The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-22
NhiS Papers and Government. p..~.s.

question, and the talk of mod;.,;o
TO look to a pacific Solution of tho d;f4;c,,tv
""'s rSpers and Government Patronage.
Although 1t Is not comfortable to roll in the
gutter In such weather as this. and with sucb
an antagonist as the Tribune, we may yet EN-
pioy that journal for the purposes of philo-
soPhical exposition.
+" lth degree OF violence which seems to be
al the inverse ratio of reason, distance and i'm
Punity, that journal has been pleased to impute
our advocacy of the American title to the Me
siila to the influence of Government patronage.
10 conduct paper upon the hope that we
could excel others in adulation of the Admin
4stranon, OF by an ingenious justification of it's
acts, would De not merely fororn, but an in
sane, hope.
10 expect that party would forget it's ami
mosltles, and consent to reward an antaoonist
IN preference to those who have aided to bring
Ut INTO power, would argue an Ignorance OF its
veuahty and malignity inconsistent with the
least experience of political warfare.
We should stand ss.,all chance to obtain the
Government patronage, when we should have
even To struggle with the press of our own party
II IN power. The threatened opposition to those
"he ENJOY the patronage at present shows that
no press can expect long to retain such a Cali
fornia as the monopoly ofthe Government print
ing; 1t is even possible that, in the conflict fer
this immense reward, the disappointed may
unite with those who believe that the Govern
nent and press should be separated, and, by
she establishment of bureau of public printing,
remove etfectually influences regarded by many
SO concentrating.
In view of this calculation of chances, can a
course OF sycophancy and suppression of senti-
ment be attributed to any Wing paper in
Washington because it may choose to approve
measure of the Administration
We sincerely approved the doctrines of the
inaugural; there was profession Of devotion
to the Union and to the Compromise there
was foreign policy proclaimed at once honest
and liberal. We knew that factions opposi-
zion to individual appointments would do no
good, because the people were determined to
Try the Administration " upon the merits.n
BIN common with others, we were not pleased
with the Russian alliance recommended bv the
Government organ; but that is understood to
have been disavOwed. In common with others.
we thought that the system of bounties to those
who had required the continued efforts of
Wings and Democrats to prevent the dissou-
ton OF the Union, was very dangerous. We
had never known a government pursue the
policy OF placing arms in the hands of insur-
gents. But the Union explained that all
those who had received the bounty were
thereby pledged to abstain from agitation,
and to maintain the Baltimore platform. We
said 1ous Geee raison," "perhaps, when
those who honestly thought that the Union
ought to be dissolved, shall behold their
leaders clad in such uniforms as Mr.. MARCY
may vouehsate, holding commissions and flour
lshing their swords in the regular army. Bound
by an official oath to enforce the Fugitive Slave
law, or that forbidding the sale of slaves with
IN the District of Columbia, they will say
those men who melted US to carry our princi-
pies To the extreme, availed themselves ola sec
honal ladder to mount into Federal place. We
could not have been sincere in their opposition
to the Government, for it is no better now than
before" Therefore we said, very well, play
out the play. Shoot the prisoners, distribute
the sPolls; and then for the platform There
seemed to be general impotence that the per-
Torrance upon the platform should commence;
there was a general pounding of editorial and
NJ 4
form! Plstform" Then followed those tan
tallzlug preliminaries in which the Secretary
Of State comes on and takes the measure of
the new officials and gives a short lecture
upon liveries, and runs off amidst some laughter
and small shower of editorial peanuts
Then we are told that behind the scenes
they are busy preparing for "the great minis
terial procession, in which each foreign min
lister, with his secretary bearing his portfolio,
will appear and recite his Instructions as
per programmes and that we will thus see the
wisdom of the Administration and it's fidelity
to the inaugural.
Would it have been either prudent or polite
in US to have Kissed before the performance
commenced?
There came, however, a piece of involun-
tary and impromptu diplomacy in the removal
Of Governor LANE and the disavowa of the
BARTLETT boundary. We supposed that Gov
ernOr LANE was removed because of his bad
judgment in politics. He was Wing, and
some Democrat had bespoken his official scalp.
Such was the fate of war, and we did not
complain.
The disayOwal of the boundary wa, a ma
tIonal question. We found upon examination
that the official opinions upon the Mesila title
stood thus: For the reported boundary, the
Mexican commission and Mr.. BARTLETT;
against the reported boundary, the American
Congress, Gin It's appropriation law arresting
the boundary, the present Administration, Mr.
WHlPPLE, the surveyor ad interim, Mr.. GRAY
the surveyor co-equal with Mr.. BARFLErr
Colonel GRAHAM, holding the title Of castro
homer in- Chief" with an extent of authority
like the boundary, as yet altogether underlined
Colonel MCCLELLAN, we believe, and Mr.
Surveyor EMoRY-the latter certifying the
opinion of the Commissioners, and not hi;