New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-15
Presidential Mntters.


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WASHINGTON. Saturday, June Ism
hesitate archer, would not ssco suffice,
Thy shsft few thrice, and thrice my peace ~ss s,.s,
f"rHs c'a q rsysans>
We deeply regret to announce the f...
that most estimable gentleman Of fond eea,,.
nance and shrewd political Instincts whs h.,h.-.
sometime enjoying comforting stipend fr,m "A.
Golfers Of Uncle San, has been for seye,.l a.
seen walking in disconsolate mood about IN. -
with his head in his hand. This melancholv 80.
of decaptation is understood to have been bro,,a.
about by the cdooethes scrt5eRdi. The ren,le,s..
in question has had the hardlhood to hays No.
writing for the newspapers, and has very foolish,
been expressing his convictions that the wh;,s
would stand better chance with Gen. Scorr :,
their candidate for the Presidency, than with .,,.
body else. There can be no question that ma.
who would be guilty of such an outrage az th;.
ought to go under the guillotine. IL is on. or
those plain cases where man voluntarily puts HI.
head in the lions mouth and while we lament nj.
fate, we are constrained to impute the cOnse.
quences to his own faulty. We are happy to bs
able to add that the countenance in question wears
the same benign expression now as formerly. and
that the spirit which still anmates his bosom il
that Of every true martyr lie has faith that there
is "a good time coming"
We can imagine nothing more impudcntly
amusing than the way in which cases like this ara
treated by the ori journals. They drop down
their spectacles, perk their monihs, and graVsly
Iacl hat ia a inanrn g,rn
ment Clerks to be writing letters to the uewspa.
pers, while they know that half the electoncer-
ne matter aGoat is furnished by attaches and en-.
ployees Of the Government especially that por-
ton of it which lampoons the Soorr men. Here
are men connected with the Departments that
control and sustain two or three journals right
about this neighborhood, and other gentlemen Of
parts who exercise their epistoary qualifications
and superintend politics in general, for the benefit
of the powers that be, drawing various sums from
Uncle Sam, running all the way from thousand
and half to three thousand per annum. Now we
do not complain especially and particularly ofthis,
but when man in of the Departments has
to drop his tools suddenly and cut and run, be-
cause he has been nosed out as chap who has
written few ScoTT letters, think it is refresh
ingly cool to find fellow who is up to his chin in
the same business, but only on he other side roll
up the whites of his eyes over the shocking inae-
corum OF the act. We think The Republic, in
taking this view of the case, must imagine people
about Washington to be mighty green and their
readers generally to have very long ears. This is
Stimulating virtue, or putting ones head in the
sand to very small purpose. One might just as
well expect to impose upon deyout citizen by
posting notice for a prayer-meeting on the door
of brothel.
We have observed lately an affecting article in
a Boston paper on Mr. Webstsr's chances. Tho
writer remarks that after the first ballot, Mr.. w.
will have plenty of friends and he adds, in rela-
ton to those who have been opposed to his nomi'
nation, that those of us who have endured their
scorn, must receive them into the fold forget our
past injuries, and march with them, shoulder TO
shoulder, until Daniel Webster is elected Pres
ident!"
A friend of ours suggests that il the Boston Edo
itor contemplates any such protracted march as
that, he should engage the services of the Ws"-
deyiag Jep, as the only tit person to conduct the
crowd
Delegates to the Wing Convention are begin
ming to drop in upon US, aud the Establishment OF
he candidates whose columns seem TO need re-
cruitiDg are quite marked. We are inclined to
applaud the disposition that prompts liberal tables,
albeit there is general opinion that in this we'll
fed country, such attentions don't weigh much
against the knotty determination of the home
pun common sense that characterizes the great
body of such Wings as find their way to Nation
al Convention. They are vastly more apt to get
their cue. from the hard.twisted constituencies
hey represent, than to take the suggestions Of a
dinner table, Now and then there is a man ofths
parasite order, who is inclined to cling to tho
skirts of distinction. Bat in the main there are
very few toades or hunkeys that get into our Po-
lltical conventions. They are mostly men OF ro-
bust and why natures, who know what they are
about and who do not choose to play the bob to
anybody's kite. j. s. p