The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-17
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FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
NEW YoRK, August Is. 1853.

NEw YORK, August l5 1858.
As the fall elections approach the union Of the oppo-
sitoniss redouble their exertons to form that reouba
BILE phalanx which is make efecual headway against
the democracy '.Old Wings thirteen articles of be-
lief first promulgated in the columns of the New York
Commercial Advertiser proclaimed to be the basis
union and republicans, Americans, and wings sew
orally conured to embrace the creed and become active
laborcrs in the coalition vineyard. Up to this time
however, Old Wing and his disciples have not made much
progress in their work of conversion The chief priests
and scbes Of the republicans and Americans arc raising
objections to the coalition, the Commercial Adyer
tiser mildly expresses it, and their objections urged
with power ability and influence superior to those
Old Wing and his followers that think the democracy
has fair prospect Of being able to the head
way which the coalition will be likely to make.
sTo make qualify principles In order to obtain
their 1.-THE Americans support, is piece of nsufferabe
impotence, which ought to be promptly rebuked, and
the parties concerned in il treated with the contempt
they richly merit say the indignant republicans al
luding to the demand that 'ngger worship be ex-
plunged from the republican creed And the know moth
ings with equal emphasis, declare that to call Amer
leans to abandon their maxim that native-born citizens
should have the control and direction OF free istit
TONS and to ask them to cooperate with republicans
without recognising in any way American know moth
ing) principles, Is both childish and insulting" This
latter expression Of opinion has just been uttered by the
Hon j. t. Headley in the columns of the Albany States
man. and while it has aroused the hottest wrath OF the
republicans it seems to have completely bothered the
atonists.
ardes to abandon their distinctive characteristic =
digger worshp,) and not only that but to insist that
they embrace the obstructive dogma of the Americans
prescription and Acknowledgement Of every foreign
born czen) Fairness and impartiality, however com
pei us to admit that If this be impudent the demand
that the dark lantern should be cast aside by the know
nothings and that they should swaliow republcanism
just as it is nggcrworship and all certainly in
sulting," ii it be not q childish" Seward and Gid
dngs, and Critenden and Humphrey Marshall may have
abandoned their (" distinctive dogmas" on occasion
but they have found that will not pay to continue the
game witness the nomination of Gcrrit Smith in this
State and the recent election in Kentucky
The rcbnke which the OF Kentucky have just given
to Mr. Crttenden for his attempted coalition with the
Seward abolitionss is warning which he and his fol-
lowers cannot disregard and the nomination by the
ultra republicans for the governorshp of the empire
State of the most rabd and Incorporating abolition
st IL significant caution to the Sewardites that af
alton with southern know nothngs would be a very
damaging move SO far my information and oppor
tunitos of observation enable to judge the prospects
of the peoples party in this State and elsewhere
exceedingly gloomy and do not believe that the
genius of Sargent the benevolent tolerance of Old
Wing and the Commercial Advertiser, will be able to
dispel the gloom. The people perfectly satisfied
that the government Of the country is in the hands
OF men who have administered, and will administer
it on ''the principles of liberty, Justice, economy
and broad patriotism" and they are resolved to re-
cord their satisfaction next fall by electing men who
will warmly and cordially support Mr.. Buchanan's
administration and endorse his policy, and by gno
the honocd chief of the democratic party and advocate
their distinctive dogmas in Opposition to his broad
national patriotic policy They think that the admins
tation which has sienced forever the Kansas agitation
which atonc time threatened to dissolve the Union which
has crushed the Mormon rebellion without shedding
drop of blood which has brought Great Britain to re-
nounce formally and defntivey the longclamed and to-
nacously asserted right Of visitation and search which has
effectively crushed libustersm and which, in time of
exempted financial and commercial depression with inn
falling off in the revenue and largo increase in
the necessary expenses Of the War and Navy Depart
ments, has administered the government with such
markabc economy and financial ability Justly entitled
the most emphatic manifestation OF popular approval
and support Wherever the people have had oppor-
tuny Of speaking their sentiments that approval and sup
port have been enthusiastically given and the machna
tons of the Complete Witness and his emancipatons
son. the arrogance and interruptions bodness of Doug
las and the ingenious trickery and selfish trimming Of
Crittendcn and his followers, indignantly rebuked
The corner stone Of Roman Catholic cathedral
20 be dedicated to st Patrick the patron saint Of Ireland
was laid to-day with great pomp and In presence Of
immense concourse Of people, by Archbishop Hughes,