The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-02-03
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE


that movement has been made here rcccufr
which may materially affect the organization Il
the next House of Representatives Certifcar..
OF election have not been issued 10 the g.,
members from New York CITY, owing to Inform.
alty IN the returns made to the Sccretarv #
state. They have obtained, however. an 7..
thenucated statement, exhibiting the nur,r.,
OF votes gwen, and to what candidates TIL.
testimony may he sufficient 10 satisfy the claim.
ants or others OF their election but it is not tia
legal or formal certificate which has hcret.fr.
been regarded as priHd Jacic proof OF mel.ter.
ship, and without such proof being furnished,
is difficult to see how these names can be r,r,,5
on the roll Of those returned But there + r.,
son to believe that Mr.. Allen, the present Dom.
ocratic Clerk, who will preside in thu. pe,,
House until the election of a Speaker. ma, 40.
termined to call these six persons as reruIarIr
elected, and thus perhaps give them d control
ling influence IN the organization Such j.. the
game, as developed now, and as likely to b.
disclosed next winter Under the best circun.
stances, parties will be nicely balanced, and the
choice of officers may turn upon the Americal
members yet to be elected from the South
There is no contingency for which Democratic
ingenuity and deXterity viii not provide, and if
a door be not double boted and barred, they
will contrive some mode Of entrance.
The Washington States concurs entirely IN
the opinion we expressed some weeks ago, tina.
the Democratic party is dissolved. 1t saw,
A." Hare IRE a Democrat, Party Amoug U,l-
The doubt implied IN the above interrogation,
however startling at first sight, appears any.
thing but absurd on examination. Nav al he
hazard of contradicting the vulgar prejudice
and shocking our own sense Of security we are
obliged to announce the deliberate conclusion
that there is now no Democratic party in exist,
ence. And we will venture the assertion. that
the paradoXical opinion will be embraced b,
all observing and rejecting persons
The States proceeds to demonstrate this as
sertion, and declares that there is no longer
common point Of agreement among the men.
bers of the late great Democratic party Even
the spoils have lost their cohesive power.
ANOTHER DIsUNIoN CoNvENTIoN.--We would
respectfully suggest that the Southern States
meet in Convention at some central point At
lanta, Ca, for instance, to take into consider.
ton the WRONGS and REMEDIES Of the South
The Convention should he full one, and eyery
Southern State should be well represented LIT
it be composed Of able men. of cool calculating
heads. Let no hot-headed political asprauts
be there, to mar the harmony Gifts action. Such
a Convention while it could do no harm, would
likely be productive of much good Let il
adopt platform Of principles upon which the
South would be a unit, and then if dsunio1
must come, as come it will, if we have the spirit
of our fathers, we shall have the consolation Of
knowing that we are at least united, and Pre-
pared for the worst. What say the Southern
press p Vest AioJdmian.
The SOUTH AMERICANS BACKING DowS-
The spirit Of Mr.. Marshall speechis reelected
in the following paragraph from the Baltmo.,
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Whenever the Republicans contend that the
Federal Government is clothed by the Cop.,,
tuition with any power to.preyeut the extension
OF Slavery into any TeJydmy Of the Union. they
contend for the Nilmot Proyiso, and we Of tie
South shall take direct issue with them. We
are willing they shall have what Is nominated
IN the bond, bat nothing more will we either
give on ask
THE Box MoRTARA.--A committee Of m.
Jews OF Baltimore, in an address tothe President
in respect TO the case of the boy Mortara. saw
" Your memoriafsts ale well aware Of Tie
prncIpie OF nonlnteUenton which generally
regulates the foreign p0icy of the Goyeumr,r
Of the United States, bu il appaars IN ,ber.
that its application has bee, limtcd 10 those
cases only which would reqIre active inter.
ference, and does not include t4ose where ,l.
effect OF moral influence alone is .ecessary.
This view il justified by the ction Of q.
former Secretary Of State 8ir. Forsvb vbo i,
1870, during the persecution Of the iyaeEte.
at Damascus, instructed the American consul
at Alexandra to support eflectuallvt1e cag..
of the innocent sufferers before the Inki,ba.
thorites.
The intention Of giving TO this nle Of r,-.
intervention a wider application thai forme5.
can only then be entertained when ither H.
United States shall have lost its Formidable m.
titude towards foreign Governments, wLe.
an Administration shall have abandCei il,
position, which heretofore has been tiDfr.
enced by sectarian conscientious
The Baltimore Jews are right II by
" sectarian considerations that the Admis
tration are influenced in this matter.
The STAR FOR PRoTEoTIoY-The WASH,
ton Star, moved By two patriotic consideration
viz: the necessity Of raising revenue to suppo
the splendid Administration of Mr.. Buchanan
and at the same time to deprive the RepubA
cans of thqir thunder is ready TO abandon
free trade. 1t says;
" 1t seems TO be understood that Mr.. PbelP=
Of Missouri, viii very shortly report ti!l 10 il
crease the revenue, &c, in which the duty on
ron and spices will be fixed at thirty per centum
and on liquors at fifty per centum, &C. 50 as 70
increase the revenue from customs 70 the en-
tent of s6,OOO,OOO."
Ofthis project, the Sta. says
eve really see no alternative between %
King it, or submitting to the practical bank
ruptcy of the Government, for the political ai-
vantage Of the Republican party
CoYyEcTIcUr.-The Hon John WooiIui
Republican member Of the Thirtv-fourh Coz
gress, has been nominated for the next Coz
gress, in the New Haven district. and will
hope, be triumphantly elected
The Wheeling Argus complains that the I5'
master General in advertising in Virginia j.
pers for the proposals for. letting contracts .'I
carrying the mails in the State, has slighed me
Wheeling papers. The Arqos remarks
Gift did not meet with the views Of prom
ETY. to have recognised the Democratic paFi
here, there are two othersr-one Know NOTHING
and one Black Republic an-from which BE-
could have selected medium for impartiugl"
formation Of 50 much importance to the peap'.
II is not too late yet to correct the error INTO
which he has fallen. Wepresume the 1ygHsE
not sufficiently orthodox in its Democracy 10
suit the powers behind the curtain at Washh&
on city, and therefore cannot expect any favor
rom that quarter"
Mr.. Doolittle, last week. called up the follow
ng resolution, offered by him in the Senate 90
Tune last:
Resolred, That the Committee on Fore'gH
Relations be instructed to inquire into the e\
of acauirinp. by treaty i'm Nuca'aA'