Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-04
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

enouSuuS, not milllons, have read the Pres
1dent's message of the day before yesterday
lts remarkable reasoning has fallen upon the
public mind everywhere as here, with con-
vincing force. The grand result of its promul-
CATION, 30 far, is the existence of the belief, on
the part Of all close observers and well-informed
persons around US, that it renders the admis-
sion OF Kansas under the LecomptOn constitu-
ton certain at an early day, beyond any posi-
bic peradventure. Some few of its opponents
have been cheating themselves into the belief
that the votes of the day before yesterday upon
adjourning for the day were test votes, showing
that the recommendations of the President will
not prevail in the House hall They reckon
without their host, we know well. . Even with
out the effect of the message upon the country,
which is destined to be greater than ever re-
suited from tho PRONUNCIATION of any similar
Executive paper upon a disputed question,
the Kansas policy Of the Administration is in a
fair working majority of both chambers.
The advantages which the reasoning, empha-
sis and abiding patriotism of the message will
surely give Its friends throughout the heated
DEBATE In both Senate and House of which it is
TO be the subject, were manifested clearly on
the day before yesterday in the crushing force
which characterized the speeches of Messrs
Toombs of Georgia, and Hughes of Indiana
mus the President has placed his friends on
tne vantage ground from the start. Their own
capacity for the discharge of their legislative
duties, aided by the tremendous additional,
moral force they will acquire from the effect of
the message upon the popular mind, evidences
oil which already meet us in the comments
favorable and otherwise-upon it in eyery
newspaper we open, will surely give them an
overwhelming victory throughout the discus
SION, which by the by is probably destined to
be ADLER and moro interesting than any so
Tar known to the history of our n ational Legis
lature.
The FILIBUsrEn's INDIcrxEsr.-The Mo-
bile Adrertiser of the 9th ult. contains full
report Oh the speech delivered not long since by
the hilbuster Walker, in that city, wherein he
essays to arraign the President and Cabinet for
At hrst encouraging his last pratical attempt
upon the territory Of a neighboring friendly
nation. twill be remembered that when here
ne gave out numerous assurances to the public.
through sympathizing newspaper Ietter-writers,
tnat ne actually had in his possession letters
from the President and one or more members of
the Cabinet proving the truth of the allegation
thus subsequently, promulged formally in this
speech Though the production of those letters
would probably have secured for him the " in.
oemnity ne sought at the hands of Congress,
ne mas not yet spread them before the world.
The truth is, there was no foundation what
ever for the story of their existence. That was
simply an invention to gain credence for his
a 1gation that the Government of the United
States winked at his violation of the neutrality
Ia" winch, In turn, was also simply an inven-
uon to cheat unsuspecting and over-ardent
young men into immolating themselves to sub
serve his schemes Of murder, plumber, arson,
and atrocious personal ambition in Central
America, precisely par with the account,
OF his battles, victories, prospects, &C., in Mic
aragua, forwarded to the press of this country.
through which so many thousands of the youth
OF the United States were cheated into rushing
into the arms of lingering disease and loath-
some death, in the belief that his statement,
were true. The people Of the Gulf coast ceun-
try-the fathers, brothers and friends of his de-
iuded victims referred to above-haye fearful
account to settle with him, and his bill of par
tlculars embraced in this speech is neither
more nor less than the untruthful plea-mis-
epresentation-under which he sought to e.
cape their vengeance-nothlng more whatever.
The PROPOSED MAIL BY TIE TEHUAsTEPEc
RoUTs.-In the Star of Friday last, we took |
occasion to make sundry remarks concerning |
the proposition to carry mails between the At |
lantic and Pacific sides ria the Tehuantepec
route, which We have subsequently, satisfied |
ourseH were unjust. So we hasten, as is our
wont In all similar cases, to do justice to those
engaged In that proposed enterprise, by frank
ly admitting our error. Our impression was,
that parties were engaged in endeavoring to Gre
ATE new monopoly of the transportation of the |
mails and passengers between the Atlantic and |
Pacific coasts, for the benefit of the ENTERPRISE
we named above, who in their efforts to accom- |
piish that end were also widely engaged in eff.
forts TO detract from the character and stand
ing OF everybody and everything supposed to
stand in the way of success Of their plans.
subsequently, We have satisfied ourself that the |
malignant assaults to which we refer. are in M |
way referable to the friends of the proposed
Tehuantepec enterprise, and therefore thus
frankly and cordially recall our imputation of
their connection with it,
Those who ask Congress to contract for The
of the mails of the United States
by that route, base their application, we learn,
Wholly on the ground that they can transport
them In less time, and for less money than they
can De carried for by any other route; reasons,
"nicn 10 say the least of them, deserve due con-
eiaefauon al the hands Of Congress. Though
not al tnis Time sufficiently informed on the
subject to enable us to express an opinion upon
me propriety OF making the contract they ask.
We feel that acting under amissrepre.ent.,ion
OF facts, we did them injustice on FRIDAY las,
and mus take occasion to recall our remarks
that bear invidiously upon them; our mottoI.
lng-Do justice though the heavens NAV fall
ARIZONA We make the following extract
rom the correspondence of the San Francisco
Herald, in reference to Arizona. 1t will he
cen that it confirms our previous notices of the
slue Of the new Territory, and the necessity
or its or0.ni,st;oo 4 ,