Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-11-01
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

WASHINGT NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The sHurISss OF THE TMEs.-Mr. wm.
H. Seward has been compelled to throw him
self, personally, into the current New York
canvass. To that end he spoke few days
since at Rochester, New York, and perhaps
yesterday at Rome. He Is a very great man,
all know, carrying on his shoulders all the eE.
6cient brains Of the Republican party So
much superior are his win and intellect to those
of all other members of his party, as that his
views and decisions are as clearly the law with
his followers, one and all, as those of the EN-
Peror Alexander with his subjects. He com
mands, and they obey with the alacrity, GER.
tainly, OF slaves on q Southern plantation, As
much as they profess to hate slavery. He is
evidently satisfied with the manner in which
Stephen Arnold Douglas and his band Of trail
torous, disappointed democratic Office seekers
and plundermongers have done his work. So
we'll satisfied is he that they have succeeded in
detaching a large available wing of the de-
mocracy Of the North from the doctrines Of the
Democratic party upon the question of the
rights Of the South under the Constitution, as
that he has at length boldly announced that,
hereafter, the watchword Of the Republican
party-the motto upon its flag, floating openly
in the breeze is to be the utter adjustment of
81 avery throughout the United States, Up to
this time bis party stood nominaly pledged
against interference with slavery in the South
ern States. Their pretence has been that they
only aimed to circumscribe its extension. But
Mr.. Seward judges it at length time to throw
aside that mask.
The important feature of this change of the
position of the Republican party, is the fact
that it can SO soon avow its purposes only by
and through the additional strength Stephen
Arnold Douglas and his adherents, North and
South, have given it, He inveighs under the
allegation that the slave power have control of
the Government and are using it to the detri-
meat of the interests of the North, just as Doug
las was in the habit Of doing the same thing last
winter; when, after being VIGOROUSLY closeted
with him Mr.. Seward), Hale, Wilson, 4 Co., at
his residence in this city, or in Senate commit
tee rooms, he would daily march into the open
Senate chamber and make the fight against the
phantom 81 slave power" agreed on between
them as the days programme of the opposition
to the Democracy.
That Senator Seward is inclined to keep faith
with Douglas, is evident throughout the whole
of his Rochester speech. Thus, it is clear that
he regards his (Douglas's) reelection as likely
to prove the most effective blow to the cause of
the South under the Constitution that can pos
sibly be struck. He and Douglas labor for an
identical end That is, ito disenthrall the
Government from the grasp Of the slave power"
We prefer to use their slang in stating their
case, however utter our contempt for thei,
demsgogism in resorting to it may be.
Douglas proposes that the Democratic party
shall hold such position upon the right of
squatters in Territories as will forever render
it impossible that another Territory can apply
for admission into the Union with a slaveho!d-
ing constitution. His part of the performance
Is thus to crush slavery in the Territories !;
while that of bis arch, though great, ally, is to
throttle it in the State', by means of the power
OF the Republican party. Unlike Douglas, he
asks no aid from Vice President Breckenridge,
Mr.. Orr, Senator Brown, ex-senator Foote,
MIR. Crittenden, Mr.. Stephens, or any other
Southern man; tor with all his political short
comings he Is 30" manly to seek to use South
ern gentlemen to the injury of their own Sec
tion of the COnfederacy. He leaves that to be
done by Douglas. How far such letters as the
latter has extorted from most of them will help
him In doing Mr.. Stewards work in the West,
Is questionable. They generally declare that
they only prefer him douglas to Lincoln or,
in other words, that they would not swap the
devil for a witch. Yet even such manifesto
tions in his behalf give rise to the belief at the
North that abolitiOnism is about to achieve
much In the way Of Southern sympathy and
support, and thus operate as a deadly stab at
the cause of the South as involved in the cur
rent slavery controversy.
FnLIBUsrERIsM.-The following prcc.ama-
ton will be read at this time with no little in
terest. 1t bears US out fully in the assertion
we made some days ago that this Government
does not intend allowing our citizens to violate
the neutrality laws by invading the territory
OF a ightoring State with which we are a;
peace; and that the instructions given to Col.
lectors of our ports generally on the occasion of
Mr. Walkers former attempt to fit a 6llibus-
tering expedition from the United States still
hold good as guide for their conduct in the
present, or any other similar instance. The
specious pretense of " emigration will be of
no avail unless the parties who 20 to Nicaragua
for that purpose first prepare themselves with
passports from the minister or consul general
OF Nicaragua, resident in the country from
which they emigrate:
By JAMES BUCHANAN,
President ofthe United States Of Am,riea.
PROCLAMATION
whereas information has reached me- from
sources which i cannot disregard, that certain
PERSONS In violation Of the neutrality law, Of the
United states, are making a third attempt TO set
on loot military expedition within their terri.
lo,y against Nicaragua, a foreign State, with
which they are at peace. In order TO obtain
money for equiPPing and maintaining this expe-
dition, persons connected Herewith, as have
reason to believe. have issued and sold bonds and
other contracts pledging the public lands of Mic
aregua, and the transit route throug its Territory
as security for their redemption and fulAlment
Inc hostile design Of this expedition is rem
dered manifest by the fact that these bonds and
contracts can be of possible value to Their
holders unless the present Government of Mica
atalI