say that it may credit
that to the repulsive features of its cause a.
illustrated not only in its own ultraisms, but
in the palpable truth that wherever those
sympathizing with it have of late temporarily
obtained pow er under any pretence whatever
they have manifested a disposition to cast
aside all experience, all moral and legal obli-
CATION, all common sense and all respect for
the rights Of any, which may stand in the way
of the instant accomplishment of their purposes
usually springing from the brains of vision
airy and merely impudent demagogues, and
ignorant dreamers concerning the science Of
government.
The recent speech of Mr.. Granger, in the
House OF Representatives, fair specimen
| indeed, of the utter ignorance Of law and
history, cotemporaneous and of by gone days
that marks the minds Of many Of those who
have managed to get into American public
life on the hobbies of the Tribuns-affords
striking illustration of the reason why the
good sense and sound patriotism of the coun-
try il at length being awakened to the i'm
portance of putting a stop to what the New
York journal considers progress.
The Albany and Porpoise. bill fixing
| the date from which the pensions to the Wild
ows and orphans of the officers, seamen and
marines lost in the two United States vessels
named above, commemorative passed by the
Senate last week, fixes, for those of the Alba
ny, at the 18th Of April, 1855, and of the Por-
poise, at the Goth of June, of the same year.
The benefciaries under this bill owe debt
Of gratitude to Senator Fish, under whose
auspices the Senate acted favorably upon it
so very promptly.
Persons interested under this bill, should
apply to the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury.
Showing the Cloven Foot few journals
make louder professions of devotion to the
constitutional rights Of the South, than the
New York Express. Its paragraphs con-
demnatory of the labors and aims Of Adolf
tionism are more quoted by the Know Moth
ing papers Of the South, than those of any
other journal printed north of Mason and
Dixon's line; all of which are by some he
Gus pocus sought to be attributed, as 50
much political capital, to account of Mr. Fill
more; the Ezpyes, being the recognized organ
of that gentleman's personal party in New
York city. 1t is equally as proper that his
cause shall bear the responsibility attached
to the course of the Express with reference
to the Connecticut election, in progress to-
day. That journal is urging its party to vote
for AbOlitiOnists, wherever that policy may
be necessary to secure the defeat of candi-
dates who stand by the Nebraska bill, because
the latter occupy that position. There can
be no mistaking its advice on this subject, as
the reader will perceive from the following
brief extracts from its issue of Friday last
"The real practical meaning of the elec
ton in Connecticut is, whether or not, the
United States Senator TOucey shall be re-
elected to represent Connecticut for six years
more land such being the issue, none of US.
In the North, who resisted the annulment of
the Missouri compact can be Indifferent to the
election
The Express not only has great many
readers in Connecticut, but among men here,
and elsewhere, who from business associations,
naturally exercise there a large influence over
the Conservative Public mind. knowing as
these readers we'll do -tha t mare H. On,