Daily national Democrat., 1861-03-03
How is That 7
The Express, speaking Of Mr. Kings lee
ture on Washington, says:

Inc Express, speaking OF air. hings lee
ture on Washington, says
There was nothing for him to say about
violation Of the Constitution on the part OF
Northern States; but all the vials Of his wrath
were poured out upon the South"
Surely, the editor of the Express could not
have heard that portion of the lecture which
was devoted to a review of the events con-
nec,ed with the Whiskey Rebellion of the
North in the time of Washington. Did the
lecturer justify any violation of the Consttu-
tion that has ever occurred in the North? If
he did, we did not hear it. He was severe
upon those States which have seeded, and
he was right in beirg severe upon them If
a Southern Senator, (Andrew johnson, of
! Tennessee,) could denounee them for their
action in his place in the Senate, it can hard
ly be called Black Republicanism for those
not Southerners to do the same.
The cat of Secession was rubbed backward
and the fire flew, not to say the fur. A sneer-
ing al!uslon or two to cotton might perhaps
have been better left out, but there was. on
the other hand, much kindness of expression
towards the South, and strong Union senti
ment breathed throughout the discourse.
The speaker was for the Union. based upon
me Consolation, as interpretedJy the Supreme
Court Of tie United States What abolition
ism was there about that2 If every man in
the Walton were for the Union, based on the
Constitution, as thus interpreted, it would be
land of patriots and a land of peace Aboli-
tlonists are opposed to the Constitution of the
United States, opposed to the Supreme Court,
and desire separation from the slaveholding
States which shall be eternal
: The allusion to Washineton's views on
Emancipation was not made by way cf en-
dorsing an anti-slavery sentiment, but for the
purpose ofilustrating proposition which IL .
speaker had laid down. He had said that tn e
substance of Washington's mind and charac-
ter was calculated to bring him into svmpa-
: thy with varied classes of men. He had a
hold upon foreigners, by his warm recogni
tion of the talents of such men as Stueben and
! Pulaski, and the readiness with which his
. feelings assim:ated with theirs. He had a
, hoiu the NdJlNe Americans In differ
ent way. He had hold upon the heart of
the wild Indian even, for his stalwart forti-
tude and courage won the admiration of those
bronzed children of the Wilderness and there
was the step of the Indian Sachem in his gait.
Though a Southerner, and the owner of
slaves, he won to him the sentiment of the
non slaveholding class, by his views in favor
of the gradual abolition of slavery. And thus
was the alusion to Washington's anti slavery
sentiments brought in; clearly, as We hav c
said, for the purpose of illustration.
But, admitting that all that is charged by
/, the Express is true, Mr.. King cannot be
blamed for delivering his sentiments His
purpose was to lecture on Books and Read
= ing. But, by especial request he substituted
his lecture on Washington A notice of this
- production had been generally made in the
- San Francisco and interior press, and those
who were instrumental in procuring this
. change or who consented to it, must have
, known the character of the discourse and
=. whether it was suitable to the occasion or
:, not If it was lecture proper to be Kissed
=. why did those for whose benefit, to-wit: the
:, Odd Fellows Association, it was delivered
:. consent to the substitution of it for the lee
g ture on Books and Reading?