The Washington union., 1858-02-12

are very iulant at the success Of Mr. HaIriss amend
ent and very loud in their applause OF the democratic
who voted in favor oi that amendment Already they
claim them as seceders converts to republicanism
Mr. J b Haskin, the only democratic member OF the
New York delegation who voted IN favor OF MI ha.Iss
resolution the object Of especial audation and The
called victory is attributed altogether to his vote We
have good reason to believe that Mr. Haskin Is not en
tied to this unenvabe distinction, and that the repub
cans are mistaken when they fancy that he has deserted
his political associates or meditates sns INTO tne re
publican ranks We differ from AIR. Haskin ~ 10 the
peency of the he has taken and believe that
good useful purpose be accomplished by the H.
quy into Kansas matters which will at all eompensate
for the evils which sure To result rom ~ Dn We 90
not on that doubt the goodness OF his motives
nor believe that he has the remotes tea OF abandoning
the party whose opinions he has always proessed and BY
whose suirages he elected On the contrary We
assured by those who know him intimately that ne
staunch supporter of the present administration and
that his voting for Mr. Haris resolution does not nay
way the conclusion that ne VIII oppose the ad
mission of Kansas into the Union with the Leconpton
constitution There few other democrats who voted
with Mr. Haskin to whom the above remarks would ap
ply with equal truth But there others who, we i'm
agne have personal ends to answer ana whose open hos
tlity the administration will be less damaging than
their pretended friendship Outside OF Congress there
are others of the same stamp Processing to be demo
Gratis they always ready to foster any dsinegatne
movement in that party and Just IN proportion to tho
need there s Of their influence at any particular uhetu
in the proportion they ukewarm OF more likely
cooperating with the enemy The bst service such men
can do to the democratic patty is to place themselves dis
tnctly in the ranks of the opposition
IN T. Journal Of C5mnuec
The distinction here taken by the Journal of Com
merce is doubtless well founded. Some of those
who voted for the coalition movement in the House
on Monday did not mean we believe, to leave the
democratic party, aud will be found sustaining il IN
the future AS we have heretofore said, various spe
cious reasons were given for the proposed inquiry,
which doubtless had effect upon members, and per
llaps led to embarrassing commitments IN advance
of the vote We have no idea that such an inquiry
can be Of any practical value, because the control
ling facts in the case already known 1t is idle
to talk of investigating the authority of the const
tutional convention in Kansas, for that has been re-
,peatedly admitted by everybody except those who
follow James Lane, and deny the authority Of the
whole territorial government. The election on the
2lst of December was nearly all on one side, be-
cause the Topekaites refused to vote It cannot DO
pretended therefore, that the majority vote thrown
was not in favor Of the constitution as stands Moth
ing then remains but the election on the 4th OF Jan
nary and it is quite difficult to understand how the
legality of the convention the character OF the
constitution can be affected by the results Of an
election for local officers. This ia our view of the
case but we do not quarrel with others who honest
ly think otherwise We do insist, however, that
important measure should not be unreasonably de-
layed for the purpose Of pursuing useless inquiry
GOVERNOR WISES ORIGINAL AND PRESENT RE
LATIoNs TO THE NEBRASKA KANSAS ACT,
| Governor Wise has again come before the public
in an effort as he himself uniquely expresses it. to
save the administration and the democratic national
organization. His late Tammany letter the frat
blow aimed in that behalf he now advances upon
his former position, " and plants another though
feebler blow, precisely in the same direction.
Gentlemen have discovered of late a singular mode
of saving the administration and democratic party
We believe the recent Of Senator Douglas on
the Kansas subject has been shaped with especial
reference to this la,dable object. Governor Walker,
too, has been actuated by the same commendabls
motive. Coy. Wise and Col. Forney alike partiei-
pate ia the paronzing sentiment In fact, we be-
lieve this exemplary Of friendship for the ad
ministration and Of soliciude for the democratic
ganization is what distinguishes the democratic from
the black republican branch Of the coalition which
has been formed to defeat the policy of the admins
tration and TO disrupt the national party.
Since the publication of the notyet-forgotteil dec
aration Of Governor Wise, in 1854, that ''the OBJ
ections to the Nebraska Kansas act were nnaliswer
able but never insuperable, believe that gentle
man has not been distinguished advocate OF
defender of that notable measure, which has been
cardinal test of democratic orthodoxy from the time
of its passage until now
Governor Wise il must be recollected is ali en-
thusiast in his espousals Of public measures, sup
porting them always with heart and head, might
aud main, where he supports them al all and the
fact that he has signahzed himself in special mal-
ner or important crisis, in the championship Of this
measure has itself sufficiently attested his nkewarm-
ness ifnot indifference, to is success The act was
passed in the face of the violent opposition oi
the entire blackrepublean party, of the great
body of the old whig party, and of the then rising
know-nothing party and, though Gov. Wise was
not in actual cooperation with this motley oPpoa
ton in their formidable resistance to the measure,
neither was he lending his support, or eounte-
nance to the democracy in their struggle in its be-
half. As Gov Wise was indifferent TO the enact
nent of the measure, at time Of great effort aud
struggle to it's friends, il has simply followed as
matter Of course that now, in the decisive struggle
for the contamination Of the in its applica'
ton In kanaaa he ia found in conflict with the dem