New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-05-24
THINGS IN WASHINGTON.
specuIations, and Nothing Else.


WASHINGTON Monday May q.
Congress has adjourned 10 Baltimore. IL is
there we must look. ia consequence. for proceed
inrs Of interest The Loco-Focos rs actors, the
Whips rs spectators, are engaged la drama OF
some importance TO parties and to the country.
The various candidates for Loco-Foco prefer
ence are In a state OF anxious expectation. Sleep
nor food avails them as was their wont They
are all absorbed faculties OF the body and the mind
equally. in one event.
That event 40 one can prognosticate We have
nothing TO dwellupon but rum0r. The haze which
envelops the whole proceedings y occasionally
dispened tor d time by some seemingly authentic
and decided report. ike fog by the thunder Of
artillery vet 10 soon settles down asain, making
darAuess still more profound, throwing eveIything
into still deeper oDscurity
A partial clearing up shows Mr.. BUcHANAN as
prominent candidate. The leader oi his forces is
Henry A. WISE. Ol Virginia, once known as
Wing, and later as a Loco-Foco Minister %
Brazil ln both Of such capacities be distinguished
himself Personal more than political aihuities
seem to possess him low. Mr.. BUCHANAN stood
bv him in hrs difficulties with the Court of Brazil,
and he with a memory as tenacious OF Dement'S as
sights. is disposed % return Mr. BUCHANAN good
will Ii is lot at all improbable that Mr.. Bu-
CHANAN carries q large portion Il the Virginia
DELEGATION torhlmsel. North Carolina Democracy
is an imitation, somewhat sottened, OF Virginia
Loco-F 0coism. North Carolina goes OrBucHASAs.
Nor is be without support IN New-Jersey.
former Democratic candidate Tor Governor lu that
state. an alternate delegate is here ou his part.
aud everts himself powerfully In his cause. As
choice between WOODBURY. and CAss, 10 Is O. De
Supposed the NeWJeIsev delegation viii support
BUCHANAN. Thus. en-, w-.h BIS own state with
virginia, North Carolina, and New Jersey, he
enters the field with n0 iucQas.derab.e force 10 is
nm1red. also. that ". Polk has determined o.
throw has influence into IBIS scale. How ml-l
that may be l have no opportunity ID knowing.
Perhaps De could transfer tie Tennessee vote.
BUClANAS certainly Is Iu tile line OF safe piece
dents. The STATE Department our history recce-
uizes rs steppin-stone o. the Presidency. 10 IS
true be has not distinguished that position. Meth
er from his correspoudelCe nor 0tLer Official action
has DE added new ls-re o. tie place. As q sena-
Tor. be was better known. h genius may have
beel obscufed by Mr. Polk. o. II may have been
Inadequate OF Itself ios the position. Il i certain
lie las b1-rowe d distinction from the crlce not
gwen any % t. II would be unsafe % say how
ever. be was not as well qualified for the Office as
either OF his declared competitors " licA Oh them
has Illustrated our annals more tnan lie 2
But then II i not eulileuce the Loc0-t COOS
seek. They sbiurcd that ia Polk and proited b.
their acr Their triumph az the polls vas tn
unnl over intellectual superiority and tlere was
hardly man lu the party who I'D not feel ln con-
sequence all the satisfaction OF personal victory
Polk = Tire living imperscnatlon 81 his party
be Is within their comprclension' and SAFE rom
their envy. There Is nc superiority m hlm . Tor
give no inscience of intellect perpctlally % Of
fend tle.r sensitiyeness. He is therefore Incon-
tesraby ~ this present m9meat more popular
with the masses Of his party than any ~ It's
prominent men. Il renominated would run better
than ANS Ot them.
The above are the speculatious Of the early
morning. Deeper in the day. we learn from Balti-
more That Gen. CAss IS decidedly IN the ascendant.
TIE " est poJUs IN Tor him. He has hot merely
made speeches 20 Buncombe. His action against
the Oregon Treaty now tells IN lis favor.
saw the distinguished gentleman on the
avenue awhile SINCE He was then shelterlng
his head from the envious rays Of the sun by
widely spreading umbrella. ! observed his coun-
telalce. There was animation IN every feature
OF n. \ Inalv0lo-smIe characterized the whole.
All the premcn.tcry symptoms Of successful CON-
pet ton appeared in him. II cannot b. other
wise than that ne should succeed.