Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-06-07

one tcord of comment. Truly one would think
impudence, as regards the South, than otherwise
Listen to the brainless blasphemy of d commits
senator of the South, which Southern journal
can suffer to rest uncondemned on its pages:
"Rev. DIR. Bethune deprecated the idea of no
fellowship with Shareholders, for that ,ras sr-
communicating them from the ChUrch of God
and th~s re n.haPPy Scrh tras PrsrsHted from
Instituted scheme so truly malignant as this to
prevent the spread of the Gospel. The worst
cannibals in Africa, the natives of Congo ali
would have the Gospel preached to them 4; but
the extreme men Of the North would first denv
the South the Bible, and then DENY them the
tract. VIA, then, tcos to become Of these nal
hoas? We're they 10 be permitted 10 go dorm ~
heL because these egtrcnls people trikled IL God
forbid -
Powerful people these extremists. The power
OF accommodating has been believed, by one
branch OF the Christian Church, to reside with
the successor of st. Peter,n at the Vatican
and by the other branches, not to reside any
where But 1t seems they were both mistaken
According to this DR.. Bethune, the extremists
OF the North hold the keys of heaven and hell
Now if there was but pope in the North, he
might manage to inspire little terror by his
threatenings, but as there are any quantity of
popes there, it is to he feared that their q excom
municatiOn'' will not scare the South much They
are too plenty. In certain latitudes the people
generally do not hold Jlack-berries in very high
estimation. And then, again, how is the South to
hold in proper awe and respect a million or so
OF popes, who will allow a man to tell them to
their faces that they are as @ malignant as the
devil !'' IL people-popes well as others
wish to be respected abroad, they must benin bv
causing themselves to be respected at home
w hat, then, is to become of these Millions
asks Or: Bethune; why, if their fate depends on
the hat who are as g malignant the devil; as
he says 1t does, il is very easy to tell what is to
become Of them. "Are they to be permitted 10
go down to hell? To be sure they are But
badlnage aside, what is the name for the imbe-
cility Of mind that can cause man to assert that
the well being, eternal or otherwise, of the hap.
plest, weaithiest most refined and delightful
Its immune able churches, colleges and schools
its myriad homes whe may be found the fuIle-t
beauty and pride of comfort and spirit of social
life, and, above all $50 far as the North is con-
cerned } its King Cotton and Queen Suoar-de-
pends on any thing that any set of people in the
North can accomplish. Isthere straight Jacket
l% the world straight enough for such prodigy
WASHINGTON, May 80
The MEMORY OF TIE DEAD.-We had be-
lieved that everybody possessing ordinary
humanity, would sufficiently respect the men,
DRY OF the deceased to suffer the grass to grow
on their graves before seeking to use the in
Huence they may have possessed for the further
anee OF selfish or partizan purposes. Thi., we
find, is delusion, for there are those in this
country protesting to be "leaders in all that
elevates and ennobles mankind who are will
ing to violate this decent regard for the feel
ings of bereaved and sorrowing friends Of
this melancholy instance is afforded in con-
nection with the late Thomas H. Benton. The
New York IrtbHRe and other kindred journals
were so anxious to avail themselves of the
authority of his name for the promotion of
their political heresies, that they did not even
wait for the corpse to be clothed in its burial
habhiments ere they invoked his alleged con-
versations to give effect to their attacks ON the
Administration and asserted, too, that he ut
tered the sentiments attributed to him while
in dying condition. and when it is fair to
presume his desire was to be at peace with all
mankind
The transcendental philosophy and higher
lawism of those journalists may justify them in
such course, but to ordinary common sense
people 1t is disgusting, and to the friends of
Mr. Benton really offensive. The aggravaton
Is also augmented by the rejection that the
object sought to be accomplished could have
been equally attained by Withholding these
publications for months to come For OUT
present purpose it is immaterial whether the
statements were true or false. If true, they
were calculated to awaken unkind feelings ON
the parts of those friendly to Mr. Buchanan
towards Mr Benton, before they had even paid
the first tribute of respect to his memory. If
false, feelings Of bitterness against the tradu-
GERS would be thereby intruded into associa-
tions sanctifed by mourning for the recent
dead That they are false, however, no one
doubts, who knows anything of the circum-
80 ".
design in adverting to them was only to protest
against such hyena-l like invasion of the solem-
nifty of the funeral rites with contentious and
ordinations growing out Of the alleged words
or deeds of the departed. No ordinary cause
can justify such heartlessness
IaE DIVISION OF GEORGETOWN QUESTION
The following letter comes to US from an intel
ligent Georgetown correspondent, who for many
years past has been perhaps the most useful
citizen of that Corporation, so far as effective
attention to its interests before Congress is COL
cerned. Under such circumstances. it is our
duty to call the earnest attention Of the Stars
Congressional readers, especially, to its state
ments and suggestions, as follows:
GEORGETOWN, June 3, 1855
Editor OF the Star: Somebody made a very er-
roneous statement in the Star of last evening AS
that paper has much larger circulation he e
than any other one, (larger, indeed, than all the
other papers together published in the District }
and Is read, too, by every member of Congress /
hope you will allow me to correct that statement
That correspondent SAYS, in substance, that many
years ago 1t had been hoped that Geory etown
would become place of commerce and trade
- but that such reasonable expectations then en-
RETAINED are no longer entertained, and that il
is proper that the town should be SO far brok.n
up as TO CO de away to the " country" large part
OF its territory 1t is to be reted that any man
VINO lives among us, and Is in anywise identified
with our interests, would have allowed himself
to make such grOundless statement
Now, what are the facts. At the time he mem
tlohs, we had population of less than two thou
sand souls The surface Of our site presented
little else than numberlrsS immense hills and
valleys, which had to be cut down and filled nm
al cost and labor that IL almost Incredible
Every thing was in a rugged condition and
these natural obstacles had to be subdued nv the
arm of industry. That, in a word, was then our