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From ihe Baliihors Patriot.
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lul3 smotulu@s ~ WAttt1S appear 70
send him again 10 Congress, cut Of sympa.
tkvl Aud why does he make ihis APP
peal, Because be has served HEN faith
fully and was devoted 10 theft service q
MOI He lent'himself. as their rspresen.
tative-as the representatives Of the most
decided Wing district 10 Virginia-io be-
tray the interests OF The party to which q
large majority Of bis constituents belon-
eed. and to PROSTATE il ID thai cohniry 80
He lent himself 10 aid the treachery Of the
acting President-a1d he did all this. as
the events Of the lastweek 81 the session
OF Congress proved. ina. be might serve
bis own ambitious aspira:inns. and adj
vance bis own personal interests. He be-
trsyed Ibis consiiinensa-opposed their
acknowledged and long cherished poliii-.
cal principles united even with The com.
mon enemy and put himself forward as
The leaderof that band Of deserlers from
THE Wing party. who were apily called
The ''cofporal's guard. When he first
did,ihis. he was accused 81 doing il for Of
6ce. He denied iii So did hisRfe llows.
/ His patron had offered them al Offices,
but they had. so be said. and $50 they
said. declined it--leaving the people to
infer that all that they did was for the
common veal. What was the upshot Of
the whole ma,ter2 Why 10 The very last
hours of the twenty seventh Congress
when the sands Of the official life Of the
Guard were nearly all 'wasted5 away
when they were about 10 pass from public
life, andio cease 10 have powers to serve
their patron except as individusl private
ciiizens--at- this time, when they had
done all they could and now copld do no
more--lo uphold and glorilg d traitor,
whose greasonihey connselled. a. this mo.
ment when service had ceased on one
side and the reward, il at all, was 70
come from the other--it was then that
four members Of the guard were selected
for some prominent office and ID the face
oftheWbole country. the bargain between
the master and his men attempted to be
consunmaied. I'd the history d the mos;
corrupt days Of the most corrupt reign ol
Englsnd--in the darkest hours ef political
intrigue. and when the whole powers d
1.-THE Crown were openly pFostituted 10 re-
ward and purchase supporters Of a corrupt
ministry we find 10 example Fof more
unblushing and audacious proceeding
than this. In this city. when she rumor
FIRST reached us, OF The Intention Of the &C.
Ting Resident to make these nominations
to ihasSenate. il was received with almos!
universal disbelief. Tha; The acting Press
identwas the man 10 do this thing, few
doubted He has. in his two years act
iog aaschief magistrate, shown that there
is nothing TOO base politically fof bin
| On the contrary. the deeper the wrong. the
more outrageous the proceeding, the more
he seemingly delights 10 do il. That the
men 10 be rewarded, were the very men
Of all others 10 the land. who wonld thus
stand up ia the presence Of the Amer:
can people, aud receive without blush,
The reward for their desertion ol their pc.
hlical principles, for their beirsya al oflheil
constituents. and for their utter su5servi-
Iercy 70 the man from whose hand theii
reward was TO come-was not less I'm.
doubled. They, too, as The couEsellors
the defenders Of the President, bad shown
that for such President they we're The
prul,cett servsnts.
i But il was thought that IMr. lyle
would shrink from making the offer o
payment as openly andlas audAciously a
they were prepsfed 10 receive il. Ii
the small streams Of official patron
age, which Cow secretly but steadily from
the executive mansion-- and which are no
The, less richly laden with gold becaos,
they are unseen BY the peopl s--the pay
ment fot such service as thefGuarG ha,
rendered. are always supposed 10 flow :
Il was from one Of those streams. who's
waters are supplied by leaks from ID
treasury, that the Guard most natural,
should be refreshed after their long an
ardaous, and-we Admirable andgfaith
ful labors Ia the service Of the President
II was. therefore doubted whether th
nominations TO the Senate had been m ade
And when the confirmation Of The Iumo
came, aud there were no longer uncertain
ty as 10 the fact. men Of all parties hesi,a
ted mot to pronounce the proceeding = a
we have called 1.-THE most open, barefa
ICED, and startling evidence Of political cor
ruption, which any country, claiming i
befree. ever presented.
There was then general wish--more
there was universal expectation, as
what was expected ought and must com
to pass-tha, thu Senate would reject il
nominations-snd this wish and this ez
2eciation was felt and ayowed, as we say
BY men Of al Eariieis. The Senate al
its duty, and rejected the nomination,
Again and agsin The PresideDtimpudenH
Thrust the names Of bis protegees beior
N the Senate, and again and again wer
rejected. AT length only two men 9th
whole body Of Senators were found wi
lingto confirm the bargain.
n Il lis under these circumstances th,
, Mr.. Wise goes before bis Fonsiiiueai
, He played . high game for ohice-siake
} bis allnpon the cast--but failed to obtai
The prize by The Nir,oous frmness q
THE Senator'S. As ''disap9oinfed o0ie
seeker be goes before bis constituents
constituents whom be has betrayed. an
attempted 10 trsnsfer 10 their politica
enemies. He wbines and raves alter
nstely as the recollection Of what he los
and how he lost II. comes 10 bis mind
and be expects confidently that be vii
be- returned to Congress He may be
We know nothing Of the people Of In
Accomac district. They mayTbe willjnI
10 receive again into their bosom . si5e
who has stung them. We hone not-lw