Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-06-01
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

lHE MUNICIPAL CONTEST At the coin.
mencement of the current canvass for the cleo.
ton OF Mayor of Washington city, for reasons
winch every one capable of entertaining proper
sentiments as man understood, and we trust.
appreciated, we announced that the Star would
take no part In it, and that according to the
rule that has governed its business ever since
ats establishment, as it governs that of eyery
other successful penny paper in the United
States:) Its advertising columns would be free
''r tne use OF anybody and everybody who
might choose TO resort to them to place before
the public his or their views with reference to
the merits Of the candidates or other points in
.Volved In the canvass. We were well aware
tnat this course on the part of the Star would
give umbrage to those who hold tho claims of
party to be such as to demand of us the sacrifice
Oh cur sense of right and wrong, and we expected
70 be inveighed against without stint ere the
sun goes down on Monday next. Nevertheless,
we determined to bear and forbcar, persevering
In the temporary course we had msrked ont for
the Star. We are therefore by no means srr-
prlsed ut the amount of Misrepresentation and
denunciation bestowed upon the Stor and its
course, by various small politicians around us.
Our. ancient friend, the Un1ou, however,
having turned its batteries on the Star. which
has 60 often stood between it and its detraetor.
when 1t lacked friends to say kind words for II
II oehooves us at least to say that we had not
expected that Journal to seek to misrepresent
the Stars course and position. We trust that
It's act In go doing is unintentional. Thus. ON
returning to Washington yesterday afternoon.
after two days absence, we found that ON Sun.
day morning last the Union had published n
quotation from an advertisement that appcarea
IN the Star columns, and virtually attributes
Its statements to our editorial pen. The pur-
potc Of the writer in the Union was clearly to
create the impression that the article he Quotes
was the StGr's-not that of some advertiser
rs 1t was. Again, he iDtimates that the Sto,,r
advertising columns are closed to the advocates
Oh the election of Col. James q Berret. which
error does US injustice. Every one such that
mas been presented at the Stars counter. conn.
tersignea by responsible person, has received
precisely the same treatment accorded to SINH
iai ADVERTISEMENTS brought there by advocates
OF me election OF Nh. Richard WalIach.
we nave not published a line, touching the
eiecuon, from our own pen, or from that of anv
employee OF the Star office or from that IF
any one else, except iona fde advertisements
save the cards Of the different candidates and
the correspondence consequent upon them
Nor viii We be provoked to retaliate attacks
upon rs during this canvass We leave those
VINO know the Stars history, and have ex-
penenced the benefit of its political labors
wen and where it can properly take part in
controversy, to judge of the Justice of the
asPersions now being cast upon it. In ano-
Their short week we may feel at liberty to enter
into vindication Of its course, if conceiyiny
mat necessary on our part; and, in so doing,
al al the Star readers may rely on it. We
shall show as clear as sunshine at noon. whe.
ther the 'StGr or its ASSISTANTS have best served
for years past, the cause Of the political prin-
ciples to which both profess to adhere.
TIE FoRT SMELLING SALE CAsR.-The New
York Tribune, on occasions the most abusive
malicious, unscrupulousy-lying press in the
Union-we beg the readers pardon for calling
things thus byright names, which we do only
under the determination to speak the truth in
the premises-leads the van of the newspaper
assailants of Secretary Floyd in connection
with the sale Of the Fort Smelling reservation.
The Tribune and all the tribe of journals which
make it the rule Of their life to backbite, vitu-
Perate and lie on any and every Democrats
oflclal when occasion may serve, while pre-
tending To publish abstracts of the testimony
taken by the committee, simply adopt and
dress up the inscriptions psrtiIan representa-
tons Of the Republican members Of the COM
'mittee, including Mr.. Morris, of Illinois, who
seems to have discharged his share of the COM
mittees duties under the impression that the
Z Speaker placed him on it only to whitevash tho
plumber schemes Of bis colleague, Robt Smith,