The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-05-05
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.


The new official organ, the Constitution lays
down the law to the ofice-holders as follows:
i" The President of the United States pays for
his paper in advance, and all salaried officers
of the Government will be expected to follow
his example in this particular"
Gov. WISE This prolific civilian, if the
term may be applied to man of such savage
diction, has written still another letter upon
politics in general which fills tuoenty-eigM col
umns of the Richmond Enquirer. 1t is ad-
dressed to William F. Sanford, Esq, of Ala
hama, who, if he be an abstractionist" of
Virginia descent, may possibly read it.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has, by de-
cision entirely unanimous, refused to allow the
writ of habcas corpus to issue for the benefit of
Simeon Bushnell and his nineteen fellow pris
oners in the jail of this county, for the reason
that the United States District Court has not
yet exhausted its authority that is to say, the
prisoners have yet been sentenced I; and un-
til sentence, it is to be presumed that right and
justice will be done in the premises by the Dis
trict Court.
| The court gives no opinion in respect to the
constitutionality .es the fugitive slave law, one
way Ut the Otner, SuclCeIluS lISelI uuuer Olu
saying" Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof"
| The Supreme Court was distinctly asked by
the counsel for the prisoners, to pass upon the
constitutional question whether they refused
the writ or not.
There is a lack of holiness in this tribunal
that will be corrected, in process of time, by the
people, CleUeland Leader
The Chicago Herald, the leading anti Doug
las paper of the State Of Illinois, declares that,
if Mr.. Douglas is nominated for President at
Charleston, it 1.-THE HERALD will support him
with all its might. 1t adds, that "no true
Democrat will bolt the nominations, whoever
is nominated" On the other hand, the Spring
field (Ill.) Register the central Douglas organ,
pledges itself to support the nominee of the
Charleston Convention, whoever he may be.
1t will 60, it states, for President Buchanan if
he is renomnated at Charleston upon the old
Democratic platform of non-intervention.
The above statement goes to confirm the
statement elsewhere noticed, that negotiation
is going on between the President and Doug
las. On the contrary. the Administration fac
ton in Illinois has recently held Convention,
at which Mr.. Douglas was formally read out Of
the party.
| Iowa TO MAssAcHUsETTs.-The Republican
State Central Committee of Iowa have held
meeting, and issued an earnest appeal to the
| Republicans of Massachusetts, to vote down the
proposition to require an Intervention of two
years betwixt naturalization and voting. The
| following are their resolutions
"Whereas the Legislature of the State of
Massachusetts has passed an amendment to the
| &c hot Ntofo hu nh, oh
born citizens are deprived of the right of suf
| frage for two years after their naturalization ;
and
| "Whereas this amend ment will be submitted
to vote of the people of Massachusetts on the
9th day of May, 1859, for approval or disap-
prevail:
Therefore, Be it resolved by the Republ-
can Central Committee of the State of Iowa:
81. That the above-named act of the Legis-
lature of Massachusetts, is violation of the
principles of the Republican party, as affirmed
in the National Republican Platform adopted
at Philadelphia in 1856, and should therefore
meet with the earnest rebuke of the Republican
party in every State ofthe Union.
90. Resolred, That we regard this act as
making an un just and offensive discrimination
between citizens on account of their birthplace,
and showing therefore a tendency to undermine
the foundation on which the Republican party
is based, which carefully preserves strict ac-
acknowledgement of the equal rights Of citizens
under the Constitution of the United States,
without regard to nationality, and in the con.
demnation of all prescription in legislation.
90. Resolred, That the Republican party in
the State of Iowa cannot and will never approve
of an act by which our naturalized citizens are
deprived of part of their rights as guaranteed
by the Constitution and existing laws.
| 90 RoeOI,,p1 That we EARNESTLY rouuast Our
Republican, brethren in MASSACHUSETTS to reject
by their vote proposition which would be a
stain upon the fair fame of a State which has
heretofore been foremost in the advocacy Of
free principles and equal rights to all men,"
Hon. jeremiah Clemens, formerly distin-
gushed Democrat, now editor of the Memphis
Enquirer, said in his speech in the American
| Convention at Nashville, a few days ago, that
itrequred extraordinary credulity to believe that
the Administration intended to use the thirty
million dollars it asked for of the late Congress,
in the purchase of Caha. "In my honest Opin-
ion," said Mr., Clemens, (" the intention was to
use it as corruption fund to secure the nOmi-
nation and election of John Slidel as President
of these United States. There is nothing in the
past history of either James Buchanan or John
Slidell to place them above suspicion. Give
them thirty millions Of dollars to be used in
buying Spanish officials, and, unless some such
miracle occurs as that of the leopard changing
his spots, part OF the sum will he employed in
buying the Charleston Convention, and the re-
mainder in purchasing the vote necessary to
insure the election OF its nominee"
The CANDIDATE IN lS60.-The National Era
denies that it has abandoned Governor Chase,
of Ohio The editor thinks him pure-minded
man of superior abilities, but he is not welded
to him or any other man for the Presidency in
1860. He insists that whoever is selected must be
a representative man lone who truly and really
represents the Northern Republican sentiment,
that said sentiment must be distinctly avowed
in the platform it was in 1856, and the party
must have the name Of Republican any other
will fail of carrying the Northern vote. This,
we heartily endorse for it must be evident by
this time to any rejecting mind in this country,
that the majority of the voters of the Northern
States are in favor of Republican principles,
and that nomination in 1860, to be successful,
must truly represent those principles All who
have doubted this view of the subject must now
be convinced of their error. The recent vote
in the Eastern States has fully settled that
question. Any man, therefore, who, at this
day advises a pitching away of the distinctive
principles of the Republican creed, ON the
himsy pretence of admitting Douglasites,
Americans, and Southern Wings to vote the
Opposition ticket in 1860, is an enemy to the
Republican party and ought not to be listened
to for one moment. A candidate of ability and
character, whose record is truly Republican,
can carry majority Of the electoral votes in
1860, and get them all in the Northern States