Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-10-14
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

wholesome reverses sustained by the Demo
cracy In the recent elections. Forney's Pres,
ana It's TWO or three echoes within striking dis
lance are even SO soon bursting off their
oreeches buttons in procls.iming the might of
phunkeyism, with believing lungs. we'll
'nelr halieluJahs Of self graduation are no new
SOUNDS. when PERSONAL disappointment about
once among small beer politicians, and
spirit OF revenge shd undue ambition on the
part Of plunder- mongers and pseudo leaders
generated the Hugh-Whits split, such journals
cheating themselves because the treachery of
the times deprived old jackson of every men,
Der of Congress from Tennessee, beloved as
loudly as their imitators Of the day over the
amount of temporary mischief they, too, had
| accomplished. Nevertheless, in due time Ten
nessee came right side up. So, too, in the case
| OF the temporary success Of the VIM. C. Rives
conspiracy against the Democracy, Phunkey
journalism went we'll nigh into 'fts' in its
ecstasy. Again, in 1854, when the temporary
| reverses of the Democracy in the North were
twice as great as in the recent elections, all
the unprineipled who failed to get Office from
the Pierce administration, or to be permitted
| to plumber the treasury at will, plated through
their newspapers intense rejoicings over the
| apparent prostrstion of The Party of Principle.
How far their calculations were realized in
| after results, the Stars readers will remem-
Der. So, they will all comprehend that the up
shot OF the reverses of the hour is to be pre-
cisely what the upshot of those reverses was.
That is; that the combination to pros rate the
Democracy being united upon nothing but that
desire, will soon quarrel among themselves;
and the Democracy will also be entirely rid of
the embarrassing effects of the pretencs of
Phunkeyism of quasi Identification with them
The Phunkoys claiming to have brought about
the defeat of the Democracy, will as usual claim
all the fancied proceeds Of the victory; and
where not throwing aside all pretencs of such
Identification, will be unceremoniously whistled
int political oblivion by The Opposition.
From Jefferson's day to this, the elections to
every second Congress Of Democratic admin
istration have resulted as ON this OCCASION
Nevertheless, the Democratic party has con.
tinued alive, and in power; and Phunkeyism
has continued to stink louder and louder in
the nostrils of all of both parties who labor for
honest ends in politics. 1t enjoys no more OF
public confidence o-day, than twenty five years
ago.
In this case, the misfortune is, that the victory
is not as complete for the time being, rs here.
tofore. The permanency of the ascendency of
the Democratic party has always depended, in
great measure, on its getting rid of the Plum
key incubus once in every four years, after the
same fashion.
The moral of these elections-which proclaim
that Douglasism in Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, and
Pennsylvania, is but part and parcel of Re-
publieanism wherein that seeks to punish the
National Administration and the Democracy Of
Congress for their unselfsh and patriotic pro-
| lection Of the constitutional guarantees Of
Southern equality of rights under this Gov
ernment-is the fact that they are "hand-wri-
| ing on the wall'' proclaiming the folly of the
honest politicians Of the South who would Ion
| ger countenance the anti-Southern machina-
tions of Douglas, FOrney, Haskin, Broderick,
i Co., because, forsooth, Douglas has long
been, personally, "devilish clever fellow u
| Those Of the South who longer stand up for
| Douglas may content themselves soon to be re-
| garded at home as being practically CO. workers
with him, in politics.
The OVERLAND MAIL. The letter of Senator
Gwin to the President, upon the history of the
| overland mail enterprise, its present condition
| and future prospects, published in yesterday 3
Union, is valuable contribution to the his
tory of the sound American progress of the
times. Its author, all here know who are
familiar with the step by step development of
the resources of the Pacific slope of the United
States, was not only the originator of the enter
| prise, but from its inception to this time has
been the director of everything done by Con-
| gress for its benefit, and the counsellor of the
| Executive branch Of the Government in all that
it has done to the same end. He is, therefore,
thoroughly informed with reference to its fu-
| ture necessities, we'll as to it's probable
results upon the future of the Pacific side in
terests, and on the peace and security of the
wilderness laying between the American hives
of the eastern and western slopes No one can
read his interesting letter without compre-
bending of what vast Importance in a national
point of view the success of this enterprise OF
bis own energy and sagacity has been to the
whole people of the United States, though from
beginning to end he refrains from claiming any
credit, personally, in connection with this
object being to secure for it every possible pro-
lection that the Government Of the United
States can accord to it
| The KEY TO IT.-A friend asks US to accoun,
for the result Of the election of yesterday in
Baltimore. In answer, we have to say that i,
was no election. The Plug Ugies, Blood Tub.
and Police frightened from the polls the timid
among the opponents Of their side, whose can
didate withdrew from the contes. carly in the
day-scattering broadcast the following card
| Fellow-citizens-It being now clearly mani.
L Test that deliberate purpose actuates the Mayor
l OF this city to countendnce the general combina-
| ton which now prevails between his police and
| the armed bands OF lawless men who have since
the opening Of the ballot boxes held possession
Of the polls to the exclusion of all voters
to Mayor Swami. and II being urged upon me by
many OF our best citizens that any persistent at
tempts to vote upon the part Of my friends can
only he attended with loss Of life and the ge
disorder Of the city, feel 1t INV duty to Weld Ia