Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-08-19

TnrPou5ttcl Service.

Unreauittcrl Service.
The Detroit free press very pointedly
says that in the newspape. discussion
of the question of the right of search,
growing out of the recent operations in
the Gulf the only prominent journals
which advocated the search doctrine are
American. The leading English jour
nails have all taken the other side of the
controversy. And the British govern
mcnt has adopted the views of the Lon
don Times instead of those Of the New
York Tribunc-in this respect acting
upon the advice of the officers Of the
that the right of search does not
exist in time of peace. The New York
Tribune, the New York Evening Post,
the Louisville journal, the Albany
journal, the Philadelphia North Amer
lean, and the other Black Republican
sheets which have asserted and supper
ted the right, have thus proffered ser
vices which are not appreciated in Eng
land. They have out-Britished the
British. They have invited aggressions
upon American commerce which En-
lish public opinion says is unlawful and
wrong, and for INDUCING in which on
the late occasions English naval officers
will be called home and punished. 1t
is a pity that the labors of those would
be British organs should be thrown a.
way. We think that it should be at
least acknowledged by the British
But it is doubtful whether it will be-
No such services having been engaged
it having been voluntary-there is no
disposition to requite it in any way.
aaa-It may be set down as a fact that
Kentucky is a Democratic State. The
majority at the recent election for Re
will, Dcmoc ratio candidate in that State
for Clerk of the Court of appeals is
about II 90. This result is gratifying
as certain indication as to where Ken
lucky may be found at the next Presi-
Dental contest.
Present events arc surely Indicative
| the overthrow of s~ectionalism, and the
building up of a healthy national sem
timent in the Union. Black Republi-
canism may maintain a miserable exis-
tence in narrow hooks and fanatical
corners for years to come, but as a
national institution is a dead failure
There is no hope for it-for it there is
no resurrection =. It's dogmatism. how
ever, will doubtless find alodgement in
the narrow heart-cells Of bigots and IA
natics to the end of time, but the patri-
otism of the nation is aroused, and its
venom will be harmless.
EGy~An exchange we'll remarks, when
it says that the defeat of Blair for Con.
gross in Missouri indicates a remarkable
collapse in the anti-slavery agitation
!, 1t is but the beginning of the end
Kansas is done for; and the same whole,
some conservative general reaction
which eliminated in the election of 1885,
is now beginning to work against the
: niggcr agitators. The Seward republi
can party arc in shoal water, and the
chances now are that before December
next they will be hard aground. The
defeat of Blair in St. Louis shows tina
Kansas s~hricking has ceased to pay ex.
penses. That St. Louis election is one O.
the most significant and important man,
ifcst of a new political revolution.
E@~Close upon tn heels of the sue
ccssful Cable appears a ''buoyant life
preserving state room" The invention
consists in having the state rooms o
steamers SO constructed and ARRANGED
that in ease ofthe hull sinking, they are
capable Of automatically detatchine
from the same, and floating horizontal,
ly. They arc to be provided with wa
ter and provisions. This is a good pro.
vision for probable contingencies.
ssa. We have news of rejoicing, from
all quarters, on account of the success
of the Sub-Atlantic Telegraph expert
ment. By Examinations, fireworks
firing of cannon, and the ringing Of
bells, the people express their joy as
! the news reach them.