Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-11-12
From Washington.
special Dispatch to the N. Y. Evening Post.

WASHINGTON, Oct. %.
| The States, now that the panic is over,
grows anxious about the record it made while
Browns rebellion was uppermost in mems
minds. 1t is of no use-everyb body here un-
derstood its aim, and it was condemned by
nearly all our citizens, pro as well as anti
! slavery.
1t is a very laughable fact, but it is fact,
that the Suites, in its frcnzies over Jno. Brown
has actually been guilty of the very crime of
the man 1t condemns so severely. 1t is guilty
OF treason! 1t calls upon Virginia, in case the
Republicans succeed in 1860, to seize the ar
senals within her borders belonging to the
federal government! 1t has gone further and
advised the present administration, in such an
event, to refuse to give up their places to the
Republicans legally entitled to fill them
What is this but treason? If Governor Wise
will but give Old Brown a respite until 1860,
it Is not impossible that he may have the com
! pany Of Il few Democratic editors on the gal
! lows
The conduct of the rampant Democracy is
well illustrated by little incident just rela-
| ted TO me by an old citizen of ashington-
| Ill. met the other morning at the city post
office a distinguished Democratic Otficc-hold-
CT, who shall be nameleSS-" 1t behOoveS
you, said the office holder, 'seeing you are
Il Republican, to condemn this affair at Har-
pers Ferry with 4 great deal of emphasis, be-
cause y0u arc a suspected character, from the
fact that you are a Republican"
| IL dO condemn Browns reasonable feat"
replied the Republican, "but let me ask you
question: Did you ever condemn the South
ern outrages in Kansas, or the brutal assault
| on Summer"
"Sumner got nhat he deserced," was the
heartless reply. This is the history of nearly
all the Democrats who arc making the earth
| trembe with their eXecrations of-not Brown,
but of-the Republicans. They laughed when
Sumner was stricken down in his Senatorial
seat, and chuckled when Buford carried
death and destruction over the plains of Kan
SaS.
1t is certainly within bounds to assert that
the assault upon Sumner was a more daring
outrage than Browns mad exploit. Brown
was monomaniac; Brooks, Kett & Co.,
were national legislators, who endeavorcd to
carry the law Of the bowie knife and the pis-
tOl into the Senate chamber of a great nation.
Yet this great overshadowing crime was not
rebuked by single Democratic journal of
this city.
Special Dispatch of the n. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Oct 3Oth, 1859.
The course of The Constitution authorizes
the ibelief that the Message will enlarge on
the Harper's Ferry affair.
Buchanan's friends yet rely upon his being
Compromise candidate for Southern rival
ries. His whole official policy has been direc-
ted with that expectation.
Corwin will not be a candidate for Speaker
but will unite with the rest of the Ohio dele
CATION in support of Sherman.
The President desires to fill the French
Mission before the meeting of Congress; but
he is undecided. He ncines to Dix; vet he
is afraid Of re-opening New York divisions,
and is advised against it. Faulkner is press
ed and favored alternately. a knowedge of
French is positively required.