Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1845-06-05


Ennens Lar IF Iks Prssiisnf ~ IL cssin.f!
Il sssns. from he tenor Of y editorial IN DE-
ohsisI Journal. hat The diarii6usion q ths
Spells, thus far has 1ol bsen satisfactory 10 Ii.
pairioiic ofiee-hunisIs-o1e Of whom. rri,fus
from Ohio, (sad vho, We suspesa, win Be some
THAT surprised % md his eandsa bn, incaDii,us
eonfessicn IN PrinLl declares Saat sslhere Il no
possible way 10 rally The DenOcralie party, and
keep hem together, except I'D friends Of ell
the Presidential candidates are hirIy and email
y dea.l bygaecording 10 heir p3lisieaI standing
Recommendations and msritsrc-and be warns
the President 'sto attend lozis d time, or there
may Be serious division amoEe he party il fu-
ture struggIes-" Where. pray, are the principles
Of this party, about which shes boast SO much,
az their bond Of unionl whsts sre the ResO-
luiioos Of 1882 Where is Tsxasl where Is
oregoni Eas the Tariff beeE arepesIeds-or
the sub-Treasury established. In word, where
u the creed Of The Baltimore Coassntioas Are
al these matters subordinate 70 The great obiec,
Of securing The Offices Of hs c;1astry lOrshsza.
riOus leaders Of the Dsmocrsey-lhe dis,riba.
ton Of The Spells equally among The epartiz.ns
Of Anthony, ociavius and Lepidusi Ifthis be
so, Mr.. Calhoun was certainly not far wrong
when, in 1886, Gust one yeas before be Joined
tbem.) be publicly proclaimed that the Locofo-
co party Esfe kept together osly Shy the cohe-
sire power Of public pldndes," We marvel
that the Washington Union thould haye been
guilty Of the moderation Of furnishing so sirik.
ing a commentary upon the seu:h CsrOIinians
ttexti
tPIainIs are unfOunded-ihat The President knows
no ''cliques" in the LOeofoco party-and that in
the disPensaliCn Of patronage be makes no dis
iinciion among the friends Of ihe late Presiden-
lial candidates. Il may be the intention Of the
] President So 10 act; but It certainly seems
strange that 50 many OF The friends of one Of
those candidates, and so few Of the friends Of
another Of them, should be found worthy Of his
confidence. All this may be accidental bu. il
LOOKS very much like design However, this il
a matter about which We feel satirely Indifferent;
and we only refer 10 il for the purpose of show
ing the peculiar character OF the Presidents ar
duous ''lahors." which furnish such frequent
theme Of lauda,on 10 tbs Court paper See
how necessarily Mr.. Polk tolls for the people
ale works from ter 10 twelve hours 10 every
twenty -four. He holdsIRwo cabinets q week
He see Hisiters TWO hours every day when the
cabinet is not employed. TIE labor Of receiv-
ing 90 many persons is Of itself sometimes sufi
eient 10 fatigue him. He is also in frequent
Communication with bis secretaries. His cor.
respondence is very heavy. Ills care 10 look
liog over everv letter he receives IS far from be-
ing Uncomfortable. Letters Of recon me ndation
are pouring in upon him 10 favor Of applicants
for office. We understand that the other day
he had 10 appoint four oftcsrsin one of our
principal towns. For one Of them there we're
Il ros less than thirteen candidates. each Of them
hscked BY numerous friends. The President
had 10 wade through The budget or letters which
esch one presented q his consideration. He is
attempting TO keep ihe business under, as far as
possible, and TO make every movement rs
promptly as the public interest requires. But
for the business hsbiis which he brought here 10
Washington, il would scarcely be possible for
him 10 discharge his duty as carefully and as
conscienuousy as he is now doing, without Sc
rious Injury TO his Constitution. la fact, we
doubt very much whether. with the care upon
ibis mind, sind the labor on his body, he is not
oVerWerkng himself"
Poor fellow! il Is wonderful that he CON.
tsenslhui TO o7enssk himself Working from
"len' 10 twelve hours day." besides "seeing
visitors Two hours every day when the cabpe, is
mo, employed !" He ought spr.ly to be elected
Prsiiden, Of TIE t.woakiot Men'." soeis,, {
Bot what keeps him so.eobsl atty and diligently
eppIoyed' That Is The question. That secret
loo is revealed by the ofieisl Editor. Letters
Of reeOmuendation.are podriag in upon bin In
favor Of applicants for Office: He iskept At
wOrksby The spOiIs.huhtsrs, no, by the business
or the country, For che oaies, We are told,
there were thirteen sppliesns, eleh backed BY
numerous friends, whose tesiim(nsls must OF
course be reed and weighed. iHis soldering,
Fnnsi, indeed, bsS in iolerables; AID il is 10 be
hoped, after thisezposiIOu Of lhes By the Union.
that his frisnd,vil have comp ssfUn on him,
aud cease thus to overtask his mpd and body!
[Lynehb&g Kisginisn.