New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-19
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Prem On ovs CoDsspordsn.
WASHINGTON, May IL, 1859.

Prem On 0vn CoDesporden.
WASHINGTON, May Ii, 1853.
sin.a tho dave Of The NadisoniGs, when the
;uust,ioas Jopes-not of the War Ofiee-presided
cve, The des.pies Of that delectabls Journal which
aai,v eh.up.ed the praises Of the TyIersn era,
there has been no such effort 10 estab.sh orgaDshio
uuop an official basis as n now witnessed When
Brisadler. General Bowman was recently installed,
le announced with military curtness that the
Presdept paid HE subscription in advance, and
therefore all the uDderlings we're expected TO imi'
tate that patriotic example. This announcement FOL
bowed rjsht upon the heels Of bargain a1d sale oy
which The Union was transferred at its i1m 'aiue
tAat is, Without penny Of expense, ana me Con.
st,fuiion hter ally pensiOped ON the Treasury at
NIO on year the fret quarter OF which WAS paid in
ADVANCE by that distinguished patriot, philanthro-
pist, philosopher lobbyist and hnancier, Cornelius
Wendell.
As the bnt was not taken, tho Brigsdier deter
mined to enlist fresh influence, aud now the Cab
met have turned recruiting serseants under his
command. / ebsneed 10 be present few days ago.
when corporal appeared IN one Of the bureaax
with bis conscription--I mean subscnption-lst,
vbo signi6ed in very Martinez manner, that he
was detsiled by Mr.. Cobb t. call upon the faithful
for their autographs. As these poor fellows had
been assessed heavily last Fall for the PennsylVanla
election, under orders from the author Of the Du-
quesne letter. and had answered other acquisitions
,ipce tbep the agreeable welcome they extended to
the 1.-THE collector may well be magiued. The Con-
ssitution il 10 stated upon orthodox authority, now
sddrrssoe oil audience OF 6Uj LocUmptOuites daiy,
and three tines as many once week, who have
not devotion enough for the diurnal demand.
This fact may serve 10 explain, IN some degree,
the great impression made upon the country by the
Administration, and the well. founded hopes of our
pros flr a replpr1lOD.
when it 10 known that the audience is composed Of
rtoossys drilled to the perfection Of those hired for
the French pits. Every oficehOder must have
Ais Constitution, as passport to the White House.
Without tbas badge be may expect quarantine, and
perhaps something else. II the President could
only persuade John Jones Of the extinct Madiso-
ntas 10 grind the organ according ~ his skill in
the o,den time, the heroic age would be at once
revived, and the Nations would bow down as they
were wont TO do, when an angry Jupiter thun-
dered.
The Presidents paper is very much exercised at
the alleged tokens of higher lawi.m, particularly
in the North. IL is quite shocked at the non.c0m-
phspce with the Fugitive Slave law, and exPends @
homily on the operations Of the EmigraDt Aid So
ciety 10 Kansas, but not syllable is uttered con-
eeining the Blue Lodges in Missouri, where the
scheme Of invading and cODquering Kansas was
fret cOntrived. The Border RuffisDs were body
Of DnOcents who must be treated with delicacy aud
1orbearapce by the court journal The Constitution
contents itself with gingerly reference TO fbus-
trsm in the South, as the only sign Of dsobedience
to law 10 that cherished section. Its memory
il oblivious as 10 the recent piratical
expeditions reviving the slave trade, and
the open defiance of the Government by those
engaged in that business. No single syllable is
hsped at the verdicts in the Echo case at Charles
ton, nor is the inactivity of the Government in
prosecuting the cases of piracy for importing slaves
s,ta n nod fhv nfs NOTICE
The eye Of the President is only vigilsnt in d.
fection and dilates whoever pretext for detect
ing error is offered. When a fugitive slave is to
be hunted down in Boston, the army and navy can
be summoned with becoming energy; but when the
laws and Constitution are Hagrantly outraged, as
they were in the case of the Wan ierer, then de-
lays, and caution, and tender solicltudes, are
the order of the day. II is easy to see now,
with the datory proceedings Of the Government,
that no conviction OF the pirates who were engaged
In that most nefarions transaction can orr"r a
morbid sympathy has been excited Tor them, 10
which the prosecution has lent its indirect coua-
tenance. After such time has elapsed, when wit
pesses are dispersed and technical pleas can be
invoked, they will escape, and Mr.. Lamar may 60
and repeat his enterprise with impuny. While
the South as section should not be held response
Bile for this worst of crimes, nowhere more depre,
Gated than among the upright and true men OF that
section it is in vain to deny that the slave trafhc
has been reope0eO; ana WIN tno huo"oosc' :" NV
the privity, Of this Administration. Mr.. Lamar
did not 20 into corner when he initiated that en-
terprise. AS soon as Mr.. Cobb refused clear
ance of his vessels to bring emigrants
fiom Africa, under the sanction OF ex-
isting laws, he notified him publicly that the
question should be practically tested. And it was
tested, when more than 800 Africans, torn from
their native wilds landed near Savannah after
a voyage in which nearly 100 were consigned to an
ocean grave What did the Administration do
What has it done 7 What will it do to wipe out
that dark chapter in the history Of the nineteenth
century