Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-06-29
From the Washington Union.

"Jemima, bring that child in directly. If they
hit him in the head again with brickbat, they
will make him natural fool"
LA, ma, you're SO delicate !''-Professor Gill.
From the day when Adam sat upon the
green hills of paradise in fig-leaf inexpressi-
bes, brief as school boys tale to the pres
ent moment, heaven. earth, and hades, and
majority of the ladies, have been in favor of
the one-man power. This is singular fact.
and should not be forgotten by the Second
Washington" may the Lord keep his men,
ory green "-as the latter end of pea-time ap-
proaches. One-man power is equal TO one
eighth of one-horse pewer-ergo eight men
are equal 10 one horse; OF, in other words,
the Second Washington and his cabinet are
fully equal to Old Whitley in strength, 10 say
nothing of that curious affair called the intet-
tect. We have often been amused at the sage
remarks made by demagogues and sImpletons
upoL the evils of the one man poorer. These
Solons of the cutters never went below the
surface of anything in their lives, excepting
a venison pastry or dish of buttermik. If
they had, they would have seen that. after all,
one-man power does the business in the world
We will take an example from the cabinet.
Suppose the Second Washington, the State,
and Narv, vote for Mr. Lincoln. of Illinois,
for Commissioner of the General Land Office,
and suppose the Treasury, Var, Post Office,
Attorney General, and Home Department,
vote for Mr. Butterfeld for the same office :;
does not any one see that Butterfeld gets his
Office by one Uote-to wit, the vote of the Home
Department, and that, 100, against the vote Of
the Second Washington, armed with all the
panoply Of the heroic age? Here is one
man potcer with a vengeance, and that, too,
at the expense of consistency and the consti-
tuition. Had the Second Washington, who is
alone authorized by the constitution TO make
appointments, with the advice and consent of
forty senators, appointed Mr.. Buterfeld, it
would have been, in the eyes of these poti-
cal wiseacres, fearful exercise of the one
man power. AS it is, however, it is all right
in the opinion of those who do not know, or
do not desire to know, the difference between
right and wrong. Another example: Sup
pose treaty is made with foreign govern
ment. and that treaty is submitted to the SEN
ate by the Executive, and out OF 60 senators
but 80 vote for It's ratification, does not every
one see that the fOrtleth man-0ne man-has
defeated the measure, and that one-man power
here is felt for good or for evil, both at home
and abroad So in the Supreme Court OF the
I United States: Suppose case involving the
rights of a citizen under the constitution comes
before it for decision, and the court is found
to stand for the citizens claim, and against
it; does not the fifth ludge-one man-con-
strue the constitution, and take away rights
by word that may be invaluable So in a
grand inquest Suppose II Jurors declare a
bill TO be a true BILL and the 18th juror sits in
his chair, and thus by silent vote in the neg
alive throws out the bill, lets crime go unpun
ished, and defeats the ends of justice; does
not the one'man power present itself here
We may carry the principle out through court:
martial, conventions, vestres, associations
clubs, Dorcas societies, pleasure excursions
and every other kind of assemblage, and TIL
most important issues in each body may, AM
will probably be decided by the vote of on
man, woman, or child. We recoI!ect March,
Morton was chosen governor of Massachuset
by one vote, and that vote was ascribed tt
himself. Here was one-man power. We re
collect Texas was admitted 10 the Union b.
one vote in the United States Senate. Her
was one man power We recollect that th
Bank of the United States was created by on
vote in the Senate; that the black tariff of 842
and the bIacker bankrupt bill, were carries
by small maiorties, if not by majorities c
one; that Thomas Jefferson was elected Pre-
sident, after many balotings, over Aaron Burr
by one vote; and that many people think M
John Quincy Adams was elected Presilen
over Gen. Jackson by the vote Of the galian
Prince Hal of the West. .
One man po1rer! Why, in every hive thel
is a queen bee, upon whose shoulders res
the existence of the hive. In every ant hi
there is bully pismre who keeps the lit
antes in order In every flock Of wild gees
there is one old gander, whose fainte
r &c squawk' is law, and gospel too, and in e'
cry rookery there is one bully rock 10 ca
down all opposition, and whose cav is tn
catUs of every effect. In the early days ont
man power was recognised by Heaven. Nj
ses had no cabinet, kitchen or otherwise: I'll
twelve of Gallilee never gave advice, b'
, obeyed the instructions of one superior int
lect without a question. The househo
;. hearth, unless in a state of anarchy, know
but one-m man power, and in spite Of all TIL
the great whig party can say or do, one-ma
power sticks out a feet in every thing IN tt
earth, and under the earth, and over Il
earth.
The Second Washington shows this occ'
sonally when he forbids the poor laborlr
u man to go with his tin kettle through the pul
! lie grounds on his way TO his labor-the POI
t lellO" having nO OtICl tiliO ~ ''oit NV i't
nifcent park supported and adorned by Il
work of his hands and the sweat of his hro'
l. or when he forbids the poorly dressed citizt
: from approaching his presence alta daily leVe
/, to complain of the arrogance of power or II
e unfaithfulness of public agents. We love
man of the people who feels for the Poop
somewhere else shan in an Allison lette
o whose good deeds, like prImroses in the pa
b of beauty, springs up to adorn the melanch
d ly turnpike of civilized life, and whose syr
pathy occasionally causes the hand TO gil
. into the pocket and scatter from thence fe
r. golden images of liberty and spread eagl
10 among the miserable and the suffering.
& We understand that the rumor, that the S
-. cond Washington went fishing on the ban
:. of the canal the other evening and caught
II large green frog, wants confirmation. 1
S. exclamation said to have been made by hi
" on that occasion, 1" Good Lord who ever sd
= fish with such tail ," is also in the sar
= category. We shall therefore have nothi
i to do with giving publicity 10 this matter, u
l. til we are more fully advised by some of t
IS boys who were there present, and who loa
10 ed him pole to bob with.
nt The decision of the cabinet in relation
:. the expedition to be sent after Sir John Fran
lie lin, by the american rulers, is rather sor
s. affair and gives universal! pain and disgust.
y, To wait for a law of Congress TO save the e
. plorars of the northern boundaries of O