The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-11-14
A GOOD IDEA.

A GOOD IDEA.s % II
The Boston Transcript, referring to the
approaching municipal election in that city,
says: R | M 88
"There is one element in the approaching
contest which has not entered into the
calculation of those heretofore busiest in pulling
the wires. There is certain organization IN this
aity--some two thousand stropg pledged to Sc
cure the nomination of the best men to the
various municipal offices. Their purpose is to
aid in the election of none but men of undoubted
morals and elevation of character, andiai to
purge our city government from all faint OF immo-
rality and rid all departments of it from the
charge of conniyng atlviolations oflaw.r H ilt
NE commend this to the notice Of the
moral, sober, order-loving citizens Of this me-
tropois of the United States now disgraced
and, in the busy hours Of the day as in what
should be the silent watches of the night,
infested with pestilent gangs Of rowdies and
,assassins. Night is made hideous, and the
day dangerous by the congregations of these
creatures, and yet we might as well have no
police, no mayor, no law, and no officers Of
the law, as those we have to look to for pro-
lection. In this state of things the citizens of
Washington should organize for selfdefence
and mutual protection; and they should, set
ting aside all purity afinities, come together
and pledge themselves each to the other to
nominate and support for mayor and members
| of the city government none but men of ire
proachable character, moral habits, nerve, and
| energy Let us for time, so far as our city
is concerned, forget, if we are permitted to do
so, that there are political differences amongst
us let these be merged in the effort to restore
order, quiet, and security to our city. ,l
MIR. BUCHANAN AND3THE MISSOURI
s4 &na COMPROMISES. nfa
From Gales Seatons Register Of Debates in Con
gress Vol. xii, Part !, Page 1878. MoNpAr, April
20, 1885. t
|. Mr.. BUCHANAN presented a petition from the
Society of Friends in Philadelphia on the presenta
ton of which he addressed the Senate to the fol-
lowing efect:4 >a 1Iu ta.al. aa.
t&. So 4.l 49, nl 49, ~
"When the highly respectable committee who
had charge of Uhis memorial called upon him this
morning and requested him to present tito the
Senate, he felt it to be his duty to inform them in
what relation he stood to the question. He stated
to them that he had been requested by the Dele
gaze from ATkaHsiS luke CHaTRe Ol the appECd-
zion of that Territory to be admitted into the
Union, and that he had cheerfnlly taken upon
himself the performance of this duty He also
read to them the Sth section Of the act of Con,
gress of the 9th of March, 1920 containing the
| famous Missouri Compromise, and informed them
that the whole Territory of Arkansas was south OF
SO degrees and half north latitude and that he
regarded this compromise, considering the ca
| citing and alarming circumstances upder Dhich
1t acas made, and the dangers to the eristence of
| The Union ohich ii had removed, to be almost
as sacreI as the constitutional provision. That
| there might be no mistake on the subject he had
also informed them that, in presenting their me.
mortal, he should feel it to be his duty to state
these facts to the Senate" , .
IfMr. Buchanan had then been told that he
/! ! would one day declare, in substance, that the
Missouri Compromise was upcoastit4tiond
and void, show it could ever have been doubted
is a mystery" we opine he would have indig-
nantly answered as Hazeel answered Elisha;
What! is thy servant a dog that he should
! do this thing ?" Nevertheless he did it,
| 1.-THE UNTERRIFIED.,