Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-10-25


tba souree, from which Terminates A#N
Ell From tho Ns,s, YORK Hsrtldl-
r.s,r,aipn inTisstons and James Gordon BEN
a. nett. Bf Hslt
ms. otsSSan of the spoiis Cabinet at Washington
bss N MT directly nadethe assertions but adopted
ne co;SSe of others, that Nh Bennett, proprietor
or This ionrnal, had made an application to the
sno;is Cabinet for the mission 10 France. It is
now necessary to say something on the subject.
W., have 4madea some inquiry into the matter,
and have aScertained, to. our perfect satisfaction
that it is entirely untrue. Mr.. Bennett has not
made any .applicatlon to the spoils- Cabinet Of
any Office for himself or others, except one, and
that was simply asking the administration ~
were so willing, TO bestoW small consulate IN
Europe upon ME, 9. =,
of his acquaintance who had formerly occupied
similar post under preceding admlpistt az
The letter presented 10 the Secretary OF slate on
this subject, puzzled this tunctonary eXceealngys
even though it had received the ehao OF
the President Indeed, the President himself was
Mt a oss Ia conceive whether the letter was SIM
nIeone,of introduction, joke or serious appll-
haiif Tor office. The Secretary OF State, however,
treated the applicant and the missiye withts ac7
customed brutality; so that MI. Dudley MANN ne
Assistant Secretary, who is equally well Tersed IN
ali kinds of diplomacy, thought that even IN ms
coarse and vulgar manners the distinguished spos.
Secretary.of State exhibited more than his usual
bear.like urbanity. That small favor nsked by
Tbis. we believe is the extent of the appIica-
tioas Of Mr.. Bennett for Office under the present
spoils Cabinet. But we understand that since ne
has seen the newspapers commencing the discus
sion ofthe question as TO his capacity and htneSs
for The most of envoy to FIancesand as to the pro-
priety of appointing him to it, he IS half disposed
to take the matter into consideration, and to I'M
mediately make formal appiicahonto the admin.
straiion, from top TO bottomg LOT the appointment
0f hEs
in the newspapers, on false nltormationS has
brought the subject wildly into his mind and he
thinks that on the whole lie Is ias.well qualified,
IN every point of view, for the mission TO France,
as is French Ied-republlcan t2sl The
mission to Spain, OF IS an ,Eng lShs broken do%h
socialist is for the mission to Naples, or as Jew
clerk from Frankfort-becomes'r rich in Wall street
lis 10 become American Minister nj the Hague.
Mr. Bennett cares very little for thEf salary
which attaches to the post for he sometimes exc
ponds in-one of his own missions TO Europe, 10
collect information, double the amount which the
Government give to their funcuonarles. But he
thinks after mature deliberation, thatln the pres
ent stake of the world, and irom the appearance
of things in the East and West of Europe, he is
at least much better qualified III every point of
view for filling the American embassy IN Pans,
than quiet, indolent, respectable country Judge
of Virginia is, who, though he knows the value Of
oysters audthe use of cards. know nolhllg 81 lhe
/ diplomatic relations OF Europe, and who under
stands not word of the French or any other mod
ern Language but his own. Mr.. Mason, it - SAID,
will not take tue Office; but if he should, we are
livery sure that he will not remain in it much long
| er than year-iust sufficient to enable him tc
| pocket the outfit and salery of eighteen Thousand
dollars. The Senate, we are confident, will re-
call him. and great many others besides, who are
4 utterly unqualified for the positions they occupy
Inn the present ominous relations ofthe World.
Such is the amount of our information on the
| French mission, in connection with the name o.
1 Mr. Bennett, which has been brulted about SC
much in The newspapers. We have no doubt,
| however that he will Immediately prepare and
forward an applicatiomSto the spells Cabinet io1
this mission; and, in anticipation of his doing So
we now call upon all newspapers, and upon the
whole If be of stump orators throughout tie coun'
try, to take up the important question and discus
1.-THE merits of the applicant in order to enltShte
the Cabinet on the matter to be brought before
them, and 10 determine the mind Of the President
/ when the issue shall be made.
| We, Therefore, announce with great modes
but with equal formality. that Nlr. James Gordon
Bennett the editor and proprietor OF the New Yorl
Herald, is Tow an applicant for the highest I'm
bassy in the gift of the American Government
and that is the embassy to Parisj ard that ne WI
forthwith make out all the necessary papers ant
present them in due form 10 the spolls Cabinet, TO
The solution of this important question. We there
fore call on our Contemporaries, here and elsewhere
to FIRE away; our dependence is on the good sens
and patriotism of the President.
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