Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-12
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Walkers arrest, are dispensing, and look much
less portentous. MANY of those who were loud In
their defamation, seeing the steady policy of the
Administration to acquire that Legitimate control,
by treaties Of friendship aud protection, over the
lsthmus routes and the countries of Central
America, which belongs TO us as the great Power
on this cont inent and being essential to our
commerce with and travel to and from California,
now begin to manifest less sympathy with thu
nlibusters. The AmeTicanization OF that part of
the world in this sense. is tue object ALL OF orr
Government and OF the flibusters. but they diner
in the means of doing 1t. 1t may not be gene rally
known, but II Is fact, that in the late d iculry
with New g rdnada We could easily have obtained
absolute possession OF the lsihmus Of Panama:
but il was not deemed good policy To have dis
INT possessions or colonies. and better for our
country and onr future great nation to have
control by treaties of friendship and protection
In pursuing this policy, the present Administra-
ton, | apprehend, will avoid the errors OF It's
predecessors in making treaties with England or
any other great European Power for joint pro-
lection over the neighboring States of this CONT
nent, over any part of their territories. The
interests are not equal, and the experience of
tanglin9 alliances has taught US to make ar
American policy for America"
Tue PROPOSED REPEAL OF THE NEUTRALITY
LAw.--lf any at a distance imagine from the
noise made on the subject in Washington cor
respondence and elsewhere" that Congress
entertain the slightest idea of doing anything
of the kind, they are deceiving themselves
vastly. There are not more than thirty seven
members of the House, all told, who dream of
taking part in any such scheme of legislation
If they succeed in getting the subject fairly be-
fore that body, the result will be that the srin-
gency of the law in question will be greatly in
creased Before the Senate, any such PROPOSE
ton will turn out to be proportionaly as weak
quite.
ANOTHER ENABLING ACT.-Thc Washington
correspondent of the New York Courier aRd
Enquirer says that the Hon. ii. Winter Davis.
Of Maryland, has in hand an enabling act pro-
ject of his own for the settlement of the Kansas
question. If So it is very clear to our mind
that it will turn out to little more than some
scheme by which the interests of Aboitionism
in the Territory may be furthered, if adopted
The sentiments of no avowed Republican party
member are more ardently enlisted in the anti
slavery cause, than are those of Mr.. Davis, as
is proved by all he has said or done with refer
cnce to the slavery question since writing his
first newspaper article upon it.
POSTAL CONVENTION BETWEEN FIR ANCE AND
AUsTRIA.-France, in a postal treaty lately
made with Austria, has agreed to extend the
minimum weight Of letters from seven and one
half grammes to ten grammes-a measure
which she has hitherto most pertinaciously re-
fused to all other nations.
Fifteen grammes are about equal to half an
ounce of our American weight.
ArPoISTED.-The President has appointed
Thos. j. Albright, of Pennsylvania, to be Sec
rotary to sign land patents, vice Geo W Jones,
of Virginia. deceased.
THERE will be reception at the Executive
Mansion this evening" commencing at 8 o'clock,
TIE WEArHER.-1he following report of the
weather for this morning is made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution
The time of observation is about o'clock a. m :
JANCART II. Is5S
New York, N w.. .....clear, pleasant.
Philadelphia, Pa. .....-..clear, pleasant.
Baltimore, Nd. clear, mild
Washington, ID { ........clear, mild