The Washington union., 1857-09-12

The extracts which we give to-day are from mpapers
published in extreme and opposition sections OF the
Union--fom the press Of Maine and Georgia, OF
Massachusetts, and the Carolinas, Pennsylvania and
Virginia, New York, New Hampshire, Ohio, Indiana,
and Iowa, Maryland and Rhode Island-from the
press Of northern and southern eastern and western
States No stronger or more gratifying evidence
could be furnished of the nationality Of the demo-
cratic party than is to be found in the subjoned
tracts Tho President in his admirable letter, has
evidently touched chord whose patriotic vibrations
are and felt throughout the length and breadth
of the land.
From tho Cleveland (ohio) Plain Dealer.
Pierce had thiry-ve hundred New England parsons after
him Sin the name Of Almighty God " but Buchanan has
only forty the old Bashan number, with His terrible
Majesty TO back them, and which Bulls 'Old Buck
puts To fight with single dash of his pen What pu-
sanimous set of pmps these pous pretenders OF New
England called the priesthood have become They have
idea but they empowered of Heaven to regulate
the things Of this earh and dictate to men what they
shall think and to the government what It shall do
For political information they read the New York Irib
une and the statements of Horace Greeley the greatest
political liar in America, words of inspiration to them
They preach political sermons from the Tribune as text
book they found their prayers upon its vocabulary of lies
and sin the name of Almighty God and Of ellis terrible
Majesty they threaten the powers that be with the
geance of the Most High Wonderful men 1t was to
protect the people from the tyranny intolerance, and
persecution of just such blind bgos they that this gov
erninent established.
We had supposed this political prest6raf poiti
cal praying and screachng arcehad been played out,
but it that there forty ministers left fools
enough to think they get hearing in the High Court
above. They say to the President, 'Your excellency
may rest assured that shall not refrain from the prayer
that Almighty God will make your administration an
ample of justice and benefcence, and with His terrible Ma
~, our and orr constitution -
That is just what Brigader General Beecher and his
thive hundred praying priests undertook to do last
year They marshaed all their forces for regular Pen
tacost fight and called God to help elect Fremont
but either God did not hear their petitions else he
fused to fight the fusion side, for whpt Beecher,
Greeley, the New England clergy, and the 'two FIRE.
monts' all to fits.
1t is no use for these latterday republicans call
God for help. He evidently is not with them, but is s
witness tho result of the last presidential eection most
decidedly against them He was no doubt friend of
the early republicans and guided them in achieving the
revolution and forming the constitution. He with
Washington at Valley Forge at Brandywine, and at the
final battle of Yorktown. He present in the
ton which framed the constitution and called upon
to conciate contendng factions in the final adoption of
that instrument AS the fruits of that revolution and
under that constitution country has become the
vel Of the world and it is folly to suppose that the Al
mighty desires to see his handwork demolished by
a crazy set of dsunionists
Now we say let these forty political parsons pray
these fory Bulls Of Bashan Nobody is frighten-
ed, nobody hurt. The Church have nothing else for
these painpered menals to do They have pounded
their pupts to pieces preaching politics to the people
Christ and Him crucied has become obsolete and they
have got just much to say in order to be ready that
'great SALARY day.
Io that Is wsest can penetrate the future deepest
From the Baltimore Republican
The reply of President Buchanan to tho political clergy
of New Engandhis mastery defence of himself and the
constitution from the charges of these natcshas been
received throughout the country by all honest with
feeling of pride and approval,
The sound, discriminating judgment for which Mr.. Bu-
chanan has been distinguished clear
ly fully acknowledged than in this most admira
BILE paper The argument and the spirit alike
vincing and temperate None but those determined not
be satisfied find anything to object to Professor
Sillnian himself who headed the famous reonstrance,
is evidently ashamed of it, and is endeavorng to lessen
tho feeling against him as its presumed author by
ing that the paper prepared by other hands, and he
only signed 1t is impossible for Professor Siman es
cape the just oum which attaches to the voluntary SLAM
dercr by fimsy excuse this. The who will
deliberately ax his signature to charges such this pa
per makes against the President is libeller and SLAM
dercr before God and the country and such
hope to regain the confidence respect of honorable
men.
1t is WELL perhaps that these charges were made as
they have drawn forth argument conclusive, so
overwhelming In its calmness and power crush
the pretensions of these reverend politicians and satisfy
the whole country not only of the ability but of the in
tegrty Of the who has by its voice been placed at
the helm of State.
To who labored earnestly for the elevation of Mr.
Buchanan 1t is most gratifying to his heart
lily commended by the people at large
If the wise, conservative views of the President shall
be faithfully carried out by the coming Congress- may
hope for return of that confidence and peace which
the best guarantee for future glory and prosperity
tho Middcown Conn Sentinel
The reader will not fail to observe the letter of Mr.
Buchanan in reply TO memorial signed by Prof Sill
and fortytwo Others citizens of Connecticut who
the right to instruct him in his duty and who in
solenty impute to him violation of his official OATH and
positive dereicon of duty, which would if true, Mr.
Buchanan says, consign his name to infamy The
of these forty godly pharsees give else
where They said by papers to be mostly preach
of the gospel but whether lay clerical preachers
they certainly have not been faithful readers of the gos
pei closer study of which would make them wiser men,
and would have prevented their signing such docu-
ment which must render them objects of public rdcule
and scorn
The memorial is based wholly upon false assumptions,
and asserts true number of things which wholly
false The President shows that the Territory of Kansas
had been organized under the act of Congress of May 80
1854 that under that act there had been appointed by
President Pierce with the of the Senate
governor Justices and other civil officers that Congress
had recognised the legality of the territorial legislature
and the validity of the laws passed by them and that in
brief the government of Kansas well established as
pharisacal gentlemen to be alsehoods they
set that the President is endeavoing to orcc the peo
pie of Kansas to obey laws not their of the Uni
ted Saes better knowledge of the history of Kansas
and less reliance upon the humbugs of such sheets the
New York Tribune, would have saved them from the
modification of uttering such an untruth. military
force has been sent into Kansas it is true but it has