The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-14


honor ofeouing victory. and thundsn mastisl
airs At the ssenssnts. and at the Adnuist ration,
the organ Of the latter is mute, and evidently
, out Of tsns.
The Evening Journal openly charges the Cab
met with interfering in the election, aud alleges
the completely of Mr. FILLMORE himself, In a &c
ries OF pungent paragraphs, few of which we
suojoin. First il gives programme Of the per-
formancc pending the election:
( From The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.
I'VE regret the vote ofMr BEEkMAu, by which
the election was defeated in the Senate, but we
nave no doubt that vote WINS given in us honest
".o conscientious spirit ever vote wan
given IN the legislature. We reg ct it the more,
because u produced the precise result wished
LOT ny those who now loudest in their false
charges That twas brought about by a concerted
arrangement on thu part of tho friends of, the
natona' administration, or at the instigation Of
the administrati itself"
mat This was brought about 81 by concerted
arrangement on tie part of the friends of the
natona' administration has been proven
democratic Sen tors admit that they acted in
concert with the Presidents BY Authority"
i
Ii. Gov. Church while he was attending their
caucus, and who congratulated him upon the
msn'hess displayed in adjourning the Senate
Inc same individual (who "keeps out" Wing
, Ilckets and defeats Wing Candidates BY s'se-
cretly drawing of votes'J approves and defends
the conduct Of Senator Beekman.
, we nave not charged the Administration with
lnstigaung' this treachery, though it is said
That one member of the cabinet wrote letters
70 members OF the Legislature. urging them to
hold the senator question back as hostage for
tne passage Of Resolutions 1t is said, also, that
the same parsonage wrote letter of q later date,
advising thosc who kept out of the caucus to
, vote Tor uov Fish, on the strength of which all
! Tor him. =.
| We believe, sincerely, that all but a single
member Of the Cabinet desires harmony IN the
, Wing party of, this State. We know that Sec.
+ retarles Webster and Corwin, and we believe
1 Secretaries Conrad, Graham, Crittenden and Stu
D ART, desired the election of Gov Fish
r IN Inc absence, however, Of any knowledge
! OF the views OF the President or his Postmaster
General, are We not authorized and justified in
. assuming that their views are reflected by their
, Intimate and confidential friends?
Fl An organ was established here under the au-
' spices of the President which now acts with his
Il stamp OF Authority" To defeat Gov. Fish
It's editor went into an intrigue with our polti-
: cal opponents And having accomplished the
Il object, it avows and defends it. And in the alb
j. sence OF disavowas from, Washington, is there
n any injustice or unfairness in our presumptiops
i Then it twits the Grays with changing front,
= and ignominiously backing out from the po<iion
5 of opposition, on the most fimsey and frivolous
s pretexts. Observe the cutting contempt with
: which the Sezoard organ refers to this CONVEX
D sion.
n A CHANGE OF FRoNr!-The Buffalo Diplo-
n matist, finding the direct responsibility of de-
d fiauding the Wing party of senator in Con-
y gress, Inconveniently onerons, changes front.
o Instead of appealing to members of the legisla-
ture ito stand manfuIly up" against Governor
q Fish, with an assurance that the National Ad-
n ministration is with Them" the wind now sets
&c in strong from another point Of the compass
o Mark the change
= "There cannot be any doubt of the soundness
1t Of the views entertained by Governor Fish in
"A regard to the great questions ngtating the coun-
n try, and we trust that bill fixing the day OF
"a another election will at once be introduced into
Is the legislature and passed into law. 1t may
D. be disagreenbe to some Of the radicals to vote
e for Governor Fish with the certainty that he
h will be elected, but it will be gratifying to the
h lockers on who understand all the wire.pulling
that has be practiced ut Albany, to see the
/ engineer hoisted by his own petard."
: The "morn and cool reflection has wrought
e this marvellous conversion The Elk. Diplo-
r matist, by intuition, has discovered the sound
ness Of tie views of Governor Fish, and though
he 80 recently exhorted members of the egisla-
ture mot to be choaked down and overridden I"
h,,t IA, al,
tor, he now "trusts that bill fixing the day Of
another election will at once be introduced into
the legislature and passed into law"
This has n fair exterior, but as the language
, of diplomatsts Is sometimes equivocal, We shall
see how far it can be trusted.
The third, is devoted to the head of the Silver
Grays, and Of this governments and the two horns
of the dilemma which it presents to the Presi-
dent, are sufficiently sharp:
, But we choose to place reliance upon the as
surances Of the New York Commercial, and to
believe that telegraph dispatches from three
: Northern members of the cabinet, urging the
support Of Gov Fish, were sent in good faith
Rochester Democrat
} I his being so, what excuse is there for the
! efforts made by the Albany Journal, and other
papers of the same stamp, TO incucate the be-
lief that the administration instgated the defeat
of Gov. Fish. No false charge was ever more
completely disproved by the facts. But will the
Journal ever acknowledge the Injustice of its
accusations, and make the amend ?-Bu6alo Adj
rertiser.
: We are compelled TO Judge the President by
the acts of his confidential friends and the course
of his official organs. Such data are not likely
to mislead, especially, as in this case, where such
9 friends are gasping for executive favors and
: such organs exist upon executive patronage
4 The man brought to Albany to mana!e the
organ Of the Fillmore and Young party" has
been in collision with Locofocos to defeat the
election of Wing senator and when the object
: was accomplished by "a dodge" he congratu-
e lated the Locofoco Lieutenant Governor, for the
!, 6rmness with which he had played his p. IT.
The "by authority organ ut Rochester man
Tested its joy at the result in the following
T terms: