Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-04

aforesaid Committee is, that editorial influence
here rs to be had cheap for Cash--like any mere
MAJ selahie commodity; Hence we ask, "Who
got il ~ That somebody gave ii would seem TO
be tolerably well established. for the Committee
oil investigation are presumed to be, like the Ro-
man conspiIators, tall honorable menu Pray
DO tell us who was the receiver? What member
OF the profession has been selling himself so
cheap,
The Committee having furnished the public
with an estimate OF the current value Of edito.
rial services, - next tell MS that this firm of Law
renee. Stone d Co. sent to Washington the
somewhat more respectable sum of - So, 600 TO
secure the Passage Of the tariff of 1867 Me.srs
Lawrence, stone x Co would thus seem to con-
slider Member of CongIess worth a good deal
more than New York Editor.
Without stopping to find fault with Me.srs
IL. = Co. Tor thus paying higher price for
the washington than the New York article we
may he forgiven an exc lamatiOn point or two for
thinking, IN our verdancy, that Tariff bills. and
all other pnblic measures were passed through
The National Legislature by the unboug ht votes
OF The members IL the history of that So (ED
Is ever uhearthed, IL may come out that there are
more black sheep la the Capitol than certain
cOnhdiBg constituencies imagine,-more black
sheep than Were lashed ont Of the House for
bribery and corruption, not quite twelvemonth
Since.
The real power Of the press in this or any
other free country, rrposcs upon the popular
persuasion OF its entire indie pendence Just in
proportion as that persuasion Is wpakened-by
such impntations as those to which we refer
VIII be the weakening of its hold npon the pub
lie mind Journalists who have the public good
and The best interests oftheir profession at heart
therefore, may reasonably be supposed to have
common Interest In having the Middlesex Com
mitfee lift up the curtain, so that we NAV sepa-
rate the sheep from the goats.
Who got the Ss,G1o
We are much Obliged to Messrs Lawrence
stone Co, and much obi iped to the Inves
tgating Committee. hut they must give ms
more light. II IL is all right and proper 10 b4
buying up the votes of NJ G = with itching
palms, surely II cannot be wrong to ri We US bill
OF particulars If there Is hing to be asian ed
OF In buying, there ought to be nothing to be
ashamed of in letting rs know who has been sold
PRUDENT CorSsELs.-0ur friends of tie
Baltimore Republican thus discourse of the
duty of the Democracy of Congress on coming
together to-day ~. II -. 49,
"RE-AssEMBLING OF CoNGREss-IHrEGRITy
OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.--On Monday Con 1.
gress will re-assemble and II Is 10 he hoped will
promptly proceed to the disposition of the press-
Ing matters which are now demanding atten-
tiOn. The affairs OF Utah, Kansas. aud This
Nicaraguan roafrsienps, all require prompt ac-
ton, we desire 10 see them settled without de-
lay. and without involving the integrity OF IN
Democratic party! R trtIEEr W. 10
- la our best Judgment the ,perpetuity OF the !
Union depends upon the Integrity OF the Demo 4
cratic party, aud Il would be an act of extreme
folly for that great CONSERVATIVES party 20 suffer
ftselfto he di sfaeted divided by any question
eeoRneeted with the subjects referred to. We
Fherefore rely Upon the good sense and pan iotism