The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-11-27
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
Nrw Yonr. "Wednesday EVENING"

NOV "a, icoo-
Hon Jefferson Davis recent speech in the hall OF the
house of representatives Of Mississippi has been copied
by some the republican papers here with comments Of
the deepest back-repubcan character The old epthets
of Thereafter" 'disunonist, &c. are applied to the
gallant senator with than usual virlence and the
sentiments which he expressed ia his able speech
designated .'bombastic rhodomontade The fItct Is
that Colonel Davis is sufficiently heerodox 70 believe that
w II Seward assertion that there is settled anago-
nis between the free aud slave States Is untrue, and
that Judge Douglas doctrine that the people OF
Territory have right TO exclude slavery is unconsu-
tiona Then again, Colonel Davis expressed undated
confidence in the wisdom and fidelity to the constitution
of Mr. buchanan This in ITSELF even had he been silent
as to Mr. Seward abolition pronuncdnietos and Mr..
Douglas novel commentary the bred Scott decision,
would have exposed him 10 the certain wrath OF the
men who admire the one and endorse the other.
However the timd may blink the question, and however
the sanguine may hope otherwise every rejecting
must admit that it is the game Of the republicans TO get
the control of the next Congress- to strain every nerve
prevent election of the next President by the
pe and thus, in an election by the House. secure the
election of Seward Of his coreligonists. Can
any one who contempates such state OF things deny
that Mr.. Daviss remarks with regard to the course
likely to be pursued by the South correct and just
1t both patriotic and in the highest degree unionist
the part of Col Davis to point out the dangers TO
which Mr. Seward would expose the country and appeal
to the SOBER and love OF country OF the
entire people to defeat the revolutionary schemes of the
arch abolitionst and thus avert the calamity which the
success of those schemes would inevitably occasion
Senator Davis spoke boldly but he spoke truly and he
uttered sentiment in which every patriot must concur
when he said 81 admire the Union OF the States, and de-
sire its perpeuy but while consider that the disnem
berment of the Union would be great evil consider that
the subugaon of the government to back-republcnism
would be still greater evil 1t natural therefore, that
Colonel Davis should be abused by back-repubcans
but they may rail they please, they cannot refute his
assertions or shake the confidence felt by the people in
the loyalty and honest democracy OF the Mississippi sena
tor
We have another candidate in the field for the city
comptrolership Mr.. John Ieverdge, whom his eulo-
giss describe as an old Knckerbocker, "a heavy tax
payer executor of trust estates TO the amount OF
millions Of dollars and a practising lawyer, is the
candidate OF the people party Thus the fight Will
be quadranguar. Iammany PuTser, Woods Regulars
Russell Republican fusonist Hawes and Peoples Party
Leyeridge. We may yet have " taxi payers candidate
and straight out American nominee. The more the
merlier Mr. Purser will be elected and it is to be hoped
that his election will forever set Mt rest the aspirations Of
the faction which, calling itself democratic has done and
is doing all it to defeat the democratic party.
The fifth anniversary of the Southern Aid Society was
celebrated last night in presence OF very large audience
Gerard Hallock esq., senior editor and proprietor OF the
Journal of Commerce. Of the founders OF this truly
benevolent society and its treasurer from the first read
an abstract of his official report from which it appears
that the receipts OF the past year were sl Z6be-
ing los 81 greater than those OF the previous year. and
that the total receipts since the society formed have
been $40 1865 TO- and total expenditures S42 Gs3 81 OF
the total expenditures S34 345 have been paid to minis
tiers and missionaries.
have omitted to mention the DEATH on Monday night
of Isaac Newton the well known promoter of steamboat
enterprise the North River and superintendent Of the
Peoples Line of North river steamers. When only ID
years old he witnessed the tral-trp Of Fuons first
steamboat in 1907 and since he has devoted the
tire energies of his life to steam navigation and the
construction Of steamboats,.
The December number of Harpers' Monthly pub
lisled this afternoon 1t is full of amusement and in
struction Its chief attractions the Winter in the
South " san Old Fillibuster tale of the buccaneers
familiar description of those plaques of the human spe
ces during the fall"The Mosquito Family " four chap
tiers of ''1he yrgnians by Thackeray, and very well
written review of Carlyles Frederick the Great Thu
chief attraction, however, is unpublished tale by
Charles Lamb, entitled "Cupid's Revenge which hay
ing fallen, with other manuscripts of Lambs into the
hands of his friend Thomas Asop, of Orsin conspiracy
noorey given by the latter to the Hapers for pub
LEGATION. Selections from the other literary remains OF
Lamb and from volume of ''Marginalia," by Cole
ridge, will be published in an carly number Of Harpers
| Magazine. ADSUM.