The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-10

los, of the Baltimore Sun, sensible and
shrewd observer, though bit of partizan,
thus speaks Of the signal rebuke given by the
Democratic House to that swell deserving
organ" the Union and the issues Of the coming
election:
THE House---the Democratic lIouse-has
performed the remarkable feat, to-day, of delib-
erately refusing to give a printing job to its
own well deserving organ.
We have daily manifestations Of purpose,
on the part of both of the regular old time par
ties, to withdraw the compromise question ~
the main issue in tho approaching election OF
President, and for the want Of other distinct
issue, to make, as common platform-ftty'o one
millions Of dollars year-the amount Of the
plumber which the victor is to control"
The Herald takes the same business view of
the matter. AT the close of an editorial it says:
"The contest will be for the public plumber
nothing else. The Wings now have it--they
have it divided out--all the fat Offices in the
hands of good Wings. Let the Wings win,
and they have nothing more to divide-the out
siders have nothing to work for, because the
spoils are already appropriated. But with the
Democrats it is a clean sweep for the whole
AtJ muuOuo u year IL Will I'LL 10 ClchI koiu
and with the election of Democrat there will
be forty thousand Offices for distribution from
the jump. This gives moral strength to the
Democratic platform, more substantial than the
glory of Vera Cruz, and more fascinating than
the storming Of Chapultepec. But still, we APP
prehend that it will not do to trust to the pres
tige Of defeat /; and that Gen. Cass will be- set
aside, and perhaps Buchanan, for some new
man, less Objectionable than either to the con.
tending cliques. Thus much for the prospects
of the unterrifed and hungry Democracy.
With regard to the Wings, the question may
be considered as already settled. Scott will be
tho nominee, and very likely upon the first
ballot, upon movable platform, like that of
General Taylor, barring the letter writing; for
there is to be no more letter writing, after
very careful sort Of Kane letter accepting the
nomination. 1t is estimated that, excepting
Georgia, and, perhaps, Louisiana, Gen. Scott
can carry every State that Gen. Taylor carried,
and Ohio besides, which will be enough to elect
him. 1t will become, then, the policy of the
Democrats to play a sure game for two of the
three great States of New York. Pennsylvania,
and Ohio. How that is to be done remains to
be tried. They have the advantage in the great
moral power of the public plumber; but the
office holders will bleed freely and fight hard.
Upon the slavery question we suppose that.
both parties will compromise it with their abo
lition allies in some way ; and that the agitation
of the Fugitive slave law, after the Presidential
election, will be revived in Congress with more
bitterness ard violence of temper than ever be-
fore; and that the quarrel, thus re-opened, will
go on ill slavery is put down by law, or by
fire and sword, or the Union Is rent in twain.
In the meantime the contest for the Presidency
will be purely contest for the plumber of the
public treasury.