New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-10
G overnmeu, patronage of Men of Lerrer-.

WELL DONE I'm the lea, list Of appointments con
fred BY the Senate publiIhed in tie Con thousands
OF readers will notice with peculiar eradication that Of
HAwTHozSE-the gentle Hawthorne-as Surveyor OF
the por- OF Salem Mass Il credit Of which any 40
nIinis,raon may be proud TO have the opportunity OF
thus conferIfug portion OF ia oscai Paroptse nPoE
such recipients. The author CT =" Iric< Tod Ic1s,
the Ella Of country returns more honor than ne re-
ceives IN mis- acceptance Of such favor. This the
only mode in which our System OF government pelnih
the patronage Of literature and men OF letters and We
only rege; Tia. where be done with due regard
sl had political character II Is not more oien =!
sorted TO for thai purpose Hawthorne - ana oes a.
ways been Democrat while psye. engaged In set'e
poi!t;cs so tina. we have his name 100, one OF tne
brightest in The young annals 10 national literature 20
grsrs the party which notwithstanding Whlg pTeten
ions ali the talents and all the ecueeasn hss aesog
numbered In ia ranks the FIRST Poe the first Historian
the FIRST Novelist and the FRA, Tragedisn our country has
produced How do the Wa!gr explain tnis singular
coincidence'"-Morntns Ne'ss.
70 We have hesita,ed about replying to ihe
question here asked Of the Wings, lest the answer
should SEEM az we mean il shall not be, Ill naiQtso-
We are right glad Hawthorne has got an once Tor
mis- contributions to the Democratic Review ana we
are willing he should be called "a Democrat though
we be lieve be never did any thing more tor thai
party than TO assent 10 some Of the abstract doctrines
which i, daily repudates 10 its practice That ne
was ever heartily favorabiy TO the leading measures
of that party or did any thing 10 secure It's ascen
dency, we greatly doubt
Tie frs, Poet is of course BRrAsT, who gives
the use of his name 10 the shan, Democracy, while
heartily and in fact openly condemning their Annex
atop policy snd general snbserviency to Slavery
their Oregon buster their base apostacy from their
fundamental principle in regard TO Black Suffrage,
hc 5c He il with them BECAUSE Democracy holds
mat such doctrines now with regard 10 the Tariff as
Federalism did in his boy hood when he was bitter
| Federalist. The first Historian is BANCROFT,
,ybo was q very ardent Wing down TO 1862,
vbe, he was refused the Whig nomination for
congress in his District and turned against u.s.
No man onposed Jackson reelection after his Bank
Veto more heartily than George Bancroft, but
thrift was on the other side and 'iawnins went
oser and overlook it The first Novelist is J. FEN
more COOPER, and more ultra Aristocrat We
never met Than this model Democrat, That bis
Aristocracy is matter Of principle and not OF bear
ing merely. bis Chainbearer testifes. The first
Trapedian' is Mr.. FORREST, who we presume Is
canine Loco Foco us we believe most Actors are
The Stage and its associations naturally lead that
way.
Whether Bancroft be indeed the first Historian
and Cooper the frs, Novelist, we will not now dis
cuss. Opinions differ on these points Were we
asked to name our first Novelist, we should say
WAsE1soro. IRVING, while we doubt whether
poster,y will not distinguish RALPH WALDO EMER-
SON as our first Poet, albeit he has not written much
verse. How Mr. Bancroft compares as Historian
with PREscoTT and other American writers we will
mot assume 10 decide. We do not suppose the
Country will shape its Politics by those OF its Poets
| or its Noves,s though large majority OF these
are probably Wings.