Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-11-26
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

siderable number of gentlemen of both polit-
ical parties, who from the prominent position
they once held in public affairs, may fairly
be regarded as capital judges of the state of
the political times Our experience teaches
US to watch and greatly to rely on their views
Of public matters, as they transpire from day
to day. Of course they are tinged with the
prejudices, pro and con, which these gentle
men respectively entertain. Nevertheless,
they usually como to shrewd conclusions, al
ways based upon more thorough knowledge
Of the history ofpolitical affairs, of the ante
eelents and proclivities of the men now " in
the muss," and Of the aims of those who pull
the wires working out the results apparent to
all, than that possessed by the country al
large. When we write of public opinion here.
we usually refer to the views of this pariicula,
class among US, which we are careful to OBJ
tain AS they for the most part are directly
or indirectly mixed up with demands and
schemes OH the Treasury, most of them SYM
pathise more or less openly with any move
ment that may by possible chance succeed
in driving the President from his determine
ton to prevent for four years at least, an in
diligence in the system of appropriating the
public funds for the benefit Of private indi-
vduals, jertHse they mantthem merefy. Now,
We are satisfied that they do not see light
ahead in the New York movement The only
three or four nominally Democratic party
Senators who favor it-with the exception Of
Mr.. Weller-they had written down as Ger
tain to be with them on all propositions affect
ing their interests, long before the very hards
cast aside the mask. So, they are complain
ing that open ground has been taken against
the Administration somewhat too soon They
find that not single southern Democratic
member, with the exception Of perhaps one
from Virginia, can be coaxed to lend his
countcnance to any scheme which promises to
weaken the Administration before the coun-
try; and they 50 far count upon only one from
the west-trom Ohio. They vote this force
with the six or eight from New York-mucl.
too small II capital on which TO commence tho
business OF open Democratic opposition. An
effort indirect of course) has been made to
induce the Honorable Linn Boyd, who was an
original compromise man, to eyincs such SYM
pathy with the movement, as might give them
grounds to hope that it re elected to the speak
ership, he would be theirs in his sympathies
against the Presidents policy in all things
Col. B., however. has evidently turned deaf
ear to their per<uasions, giving them to un-
dersland that if reelected or not: he is en-.
phatically for every point of the policy of the
President SO far known to the public; it being
thoroughly understood here, that that policy
Is to be in all things in strict accordance with
the Presidents congressional record SO they
soon dropped Mr.. Boyd, and are already bit
teriy opposed to having him again in the
Chair Just now they are one and all for Mr..
Disney, bidding fair to kill him with Mei,
kindness in the shortest possible order unless
soon seeing through their aims. he shall shake
them off. Indeed, we have rarely seen 50
unanimous combination of those (outsiders)
who regularly undertake to manage the choice
of the spcaker-and as regularly fail to achieve
their object-as now seems to have centered
upon the accomplished Mr.. d. Having not the
slightest sympathy with them, ere Congress
meets he will realize his danger from these
over solicitous friends of his, and he, too, will
get rid OF them in time TO escape in the con-
test the fatal embarrasments to which their
embraces would otherwise subject him
These gentlemen are really in pitiable con
dition at the present writing, as they can get
10 eteetire sympathy in any quarter The
men who ara moving heaven and earth to aid
them are all, like themselves, outsiders
without votes in the fall--and every man of
them is known either to have been disappoint.
ell in getting an office, OR to be identified like
themselves, also, with some scheme upon the
Treasury which cannot be rushed through 30
long as the present Administration hold to.
gether.
SENATOR STOCSToN.-The wags of both par.
lies among us are still amazingly tickled with
senator Stockton S recent speech in Metropol-
tan Halt; though all vote the Very Hards
there assembled to have behaved most dis.
in trying to cut him short ere half
hls spec Oh was concluded, by callsfor Brady
and making outlandish noises, after having
invited him to address them. All
here know that the honorable Senator never
iocs things by halves They remember that
n the canvass Of 1910, he denounced evory
body and everything Democratic. in even
icrcer terms than he used on the OCCASION in
question, when speaking of the Presidents |
policy and his official council All remember,
90, that ut the Webster festival at Trenton
Shich came off not very long before the meet |
ng OF the last Democratic Convention, he de.
bounced the policy Of the Democratic party
IN the profession question (by praising that
II the ether side with equal earnestness So |
40 one in Washington is aston,,.ted at the no. |
'itions he takes in the speech in point. The
" higs here seem to be really in dread, least
he does not mean to stop half way, bu, con-
templates going completely over to them. Not
that they want courtesy to him, personally; but
they believe, shrewdIy, that if they can keep
the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation
Company identified a year or two longer with
the Demecrats Of New Jersey, they will in
ina. -, time surely be able to .'do'' the latter
o.oWh In their State affairs. They fear
~ the Commodore goes, the PRESTIGE If
'a'' corporation will follow -ana inst -
they would sooner have seven -. $500
upon them than that same imputation. By-