Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-03-03
RICHMOND DAILY WHIG.
MONDAY MORNING.. MARCH >. is.,.


PPtt"fsse""S "I'" u pH S"OHsts
These .pceuls,ions 1unprod'ablc. nj bsi, bu, amusins)
multiply rs the 9Th March draws near. Mr.. Polk has shroud.
ed himself in mystery, and thus, perhaps, grstifed his va
nifty, by seeing his royal intentions \ subjec, OF na,ionslin.
,ercst, enquiry aud speculation.
We have already said. that for our single selves. We felt
scarcely any interest In the matter. convinced that whoever
is in the Cabinet. they will be but puppets TO dance and
sutoma,a To squeak rs the Old Hero may choose 10 pull The
| wires. Cabinets. since the Eaton explosion, have been uniis.
required. as . condition precedent, to conform To the will
Of the Chief. and venturing. so far as the public is inform
ed. no dissent from his edie,s and no cxpostalation. This
being the case. and thus deprived, UT depriving themselves.
Of nil active agency in shaping the course OF public affairs,
il ought not to be. to the People. a matter Of any more inter-
est who the Cabinet officers are, than what mill manufaetur.
cd the paper upon which they write their decrc,als, or from
what goosc's wing the Quill was plucked with which they
inditc them. They are known under the Jacksonian Cali
phate To be At last, simply tools and puppets having no Will.
and daring to have mono Of their own. and whether they
dance to the tune OF $4,000 a year or $500, is al the differ.
ence.
Yet there is some little Yirsinis feeling and curiosity
in the matter of Mr.. Folks Cabinet, personal however,
entirely, for publicly and politically, the result will be the
same either way. Virginia it is supposed will have one
Cabinet Minister, and one only, aud the question is who
shall he be : And if we are not deceived, Mr.. Polk him
self is bothered how to solve il. There are three aspirants
according to the authority OF the under currents: Mr. Ste,
venson for the State Deparment-Mr. Mason for the Ma
vy-Mr. John w. Jones for the Treasury. All Of these
gentlemen lin Mr.. Folks eyes) possess no doubt very i'm.
perious claims: Mr.. Stevenson has been Speaker Of the
House and Minister to England. and is the pet of our We.
nerable neighbcr OF the Enquirer, who has been nursing
him for this very place, for n series Of years. and whose un.
equalled services to MIR. Polk, in exceeding Blair in the
impotence Of his attacks upon Mr.. Clay,s character, and
Amos Kendall in their deadly and pcrsevering malignity,
would appear TO constitute n claim upon Mr.. Polk which
he can scarcely feel himself at liberty TO overlook. Mr..
Mason isnow Secretary of the Nsvy-a man Of fair ia.
Tents, of business experience, n thorough paced, reliable
man. who will never give any trouble to any majority. and
Mr. Folks old class hate and chuni at Chape! Hill. Ii will
look ungacious to set Mr.. Mason adrifi, particularly as he
is in. and resigned n j~ud.cship TO Get in. Mr.. Tones and
Mr.. Polk are particularly intimate and Mr.. Jones stands
high in party estimation, with more active political vitality
than both Of the others iugether-having claims wiihal
from his peculiar position in respect. 10 his District.
Mr.. Polk we say, must and will find it, extremely difficult
to reconcile these jaring interests and to shape a course at
once oonformable To his sense of duty, satisfactory to the
defeated aspirants, and uninjurious to his party: And our
Virginia case is but an illustration Of what will and mus,
occur in a thousand others: Wherever indeed, patronage,
office aad distinction are To be conferred.
The appetite for these in this county is immeasurabie
and unsuitable.
The Courier and Enquirer says:
"rhe indecission OF Mr.. Polk, rdds TO the number Of as
pirants for the high Offices at his disposal, and increases
the violence Of their competition, which. IN some cases, is
characterized by more OF Democratic scerbity than .har-
mony".. The efforts 10 kill of the philosopher Bancroft,
pariake of this character, and, as far a. indications 60, they
have been successful. He supposed but 4 day or two since
that the Naval Department was his; now, tits known that he
has no chance either for that or any other Department.
Ii is generally conceded that New England will have
the department Of the Navy, and New York tina. of the
Treasury. For the former there are. or Father were, Ban
croft, Woodbury., Hubbard, aud Rsntoul, and q few others
OF less note; for the latter, Marcy. FIagg, and Cambreleng.
The first named IA the most prominent, though there are
many that are sanguine that flags will be the man, and lis
~coneedent by oil that tho commercial Representative has
no chance.
Buchanan will have the State Department, and Walker
will be attorney General. II he pleases, AID Butler will be
Secretary ut war. TIL recently it had been supposed that
Saunders would DO Post Master General, but IL is now
Involved in much doubt, the .chanees Of Cave Johnson
being considered quite as good as his"