Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-12-03
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

The National Intelligencsr and the Pres
dents Message. Our venerable cotempora.
yin its this mornings issue takes exception
to this sentence in the message of the Presi-
dent:
" UDdsr toe shelter Of this great liberty,
and protected by the laws and ucages Of the
government they assaii, associations have
been formed in some Of the States of indiyid.
nals who, pretending to seek only to prevent
the spread Of the institution of slavery into
tne present or future inchOate States of the
Union, ere really infamed with desire to
change thu domestic institutions Of existing
States
1t arraigns the Chief Magistrate with great
severity, iniimstes that he is inspired by emo.
tons OF anger, declares that he Z" has gone too
far in imputing revolutionary sentiments or
designs to so large a portion of the people of
the United States" II this arraignment of
the iHteAIgeHrsr shall lead to more careful
study Of the message, it will develop with how
great eHcuusPectiOn the President has put
forth his views on this important topic of sla-
very agitation. Nothing in it is exaggerated.
Nothing overstated. In a few sentences be.
yond the one quoted in the beginning of this
article, the President, as if anticipating lust
such superficial criticism az that Of the In.
tslIiss"cer, says;
" confidently believe that the great BODY
OF those who incOnsiderately took this fatal
step are sincerely attached to the Constitution
and the Union. They would, upon delibera-
'lOn, Shrink with unaffected horror from any
CONSCIOUS act Of disuniOn or civil war But
tney have entered into path which leads no.
vhere, unless II be to civil war and disunion,
and which has no other possible outlet Ihsp
nave pTocseGsd thus far tn that dtrertion m
consequence Of the successive stages of their
progress HGrtRg consisted of a series of SEE
o"aaTy issues, each of tchich professed to be
corbned icltktn Constitutional and peaceful
HH'fs, bNt chtcl. attempted tndtreetLy tcltat
JsAe Dtes tcSre milling TO do dtrectLy-tEat as
20 Ga SSgresstvsly against tbs constitutional
rtEAfs Of nearly one half Of tito thtTty-one
SLates"
The portion we italicise is a complete an
swer to the entire charge of the Inteliieenoer
Our venerable contemporaries have not real
lied, wsfear, the breadth and depth of the sec .
nOnsl organization which in tbs recent canvass
supported Colonel Fremont 1t was geo.
graphical organization. 1t was an organi.
sation of the people of the non-slaveholding
etate' into political party, proper, to oppose
the people Of the slaveholding States, upon
the angle but broad topic of slavery. 1t was
an organisation to make laws and govern the
country, by the one single test Of opposition
u slavery 1t was pledged to oppose slavery
night and left. The basis Of the organization
was reciprocal hate of section to section. In
II there was no recollection that North and
South composed a common country. The un.
DERIVING, the pervading sentiment of it all
the key nOte-was that the Shareholders of the
South were inSidious and dangerous, that they
were undermining the republic, and that they
were at all hazards to be resisted.
Hear what Governor Seward said in his Buff.
falo speech 1.-The local Southern law, and
ths National Constitutlon, make the slave.
holders privileged class. They are, there.
fore, faE nrtstOeaey 10 k o6horred and
arOlded.' Is Governor Seward "nopoms.
MIA" within the meaning Of our neighbors ?
might show (the same orator again pro-
ceeds,) that the Constitution is wrong in thus
ccncsding To a privileged class. [ might
show, GP|IoyI, that such a class would be d an.
gsrous. choose rather to teach you so to read
the history Of America, that you shall find its
one great lesson viii be hatred and dread Of
the aris,ocracy Of the South, for it's conduc
even more than for its privileges" Love for
the slave, and hatred Of tie STAKEHOLDER, il
the sentiment which fused and held toyethe r
this organization.
VIII tie JnisiI1ss7ceT gay, in view Of all
thi,-in view of the speech Of Gov. Seward
tia. eve cannot agree with the President that
80 strocicus purpose IL meditated or desired
by any portion Of our Northern population be.
yond few insane fanatics in certain local
itee9"
Inc message We found it impossible 10
serve portion Of cur subscribers with the
message last evening, without DELAYING our
resu ar edition cent TO them to an hour viii h
might have prevented them from receiving
either until this morning. Under q STANDING
and We think on the whole, proper regula
ton, no President permits an Executive me, IL.
sage to pass in type beyond the portal. Of n.
Government printing ofics until it's official
reaiipg shall have been commenced Thi.
regulation made it utterly impossible for us to
set it NJ after that reading began end to wo
II of in cur own Office in time to be served with
the daily Star, though one f our presses i
probably the fastest power press in the United
States s1Uth Of Baltimore. We therefore con
traet@d " tn our neighbors Of the Union Il
supply u with an edition Of the message to b.
str OK a Immediately after their own had
been worked. The hour at which they were
able t. begin working it Off under that ar.
rangsnsnt was 50 late as to make it necessary
for rs previously to send Of the Star for Alex
andria and the eastern portion of the city, or
to risk failing altogether, for the day, to sew,
our Subscribers in those quarters, to whom We
send she massage this afternoon. All others