Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-04

In spite Of the provisions In the late Compromise
| act and IL II does, will not struggle Use in
| congress, headed by Douglas, who will seek a
| new triumph over the Administration and the
South, by overthrowing the Compromise and
| forcing Kansas into the Union, Now here is an
important issue directly before US, to be inhu-
enced by this election ia which Douglas IL again,
/ by the aid Of the Abolitionists in Congress, to
| exert his power against the Administration and
| the South. The corstitutiondlist thinks il sur
prising that any one in the South should be OPP
posed to the election Of Douglas. We only
| surprised that single man in the South can be
| found to be In favor Of bis election. We of the
| south are to abandon the men and the party
which are true to us-to abandon Breese, and
| Reynolds, and Fitch, and to support a renegade.
We are to arraign the President as - wickediy
been faithful to his Administrator on a great
Southern issue, and which will be faithful In an
other Southern issue which N yet surely to arise;
| and we are to take into our embraces that man
who has just abandoned and defeated us, and Is
prepared to repeat his gracious hostility.
. For our part, we support the dministration In
afiliation with Douglas. We are In favor Of the
Lecompton Democracy, and Mr.. Breese for the
| Senate Of the United States from Illinois. We
could not favor the reelection Of Douglas, unless
| we were secretly In love with his apostacy, de-
sired the late compromise Kansas act to be vio-
| lated, and aimed at the defeat and disgrace Of
the South. A faithless friend is always worse
| than an open enemy. What abolitionist could
| have done one tithe the mischief Douglas perpe-
| trated on the south, the administration. and the
Democratic party at the last session of Congress?
Yet we are called upon to re-commisson this
| miserable and unprincipled deserter, and, as a
| leading Democrat Of the Northwest, to put him
| In position where he can again bring discount
| ture upon the Democratic party in its southern
| policy. But 1t is absurdlv urged that we are
called upon to select between opponents more or
! less bitter. IL the Democratic party of illinois
gislature, they will compel the Douglasites to
| elect Breese. Nor in any case is Ii a choice of
opponents. We are to fetch this traitor in our
camp, give him the right hand Of fellowship,
| and install him in power. We are to forgive his
| contumacious desertion and betrayal, to set up
| the evil example Of his course for imitation of
| northwestern Democrats in similar emergencies.
We are to sow the seeds Of treachery broadcast
| through the remnant Of the party North-the
seeds of dstrlIst and alienation throuo bout the
South. Decentralization and detection will follow
| South, will be the fruit.
| These are the evils Of pardoning and support.
| Ing Douglas. The election Of Black RepubIi.
| can is nothing in comparison Ii Doug las I've re-.
| admitted into the Democratic party and Kansas
be brought In free State, after her rejection as
slave State, and In violation Of the late compro-
mise, the Democratic party Is forever gone The
party is now weak at the North. 1t will be di.
vided and repudiated at the South, and, between
the sections, fall hopelessly to the earth We
can well understand how the innumerable band
OF selfish Southern aspirants to the Presidency or
other high office, with their many friends and
followers, can seek to improve their momentary
CndHceS al tne expense OF the Responsibility,
rity and permanent integrity Of the party which
they are each using for his own private ends; but
we cannot understand how the PARTY or the Union
are to be be benefited by the ignoring Of faithless
detection on a question Of vital Importance TO
that section where the strength Of the party lies
la shifting, shutting policy. the party must 90
down, disorganiz.d and destroyed. It's only hope
Is in the strict maintenance of It's which
uphold the rights Of the South. IL these are
abandoned to save the remnant Of the party at the
North nought but faction in search Of spoils is
left and the fate of such, in these times Of ex-
element, may he predicted with certainty.
Wire. pullers cannot much longer hoodwink the
people Of the South.
BURNING OF THE QUARANTINE BUILDINGS
AT New York The New York papers of yes
terday are filled with particulars of the burn.
ing Of the quarantine buildings on Staten
Island. Unless the accounts are greatly ex
aggerated, this outrage is the most inhuman
We have ever read Of as being perpetrated in
an enlightened and christianized community,
by men protesting respectability. 1t is not
merely that the buildings are destroyed, but
that they were destroyed at time when they
were filed to repletion with the sick and dy-
ing, for whose future accommodations no pro-
vision had been made. 1t will be seen, by
reference to our news column, that the helpless
laid on the grass-plats, in the open air, and
exposed to the scorching heat and burning
cinders from the coufagration. 1t is but nat
ural to suppose the deceass of numbers of the
sick would almost necessarily follow from this
exposure alone but when we consider that, in
addition, they will have to be removed to other
less convenient and commodious quarters than
those so ruthlessly destroyed, their So bsequent
recovery would seem to depend on the almost
miraculous interposition Of Divine Providence
And what was the cause of this outrage? Read
the following answer to that question, which
we take from the New York Times:
"The difficulties OF the quarantine have been
on the increase for the past twenty wears as the
population in the neighborhood Of the hospitals
Island and built themselves costly and luxurjous
villas in .he vicinity of lszaretto that has been
In existence more than half a century, and then
have complained that IL Is an injury to their pro-
perty aud dangerous to their heaiths The natu.
raj answer 10 all such complaints is that those
who do not like to live i'm close proximity 10 a
pest house should remove their residences to
more healthy or more agreeable location. II the
hospitals had been placed among Them against
their wishes, there would have been shadow of
justice In their outrageous conduct"
This outrage, which we would have supposed
no civilized community capable Of perpetra-
ting, Is but another evidence of the deleterious
influences of that higher lavish " that leads
men to defy all regulations for the government
of society, and set at naught every principle of
Christianity and morality, for the accom- plish.
ment Of their own purposes, be the latter right
or wrong i
The GREAT CABLE CELKBR rIoN-THE Mil.
IrARY AND Civic DISPLAY YOU'VE MEMS
CHRISTIAN observation-disclosures OF THE
DAY.
Correspondence Of The Star
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. I, 1858.
This has been truly a gala day in Philadelphia
the cable, apparently, being the only thing
thought Of in the city to-day. Look in which
direction you might, the beholder sees flags
thrown to the breeze, pictures displayed, bands
discoursing soul-stirring music, vast sea of hu.
man beings moving through all the streets-and
all In honor Of the great achievement of the nine
teenth century. The weather was dellghtful-a
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