New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-19
The Hard-sbeIis-A Augustus Scbeli and other
Democratic Shells.


corr,sxs.s,ace q The n. Y. Tribune
WASHINGTON, Tbursday, March II, 1853.
The defeated Hard Shells are still wildly
complaining, laying all their mSfortunes at Mr. MAR
cys door They are exceedingly shortsiehted in fan
cying that they making sympathy for themselves
bere among the many gentlemen who now an
hcpatng disappointment in their applications for Office
The truth U.s. they have very fairly earned the repus
lion Of being mercenary extent greatly surpass
ing the want Of principle common among other pol.
iicisDs Of the day.
The men of the Democratic party who do not want
Office are without exception, much grati6ed at the re-
suit Of their effort frghten the Administration into
appointing Messrs ScHELL and HART, their success
would have been official ruling against the propnety
Of the party policy in New York which in reality made
Franklin Pierce President of the United States refer
10 the policy Of Union which they opposed to the bitter
end and which its wholly to the energy,
foresight and boldness of Mr. Marcy, literally
Iied 1t through the lsst his own broad
shoulders. Had their labors succeeded, there would
have been union with the Barnburners,
and 1t Is well understood here In that event Pierce
would not have received the electoral votes Of New
York, Ohio Connecticut, Rhode leland Wisconsin,
snd possibly of Pennsylvania In the success Of their
labors the political destruction of Marcy would have
sought by them wrote you months ago that il Is the
purpose Of Pierce to make a effective non fugi-
five slave law administration than that Of Fillmore, and
IL was also clearly the purpose of Marcy 10 bring the
great mass of the Barnurners of the north 10 the point
of sustaining him in this work. All Marcys antece-
dents were such to assure the Hardshels that he
was thus simply aiming to bring about in round
about way what they had been nominaly claiming for
ever since the original split They fought him and bis
plane only because n his they foresaw the pos
ebty that they might lose their undue prominence as
leaders. They worked for self He (Marcy) for the
future Of the party Under these circumstances, the
idea of rewardng them and Furnishing him, is prepos
ferrous This ia the view very generally taken by the
Democrats assembled in Washington Of the contro-
versy between Marcy and these parties. The South
ern Members concurring far more vehemently in en-
dorsing the policy toward them pursued by the Admin
istration than the Western Union ssvyrs.
The Democrats who do not want Office, aud thereare
really many such here are anything but pleased with
tome of the appointments already made. That of Mr.
Charles Gordon Greene is much commented on. The
objection Is that he has already become very rich
man in the favor of the Democratic party and that it
was not proper to shower wealth upon him by
The party favor when there many others equally
~ competent whose vices had fully equaled his but
who he'd never yet received any thing from the party
in few words, they exclam against it act OF nepo
ism by no in keeping with the true principles OF
Democracy.
The appointment Of Felch to be California Land
Commissioner on the other hand, is exceedingly well
r.ceived for he Is believed to be capaly qulhedior
The position for which very few are really competent
Campbell of Illinois, and Thompson, of Virginia who
are his colleagues II is believed by many, will turn out
dead failures Both have served term in the House OF
Representatives wherein neither won creditabe repu-
,son Neither of them gave birth TO an original
idea in the Hall have thorough acquaintance with
The Legislative history of both, and do not hesitate to
write that know no gentleman who has been in Con
yess in the last ten years who has not acquitted h'
self quite as credtably as either Of them' They are
rot more than competent to make ordinary Justices oil
The Peace. The affair between BARBOUR and MANLY
ofvrenia arose from editorial ofthe latter where
init was said of Bs act OF moving substitute (pre'
pared by snother) in place ofthe bill reported by him
self B) TO redisrict the State of Virginia and then
Immediately calling the previous question upon H.
that in former days would have been considered dis
graceful as Legislative proceeding, If not dshonora
bs IA personal act Barbour challenged Mosely for
his editorial a previous attempt at explanation be
tween them having failed. Y