The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-27

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS
New YORK, TUESDAY Mighty


January rs, 1859
Two of our city papers Courier and Enquirer and
Exprcss=-arc enaaned in snStfs ,fntr6h yr- sswho
killed cock robin decided by the confession of the
SPARROW, who not only pleaded guilty to the cock robn
eide, but added that it with his show and arrow
that the fell deed done In this respect the qucs
ton which the Courier and Express discussing abor
under disa Vantage compared with that which
familiar in every nursery Nobody willing to i'm
itatc the sparrows canlor, and say that he killed the
wing party however cca-y established it may be that
the wing party is long since defunct
do Tot propose to discuss the question However
difficult it may be to determine art, killed the wing
party IL is not BY any means difficult to discover ,rho
killed that party, and this latter study may no,
be without benefit to the republican party partcu-
larly at the present inncturc. The opposition OF
the wing leaders to the annexation of Texas and
to the wishes of the great majority Of the people
wrought their ruin, giants though they were Henry
Clay antianncxation letter his political death
warrant and that OF his party aud the Seward speech
against the $50 00O, 900 Cuba BILL and his opposition
and that of his party to the annexation Of Cuba, will
work their political cxtnconas surely they persist
it, because the sentiments of avery large majority of the
American people notoriousy in favor of the honor
able acquisition of the island believe that this is
obvious that Mr. Seward will find that very many of his
republican associates will refuse to follow him in his
andemocratic crusade, and decline to make themselves
politically odious In their desire to gain temporary par
tisan triumph. They know that the judgment, patriot
ISM philanthropy and interest of the American people
impe them to ask for the annexation of Cuba now and
with this knowledge they may well hesitate before they
commit themselves to the desperate course which
Senator Seward seems determined to follow The
Evening Post of this evening says that our gov
eminent is representative government, in which the
numerical majority has the control of power and patron
age This il fact which the Posts friends would do
well to ponder well the other fact, equally true
that any party even the great party of Henry Clay
which presumes counter to that numerical major
ity, must perish
The sensation paragraphists who write for the New
York press from Washington, who know everything TINT
ranspires in secret session OF the Senate who give
the most minute details of what takes place at the cab
net consultations who give the contents verbatim Of
the most private dispatches have enlightened us here
ms WE'LL doubtless rs the publishers and editors of the
Union to its management financial condition. and the
future intentions of its proprietor Nothing escape
these lynx-eyed correspondents Not only the past
and present entirely their disposal but the future
is open book to them. They very anxious to
sec the Union ruined and willing to
Mr.. Wendell ruined, that their desires may be
grati6cd But they have forgotten their The
policy Of the newsmongers has always been to represent
Mr.. Wendell making fabulous sums of money by
/" plunderng' the government All Mt once they have
got hold Of idea and now they trying TO rep
resent him n loser of fabulous Between stories
inconsistent the public will not find it difficult to fix
upon the true conclusion and that is, that the
mongcrs most INSCRIPTIONS and most uumitigated
falsifers.
The hupdrcdth anniversary of the birthday of Robert
Burns the peoples poet, celebrated tonight with
great fervor by Scotch fellow citizens and by large
number of American admirers of the ploughman poet.
Dining speech making, song singing, dancing &c, &c,
were the order of the evening and when the sma
hours arrived the lads and lnssics still tripping it on
the light fantastic The ball of the Scott Life Guard
Nblos Saloon was u grand affair The display of mill
tary uniforms was quite gorgeous
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