The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-07-26
Correspondence Of IN. Union.
New York, July 70,

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Contrary the expectation oil every one here, the gov
refused further respite the sentence
of the convict Wood who the day before yesterday,
duty paid the penalty Of his crime the law directed
you synopsis Of the testimony in the publish
cd the New York papers of yesterday from the Of
Governor Fish, giving the why he would no longer
delay The OF the senencehe prisoner and his
friends having utterly failed produce the hrst particle OF
going shake that which he convicted
for the production of which the governor received assu
before granting the fst respite. Il Is alleged that,
after lespites was the refinement Of cruelty on the
part Of the governor not have committed the sentence
To this may be answered. that the Replies granted
OF the culprit himself who thus Of his
free wii brought himself the double punishment in
volved in the OF hopes in his breast never TO be
realized Again, has been urged for him. Ia and out Of
the newspapers that having commuted the sentence OF
the negro jones' condemned to be executed on the
day. the governor should have also extended this qualified
pardon Wood cannot see the force Of this argument,
recognise sound logic In the docune that two
wrongs make a right. The man who entertain the
misgyings the guilt oil Wood, aer reading the
governors OF the must be blessed with quite
much creduy constitutional propensity for criminal
mongering
cannot take leave Of this subject without writing, that
the firm manner which Governor Fish has in this
Qf not in the other) manifested his determination
the law despite the Interference Of persons OF mawksh
sensbty, who feel for any or all others save society a
large is an earnest that in time there will be
very considerable and patric change in the In
which the power is TO be administered In such
If public opinion in this region could only break
the OF packing juries 10y exhausng the regular
panels and then summoning alesmen) In criminal cases.
leading the escape OF every offender able to pay hand
somey his acqutta the good work OF making the adj
OF criminal Jurisprudence in the North
fhing more than q mere farce will be accomplished.
The Sunday papers will doubtless soon be embelshed
with shocking bad representation Of Wood, and forty
eight hours roll Tound the newsboys Of New York will be
pedding half dozen biographies Of the creature
worthy note, that the Express Of this city, in order
70 extenuae Justification Of TayorS pledges upon the
subject Office 10 forced throw itself upon the notorious
iasehood tho, peron in public government office
accession oil tho present administration was dem
ocrat The Express knows, personally, perhaps n
hundred wings who employed In and about the New
York custom the 4h of March last But what OF
that To TO justify such departure from
pledge that Of which Taylor guilty, requires total
disregard OF the truth There must be no mincing oil mat
terno whipping the devil around the stump, equivoss-
tion or any white lying of the A plumper is
qured like that Of Washington correspondent oil tho Tr
bune who recently that the oefsmv, on March the
ih every Of the 100 Offices in Washington filed
by democatsi Already, In the New York cusom-house,
two thirds more OF the employees federass yet
the 5000 hungry city wolves who yet unprovided for.
screaming for The rest Of places held by democrats,
while the Express pande TO their appetite Tor spells,
10 shamclessy Affirming fasehood their politics,
similar 70 that concerning the state of the departments
at Washington referred 70 above Verify no other jour
nal with which acquainted would make capital
for such band OF bloodsuckers the adj
vocste OF their claims Every other wing paper in New
York. from very shame has ceased 10 call Tor the blood
Of the little band Of democrats yet left living in and about
| our custom-house.
| By-the-by, Of your Washington readers may be
interested TO know, that among those rewarded with an
office in custom-house by present immaculate
administration Is Mr. Coleman, late proprietor Of Cole-
mans Hotel" Of your city.
| Mr. WIN. E. Robinson formerly "Richelicu" Of the New
York Tribune, has also been rewarded with a place,
al salary OF 81 800 per kaow but few of Mr.
Maxwes appontees but II the representations of the
disappointed wings worthy OF credit Mr. NJ IL had
gone the whole list Of 500 applicants could not have
selected 10 men whose appointments, individually and
collectively. would have grated the federal party New
| York so little.
On Thoday evening last the question OF directing the
election Of delegates the Rome convention national
democracy Of this State considered by the general
committee In Tamniany Hall; and after much discus.
sion, resolution TO tina. effect laid the table until
the next meeting.
Mr.. Cslhouns reply Col Benton having been repub-
ished wholly In part By most Of the New York city dali
lies, Is attracting very general attention just now, with bo,
the exception Of the Evening Post which, course
him The journals have made Il the for heap
ing handsome compliments on Mr. O.
Dr. Bradley. missionary lately from Siam, where he
has abored for fourteen years, il uyisg get up novel
missionary enterprise In plain English, il IL American
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