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possible to DO him justice without ranking
him among the desiruftipes."

Doslble to 90 MN )Os'lce W'thout ranking
him among the destruftiues."
A, the head "f III" Anti .,ionopoiists, or
loco foco-. is Mr. Wright. Of New York,
seconded Nv Mr. Benton. The latter gen.
,Icman. however. ~ the eyes Of the new
President aud his Conscience keepers, Is
but o dust IN The balance. lie will be per.
united 10 fret out his hour. aud then pass
away ,nheeded. u may b. fairly prosnm-
ed hat he has sufficient instinct IN Take The
SCENT. aud discover The fenS aud bitches,
the hills aud qnngmrcs HAT he musi ira
verse. to keep within sound OF The horn
Mr. Wright. before he adjournment of The
la,, session. certainly opened The eyes Of
tie hnnnrpblc senator from Missouri. II
he has since voluntarily cl"sed them. it is
evidence of the kindness of his disposition
aud The plac'd'y % his temper.
Neither Of these factions are disDosrd 10
snsluin The great principles for winch the
Wings have so nobly conlpndrd. hs
Statesmen they can only BE- ranked by Us
a. tcd aud ,corse. 10 their slrrgplrs. lh"re.
fore. ior supremacy aud power, we can feel
no Interest. nor take any part. We should
scout time serving, trucking. trimming
policy. Bu' If cth.r OF the factions. and
more especially the Conservatives, will sur.
render their wild mud htterodnx notions Of
Government. ond rally 10 support Of the
C"n.lilulion, under that banner which III
| 1900 led us. MS the opponents of pxiiHv.
agahcc, c"trupl"n aud plumber; aud ss
! til" a,lvrCaics Ut an economical government
hnnesllv and lmEartiaiy administered, alb
hotrlrg the prutl'gare d"clrine---"ihal to
tt ~
| Unlll thai period shall arrive. let u- view
Them "a- rn'nir, ~ war-in peace friends"
These factions are spreading themselves
ihrouyhont the country. At the present
moment Washington Is The fncuJ. The
Irndrrs are tn be found IN Congress. and
he dcbaeablc question Is--luin which Of
heir hand- will Mr.. Van Buren, surrender
himself? lfhe is !" b. jndged'hy HIS past
! HE. he will snccnmb To he mn-i p"werinl.
| And which is most l,"wcriuf' IN Congress,
but esp 'cia'lv in "a. Senate. The C"nserva-
iI7rs ar" the %"akcs'; bot they are unIcd
among themselves; whereas III" lncn-f"cos
are all Captains. Virgin, and Benton hate
each other; at least they have, mutually,
g""d aud sufficient reasons 10 do ~. On q
recent "ccas"n. however. the appointment
ct The Standing Cumml,Ires OF the Senair)
they united IN applying the party lssh To
certain rcsllye Conservatives. Il word in
cXplannrion
it has be- ii generally supposed That Mr..
Rivrs world ne called. IN the Al Of March
to the State DEPARTMENT.; mad u. The step.
ming stone TO n. prbhc npI".rn assigned TO
hun The station Of Chairman Of The Com
'nnt"e "n Foreign Relations. IN caucus Of
The far'hul. however, II was resolved 10
place Mr.. Buchanan at The head Of that
comm'r'e. by some i, is alleged that lhis
was don" TO n,"rl,'v aud cha-llsc Mr. Rives,
Cor entertaining Conservative opinrou..--
There IL, however. Another version Of ihis
affair. |, Is sad lhpt Mr.. buchanan was
entitled 20 J.. i"r his s,rvIcrs III prtsuaGng
Gn"'rnnr U0T that I" possess n cl",ks b
&" whcn he was apr"'nrrd.l IN Mr.. Wood
hnry'> office. would h. c"nrrrlng. on han
l"nc' G"v"rn"r at 'cnn-yivnn,n an lunar.
T. rhaps lhrs was irnc. bni wh"'h.r true o-
not, bv This adr"ll movement. Mr.. Mullen.
burgh's RIVAL al the nex' EI""l'pn for Cow
crnnr, il placed hors du co,cbnf. Wh.,
: nexl' Mr. Muhenbureh,n not tn be oni done
in courtesy. when his name is presented as
a cand date tor III" Senate Of The Unlrd
hE with his friend Buchanan. How dis u.
interested low pa''ln'lc. are all these
mov"m"n's. And how d.hah'iuI To behold
hrcthr"n "i the same principles, living to.
grh"r ~ low, md uniiy
Mr.. Hubbard ~ another TO whom rome
punishment was die. II was expected
that II" would have been placed at the
head IF tn" JUDICIARY C"mm,rr; bat the
"Xp"r' a'irn' w"r" -onn bhgh'ed. ln cau-
en-. Mr., G'nndv drew HE pr,zn. and Mr..
Hubbard va. a->igurd tn the G. ,uui,tcc
~ claims. .t.,u Mr. rnm,dr". h,..p.cch
"a, session ~ favor ~ the Dr-r r,hulinn Bal,
."lti"d In" account between hun and The.
narP TOR eyer. hnh hero and at hume. -
]" bin Is Chairman, 40 Committee wa.
Designed.
0",'e o'''r hand. his colleague, Mr..
Wnuh'. III" belle well her nf the loco incns
Is rl'vnI"d to Ia" post recently filed by
Mr.. Webster. lie i, now the Chairman,
Ut The tnmnir,rc nn F,nunc.. These
views will enable You Ia Judge Of the rcla-
i've strength II The S,nare of the lwo
g'"a' Van G"ren factions. and c"n.cqnent
~ ct the party under whose management
and control he will b" placed.
|, Is whispered that the original friends
Ut H"nrral Jackson are cmleayoriny TO
c"ncrntrh'e and Unite their forces IN np
position /" be inlerInpers, -meanin there.
bv. Undoubtedly, Mes>icurs Wright & c..
That some cnmrnunca ions have taken
pace on he subject have no doubt but
u wil BIZ 'ime cn"ngh Ia enter into details
when The plan assumes form and thus be-
comes tangible.
THE SPY IN WASHINGTON.