Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-01-09

spicy letter from Washington eph-l
tied aWhig Peneillings at the Cap
itoi,p erumbling about the dispensa-
ton Of Executive patronage, the re-
tention Of so many Locofocos in Of
fee, &c. We know the writer to
be well informed, and readily ac-
cord him hearing, only wishing it
distinctly understood that tue do not
synpathise in his sorrows.
N. z. Tribune.
whEg ReneIIHnss at the CaPItol.-Ns. 4.
WASHINGTON, Sunday, Dec 25.
To the Editors of the Tribune.
Through the medium Of your IN
dependent and widely circulating pa
per ask permission, as Wing SUBJ
aItern who has done some service for
eighteen years past in the Wing
esnse. to tell to the public some
houe-truths relative to the line of
policy, in certain matters OF remo-
vaIs and appointments, Of the pres.
ent Wing Administration. ] will
"nothing extenuate nor set down
ought in malice" It will be more
in sorrow than in anger that will
give my home-truths and make my
structures. What / write shall be
reliable and as courteously couched
as circumstances will warrant. You
may agree with me or not. You
may condemn or refuie nv positions.
MY motto is "Strike, but hear"
wish the public TO hold me, and not
you, responsible and accountable for
whatever my pencillings may be
worth. | am but an anonymous
writer. So wish TO be considered
but if ] should trench too hard upon
any officials sensibilities, you know
who | am and where am TO be
found, to answer for the misdeed:
which may be alleged to have beer
done by the pen.
Although | am no Seward man,
yet hold that il is not good policy
to attempt to drive Mr.. Seward anc
his many Wing friends out of tht
Wing party. He and his peculiar
Whig adherents may have and holC
their 'higher law notions, as well al
their religious tenets, whatever
they may be, and care not, so tina
they do not get their 'higher law no
tons nor their religions tenets en-
grated on TO the laws Of the coun
try. Mr.. Seward is a very able
strong and popular man. He ha
the power OF making and keepin;
more friends in one year than Nh
President Fillmore could make in
lifetime. If Mr.. Seward and hi
friends were to be driven out of tn
Wing party, that party would be no
where. Unless the old Wing an,
Democratic parties are to be botI
broken up and merged in new par
ties, the Clay, Webster and Fillmor
Wings will do we'll to hold on t,
and not seperate from the Sewarc
Wings.
But il is not upon this theme tina
this series of penciIlings is commen
ced. The policy of the Administra
ton, in the matter of removals anc
appointments. is to be attended to
Mr.. President Fillmore and the
members of his Cabinet are excellent
and worthy Wings and most high
minded and upright men. But ir
policy they are mere boys. They
have no moral courage. They arr
afraid Of the very shadows of Loco
focos. And they are also afraid o
the ghosts Of the dead Galphins.-
They dare not give a place to any
one who ever exposed and denoun.
ced those deIunct Galphins. JUS
look at the state of the case:
Charles M. Conard. end worthy
Wing, signed a report in favor o.
the Galphin allowance and made a
speech justiiying the operation. He
is Secretary OF War. Mr.. Allen A
Hall resigned the Office of Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury to edir
The Republic and defend the Gal
phin allowance. He did defend il
until he ruined The Republic and
then gave up the task. He has since
been employed in the Treasury De
partment, and it is rumored that he
is to have a Charge d. AffairshiE
abroad. Mr.. Charles E. Clark, mem.
Der of the House of Representatives
from New York, was induced to
make a speech in defense of the Gal
phin allowance. He ran for a re-
election, and the people OF his Dis
trict threw him overheard. TYes,
but he ran ahead Of bis Whig asso-
ciates-even Washington Hunt
Ed. Tri6.1
Mr.. King Of New Jersey, signed
the Report justifying the Gal2hin al
lowance, and made a speech in its
support. His district has since gone
10 the --Locofocos. But would not
have done so had he been a candidate
for re-election.--Ed. Trjb.
Mr.. Dodge the excellent and wor-
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