New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-01
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
Personal Rxplanatisns-Mr Corwin-Ole Bull
Japan Expedition.
Correspondence Of the The n. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Monday, March %, 1859.
The Boston Courier should not call us
"devout hatsr OF Mr.. WEBSTER and Mr.. FILLxoRE.'
It is misrepresentation. We DO not profess to be
particularly devotional any way Least Of all are
We devotional In our hatreds. But we have none of
the feeling Of hate toward either of those distin-
suishsd gentlemen. Quite the contrary. We have
a sort Of devilish admiration OF Mr. WEBSTER. In
deed we have no reason for having any unchristan
ceilings toward either. We have no personal grief
with the Administration. We are under obligations
to it for favors. We have bat with the Secresa-
~ and this is OF such ludicrous nature that Il
prompts any othor feeling than hate. 1t is of char
acter to forbid all printed description, would
tell the story. We we're on terms. We ars not. The
difference arose on point OF etiquette IL was
matter of the exchange Of cards wholly tmmatsrial
We cannot be more explicit. The Courier knows
the rest. Does " Peeping Tom think We were ma
licious in refusing to see the Secretary Nonsense
Dont provoke our forsivng disposition BY such init
nations.
DANIEL is a great man. He has been called q
"scamp Jupiter" and an "intellec.ual monster
This 10 severe, and do not endorse it, One OF his
official associates says (himself . man Of genius)
"the greatest mind since Bacon" But the poet says
OF Bacon
The wisest, greatest meanest Of mankind"
hios -s--. -~--r.vs.~n shauld " IN amssastiva-
DANIEL 10 great, but he has no puck no moral stam
ina, and people do not believe In his honesty at
would be great thing to have him President, said
ore Of his friends recently. $50 great q man
What lustsr would his elevation confer upon the
county, But is integrity nothing was asked in
reply. Yes, to DO sure, but national affairs would
be- In such safe hands The worst be would do
would DO to bankrupt the Treasuryw
The President differs from the Secretary. Hs,too,
lacks pluck. But nobody doubts his integrity. He
wants back bone. lie means well, but he il ttmd,
iIrssoute, uncertain and loves to lean. Heis man
TO before the anty face Of the South. There
will DO NO Thsrmopyle in his life, there has been
none in the life Of his chief Secretary. Nature be-
slowed no intrspidity in making up others compo-
siten. II was the omitted ingredient Would the
name Of either DO mentioned Is the leader Of Q for
lorn hope Alas We need not answer Would
there have been no North" think you, II OLD HAL
with all his sinf had been born in Massachusetts,
No, We do not hate we lament-we gTisve that
Northern spirit and Northern sentiment, and North.
srn convissions are not honestly represented BY
Northern men. We do not wish 10 see sectional
ism, but we do wish TO see q manly independence
and an unfinching adherence, q steady devotion TO
truth and duty. We confess we de- NOT find those
high qualities OF character either In the President
OF Secretary that command respect or inspire con-
fdence. They will not stand FIRE. They are not
good In tight place The ghost Of crisis takes
oil the starch out of their legs They melt before
the fervsnt heat Of opposition, like waxen image
eainst the Gre" OF hishtoned, fintv manhood they
have none Tho President has ssoeI Intentions, but
according to the great moralist hell is paved with
these.
This may b plain talk, but It ID the essence of
the best judgments in relation to these two gentle
men on tho points in question. Such are the sober
convictions of our understanding, and not opinions
resulting from any hate"
But at this particular period of time We are not 90
much In search Of man peculiarly fitted for great
emers sncy, for We in the midst OF no crisis,
and apprehend none for the next four years. a. We
are of good Wing who will make IN available
candidate for the Presidency. Therefore, We could
net seriously object to Mr. Fillmore ~ Candidate,
provided he were the strongest man to run. II he
could get the most votes, We would be content to
put up with lesser evil of personal weakness for
the greater good Of party success. But ths vital,
fundamental ooJscton, both 70 MIN and Mr.. Web
stsr, which decides the question q. the start and
Mus precluces all necessity Of weighing the after
further, comss Ut the conviction tns, both gentle
men ere utterly raarailsbis as Presidential cand-
Gates And herein We profess 10 be eoldly Judicial
ard not psrisaLh nor personal Let this suffice.
There has tsen much positive assertion and per-
hsps as much contradiction IN regard to a difficulty
in the Cabinet between Mr.. CoawIs aud Mr.. HALL
am able to say, the very highest authority that
there nss the shh foundation Tor the stsry. I
was made entirely ous Of whole cloth. Not even the
Itsotiaton OF the trpaIti.e treaty has occasioned
ripple On the surface o. the CABINET Why M Cor
WIN should be impiir IN any Cabinet diff Guilty Il
10 bard to conjecture He 10 the most pezceabe and
popular OF ali mee, IN his personal relations and
notier nature than his God Fever incaTpated UPON
the earth But be never mace for the dead level
drrcsery the hsIassns duties, the calculating pre-.
cisiops, Of Official life To employ hin thus Is to
nake use OF California gold for plowsha.e
Ole Bull had crowded and most cistii guished
ancieroe 10 attend his Concert on Friday evening
IL Pssnc OF with great sclst. He proposes another
as Cmusis sAoon would contain scarcely the
bsf OF those IN ashina ton who desire to hear the
magic siFsiEs Of his vloiia.
The Japan expeclaon will not set Get sail before
June. 30 much has been said Of this entsrprss that
MS sppfseeBdsc the japanese viii hear OF ls oay
- an attended invasion, and shut themselves N
within sher sasu more closely than sves Jsp.