The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-03-11
Washington Correspondence of the
y Ledger.
WASHINGTON, March 5, lS5:

WASHINGTON, March 5, 1859.
Mr.. Editor Let me congratulate the
people of the District that gave birth to the
great hero of New Orleans, on the estab-
lishment of newspaper in the columns of
which they can express their views, feelings
and sentiments and may your success indi-
vidually, be commensurate with your enter
prise and public spirit in founding it. Ihave
concluded to give you letter, which hope
may not detract from the usual interest of
your columns, from the great city of politics.
And, first, President making is the occupa-
ton of very many of the representatives of
the people. Nearly every man who has
been long in the public service or who, BY
some favored streak Of fortune, has acquired
something of a natural reputation conceives
thct he should be made the President, or at
least the vice President, Ofthis great repub-
lie. The consequence is, that there are
hordcs Of candidates and each little hero has
his cliques of friends who imagine if their
favorite is fortunate in the scramble, that
they themselves will become members of his
cabinet or at least receive foreign mission
You will hence perceive the reason for the
zeal and pertinacity with which these cliques
champion it" for their respective favorites.
The brood of Democratic aspirants is more
numerous than the Wing. The Democrats
have Douglass, Cass, w. o. Butler, Buchan-
an, Dickinson, Marcy, Stockton, Wool, Sam
Houston, Walker, (of wisconsin, Walker,
(of Miss.) Benton, Dallas, Lane, and perhaps
others whose names do not now remember,
all candidates for the Presidency, and nearly
every one of them have their advocates and
strikers in the city. The list for the Vice
Presidency is equally as long. Their name
is legion, but will enumeratc only a few
Pierce, (of n. H. Hunter, Cobb, Foote, Pill
low, Nichilson, Dodge, Stevenson, Strange,
&c, &c.
The Wing candidates are Fillmore, Web
ster, Crlttenden, Scott, Seward and Corwin;
and for Vice President, Jones, (of Tenn.)
The late nomination of Fillmore by the whig
Conventions in Tennessee and Kentucky has
caused his stock to look up little in the
market but il is considered here "fixed
fact" that Scott will be the Wing nominee
for President, and Gov. J. c. Jones, Of Tenn,
for Vice President AS to who will be the
Democratic nominees, shall not speculate,
as the whole subject is involved in the pro-
ffouHdsst mist and fog. I will disnaiss the
subject with this one remark, that there are
great men in sufficient abundance here and
hercabouts, at least in their own eonceit, and
that Of their friends, to officer freely and
completely one hundred Republics, each Of
twenty millions of inhabitants.
The expenses Of the Government are
growing with such rapid stride that re-
form will of necessity become the rallying
cry Of some party; and a reformation must
take place very soon or n resort to direct
taxation will become indispensable to sup
port the ordinary expenses Of Govern
ment. Perhaps it would be well to try It
at once, for If the people of the Union could
see the tax they pay, they would have ex-
penses reduced or haul their present servants
from power and substitute in their stead
greater economists. Mr.. Adams was turned
out Of the Presidential Mansion because
the expenses Of his administration run up to
the enormus sum, Of SI3,O00OOo annually,
and now the ordinary expenses are 96o, ,0O0,-
900 and economy is not even preached, with
any seriousness. a4. gD
There will be no Legislature at this Ses-
sion consumated Of general interest. The
tariff has by vote In the House received
a quietus, as the majority was very decided
ly against interfering with It. There Is an
effort being made by the Pennsylvanians to