Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-09-20
SPIRIT OF TEE MORNING PRESS.

The Union dissects Mr.. Speaker Banks and
his recent speech on his return to Massachu
sets, in a manner which must be exceedingly
unpleasant to the victim. The Union quote,
from Mr.. Banks:
"There is only one remark made in antici.
patton o. that success which we hope to attain
and which our enemies concede in a great
measure will come to US, and that is, that
the Union Of the States will be dissolved when.
ever that new era shall have been commenced
l am friend of the Union of the States; 1
have never been otherwise At no moment of
my life, in no paroxysm of indignation, under
no feeling of excitement, have ever uttered
word or cherished a thought except that of
the highest veneretion and deepest love for
the Union Of these States. Long may it con-
tinue as it is, unchanged, Long may it con-
tlnue so long as the stars Of the armament
OF God above US shall be the bright prototype
of the stars of our glorious Union II, But have
to say 1chat knotc to be true, that in no event
of human history will the Union Of these States
be dissolved. Cheers
II can conceive of time when this consti-
tuition shall Lot be in existence when we
shall have an absolute military dictatorial
government, transmitted from age to age
with men at its head who are made rulers by
military commission, or who claim an heredi-
taTy right 10 govern those over whom they
are placed. But the dissolution of these States
VIII never come No party that has posses
sion Of the Union will allow the minority to
break the bands. They may subject US they
will never divide Us. Whether the govern
ment is that Of republic, that of q monarchy,
or thai Of an absolute despotism, the love of
the Union will be deep in the hearts of rulers
and ruled so long as the history Of man shall
last
Commenting with great severity upon these
atrocious sentiments uttered by an American
citizen, the Union concludes:
eve had overrated Mr. Banks There is a
very weak place somewhere In his moral and
intellectual formation. His bosom friend and
leader, We do not doubt, has been bis adviser
They are both deceived, and both have de
celved others. In single moment, in a single
speech, the Speaker has lost the prestige of his
life. His doom like that Of bis party. is sealed.
They will 90 down never to rise. Whenever
a man or set Of men make a question between
their vanity, their passions their ambition, and
thftT country, its hopes, its interests, its glo-
RES, its immortal future, they will inevitably
De always vanished"
The IntsittgsHcer "postpones to-day Goa
gressional debate, foreign correspondence,
multitudinOus communicatIo and nearly
every thing else, to appropriate our Tits space
to the proceedings and speeches in the recent
Wing Convention in Baltimore, which, from
the great personal respectsbility of its mem.
bers and the Importance Of its deliberations,
deserves to have its aims and sentiments placed
N the fullest manner before the country"
The intet(tgeneer goes on ccquetting with
the Fillmore nomination, with a maidenly
coyness, peculiarly rich-thus:
If 1t should be objscted to this assembly
that 1t was not entirely national or not exclu-
slvely and purely Whig-that one Of its ora
tors indeed repudiated for it the name of Old.
Line Wight embodied so much of both Of
these qualities as to entitIe its recommends
tons 10 great consideration with all Wings
throughout the country, to say nothing of the
intrinsic title to their respect Of the eminent
citizen whose nomination to the Presidency by
another party they have approved and ratified.
This respectful consideration we shall our
selves bestou on its recommendations, with
every disposition to yield to them such favor
able construction and such support as fidelity
to principle and due regard to the peculiar
circumstances Of the country shall dictate to
rs as proper and patriotic"
We take il the IntetiIgencer's bold Know
Nothing wooer will not be slow in accepting
this avowal as tho bashful ''yes" to his hither-
to hslf.rejected suit.