Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-28
Correspondence of the yIrg,n,an.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 81. 1853.

have the pleasure of using the onices Of the
people for the benefit of themselves AMI the
party. So numerous are the expecfants thar
il might not he amss 10 say al present that ov-
cry body is To get everything.
But Jordan is hard road 10 travel | be.
lieve" and if our General does manage to keep
the party together four months. he will dl,tn.
gush himself Tor more than he has hnherso
done in forum or field.
Il Is SAID by those seemingly knowing. thai
Dix or Seymour. or some ofher Aboluionisi
must. shall. and aoW have a Cabinet appoint
ment. and that this will be done "by and y itb
the advice and consent" of Soue, vi hose a..
tivity aud personal expenditure during The
campaign, to say nothing of his aatir1y aud
nationality, entnle him to the position of pro
phet and priest In the Democratic Church.
If this be 50, and il ii be true that Hunter has
declined any position under The administration.
the fact will be easily explained. If piebad
Cabinet must be made to satisfy each faction
that contributed 10 defeat the great Amercan
party under The lead Of Scott you will find
that neither Hunter, nor any other man oil
character and expectations, will have any thing
To do with it. In other words, there are seve
raj very difficult aud delicate matters of for.
eign and domestic policy To lie managed by the
next Cabinet and the really great men ofthe
party will be unwilling to jeopardse their hopes
OF the succession. Pierce is, believe, n better
man than Polk, but if he surrounds himsrllI
with such "a set as Polk did (and from present
hs,, al. !
save the dear people" As Dickinson will
not sit with Dix, and jeff DAVIS ,oont sit with
Cobb and Foote, and Hunter wont sit with
either It seems TO be a good idea Just to retain
the present Cabinet and official corps gene.
rally, who would. as a matter of course. give
Mr.. Pierce bis own way, aud while thus secur.
ing much better men than he would otherwise
get, he would secure the "harmony of the par.
ty," There is however one man whose quail
ties and services should not BIO overlooked-
Capt. Scott of Richmond, who at one fire
brought down every aspiring Coon--howevcr
old and fory, aud left him clear track to the
White House.
The fact is, that as Pierce owes his election
to the aforesaid Scott and to the wings.
there is nothing for him to do. but bring Scott
IN for something rich. and leave the whigs as
they are, and his administration would re
ceive the same support and upon the same
principle that his nomination did: why MOI 81
Like the individual who in playing "oll
sledge always gave game To the Que who
caught his Jack" the party would give HIM
every trick But as MI Pierce don't under.
stand cards. he will have to trust to the more
scrlptural principle OF having cloak given
HIM after he has taken the coat" Badin
age aside, the greacst jfhculty he Sil have 70
meet will be the distribution OF the spolls-I
In all matters of rapport an American stand vii
rally the majority of the people. but, MS John
Z. Rlves sand during the ca vass, the ID M.
Gratis are mighty hungry" they must be rar,a
Gus now, III full sight and smell of then pray
Not the choice of bis own party, and not at all
likely 10 be again young and therefore uncom.
mitted to the thousands of satellites that hang
around old politicians. he has it in his power
to arrest in great measure that system oil
prescription, SO revolving 10 humanity and 50
fatal to he int gritty and efficiency ofthe pub
lie service. But though AL this be so, and
though he be COMMITTED against it, In the very
best speech be ever made in the Senate, it viii
require more than Roman rmncss, to resist
the raging and tempestuous flood, now setting
toward Washington. A very short time. aud
1t will be decided whether it be young HEX
DRY" or the Imam ofwax." Whatever this ad.
n.inistraton may nave done through the country
in changing officers usually regarded poliri
cal the writer has not means of knowing,
but personal observation of doiogs in Wash
ington for ten years and three administrations,
assures him that the Democracy owe much to
the forbearance and humanity of the present
one- A gentleman from Richmond yesterday
remarked, that he felt ashamed of his naive
State when ne saw the many papers in circu.
iatlon IN the Legislature recommending indi.
viduals for place. 1t IS of course useless TO
attempt to give any news by letter IN this dav