The Arkansas banner., 1845-04-02
From Me Globe.
THE THRoNG AT WASHINGTON.

THE IiRONCI AT AAStt1NtI1O 1ONt
 There is very great difference between the throng which attended the inauguration of General Harrison, and that which crowd ed the city at the inauguration of President Polk. Day after day the great hall of the white housc-the ante-rooms-the presi- denis office, in lIarrison's short reign, had their congregations of office seekers The marshal of the District had, on some occa- sions, 10 make way for the President through the crowd, to enable him to pass in and out of the house. The marshal himself told us that, at one time, the multitude assumed to- wards the president something like the aspect oi mob, insisting on the president to take and read their petitions, and give them re- sponse-telling him they had elected him, and that they had been promised places in the contingency of his election. The old man, ascending few steps of the great staircase, addressed them in a depgecatorv speech, telling lhem that he had more appli- cations in his office than he could read through in month, and beseechng themnot to ncumher him with more papers, but 10 allow them to reach him through the regular channel of the departments. The appeal of the time-worn old gentleman was in vain. They insisted that he should take their pa- pefs; and thrusting upon him all he could hold, they loaded the marshal-flling his nat, and examining under his arms all they could embrace; and then they were permit ted to stagger into the presidents office, to be beset with fresh swarm who occupied it.. It was under the persecution of these office seekers tlat General Harrison sunk into his grave.
 It is greatly to the honor of the democra- cy that very little of this batting for office has been encountered by the present exccu- tive. Among the immense multitude who attended the inauguration, mparatlyely very few were ofiice-seekers; and of these, there have not heen great many who have shown themselves imponunate. We take t that the reason is not that lhe applicants for place are few, or that expectation of changes in the offices IS not indulged; but that self-re- spect and respect for the new chief magis- trate IS more prevalent among the democra- cv of the Union than 1t was among the hum gry and voracious tribes that made coon hunt oi the presidential election of l840 The democracy of the Union have conf- denee that the President will take time to look around him before he acts on appoint ments not necessary 10 be immediately filled that he will look rather to see how men stand ill their immediate vicinities-how they look among their eighbors,-than how they appear at Washington, or in the capitol or
 n the white house. Ii must have occurred to every sensible man that the president will make appointments not from regard 10 cour- tesles paid him personally-aot to please himself or his vstors-not to satisfy inn portunlty; but 10 command the approval of the masses ln the several sections of the country whose interests the officer Is to sub serVe-to satisfy their just demands and fix their confidence. This will require time. ex. animation, and impartial reflection. In mak- ing his appointments, we have no doubt that President Polk will observe tue greatest cau- tion, and that he will, at the proper lime, do his duty to the country thoroughly, inde- pendently, and therefore satisfactorily. We see proof, in the thinning of the city, oC the general confidence that the course of the President will be to reach the nearest sources of information, and therefore the rcmotcst from Washington. Men who can rely on their strength of character, return home with full confidence that the President will act justly upon perfect knowledge in regard to all applications that are made to him. Hence, of the multitude who came to Washington, there are not now a great many remaining; and we have heard of none who have left the city with feelings of chagrin or disap- pointment