New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-04-16
The Euloei2ed Of the /" Uniono-" Who IL
james X. Polk s"-The Expenses Of the
Government
yrom our own Correspondent.

Government.
From our own Correspondent
WARRINGTON Wednesday, April II, l5i7.
By one Of those condolences which startls man
kind By their extraordinary felicity Of res emb sDce
the Editor Of the Government paper Celebrates in
bis columns Of yesterday eulogies upon James h
Polk ard Thomas Thumb. This editor perhaps is
the las, person to be suspected Of joke, however
grave is character adevoted propaganda Of the
principles of the Virginia Resolutions Of %, and
wholly immersed, mind, Imagination, soUl,-in the
high destiny which calls upon him for their ultimate
triumphant establishment he would consider Il de-
rogatory to the nature Of bis calling and most alien
20 bis character TO perpetrate jeu d'esprit-or
concede a smile to the attempt Of others, though
Nestor swear the jest be laughable.
We are therefore constrained TO believe that in
pronounciDg highly finished enconiums upon two
Of the most remarkable men modern times afford to
our contemplation. he intended them in sad and 30
Der earnest; nor wished to institute, according to
the fashion Of Putsrch, fan author, by the way, we
beg leave to commend TO his more careful perusal)
a comparison between two persons, alike distin-
guished-one in the political, the other in the phys
ical world-for rather diminutive excellencies.
But the juxtaposition, however unintentionsl,
will be considered by many too appropriate not to
excite nome sentiment Of mirth, and the editor Of
the Union" IL not witty himself has made his
friends the butt Of others wit.
We agree. however, with the Union" that the
question of Who is James K. Polk r has been
answered by the voice Of an intelligent people
A man without antecedents, save such as reflected
no lustre upon his name, he will be without ft-
ture IAN intelligent people have understood
and rejected him. The whole patronage of his
Admin strstion more powerful than that Of his
predecessors, viii be impotent to secure in either
House Of the next Congress appreciation Of his
acts OF adoption Of his recommendations.
We agree, toe, with the Union" that if the
Loco Foco party can find no leading politician in
active life who deserves the distinction, Tor if it
CAM it may seek President from the plowtai =
and, lift had said from the rogshop, we still would
agree with its assertion. Its party in the largest
City in the Union has resorted the grog shop for
its highest principal officer and would descend still
lower, with great alscrity in sinking, to subserve
its purposes.
The Loco-Foco party might go to the plough
tail' for its presidential candidate, and select
much more honest and capable man, than from its
leading politicians and am confident that it
would De greatly for the interests Of the country, if
the positions of the honest ploughman and Loco
Foco leading politicians were reversed for though
every ploughman may not be Cincinnatus' l
know Of few less qualified for the Presidency than
1.-THE leading politicians in active life of the Loco
Foco ranks One thing l hold as absolutely GER
tain, that our opponents will 60 to the plough
tail" to the backsmiths forge to any honest occu.
patton for its candidate the next canvass, rather
than go TO Tennessee!
The Union" contains the amount Of appropria-
tons for the current fiscal year which rise to the
incredible sum Of fifty seren million, nine hundred
thousand dollars of which about FoRTY-rIvE
MILLIONS appropriated to the destruction Of hu
man life or are practicable thereuponl This is the
Christianity of the 10Th Century