Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-02-09

Playing for the Presidency.
The Washington Correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Inquirer takes off,wo Of the
most forward aspirants for the Presidency
in the following manner:
1T has been somewhere said that politicians arc
Of necessity l,ard-hcarted men. But. tak, this
sweeping dcnunciation il undiscovered by many cf
our lending politicians ofthe present day. IL indeed
II ever was true of that meek and truly admirable
class Of men. Where do YOU find generous
emulation than At present exists here, between
Mesrs. Cas- and Douglas, who shah 60 fur
thest in .ymp~fhi.ins with the dswn-trodden
tions Of Euror- especially ireland and Gcrmany'
The fact that both these gentlemen nre aspiranf'
for Presidential bonors, might be supposed TO
somewhat influence them in this pliilantbrurc con-
test were tLcrc any considerable number of Irish
md Germans among sur adopted citizens. but as il
il well known thar this is not rho the purity Of
the generous strife must once be conceded
AT the dinner given the other evening to the l.
rish Committee rho came on here to memorialize
the President, with regard to Smith O'Brien and
ono Presidential nsprunt was present, to wit: 'thc
little giant" Douglas. And that gent eman being
there alone To represent the candidates went into
the merits Of the case with emphasis. 1t has since
trnns pircd that no Presidential candidates in
vitcd, but that Judge Dongls-, with modest assu-
rance, invited himself
s.Tbe Douglas stock rose at once. Cass's friends
looked blank; n fatal error had been committed
through the dFidcnce oftbe General, in not having
invited himself also TO the banquet. The ground
thus lost must be regained. Fortunately an oppor-
tunty speedily presented itself This morning.
the proceedings of public meeting held in Michi-
gan urging Congress n,ifhorisc the intcrrosition
Of This Government in behalf of the Irish cxilcs,
came % hand. and the General primcd and loaded.
marched up to the breach in splendid style. As
far us Ireland is concerned IL is neck and neck
between the two distinguished gentlemen. The
subject i. to be resumed next Monday"
Here we have n life sketch of the two
most eager schemers, for the honors and
emoluments Of the Chief Magistracy.
Meanwhile the other Contestants. though
less visible to the public eye, are not mac
tive.
First among them is the well preserved
and extremely self satisfied old bachelor
Of Pennsylvania. james Buchanan. An
GENTLY he was known as of the federal
school-to which sect and its doctrines he
inclired " it'll so earnest a devotion, that he
was willing to become its martyr-dc-
claring that if he had drop of democratic
blood in his system. lie would open a vein
and let it out now he is full Of the blood
and of the bloody purposes. of democrat
cy. Once he was an implacable foe to
slavery. and opposed to the admission of
Missouri into the Union. unless she would
come in ms free State--now he makes
love to the Southern States and offers
himself as the propcrest champion of their
rights. Once he opposed necessary war
" it'll powerful and hostile monarchy
Of late he has favored an unnecessary one.
with feeble and tottering republic. This
is the PLAYER in the Presidential game. on
whom Virginia Locofocoism appears most
willing to lay its wager.
Another is Mr. Robert J. Walker. who
adopting the pastoral idea of sailing the
COW to catch the calf, has gone over to the
mother country and is cnjoling the old dame
with all sort, of improbable fances of free
trade and international alliance. The
browning glory Of his life is that he impos-
cd upon the country tariff, which, by
the subsequent discovery of gold in Cali
fornia and the accidental accession of some
thing like hundred millions of dollars to
the metallic currency Of the couniry-has
barely suiiiced for the demands Of the
treasury and the support OF commerce.
Not very remotely in our history it was
understood that England and America
were commercial rivals; and that any
arrangement relating to the traffic between
the countries. which was profitable to one
was to the same extent, injurious to the
oihcr-but it was reserved for this philos
ophcr Of trade to discover, that system
by which John Bull was benefited so
greatly. that his whole broad face relaxed
into grateful smile. was the very best
plan of putting money in the pockets of
Johnathan. Twice we have crossed
swords with that same Mr.. Bull, and given
and received some very severe cuts
because he was overbcaring, unjust and
insulting and because we differed radically
in our ideas of popular rights-but Mr..
Walker has found out that we are the very
Damon and Pythias of INCONSISTENCIES
twins in feeling, opinions and by the tie Of
na,urc;and that it is our manifest destiny to
be occupied" in the great hunt of the Rus
sian Bear And as if the Union were AREA
dy complete, he is eleciionccring in
England. for the Presidency of the Uni
ted States. This is the game Sir Robert,
plays; bit We do not think he'll win.
Next in order may be mentioned ex- Co
vernon Marcy of New York-whose DIS
tinc,ion arises in part from the fact that he
originated the bandit sentiment. so popular
with his party-"to the victor belongs the
spoils"-partly also from historic pair of
tattered brooches, mcnded at the govern
ment's expense; and in some measure TO,
from little less tattcrcd tradition ofmiltary
exploits. in his early days. We should be
UNIV illing to see the Governor made Prcsi-
dent. lest peradvcnturc. having appropria
ted all the spoils, and having no farther
taste or chance for war, he might see no 9TH
er use in the Government than to mend