Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-10-15
The Reception of the resident. We pre-.

The Reception Of the President. We pre-
sumo that the display this evening in connec-
tion with the reception of the President will
be very enthusiastic as well as imposing.
Personally he is exceedingly popular with all
parties here, because he is a true gentleman
in his intercourse with our citizens. The Dem
ocrats Of the District being greatly elated by
the result of the Pennsylvania election, too,
will be apt to turn out in great strength to
greet him. 1t will be perceived that the Dis
trict military will meet at the City Hall, at
p. m, to act under the command Of Colonel
Hickey, as an escort of honor for the occasion.
The President is expected to reach this city
by the o'clock train.
Extension Of slavery.-Although the Alb
clifton and Republican parties make a great
outcry against what they term the " extension
of slavery" yet they are perfectly aware that
there has been no such extension in the United
States since the abolition of the slave trade,
unless a trifing number of African slaves may
have been smuggled into the country contrary
10 the act of Congress. There has been diff
fusion of slavery over new Territories AID
States very much to the advantage Of both
master and slave, but not one individual has
been subjected to servitude who was previous
ly q freeman. Why then the vehemence and
rancor of opposition to the expansion Of slavery
over new regions? Ia it because, as they as
sert, they are not willing to increase the in
equality of representation already existing,
based upon the enumeration of three ffths of
the slaves as representative population? 1t
has been shown already, we think, in a pre-
viOus article, that this species of representa-
tion was a concession Of Southern, not If
Northern rights, and if it were not so the diff
fusion Of slavery would merely transfer this
inequality to a new locality and not increase
1t, since the three-ffths enumeration Of slaves
only relates to Representatives and not to Sen
ators.
Diffusion is important TO the South, chiefly for
two reasons :-One is, that restriction touches
our honor and degrades by depriving US of
the fullequality which it is the leading idea
Of the Federal Constitution to secure to each
Ou6 Ot lEe blstcTuOOt CLdttS 1uS OtutG
reason Is, that so long as the Union continues
to increase it is vitality necessary to US to pre-
serve by the formation Of new States tie
equilibrium in the Senate between the slave
holding and nOn-saveholding States So soon
as this equilibrium is seriously disturbed, all
sense Of security, without which no govern.
ment is worth preserving, will be lost and
disunion will become inevitable.
1t is apparent, then, how deeply interested
We are in the principle Of the Kansas N braska
bill. If there be no hostile legislation by Co..
gress, and We are fairly beaten in the race Of
competition in settling new Territories and Or
ganizing future States, we must submit as mat.
ter Of course, unless the oppression of the domi.
nant majority be 80 intolerable that it will be-
come our duty to resort to the final arbiter-
the ultima ratio regups--for the maintenance
OF our rights, outside of the Constitution and
the Union. 1t is to be hoped that this resort
may never become necessary. There are
weak mon in the South who do net appreciate
the magnitude of the great crisis, and there
are traitors-happily, we believe, but few
who understanding the issue, yet are willing
to betray their section, and thereby leopard
the stability of the Union. The Southern
States can never consent to be branded and
disgraced by the refusal of recognition as
equal members of the Confederacy. If it be
impossible to preserve sectional equilibrium
in the Senate-if we have not States to be
admitted pari passu with free States-at all
events We have the right to demand that 1t
must not be through the action of the Gen.
eral Government, by the application of Will.
mot provisoes,' missouri restrictions" OF
Jefersonian ordinances to the Territories,
that We are to be deprived Of the opportunity
Of forming new slave States.
secretary Mccl,llsnd Secretary McClel-
land, Of the Interior Department, reached
Washington last night on his return from his
late trip to his residence in Michigan. His
numerous friends will rejoice to know that his
appearance indicates that he is in the enjoy
ment Of excellent health.
List Of Patents issued from the United
States Patent Office for the week ending De.
tOber IA, lS56-each bearing that date:
Pliny L. Chase, of Philadelphia, Pa.-For
arrangement Of means for regulating the
draught Of steam boilers.
Lydia Atwood and C o. Crosby, admins
traitors Of Charles Atwood, deceased, of New
York, N Y.-For improvement in sticking
pins in paper.
Otis Avery, Of Bethany, Pa.-For improve
ment in guides for working button holes.
BALKAN Il. Anderson, Of Chillicothe, Ohio
For improved canal bridge.
Lydia Atwood and c. o. Crosby, admins.
traitor Of Chas. Atwood, deceased, late of New
York, N. Y-For improvement in papering
pins.
James Bourbin, Of San Francisco, Cal.-For
improvement in excavators.
J. W. Barnes, Of Murfreesboro', N. C.-For
improved manure distributor
Walker B. Bartram, of w aterbury, Ocnn.-
For improvement in sticking pins in paper
W. L. Barnes, Of Buffalo, N Y, and Jacob
Barnes, of Oakville, Canada West For i'm
proved pump
Joel W. cormack & Ferdinand c Walker,