Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-02-10

under the immediate supervision Of Mr.. John
Sherman ct al. of the Republican party managing
committee is the desire their cast evinces to coax
the South Americans to sell themselves to the
purposes Of the Republican-party organization
thrOughou the session. Thus, i've South Ameri-
tout Of their total force Of twentythr are
at the head Of five Of the most important commit
tees-evincing degree of favoritism for that
wing of'the House. that its most ardent member
would not have ventured to manifest, lin arrang-
ing the committees, } had he, instead of Mr. PEN
nngton, been elected TO the Speakership.
The purpose Of the Republican managers is to
effect thorough coalition with the South Ameri-
cans, es against the Democracy, so as to make as
much political capital possibl for the ends of
their 1.-THE Republican partly organization can
be made out Of the turn they can manage to give
to the sessions legislation of the body. They
seek to make capital thus, simply for the benefit OF
the ntislavery cause In the Presidential election
and ii remains to be seen, in the policy which the
South Americans will pursue on the floor, how
far they are disposed to 20 with theIRepublicans
in payment of the debt Of alleged gratitude thu,
essayed to be scored up against them
1t is undeniably evident that while protesting as
utter repugnance to the incendiary principles o.
the Republican party entertained by the
Democracy, the South American leaders in the
House, Messrs Etheridge and Gimer. have played
into their hands from the first Monday in Decem-
Der until this hour, with apparent intense earnest
i'll the success Of the game of defeating the Demo
cracY for the benefit of the Republican party.
Nevertheless, there are members Of their rank and
file who from the beginning have evinced ex-
IRENE restlessness at being made parties to any
such work; and, we apprehend, by the time the
House get fairly to work, such division will take
nj no will
mark those continuing to do the work of the Re-
publican party as being as substantially sold or
transferred to that organizaton-we care not from
whence they hail-as the Douglas party men who
are now the bitterest and most foul-mouthed Re-
publican Party-ites in the hall
The PRESIDENT AND THE HARPER's FERRY
RAIp.-Perceivng that the Opposition press are
disposed to make political capital out Of the late
effort of Senator Douglas to create the impression
that President Buchanan in his reply to the re-
quest OF Governor Wise, that he should put down
alleged conspiracies in other States to invade
Virginia by force Of Federal arms, evInced an in
disposition to discharge his whole duty in the
premises, we know Of no better mode OF showing
how utterly baseless that accusat on really was
than by publishing in the Stars columns the
remarks of Senator Davis. delivered on the 9th
ult, upon the resolution of Senator D. in that con-
necton, on which the Opposition have seized fer
political effect, explained above. A pressure
on columns makes it necessary to postpone
this publication until Monday next; and we take
this occasion to say that never assault upon
public fnnctionary more completely repelled
and exploded than in this case by Senator Davis.
who proved. first, that to hinge an objection to
the views of the President in this matter, Mr..
Douglas forced to draw very foolish and
wholly unwarranted differences from his letter to
Governor Wise. Next, that he had really done
all in the premises that existing law permitted
him to do: and, again. that were he to have done
what the Senator from Illinois profcssed to believe
proper, he would have grossly violated States
rights and overstePped his authority. And lastly.
by admission wrung from Senator d.. himself
that what he, the President, did do was, after
all, Just what he should have done-neither more
or less.
THE HITcH.-The Republicans are in ter: lille
stew over the necessity in which they Yesterday
found themselves, of moving the postponement
Of the election of d House printer until Monday
next. 1t was Of course the result of an apprehen-
sion that part Of their force was about to desert
their standard for the time being. The prospective
sPols Of the printing thus prove too much for the
scent Of those spOils afar off, and that only being
the cause why more or less of them Just now re-
fuse to obey the call of their whipper IN Between
now and Monday at noon the recusants will doubt
less make their several propositions the friends
OF the nominee, eAacting as large share OF the
plunder as can possibly be wrung from him
the nominee. If the Opposition are really in
earnest in the desire to ferret out corruption the
buying and selling of their own votes in come.
ton with this approaching election will doubtless
afford them an ample field for invest cations re-
sulting in bringing to light an amount of repre-
hensi bic tratticking quite as revolving anything
that has occurred in the legislation of Congress
up to this time.
TIE PoSr OFFICE DEFICIENCY BILL.-As there
Is no possible hope that the House will adopt the
Senate's amendment to the Post Office Deficiency
Bill abolishing the ranking privilese-for it will
cut off all the existing facilities Of honorable rep
resentitives for making capital for themselves
individually. at the expense Of the National
Treasury-lt is earnestly to be desired that they
will agree to disagree to it without debate so that
the bill may be at once returned to the Senate and
passed by that body on Monday next The failure
of the House to pass the original bill last session
and their subsequent failure, up to this time, to
10y ~ All NS pOSoAOlNj VIC cSiIS SIC"lHS Out VI
nat tacheS, which are running hundreds Of most
and deserving citizens who placed
fiith in the capacity Of Congress to transact bust
ness in business way, have gone further towards
making rejecting believe in our want Of
capacity for selfgovernment, than aught that has
occurred in our public history.
y SIGHT TO BE SEEN, TO Pc APPRKCIATEp-The
system upon which the newly-appoimted officers
OF the House are being run down for offices and
places under them Their rooms are crowded
with seedy and dolorous- looking applicants. and
their doors with as many more besides They
await their several turns to whisper in the lug of
the dispensers Of patronage, with about as much
patience as 30 MANY fox hounds their turns to snap
up the allowance of bread to be thrown to them
o. the huntsman. As the turn of either comes
round, they jump towards the dispenser aforesaid
pretty much the huntsmau's hand is sprang at
by Carlo, Ringer, Loud Tongue, or Beppo, as
he calls oat The name of each, chunk Of bread in
hand. That we are an oftce-seeking people.
indeed, is being mos; forcibly illustrated In these
occurrences.
MORE CHANGES UNDER THE HOUsE DOoRKRKP-
Ea In addition to those chrOnicled in yester-
days Star since then the House Doorkeeper has