New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-24

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WASHINGTON. FFtdny, Msy a. ~
Our system of Government works VI.
The efforts Of the head Of the present Aduiu;-.
tration to secure his nomination for Prssidest -
fail, and thus furnish new Illustration Of Tie -
potence Of Government patronage, under that -.
TEN, to control the public viii. We are not svas..
to see the active and determined efforts Of NJ
FILLMORE and his friends to secure his nomiss,;s.
Their conduct may be very scandslous, but u,
failure will add to the catalogue Of reason u..
which rest our hopes for the Republic. Doubtla.u
some of the Presidential Delegates win b a.
bauched; tho conuptions Of patronage N -
seen and fels in the National Convention, but ~.
examples will but illustrate the general intexr1,
of its members. A few may DO tainted, bat =
great mass viii be interrupted. The Califones
delegation have replied nobly to the attemps =
tamper with their integrity. They declare =
the tempter that the Administration have III
offices enough within their gift to swere Is IL.
the support Of the candidate we came TO sustaa.s
The rebuff was well timed and significant. Il 4.
serves applause.
We admit that the spectacle we now behold :
an offensive one. 1t is disgraceful that N
whom Providence and the Constitution have Ut
at the head of affairs, should make use of tAs
power his position gives him, and attempt b
foist himself on an unwilling party and an IN.
willing people, in the hope Of prolonging III
tenn Of service, while he knows and every.
body knows that, as an original question, nets
man in the country would have ever suggested -
name for the station he coyets. IL is piece 4
wicked presum ption that excites both indignasoa
and derision; yet tolerable compensation viii b.
found in the emphatic rebuke the attempt viii NJ
ceive at the hands of the Delegates of the pssps.
MIR. FILLMORE cannot be excused upon any thecv
that can be suggested. He is not to blame IL
being weak man but he is to blame for beae
wicked. He is not to blame for thinking he csn
be nominated but he is to blame for making un
of the patronage of Government to secure hn
those who have Interior purposes to serve BY IL
thrusting his name upon the Convention, but It e
his fault that he calls upon his subordinatss d
over the country to come up to the Convenhoa
with all the force they can muster to procure BIZ
nomination. He has no business to Use the power
conferred by his party to subserye his personal
aims. This is an abuse for which he is responsible
before God and man, and for which he cannot b
brought to the door of public opinion and judged
II is an abuse, too, for which he cannot escap
condemnation and ignomny. Ii was for thu
among other things, that JOHN TYLER was shossl
unceremoniously into an execratcd oblivion.
1t were easy to hightsn this picture, and Apply
the objurgatory epithets that are in eveybody's
mouth over the spectacle we behold at this mo
ment in the country. But we purposely touch
the subject lightly. The outline sketch must mk
fee for the present.
MIR. WEBsTER's friends are gathering up Their
loins for a pull at the Convention. But the sas.
nest movement Of the President entirely puis
the nose Of the Secretary out Of joint s.
far a. appearances go, nobody suffers so much
as Mr.. Webster in this contest. For ngs-
lar-buit candidate, whose friends have bestirsd
themselves to the uttermost and scared up ~
dead in every region, his vote will not be numet
GUS enough to be respectable. lie is doomed b
be long, long way behind the distance post
What folly is it to persist in such an ingIorow
struggled A malignant delusion seems 10 tah
possession Of almost every man, high and low, whs
tastes the Circsan waters of public station. ShAz
there never be another example among US Of dig.
ni6ed retirement from public life Will tho IL
ever come when the veteran will not alag superb
Gus on the stage"
The business of legislation stagnates. Sma1
subjects engross the time Of both branches. II
members work by the day and not by the job
Thus they watch the dial and not the docket.
Among the items in the Deficiency bill is an sp-
preparation of $4,000 to defray the expense d
Cuba fibustiering, and numerous charges growing
out Of the Fugitive Slave law, such as tho e. |
pense Of the Christina Treason trial, catching
and restoring Sims, and such like interesting items
Those who will dance must pay the fiddler W. |
cannot enjoy such luxury as the Fugitive hs F
without forkng out literally to support it. J.aS.
NJ T., Drrvv "a