The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-12
FROM OUR OWN coRRE9oNpENr.
Nnw York, Tuesday night


The seward republicans find that Il is absolutely neces
ay TO abandon the diluted form Of popular sovereignty
Embodied in the Crittenden amendment for which Mr.
Seward and his followers all voted and to revert 70 their
old the right of Congress to govern the Territories
without any regard to the will of the people This
heasI win and tails you lose system of play is not
now for the first time esorted by this versatile school of
politicians They have payedit before During the
OF lS4S they abandoned the Wniot proviso When Cali
fornia asked for admission into the Union State Mr.
Seward advocated her admission as slave State
When the Territories of Utah and New Mexico being
organized the right of Congress to interfere in those
Territories was not urged and in the last session of
Congress, when Kansas asked for admission the Sew
ares voted for the Crttenden amendment under which
Kansas to into the Union a slave State IL
her people 80 wiled 1t appears that the author Of
the Crttenden amendment may be dangerous rival to
the chief OF abolition repubcanism and it is therefore,
necessary to declare that the vote for the Cenden amend
nent was regretable indiscretion, for which Mr.
Seward Is sorry; and that he will DO wiser in future II
is remarkable with what facility these republicans pick
up and cast OF 'prncples, the exgences of their
game may require and with what barefaced impudence
they shift the thmbles keeping the pea between their
forefnger and thumb thinking that the gaping public
will not discover the swndle 1t has happened, how
ever that the public who have played the game and
been deceived have upset the table and thrust the
thimblergger and his confederates and / think that
such will be the fate of the Sewardites @
learn from very good authority that 1t Is the irevo
cable determination of Thlow Weed and the friends of
coalition with the know-nothings If they admit
the latter into partnership however limited, they
not object to receive know nothing delegates and If they
receive Them they know full well that the result will be
divided delegatonone party for Seward and the other
against hmand that the chance of his nomination by
the republican convention would thus be lost To vote
for Seward for the presidency will be the great test
Those who consent to enrol themselves in the republican
ranks and bolt the entire republican creed will be
cepted, and be considered good republicans but how
many knownothings will submit to this degradation,
every article of their faith, and thus tie
themselves to the chariot wheels Of those by whom they
have always been most virulently assailedY
To the no small disappointment of the republicans,
Get Smith has accepted the nomination for governor,
offered to him by the recent abolition Syracuse
ton. He has published long letter of acceptance in
which he defines his position. Freedom, d. c. release
from all legal and constitutional obligations; tenn
perance, .. o. abstenance from cheap liquor on
pain Of imprisonment and contiscation; and land
reform, l. something which nobody but Mr..
Smith himself understands, constitute the chief
planks in his platform. Mr.. Smith has great adj
vantage over his republican rivals and that is consist
ency He goes in for the pure unaduterated article of
and does not vote for the admission of slave
States, while he processes undying devotion to free
dom He advocates temperance in its fullest sense and
the of coercion to compel strict observance Of and
does not wink at and encourage of intoxicating
drinks while he breaches againstit Mr. Smiths prac
ce and his professions tally. Can the Seward repub
cans say that theirs do the same
Mr. Field is to be made the recipient of greet ova-
ton his arrival in this city He richly deserves all
the honor that his contrymen pay him; for there
is doubt that it is to his courage perseverance, and
energetic skill indebted for the successful
ton of the gigantic enterprise with which his will
be forever associated those Of Columbus Cabot and
America Vespuccio with the discovery of the New
World and those of Newton and Franklin with the
greatest triumphs Of scientific research
The money market was rather more active to-day in
consequence of the large displacement Of capital occasion
cd by the payments on the government loan 1t is
thought by many that the turning point has been reach
ed, and that things will now gradually improve every
day. | hope that the superstition may prove true but
before there be really active demand for money
business must grow considerably and present indications
do not warrant the belief that the business demand will
nearly up to the money capacity of banks and
capitalists Including the bank clearinghouse exchanges
and the treasury statement of Saturday afternoon the
following is comparative view of our financial condition
on the 7t inst on the 3lst of July and the sth of
August, 1857