The southern press., 1851-07-02

hailed with feeling Of enthusiasm and delight
little short of that which was experienced b,
our ancestors when the news came that iDde
pendence had been declared.
"Feliow-citixens, il infused feeling of So
curlty into every hesrt--it strengthened the arm
OF The administration, and it has palsed the
power OF those who were seeking with traitor
Gus hearts and hands to sunder the cords which
have bound us together. Fellow. citizens,
speak strong language, but | speak it in all
sincerity and truth and have acted upon il
ofhcially-that no man who is an abolitionist or
dlsunionist can be patriot. Applause
Within the broad sphere of the Office which
hold, and which numbers amongst its depen-
dents probably some eight hundred public Of
ticers, am happy TO inform you that, to the
best Of my knowledge and belief, / have not
left an abolitionist or disuDionist in office.
Prolonged cheering.] | have not looked
whether man was Wing or Democrat--when
he was honest capable, and faithful, have re-
tained him without reference to his political
principles. But holding, as do, that no man
who seeks to overthrow the Constitution, either
directly or Indirectly, can conscientousy take
an oath to support it, have refused to retain
any man in public service who was infected
even with those principles. [Applause.
Fellow-citizens, permit me to return to you
my cordial thanks for the kind and enthusiastic
welcome which you have extended to my
superior in office and my personal friend, and
permit me to bid you most respectful adieu."
Mr. STUART, it will be remembered, is the
Virginia secretary in the cabinet. He has the
reputation of shrewd and adroit politician
And he certainly has discovered the strongest
argument for Union of all this peripatetic Ad-
mnistration. Mr.. STUART offers the spoils ar
gument. He, in effect, tells the ardent and
virgnans that if they expect to get
office from him, If they aspire to become one Of
the eight hundred " dependents" in the office of
the Interior, they must go for the compromise.
If any OF the Virginians oppose the compromise,
as nearly all their delegates did in both houses
of Congress, they can never expect to rise to
the dignity Of clerkship, or an Indian agency,
with tenure precisely as long as from now un-
til 1852, or 3. Such is the eloquence of Vir-
ginia secretary, such is the compliment to Vir-
ginia people. And it is remarkable that the
spoils part of the speech, is the only part that
was received with applause. Well, some folks
in Virginia are gravtating pretty FAST and the
path of submission is as ridiculous as mortif wing.
AS for Southern opponents Of the compromise,
we can tell Mr. STUART they disdain the patron
age of the Department of the Interior too much
ever to seek to become one of its eight hundred
dependents. But Mr.. STUART's boast of great
in repudiating disunionists, both
North and South, is perhaps to be received like
all the modern pledges of impartiaty between
The two sections. The most important office in
the Department of the Interior is that of Com
missioner of Patents, which is held by Mr. Ew-
BANK, a SEWARD and GREELEY man. The
patronage of the department in Wisconsin, is
regulated, or influenced, we are informed by
Governor DoTY, of that State-a Free-soi er
Mr.. SpRAcuE, a late member of Congress from
that State, and who voted against the com
promise, is appointed Indian agent. The Rev.
Mr.. COLLINS, one of the chief clerks, is, we are
told, the one who made the most bitter opposi
tion to Bishop ANDREWS in the Metho, list con
ference, whereby the church was divids ID. AND
does it noe we'll become Mr.. STUAI IT, in thi.
state of things, to go down TO Rich .mond, ant
proclaim his patriotic adherence of II disunion
lists, North and South