Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-15
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

confused is the poltical state of the 0pposi
ton in the House, that it will be severa
months ere the facts concerning individual
honorable members, which we design bring
ing to the public notice from time to time
VIII be very generally appreciated. In con.
versation on this subject with one of the sup
porters Ut Mr.. Banks, who, from that fact only
Is thought to be member of the new Republi
can organization, we came to the conclusion
tnat at this hour there are not more than thir
ty-hve in the Hall who have made up theil
minds, fully, to sink or swim with the new
party for whose benefit the Speakers com.
mittee-slate was drawn up, and under the con-
troll Of which he evidently aimed as far as
possible to place the legislation of the session
We need say little upon the extraordinary
fact, that though various of his supporters
claimed with indignant vehemence In the
course of the recent contest, that he was a
member of the American party in full COM
munion, not mothers son among all the gen.
tlemen of acknowledged abilities Of that
party is named for the Craftsmanship of a
committee! Wemean the National American
party-not one. Though more or less of
them aided his election by throwing their
votes away, the only one of them whom he has
seen fit to compliment in his arrangements, is
the honorable member from Maryland, whose
so extraordinary action so signally deserved
a return, in kind, as that we do not see how
he could decently have refrained from naming
him, though an inexperienced member, to a
post usually written down to be one of honor.
In this case, however, the act of selecting him
alone out from among all with whom he hap
pens to stand, for a signal mark of the Chair
favor just after his refusal to stand with the,
otherwise, unanimous band of Southern repre-
sentatives, will, doubtless, give rise to :eAec-
tions upon-shall We say the uncertainty of
politics-anything but agreeable to those who
entertain just pride of the history of Mary
land.
lie has Ostracsed the South completely;
has emphatically and Intentionally deprived a
great section of the Union-fifteen States-of
the lead on every committee but one, and
that one committee wherein that section has
at this time little interest The committee
wherein the rights and interests of that Sec
tion are to be disposed of las far as that can
be done in committee,) has been placed un.
der the guardianship of gentlemen famed for
bitter and undying hostility to the section in
question, who are av0wed advocates for the
application of higher laws'' than those of the
land, and the constitution, to the adjustment of
all questions involving Southern rights We
knew it to be the aUo1oed purpose of those
who guide the counsels of the Republican
party to "make a thorough revolution in
American public affairs if possible. Yet we
did not believe that without feeling sure of n
working majority in the House, they would
venture to dictate to the Speaker a policy
which bore on its face thus, the purpose of
conducting the business Of the House avowedly
on the " higher law doctrine. The guod
erat ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS plain and unavoid
able corollary of the bold effort to ignore the
political existence Of the Southern half of the
confederacy, is the lesson it conveys to the
Southern opposition masses, who not long
since beloved themselves hoarse over the
triumph, in the Congressional elections, of
three-fourths of the supporters of Mr.. Banks
in the late struggle. What American partyism
put its heel on Southern rights, is thus made
plain.
We sincerely believe that every American
party member from the South earnestly at
tached to the constitutional rights of the
South, at length comprehends that the practi-
cal effect Of raising the cry Of Americanism in
the late northern Congressional elections, has
been tosecure the triumph of gentlemen for the
most part bitterly hostile to the South. We
believe, further, that with very few excep-
tions, indeed, they fsresee the necessity Of
standing manfully by the policy of the grea,
Democratic party during the session, and are
prepared to do their duty to their constitu.
ents. He must be blind, indeed, who doel
not comprehend that they cannot join shield.
with their late opponents before the people
without by that act inducing their supporter
at home to do the same thing in the approach
ing Presidential election, wherein the contest
where there iG alone to be serious contest
in the North-is to be between the Democraoy
and the Republican party; the latter Amin,
to continue its tactics of protesting "Ameri
canism" to strengthen abolitionism.
"0ur SuHerings 10 Intolerable. "-.Ou
patriotic, talented, truthful and ingenuou
nsighbor is in very bad way over the recen
election Of House printer--awfully gripet
indeed; and apparently 30 rabid as to be a
swapping at its own friends right and left Ii
its issue of yesterday we find raw head ant
blody-bones article, castigating the Southern
Americans for voting for Mr. Wendell to pre-
vent the contest for the House printing from
costing the Treasury more than the whole cos
of the work that officer will be required t
execute-from which we extract as follows ::
| at has been currently reported during th,
last few days, that Mr. Wendell had promise,
a portion Of the proceeds Of the public prin
Il ting 10 some ,SOHfLSrl Amarioans IN ho IL,