Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-06-18
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"Tbere is one Luther N. Long, who repre-.
sents Iowa, is or was recently resident Of
this city, and edited magazine in connection
with Chsuncey G. Burr, called The National.
and purporting to be published by Long d
Burr
Then there is VIM. J. A Fuller, purport-
ing to be delegate at large from Michigan
voting for Chase, of Ohio, is also resident Of
this city, and was formerly connected, we be
lisve, with the Evening Mirror, but now Of
Leslie's illustrated paper. 1t is doubtful
whether be ever saw Michigan.
"Then there is c. Brown, accredited rep
resentative of Oregon, q resident of Westches-
ter county
"Elihu Smith, who is delegate from Rens-
selaer county, lives and does business in Al
bany county. The Troy Wing says that q
man could not be found in Rensselaer, to ac-
cept the representative character, SO they were
compelled to select a man from another place.
Here is q specimen Of what We call very
funny convention. There are good and wise
men in it, but as q whole, it Is very speckled,
very striped, very crooked, and infinitely full
Of humor to any one who can see and enjoy
joke"
Senators Butler and Sumner.-The public
will find on reading the recent speech Of Sem
ator Butler, that he completely disproved the
allegation sworn to by Senator Sumner before
the Investigating Committee, that the tone
towards Mr.. B., of his (Mr. S.'s) last speech
was the result of the tone of that gentleman's
last previous speech upon the Kansas ques-
ton; which, as We remarked day or two
since, is characterized by the editor of the
Boston Courier as digni6ed, moderate, re-
spectful, eloquent and powerful. A concerted
effort to change the issue between Messrs.
Butler and Sumner has been made since Judge
b. delivered bis speech, by alleging that Mr..
Summers classification is to be found in speeches
delivered some years ago, and not in the ore
on which Mr.. S. evidently places his own re-
lance according to the affidavit in which he
INDUCES in so much funny and indiscriminate
swearing with reference to Senators Slidell,
Douglas and others. This last dodge"-for
it is simply a dodge, and a very disreputable
one at that's merely equivalent to a decla-
rstion tn at for four years, while protesting to
be on very friendly terms with Mr.. Butler,
Mr.. Summers heart has been filed with the
most venomous spirit towards that gentleman,
upon whom he has smiled daily while seeking
for an opportunity to injure his reputation
as a man, with teeth, claws, and toe nails,
when he should not be present 10 defend
himself in person. Really, the speech of Sem
stor Sumner was sufficiently disreputable,
without adding to the circumstances under
which it was delivered, the imputation of the
Cassius-like demeanor on the part of Mr.. s.
now being attributed to him by his friends in
and out of the Senate chamber.
Hoping against Hope.-Some of the Re-
publican members of Congress still continue
anxiously to look for Mr.. Fillmore declension
of the regular Know Nothing party presiden-
tial nomination on his return to the United
States. All well-informed persons compre-
bend the fact that his refusal to decline will
insure New York to the Democrats. and, pos
sibly, Massachusetts,. Hence the anxiety to
which we refer above. Mr. Fillmore and his
immediate friends have been hunted like
wild beasts for years past by those who pull
the Republican party strings, and he is not the
man to forget that fact ; more especially when
to ignore it will be to place the government
under the control Of party whose ends and
aims be regards as reasonable and fraught
with extreme danger to the future of the coun-
try. If Judge Mclean be nomin ated at Phil.
adelphia to day or Tomorrow, the attitude of
Mr.. Fillmore will have brought that event
about-nothing else the hope of the Repub-
lican party leaders being that he (Mr. F.
may finally be induced to withdraw in the
Judges favor. Vain hope that 1t will be
found utterly impossible to induce him to do
aught likely greatly to strengthen the power
of Mr.. VIM. Ii. Seward and his immediate
friends in the opposition to the Democratic
party. That is the question at which the con.
sentative friends of Mr.. Fillmore are looking,
and their position with reference to it is not
to be shaken, or we are greatly mistaken.
Professor Dimitry. that some
of our Know Nothing contemporaries are essay
ing to create prejudices against Professor Dimi
try of Louisiana, recently appointed translator
to the State Department, (vice l.. F. Tasistro,
Esq, resigned) on account of the faith in
which he was reared, the Catholic church, we
have to say that Mr.. d. is one of the most
learned and accomplished gentlemen in Amer
lea. Georgetown College, his Alma Mater,
during its long career of usefulness, among
all the bright scholars it has been its good
fortune to turn out, has graduated no other
gentleman so deservedly distinguished for va
ried and solid learning and elegant literary
taste and attachments. The country might
have been searched over in vain to find an
other gentleman whose acceptance of the po-
sition to which Mr.. D. has been appointed
would have been more fortunate for the pub
lie interest. The objection to the appointment
of such gentleman in the public service on
account of his religion, is in fair keeping with
the ignorance and fanatical prejudice of the
spirit of bastard Americanism that disgraces
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