The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-05-07
wAsHrsorox, May ., lel7.

wAsHrsoros, May ., is<7.
HIM, Fslities-IAs OHcss and the OGee-hsidsrs-OPi-
mons Of the sueeesson-TAs Virsinia Elections
The nerf House Of Rspre seniaiires
I'm the exhaustion of the subject Of Senior Atochas
mystine and mysterious probable and predetermined
mission to Aexico and in the absence of any Immediate
exciting triumphant disastrous intelligence from the
army and while in patient expectation of issue be-
tween Scott and Santa Anna that shall end in a treaty
oflimits cessions aud ndemnties suppose take up
the subject of home politics. and the signs of the times
respecting the grand campaign of 1913.
The federal corporation fast vergng to the solitude
and the sotice of the interregnum The Office
holders at three o'clock home dinner
every afternoon large detachment attend at the depot
to the of to learn the from the seat of
war;" (socalled, peradyenure In honor Of Secretary
Marcy and also TO gather information as to the dr OF
the elections And thereby Is suspended the
pabuiam of moral significant of the hazards of GO
vernmenta bread and butter tortHtas and tryols
clerks OF nce sam are not IKE the anclens M; sra
Tia" They hold them rather subject to the capricdous
vcisudes Of the political elections as they may oh
the representation of parties in Congress an tne 40
sorbng contingencies Of the next Presidency erPenu
The present list of scrbes in the transcription OF ekeeu
tive papers are largely collection Oh ths genus "omo
and the genus homogeneous
from the centre all found to the sea ~
from fair TO mdding and from midding to indifferent
Thev are collection and selection from the Of de-
legates from the people VINO ten mere az
Under the new dispensation They were collected and
s IN sS and at no n
aggregate to the boarding house keepers thanking
the Pennsylvana Avenue from the foot Of the Capitol
to the War Department distance exceeding eight fur
longs by the chain We that the distribution Of the
Offices effected at great expense and labor to all
concerned and to very many indeed not concerned at
all. ut all.
The rejected numbering several hundreds have been
gradually absorbed in the great body potc the float
ing from the upper counry gathered up the
wood choppers the Lower Mississippi, while the
weller down the is left to wonder where when
and how they have nsensiby disappeared Yet there
some OF tho turned-out who nger about their old
cut stick and "gamoscdn between two days for parts
unknown These melancholy monuments of the dsas-
foas practice OF rotation are among the most impress
and are las fur as they go land the idea OF going out
OF Washington to have entered their heads
but far they do they confirm the veracity the
yoracity and mendcity of old Cardinal Wolsey who af
ter playing the tool of yrant died the death Of wifi
ming sycophant his sole and abiding regret being that
he dsspoiled of the spois
But to the question Some of the rejected have turn
ed prosecutors of claims against the government which
after all is better than the plan Of certain or uncer
tain Senator, who, while Chairman of the Committee
Claims for the government was also prosecu OF
claims against the government being States evidence
and witness for the criminal and counsellor for both
sides in the Others of tho discarded have
gone into the lottery busness-some have gone to the
big wars-and here and there individual has opened
little grocery Occasionally. In our daily walk, we
meet with one who is just waiting for the turn of the
tide He has visible calling. He perambulates the
daily detour of the hotels and is always the depot at
the departure the evening train, to learn the
He is of tribe who to subsist upon the latest
Sn
hsnsive term involving tho profoundest obscurity.
Many many ago a b oi an oU o th
in occupation some servcehe was entitled to remu-
neration. He applicable was put of-until from pro,
sos long deferred and hopes postponed through several
eclpses OF the moon he began to despond though st
he persevsrsd in holding on. 1t had become
ho had vague idea that he would get his
clerkship, and the recuperatve one thousand a
year But from the long probation Of suspense his hair
became gray; and his lnxuriant whskers assumed the
soft and wilderness of tho fur of Polar bear His
mistak sabe persoufcat Of bad luck At this juno
ture he warded-and indicted into the clerkship
dreams long History tells us that In the days of
fernando de Soto, the ancient Castans believed that
among the everglades of Florida or away in the ever
green groves Of the live oaks there fountan and
that bathe in its rowling waters there impaired
to the individual the blessings Of perpetual youth
When the angel troubled the waters of the pool Of ST.
loan they possessed the power of removing all diseases
from the first candidate that plunged in: while the
fountain Of Florida supposed to possess perpetual
inherent virtue itself ofimparting the charm of
nal youth But the sequel shows that the fountain
fiction for it has never been discovered IL the
Elixir Of Life 10 any where it is in public cerkship Of
thousand a year.
sIf I'd but a thousand a year, Robin Rough
Ifd but a thousand year"
Says the the Brigndier in of his roundelays And
this the song of white haired candidate till he
two months after, him again Like n common
wealth, which has undergone party change in its cleo
lions, no was reueelncu; reSenerhteu. anu ulben
thralled!" Nay, more, he was re7juyenated-he was
Young again. His hair Of the darkness of the
raven pumes and his whiskers in their shining black
ness we're u match for the luxurant beard of Ali Pa
shaw His external investiture of the newest and
illustration of Jefersons declaration of the longevity
giving power Of office" None die, and few resign u
Who, then, wonder at the fierce never-ending
test for the spoils
Resuming the main thread Of the argument In Is4s
shall have another Presidential election. It is i'm
portant to the ins that the dominant party should
continue predominant IL is important to this end that
all intervening elections should indicate the triumph of
the democrats in the general campaign SO far the cleo
tions of Virginia justly regarded omen and
prenomen of the future. And here we have the key
We find the public clerks rs deeply interested in the
Virginia elections as If the retention Of their Offices de-
pended upon them. Perhaps it does We find them to
the extent of the role prescribed by Father Richie the
wewishers Of Gen. Taylor and the defenders Of his
military reputation and at times they will even concede
that in his correspondence he sewed the Secretary Of
War breeches and all But this must be quietly done.
Some Of them, heretofore conspicuous as party men,
think that the wings not ederasts and that Is
wrong in Father Richie TO persist In the infection upon
them Of this ugly Others at loss to recog
nze any material distinction between the two parties
except in tho name; and the Of them would
support Gen. Taylor were he to independent
this ground would save them He would have no motive
to expe clerk because he might be or have been
fore to be thing to be prayed for that old
lack will the Union candidate 1t will put stop
The wings appear be willing to take Gen Tayler up
on this ground and COMMITTEES Of Philadelphia lawyers
have written to the old Areeater letter Of instructions
in reference his political principles the gst of which
Is that he is to be :" num- NUNS the word" But
the organic expounder Of the law and the gospel of the
true church political says, have at you, there" You
must out; you must show your hand, you shall
not play the game"
II no pas inpents la poudre."
He Is not the inventor Of gunpowder, and therefore
Father Richie may prescribe but the Dor poPuii "
must determine Still there is many slip twixt the cup
and the gullet. Taylor may yet fall sacrifice to the
hasards Of war-he may be kept in the field, il the war
should long, till the election is over but then
again. may run him in Mexico, although the enemy
cannot him out. Tho signs that If he lives he
will have rum and II Is desirable In order to stop this
everlasting system Of prescription, that he should
independent candidate writing letters and laying
down articles Of administration We do hope, and
positively beg that he will upon this comprehensive
schedule.
Apart from tho general campaign Of AS and in ad
Of the great issue of that Presidential anniversa