Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-02-02
WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

ukrTING NERvOUs.-The New York Times 10
getting alarmingly nervous owe, the report of the
Virginia Legislatures (House) financial commit
tee accompanied with billy upon the project OF
REFRESHING the consumption in Virginia of north
ern-made goods wares and merchandise gener-
ally Months ago we took occasion to foreshadow
the policy in this connection that would doubtless
be resorted to by the Virginia Legislature; and
this action bears out our anticpatons to the letter
it is in strict accordance with the very general
desire throughout the State, TO as far az possible
prevent the consumption of northern goods within
its limits The Constitution forbids STATE imposts
on merchandise of any description but leaves
each State free to tax for State purposes the sale Of
any description Of goods or property, with the
privilege Of ma king any disrrimi nations that may
seem proper to these authorized to enact the taxes
In the shape Of licenses. The New York Times
argues with great bitterness against this power
contendlng that no State may constitptionally
make any discrimination whatever In granting
licenses to sell any description Of goods. If the
position of the Times be a sound one then from
the formation Of the Union until today every State
has violated the Constitution in this particular;
for every of them have exacted her licenses
for the sale of some descriptions of merchandise
than for the sale Of Others while every one of
them have elected to encourage the sale Of some
descriptions and repress that of others by their
tariffs Of charges for licenses But it matters little
what journals of the type of the New York Times
may publish upon the subject, Virginia is deter
mined to achieve commercial independence Of
the North. Her citizens are individually prepared
to undergo privatiOns to accomplish that so COM
mendable end, and her Leg islature will second
their efforts by throwing as many obstacles around
the sale of northern made goods within the States
limits possible and thus encouraging the pro-
ducton of home manufactures to answer in their
stead, and their procurement from without the
United States or from other slaveholding States.
The CT ERxsHP.-The Republican party of the
House were to have met to- day at noon at the Cap
itol to consult with reference to the Clerks cleo
ton. The meeting was called for consultation.
rather than as caucus. Mr.. Forney and his
friends insist on his nomination by the meeting"
and We reason to doubt that he will ac hieve
it, uness it is judged that he will prove stronger
without, than with such formal adoption as the
bantling Of iIelperism.
1t is claimed that he IS certain of the votes of
Mr.. Davis of Md, Mr.. Briggs, Mr.. Clark of n
Y, Mr.. Adrian and Mr.. Riggs, neither one of
whom will vote for him running as the avowed
and clearly ascertained candidate of the Repub-
lican party, we apprehend. His professions Of de.
can hardly obtain their votes for him after such
arhliation he has had with the Republican
party since the first Monday of December last
Messrs Briggs, Riggs and Adrian, who voted
for Mr.. Pennington allege that they voted far
that gentleman, not upon political grounds, but
order to terminate the contest for the Speaker
ship, which was SO grievously iDjurng the
country's business interests, and because of
their confidence in his greater conservatism than
that Of any other prominent member of the Re-
publican party who stood the sli. htest chance
Of being elected.
That is to say. they voted for him in spite of.
rather than oil account CT his Republican partyism
Under such circumstances it does not Seem prob
able to us that they will step forward to prove that
they aars indeed freely taken service under the re-
publican party banner by also aiding and abetting
the election of the Republican party's candidate
for the Clerkship. All three Of them. as well as
Mr.. Winter Davis profess to be opposed to a coal
ltlon with, or rather to being absorbed in the Re-
publican party. 1t can then hardly be that in
eiecting Clerk they will signify to the world
that there is not the slightest sincerity in such
professions Oh their part.