Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-01

1t has been Gas mad as a March hare" upon
the slavery question, having adopted most of
the strange idiosyncracies of the Garrison, Alb
by Kelly, and Wendell Phillips school of poll
ticians. Thus, it has secuted constitution and
law proclaiming its prejudices and sectional
passions as the only rule for the government of
its conduct towards tho slsveholding section of
the Confederacy. On recently becoming can
didate for its favor flor Congress,) the veteran
Thomas Corwin took the liberty Of proclaiming
some wholesome truths in its ear, such as not
long since would have consigned the utterer of
them tin its estimation) among what it has
been pleased to style the dough faces of the
North" Nevertheless, he achieved its nomi-
nation; and in his subsequent speech gave it
to understand that it may not expect him to
play aboltionist and enemy of the Union, il
elected-saying in the course of his remarks:
But away with such gloomy Vaccinations. Let
us not cultivate the spirit Of antipathy to the In
habitants Of any portion Of the Union. Let us
confront them with argument and mildness and
persuade them that we not their enemies At
the same time, If, in any portion of the Union, It
becomes impossible to execute the laws Of the
whole Union, do not know how treason can be
vanquished otherwise than Il always has been
The galiows and the gibbet must do their work,
look forward to no such results. Notwith-
standing the discord which the Government has
produced, and the evil counsel which IL has pur-
sued, believe Providence and the American
people will tTammel up the discoTd and the evil,
and only good 10 us will remain.
Mr.. Corwin thought, IL the North only exer-
cised the confidence which belonged to power
and the magnanmity which belonged to con.
quest, there would be no danger to the country
For, notwithstanding all that we had heard of
the encroach ments upon the North, freedom had
encroached upon slavery. After that great bar
rier between freedom and slavery had been bro
ken down, freedom had rushed In ana taken DOS
session OF portion Of the Louisiana purchase.
so 1t would always be with freedom and slavery.
The INDIAN WAR on THE PACIFIC SIDE
The following letter, from friend now in the
West, reached us this morning No other gen.
tleman is more likely to comprehend correctly
the causes operating to bring about the disas-
trOus delay of the Senate in acting upon the
treaties with the Indians of the Far West, of
which the current costly hostilities in that
quarter are but legitimate results. The Stars
readers may rely upon the correctness of the
judgment and statements of our correspondent
in this connection:
August IS, 1853.
You entirely correct in your editorial article
of the 23d instant, relative to the effects which
the refusal on the part of the Senate TO upon
had upon the Indian tribes Of the Northwest 1
said to Senators; at the tme that the rejection or
even nOn-action on the part of the Senate would
DE almost certainly followed by open outbreak
and war on the part of the Indian tribes Their,
was, IN fact, no good reason for the rejection of
the treaties which were reported for ratification
TO the Senate by the able chairman Of the Com
mittee on Indian Affairs, iSenator Sebastian,)
who had thoroughly investig ated each one whilst
not tenth of the Senators had ever looked into
them, and refused to do so.
The RpnuhIican NJ tba
opposed TO the ratification of the treaties with the
Sioux west OF Mime sofa, north and northwest Of
Nebraska and Iowa, because, forsooth, the raii-
featiOn las some OF them were heard to saw
would be followed by the establishment of the
Territory Of Dacotah, and that would give more
patronage to the President. And one or two
Southern Senators objected because II would lead
to the formation Of another free State in the
Northwest, and be the source Of more sectional
feeling, {. c. disposition the part of the
Northern Observation-Disclosures Cypress the South
ern states; what am free to admit is and has
been too much the case. And this feeling will
continue to distract the councils OF the Hati.n
until the friends of the Constitution and of the
Union, IN the North, shall put down and trampIe
under foot the intermeddling, on the part of
Northern abolitiopists In their midst. with the
INSTITUTIONS OF the sonthIt.e the slavery ques-
tion-wth which they Northern mem have le-
ultimately, nothing TO do NoRTHwEsT
The SECRETARY OF WAR AT FORTRESS
MoSRoB.-We find in the Norfolk Day Book,
OF Monday last, the following paragraphs con-
corning the official visit of Secretary Floyd to
Fortress Monroe:
"On Friday, the Secretary inspected the entire
garrison. The barracks are in a most rotten and
dilapidated condition. They were built many
have been condemned by boards of officers aunu-
ally for the last ten years, but the funds for put
ting them in order have not yet arrived, II in
deed they have been appropriated. The Secre-
| tary also inspected the r. p Raps on Friday.
| The troops at the garrison passed review
| ana ann as infantry battalion, commencing al
| until 10Y O'Clock. Then followed drill with
| sword exercise for three quarters of an hour
Company l, I'd Artillery. Capt. Gibson, and
| siege guns, going through the manual and me-
| chanical maneuvers. The Secretary appeared
well pleased with the appearance Of the troops
| On saturday night, there was a tne exhibit
| ton OF fireworks on the beach, fronting Col DE
| Russey's residence. There was also LARGE paTtv
/ al the Colonels, In honor Of the Secretary at
tended by majority Of the officers of the Sarri
son, DIR. Robinson and Others of Norfolk toeethsr
| with some of Gov. Floyd's old friends of Eliza
| beth City county"
| We learn this morning that Gov Floyd did
not return to this city yesterday, as it was sup
posed he would, and the probabilities now are
that he Will remain at Old Point until he is
Joined there by General Scott and Adjutant
| General Cooper, with whom he is to hold con-
sultation. Adjutant General Cooper has been
ill for some weeks past, but he was at his post
In the War Department to-day, and it is un-
| derstood he will start for Old Point this even
| ing.
hE-NoMINArED.-The telegraph tells us of
the denomination of j. Clancy Jones, for
Congress, by reclamation. The fact is sgnlf
cant, as illustrating the strength of the sore
| heads in Pennsylvania, where, with Forney's
press for mouth piece, they have kept up the
loudest and longest hue and cry against Mr..
Jones personally, that was, perhaps, ever es-
| sayed against a gentleman in his position
His denomination so triumphantly under such
circumstances, is the highest compliment an
honest and patriotic constituency can accord to
public man; involving proof, as it does, that
his eminent services in the Democra rio nm rtr