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

may be presented to them He does not say that
he wishes the convention had submitted the
wholey that he took IL for granted that they
would submit the whole of it to the people; and
he saws that that will be the course to pursue
hereafter, In the formation of other Territorial
governments, and their change into State govern
mentsx hut the hill In relation to Kansas was
silent upon the subject there was nothing in the
Cincinnati platform that requires more than that
the question of slavery shall be submitted To the
people The President says that IL the conStitu.
lion formed by the convention in Kansas should
be adopted by Congress, and Kansas he admitted
into the Union under that constitution, they Will
then be in a position TO decide their institutions
fof themselves. and change them every five DAYS
in the week If they should think proper to do so.
without disturbing the other thirty one States in
the Confederacy
Now, SAT- that is wise that is Just. that is
statesInanike, and no matter what may have beea
the opinions of any man in regard to the proprie-
ty of submitting the whole Constitution to the
people, its not being done does not authorize any
man, least Of all In the Democratic party, TO ex-
cite this torrent of abuse and calumny against the
President lChrers aud applause have not
one unkind word to say of Senator Douglas I
admire his ability. ! respect his statement that
he has not joined the Republicans; but I pre-
| sume that he will not deny that the Republicans
| have joined him. Laughter and applause.
Gentlemen, do not speak entirely without the
book. | read to-day in the New York Tribune
this extraordinary statement on the 10th OF De-
crmber, 1857: ...... r. .a..
"Our Washington advcps report full and
| frank conference between Senator Douglas and
| leading Republicans on the latest aspect of the
| Kansas Affairs
| A full conference between Senator Douglas and
| leading Republicans on the Kansas affairs. You
| and never had a conference with Republicans
on any atfair-[laugh liter least of all on this
| which is so important to the Democratic patty
| But one word further. The Tribune says:
| The results were mutually satisfactory"
| Voice Lord, save us from the Republi-
| cans I
Mr. Van Buren-'fhe results of the conference
| between Senator Douglas and leading Republi-
cans were mutually satisfactory: Whatever con
| ference have had with them, certainly we
| have never had one that was I" satisfactory to
| us. trust Senator Douglas will avail himse {
of an early occasion to set himself right in regard
| to the correctness of that statement.
| The SUPERINTENDENT OF Fort RIDGLEY
AND SoUTu PASS WAGON RoAD-This gentle
man, Mr.. w ii. Mobiles, in recent publications
in Minnesota papers, takes occasion to arraign
the Washington Star for pointing out the fact
that he is interested in the operations Of the
DacOtah Land Company, along tho route of the
road be has been charged by the Government
with the duty of locating. He denies the fact,
and says that, while he had nothing to do with
| their speculations, the fact that tho Company
has located cities, towns, &c, along the route
of the road located by him long before, is a
high compliment to the skill, &c, with which
he has discharged the public duties devolyed
| on him.
This is all bosh, We have open before US
copy Of the Laws Of Minnesota, and at page 1886
find " An act to incorporate the Dacotah Land
Company" approved by Gov. Medary July p,
| 1857, with the name of VIM H. Mobiles first on
the list of its corporators Though Mr.. Mobiles
with his party wintered on his line of operations
before the date of the passage of this act, it is
not true that he had located his work before
| that date. So. after he thus became an, incor
| pOratOr Of the Company that made the selec-
tons of the land against which the people OF
the region complain, he made the location
against which they complain even more strenu-
| Ously, in view Of those selections
Again, we find in the same volume (of Min
nesota Laws, at page 200 an act establishing
| certain ferries, &c, wherein, in the seventh
section, Mr. VIM. H. Mobiles again figures with
| Joseph II. Brown proprietors to whom the
Minnesota Legislature donated the privilege
OF maintaining ferries &" across the Sioux river,
| the James river, and the Missouri river, where
| the Government road from Fort kidgely to the
| South Pass crosses said rivers for the term of
twenty years and no ferry shall be estab-
lished on either of the said rivers, within two
miles above or below said ferries for the period
| aforesaid
On the whole, such operations in ferries and
land companies along the road Mr.. Mobiles was
charged by the Government here with the duty
locating. does not strike US as being proper
What think the public
REPUBLICAN PARTY ARRANGEMENTS We
learn through the Washington correspondents
of Republican party newspapers, that eau
Gus Of leading Republican members of both
| Houses Of Congress recently came off at the
residence Of Mr.. Francis p. Blair, near this
| city, where there plan Of n campaign lin Con-
| gress) this winter, was discussed and arranged
as well as their schemes for the next prcsiden.
tial contest, as far rs the latter could be per
fected so long in advance of the election II
| seems that the long heads OF that party. thong
| of opinion that the present Kansas question at
| titude and political labors of Senator Douglas
and Governor Robt. J. Walker, are destined
| to secure for their organization n triumph in
1860. scout the idea of regarding either of those
| distinguished gentlemen rs entitled TO assume
the command Of the regular opposition to the
Democracy. According to the understanding
arrived at on that occasion-their candidate is
10 be Mr.. Seward, or Mr. Chase, or Mr.. Banks
or Mr. Bisscll of Illinois. However, all such
calculations made ut this time, are so utterly
| futile, that we wonder greatly that gentlemen
Of such experience and sngacity as were presen,
| at this caucus, waste their time in INDUCING in
! them
The Republican party may be dead and
buried-nay, almost forgotten as a political
organization by the fall of 1860; or men almost
unheard Of up to this time may then be its
leaders and shining lights