The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-06

! time we have written great many good things 10
little purpose We do not propose, however ~ be
al all numerous Just now, ourselves, but TO set before
them the following specimen from the New York
Evening Post. II hits with pungent pleasantly
which, although il comes from political opponent
u none the less amusing We are willing 10 lei our
wing aympathies nke IL as II comes: and, besides
that, we give il 10 our readers 10 show tha we 10
nor effect monopoly Of Wit, buI that we are quite
ready y recognize the excellence Of Others in ihal
rare and responsible quality - Rail american.
philosophy for afflicted Politicians One Of the
| Wing prints sneers al the Evening Post for la
menting the fate OF those who are turned out" We
acknowledge that do lameni The fate Of those who
are turned Of Office, bui ont of the agree
able expectation Of obtaining office. Many good
Wing, who was comfortably established In the hope
~ obtaining pusi OF dignity and emolumeni hes,
by Gen. Taylors late appointments been turned ont
OF II neck and heels, without moments warning
| For these people, the Evening Post good nainred
journal, as its enemies allow, IL heartily sorry.
| Those who have once been In Office and nfe now
displaced have this advantage harlhey have tasted
the sweets Of promotion and authority. Robert II.
Morris, for example has been for four years there
abonts, postmaster Of New York. and found II a
comfortable sineclire The brothers Wetmore have
taken each their turn US Navy Agents. greatly 10
their personal advantage OF that consolation
man can deprive them not the President himself;
moi are we aware that any act Of Congress can be
passed which would have that effect, even II pos.
fdcto laws were constitutional.
The disappointed suffers Tor Office have such
reflection TO comfort them; in losing the present
chance they perhaps lose the only one which will
ever occur IN the course Of their lives, and they may
60 to heirgaves without having enjoyed the sasfac-
on 81 being even for hive minutes postmaster or col
tcror of New York. Besides the humiliation Of
their hopes, there ia the yeynIiOn of having taken an
ininiry Of trouble Tor nothing, The man in office
nkes some trouble IL Is true but he Is paid for il;
he gets salary he obtains the stipulated compen.
7aiion for every idomenl he holds his station. The
sutton for Office writes petitions worries his friends
for letters, which the cabinet TO whom he presents
them never rend, dances attendance, pays travelling
expenses and tavern bills and finds al last, thai he
has wasted his time, his exerllons and his money,
while some fortunate rival runs off Win The Office he
sought IL is for these poor people the Evening Post
Is aflicica--affcted 10 such degree that, ii the
thing We're possible, II would drop fears Of ink.
Again. in electing ono man from Office, II is only
one man You can make unhappy; in appointing his
successor yon make perhaps five bundled miserable
who were looking for ha place. The Democrat who
was expelled from Office Yesterday may be displrased,
IL Is tine, but whHt are his sntierngs compared 10
the aggregate sorrows Of the five hundred disap.
pointed the five hundred prescribed Wings? To
be prescribed, we lake II, means 10 be put out or
kept ouI Of Office. Ii the man who is removed sui-
ers prescription, The man who was not appointed In
his place suffers prescription equally since another
is allowed 10 hold the Office for which he knows him
self TO be peculiarly qualified and which he particu
larly desires. The Evening Post in the melancholy
fate Of The FIVE bundled disappointed by Gen. Tay
placed. Its sympGthies are with the masses.
We confess, also, that we have great commisera-
ton for The unhappy mora state Of these prescribed
friends OF the administrator little while since
they were politicians OF the hopeful school; cheer
full smiling, lond voiced, active, confident Wings,
who believed that every thing was going well, that
General Taylor was an Improvement upon Wash
ngon, ona his administration the best that could be
formed. Now they have become grimbling Wings,
full Of suky doubts and misgvings, fearful that Gen
eral Taylor though Well-meaning man, is surround
ed by bad advisers They have no hope that things
will De any better as long as such influences con-
tinne 10 prevail al Washington. Their tempers as
politicians are soufed for life. 5N&
Yet philosophy has lis consultations for these
people If they would but have recourse 70 them. Let
the five hundred who suffer prescription reeolec,
that If they do not obtain the Office which they
Sought the honor and einonnent which 1t brings
not lost TO The world but enjoyed by one of their
brethren, Let Mr. John l.. Graham for example,
who solicited the city post office reflect thar II he
has missed The appointment his friend Mr. Brady, is
extremely happy In III reflection which cannot
fail to delight his benevolent mind and heal Its
wounds like balm
Furthermore. let those wbuare disappointed in the
division OF the apoils Of victory within The Salc u
New York. recolcct the wise addgc, that If Two
men ride on horsebaca one must ride behind" That
the kind old gentleman who now lives Ia the white
house a Washington, Is TO be ridden, 10 matter of
course md If the Seward caba in this stale and the
an'j-Seward party, both insist upon riding him, one
must ride behind The Sewardites are the most VI
tlant and the moel icxtrous Of the two and il is no
wonder, therefore, it, Ike people who 90 early "a con
eers, they should gel Ihu arenlnOi shal They only
reap the natural rewurd OF superior vigilance and
superior skill
But there Is one lesson w3ch If we could, We
would impress not only upon all the Wings with
whom we now condole, but upon all politicians Of
whatever school they may be. II is never to embark
IN any political movement or agitation never to set
up any randdate never TO support any principle If
policy, or any pnbic measure with view Of gaining