Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-11-25

| cal organizations, and yet be worthy.to be re-
garded as the only Democrats fairly entitled
to place under the existing regime, because
they sustained General Cass in the contest Of
| 1S4S. They conceive that he either wrote
ironically, in pronouncing those only to be
worthy to be considered in full communion
with the Democrats party who now compose
the " Old Guard such being the point of
his letter. Though there can be no doubt of
the Senator's devotion to the doctrine of Gen.
Cass's Nicholson letter endorsing sauattcr SOW
ereignty, flor upon that principle he has al
ways hinged his opposition to the Wilmot pro-
viso, if we remember correctly many of the
Southern rights men here are inclined to snap
| their fingers at his earnest defence of Southern
rights NOR, while no one is assailing them
In stead of in the convention forming the CAL
ifornia constitution. where, though he might
thereby have lost the senatorship at that time
in allegiance, the chances were about even that
he could have go shaped that instrument, as
that it would not entirely exclude the South
from participation in the California result of
the Mexican war-as the South unanimously
originally contendod, that she uus entitled to
participate therein The rights of the South
| having been lost in that contest, her uncom-
| promising sons here seem to set no great value
on the Senator's gallant defence of them when
unassailed, as at present. They thus regard
it as somewhat Pickwickian. Some, too are
saying that in what he says Ct 'true Demo-
crats," he means to be severely ironical in
view of the fact that he applies his compl-
ments in this connection, and his proffers to
die in the last ditch for the party who have
for their leaders such uncompromising ever
faithful Democratic-party men as our esteemed
neighbors, the publisher and junior editor of
the Senttnel, Major VIM. D. Chase, late of In
diana, the Hon. Mr.. Levin, ct al, in Washing
| ton, and those disinterested patriots, Messrs
Law and Crosswell, in New York, who never
| faltered. it will be remembered, in sustaining
the policy Of the Democratic party on ques-
tions involving extravaganza, unconstitutional
or unnecessary expenditures from the Nation
al Treasury.
| Friends of California are. many of them,
| alarmed by the letter. Such gentlemen rec
OIlect we'll that many members Of the last
| Congress entertained unconquerable preju-
dices against all money bills for the new
State, because they enormously came to the
| conclusion that her delegation got up all their
measures Of this sort on the principles which
governed nearly all of their votes Tin the
House) upon propositions for the benefit e
Hards in the lobby. The truth is, the late
representatives from that State It'd go it SO
strong upon questionable money bills, as to
destroy the confidence of large wing of the
House in their views of the requirements of
their constituents. The lobby, it will be rec
objected, is g Adamantine'' all over as Sec
rotary Guthrie must be driven from his post
before it can get what it aims to obtains from
the Treasury. Friends of California here,
therefore, tremble, least the letter may lead
the economists to conclude that the Senator
so sympathises with the lobby, as to require
them to view his California recommendations
as they viewed those of his late colleagues.
However, there can be no real grounds for
any such fears As so soon as the Senator
finds Gas he will find ir three months after the
session opens) that all this beating of the air
| about the wolf when the South proclams that
the wolf is afar off is only scheme to force
| the Administration from its policy of keeping
plunderers off from the Treasury, his very
hard" sympathies will vanish. Ills congress
sional antecedents are a guarantee that he
will not knowingly ally himself with any set
of men who are merely after defeating plans
OF economy and honesty in the management
| of the public funds. lie will soon begin to
recognise every very active Hard who will
| attend the sttings of Congress, rs a gentle
man having Treasury axe to grind He
will then become suspicious of them, as the
South seem determined to be of the practical
advantage to them of war, for Southern rights
made by squatter sovereignty men, in the
shape of violent contest to prevent the late
Democratic provisoists from getting fully and
irreyocably committed to the support of the
Southern plank in the Baltimore platform
A TREASURY DECIsIoN.--The civil and Di-
plomatic appropriation bill approved Aug 81;
1882 contains clause, it will be remembered,
allowing extra compensation to clerks, mes
sengers, &c, with a proviso that the benefit
of the said clause shall not extend to any per-
son engaged in prosecuting any claim other
than his own, before any of the Departments
or Congress.
clerk who before going into office here had
been made the agent of State government
for the prosecution of certain claim of hers
on the General Government, applied to be adj
mittcd to participate in the benefits of the
clause above mentioned His agency had
ceased before the passage of the law of Aug
81, 1852, except in so far as that he presented
vouchers in the case after that time 1t has
been ruled by the Department, that even that
participation in the prosecution Of the claim
within the fiscal year covered by the law in
question, debars him of right to participate in
the benefits of its extra compensation clause
above mentioned.
BOGUs WASHINGTON NEws.-The New York
Herald story that Messrs. Mason and McLaDe
have been detained by tho President from