Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-01-29
Correspondence of the Baltimore PatriOt-l
sT WASHINGTON, Jan. ID, 1852.

p Inc PRESIDENT, IL is TepOI t0u, POi
sists in declining TO run again, which
is deeply regretted. But il such is
j his intention, now is not the time to
say so, nor is there aoy body to say
so 10. The Wings have not ye,
called a National Convention, and il
is not certain there will be one. II
distraction and disorder ensue by the
sudden withdrawal OF so conservative
and wise President as Mr.. Fillmore,
the Wing party will be all adriit,
with no point Of anchor. Mr.. Web
ster has powerful friends; Gen. Scott
has powerful friends, but without
the hearty. energetic support of the
whole Wing party, backed by the
cheerful support of the administra-
ation, neither can be elected. throw
these things out for your considera-
tion.
The Democratic party is sure OF
success-perfectly sure. Col. Bissel
took occasion to say so in the House
to day, and Mr.. Jones, Of Tennessee,
backed him up. Well, this may be
so. ] have no better eye for the fu-
ture than other men, but prophets
are as often wrong as right; aye,
aoftener. Which wing Of the party
isto succeed, Col. Bissel did not tell
us to.day-the Rantoul and Preston
King wing, or the Rhett and Quit
man whether upon the Abo-
Iition principles Of the first named
gentlemen, or the Secession princi-
Piles of the last named gentlemen
A convention is TO be held in Balti-
more-that is certain-just such a
convention as was held there once
before, when a platform was laid
down. on which Rhett & Go. stood
looking Southwark, and Van Buren
& Co. looking Northward. The end
of that cheat was visible in the fight
about the Wilmot ProviSo, and in
the acquisition of vast territories, on
which Quitman, Davis & Co. con-
tend the South has no peculiar, il
anv, interest whatsoever.
Douglass, one Of the candidates
here, announces himself for a gen.
eral fight Of "intervention," with
about all creation 10 America, and
"the rest of mankind" in Europe
Cass bids about as high as Douglass
for that sort of capital. Is the Bal
timore Convention to adopt the in
tervention principle, and to abjure
Washington and Jefferson? II so,
let us know. If Cass, Douglass and
Marcy are the candidates, we are in
on their Kossuthian pledges for all
that fight. If Gen. Butler is to be,
we are surrendered to the Van Bu-
rens,---John and Martin,---with
Wilmot, Chase, Cleveland, Rantoul
& Co. The Baltimore Platform
thus is to be an interesting one
When that is laid, we will have a
further talk OF Col. Walker, Prophet
Bissel--and in examining the plat
form with him, see what are his
chances for erecting Presidential
statue upon il.
We are all here glad TO see the old
Maryland line stand by Washington
and Jefferson's "mind your own
business" principles, and not the new
tangled principle Kossuth has brought
over, OF "interveniion against inter-
vention." In the heart of the Union
as you are, the voice of Maryland
has great weight just now. Your
State has exhibited the beautiful
spectacle of sympathy, your Legis-
lature without degradation Of old
principles, with being carried away
by the new. Kossuth has been a
magnificent sophist, and his "inter-
vention against intervention" has
entangled many a hair-but your
State, in giving an impulse to lis
heart, has not lost its head.
The business in either House Of
Congress is devoid of remarkable in
terest. The Kossulh lever is all over,
and Kossuth is almost forgotten.-
The appropriation bills cannot be
reported, the chairman OF the Ways
and Means Committee said to-day,
until the Public Printer lays before
Congress the Public Documents
An attack was made upon the Sec
retary Of the Interior to-day by Mr..
Jones, OF Tenn, but the House put it
down by a very large majority
The Bounty Land bill is under con-
sideration, and will pass in the course
of time, making land warrants as
signabIe, with further provisions for
soldiers, in almost any of the wars,
when mustered into the service of
the United States. The public lands
are certain to be squandered, unless
the old rulers come to the rescue
with more energy than they do.
Pennsylvania AVENUE.