Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-03-25
STAR.

Ihe Times.-The Richmond Euou,rsr re-
fects wisely and soundly indeed upou the
great political problem of the dsy-the dan.
gers to the confederacy from Abolition aesres.
sion. In recent article, after fejoicing over
the fact that in the conduct Of our foreign re-
lations tho administration will have plain sail
ing, 1t turns to the contemplation of the do
msstic difficulties surrounding the Executive
branch of the Government of the United
States, on which it remarks as follows:
| "Our domestic matters are more difficult to
accord and attune to the satisfaction of all Sec
uons and parties, from the fact, not that the
growth of the country and addition Of new
states have at all modified the force or effect
| either OF the Federal Consultation or the SOW
erelgnty OF the States not tn lat the rights and
! interests, the powers and spheres Of the Gene.
raj doVernment in contrsdstinc'ioa to the
several States, and of each State with respect
10 itself and the other members of the Con
| federacy, are not as marked and distinct as
| ever; but because there are more malcontepts
In tho country than formerly-more men who
are MT for treason, stratagem and spoils - be-
| cause the equality OF the State is not so uni
versaliy unquestioned as it used to be be
cause Abolitonism is allowed to stalk abroad
ana to throw the apple Of discord into the
councils of the nation
Legitimate questions originat in honest
dlterences of opinion and pertaining to the
welfare OF the whole country, without in
vading the sanctity of the sovereign States.
and belonging, by birth-right, to the jursdic
tion OF the national lie egisl ature, have alvays
been discussed, adjudicsted and adjusted,
without arraying the States of one section ia
deadly antagonism to those of another with.
out epgendfring hatred and malice on tie
part OF tie citizen of Connecticut against the
citizen of Virginia; without discovering the
bonds q brotherhood between any of the
American people. But since the domestic in
stitutions of some of the sovereign States have
been selected as objects Of assault by the leg.
lslatlve bodies of other States, since il is at.
tempted to pervert tie powers of the Federal
doyernment to tie control of the exclusive
ahalrs OF the separate sovereignties, by whose
authority, under whose auspices, at whose op
tIon the Federal Government had its being.
the Union itself is subject to shocks, which
have already severely tested its strength and
are likely to test 1t more severely still. And
1t is for this reason and this alone that the ar.
duous duties of the newly-naugurated admir-
lstratlon are almost appalling to contemplate
When Wings and Democrats were the only
combatants in the arena, there was no appre-
hension Of revolution and ruin on the part of
the people.
Their contests were upon principles, and
both subscribed to the supremacy of the Con-
stitution But, now, that almost all national
legislation is lost in the absorbin sectional
issue between those who still stand by the
Constitution as the palladium Of liberty and
the Union, and those who curse and cry down
everything that interpOses protection to the
siaveholding States, every move upon the poll
t1cal chess-board is watched with eager inter
est, and the result of the great game that is
being played out by abolitionism against law,
is anticipated with an anxiety that argues ill
for the fate Of the Republic, in the event Of
victory to the traitors. The game is coming
to close the contest is waxing warmer and
warmer Year. after year abolitionism has
been encroaching, growing stronger and bolder
as IT has advanced upon the object of its envy
and hate. Franklin Pierce bore the brunt of
many of its most terrible onsets upon the in.
stitutions of the South. manfully and we'll
Events have been, and are still rapidly riper-
ing to final close of the contest which Is 10
determine either speedy disruption or the
perpetuity of the Union. And it remains for
the administration Of James Buchanan either
to occupy the concluding chapter, or to open
new era in the political history Of the United
States.
"In the patriotism, ability and experience
tive cabinet of constitutional statesmen around
him, we have assuf rance, made doubly sure by
the principles and policy proclaimed in the
inaugural, that, whether with reference to
our foreign relations or domestic dissensions,
all that mortal man can do, will be done by
the administration, to advance the interests,
maintain the honor and perpetuate the insti.
tutions of our country"
List Of Patents.-The following is the list
of Patents issued from the United Statos Pat
ent Office for the week ending March "A, 1857;
each bearing that date: -.
James Arnold, of Louisville, ky.-For
Improvement in cordage machines.
Norman Aylsworth, of Rochester, N. Y
For improven ent in casting railway car
wheels.
Abel Barker, Of Honesdale, Pa.-For i'm
provement in rotary pumps.
Albert s. Carleton, of Clinton, Mass For
i'm provement in manufacturing cotton annel.
Jacob D. Custer, of Norristown, Pa.-For
improved method of lubricating under pres
sure.
John P Derby, of Cavendish, VT For i'm
provement in shirt studs.
George Esterly, of Heart Prairie, Wis.-For
improvem ement in harvesting machines.
John T. Foster and Jacob j. Banta Of Jer.
sey City, N. ] +, and Jas IL. Banta, of Pier
mont, N. Y.-For improvement ia weather
strips for doors, windows, DC.
Geo. W. Griswold, of Carbondale, Pa.-For
improvement in rotary pumps
franklin Kendall, of Bath, Me.-For
improved method Of operating double car
riages in saw mills.
SamI Mason, of Indian Springs, Md.-For
improvement in clamps for brooms
ira Merrill, of Shelburne Falls, Mass.-For
improvement in machines for breaking slabs
or blocks of stone into regular forms.
Philip O'Reilly, of Providence, r. For
improved apparatus for making nitric acid.
Andrew Ralston, of West Middletown, Pa.
For improvement in pocket lanterns.
Sam'l Reynolds, of Oswego, n. Y.-For im-
proved water wheel
Lawrence Reid, Of Barren Island, N "
For Improvement in processes for preparing
fertilizers. Il
stephen Scottop, of Richmond, Ind For
improved portable cross-cut saving machine
fheophsus Z. Sickells, of Kenneth Square.
Pa.-For improvement in steam brakes for
railroad cars.
Norman Smith, of stonington, Conn For
improvement in operating ships vindlass.
Augustus Stoner,. of Mount Joy, Pa For
In A~~I Lii