Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-02-24

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1t is very likely that the President could
not make better choice for the French
mission than the eloquent Senator from
Louisiana, and it is very certain that he
could not have worse reason for his choice,
than that assigned by the Enquirer. 1t is
little too much to expect the American
people to select their representatives alb, DAD
with view of reconciIng foreign nations
with the institution of slavery. As that is
not subject with which we permit foreign
nations to interfere, it cannot become sub
jecl for diplomatic negotiations, and It scare
~ falls within the range of constitutional
duties imposed upon our diplomatic repre-
sentatives, to act as missionaries. for the
popularzation and diffusion of any sectional
or local institution, that of human slavery
least of all. For our own part, we would
not have the President open his breast to
any distinction of this nature, IN the selec
ton o public officers The existence and
no,l-ex stence OF slavery, in any quarter "f
the Union, ought not to de ermine him for
nr against the selection of any candidate /;
bu, it he should be open to any influence
of that description, we venture to believe
thai he is not The man to he governed by a
desire To make the national government the
champion of the only feature of our ins'i.
tulions, and the only fact in our history at
which every American from the North or
South, when in foreign lands, is compelled
to blush. If it is necessary to appoint slave
soldiers to all the important missions, for
the purpose If mitigating the prej"d'ces az
alnst slavery which prevail in foreign coun-
tries, how much more important to select
from the same class, candidates for the prin-
cpal offices IN the tree states at home, where
those prejudice are as strong as they are
abroad, and far more troublesome.
The Enqairer's pEynciple would lead at
IS g. teilnscrissron Under the
general governrnernicia prescription which
may be well deserved but which, owing to
the infrmi'y Of our nature and other caus-
es is not likely to be submitted to with
Christian patience.
The distribution of population, territory,
wealth, virtue, d intelligence in this re-
public, if it warrants any sectional discrm.
nations to be made in the distributions of
public honors aud emoluments, certainly
does not warrant discrimination in favor
of the slave holding states and this the
youngest editor of the Enquirer is old ell
ough to know by this time. But the con-
slltution warrants no such discrimination.
neither does good sense or good breeding,
and any President who should be suspected
of making it, would probably find the exc
cuiive chair, in the course of very few
months, The most uncomfortable sea, he ev.
er st down in. We say this irrespective
of the direction which the Presidents pref.
erences might take and whether his admin
istration should present northern or SOUTH
ern exposure,
The people of the free states do not gen.
orally depend upon political patronage for
their living. and most of them eschew office
and the dirty paths that lead to it; while
none desire to eugross an unequal share for
the northern or free states The conviction
is tolerably general here, thot no kind of la
bon or occupation is so poorly rewarded as
the political. The President will have an
easy time with his northern friends, there
fore if he treats them, as we are sure he
will, with the Impartiality which was so hap
PLY foreshadowed in the declaration made
bv HIM at the very commencement of the
Presidential canvass, that lie should know
no North, no South, no East and 10 West
but the whole country But If they get a
suspicion tina, the views Of such advisers,
as we quote from the Enquirer, control the
distribution OF his patronage, every man and
woman north of the Potomac and west of
the Atlantic ocean will be politician and
want offices, and when that is TIN case, we
appeal again to the youngest editor of the
Enquirer, whether it win be long before
the, will have them. Noih.ng is wanting
but concert of action; such concert as
would Instantly be produced by the adnp-
ton of the suggestion Of this Vlrginian ed
itnr, and in less than six years it would be
as hard to find stakeholder in office, as il
has been during the last administration ia
mud an honest man. We suggest, there.
fore, that Virginia be content to take her
usual-cer'aluly not very moderate pro.
portion of the federal offices. les in striving
tor mHe, she illustrate the fable of the dog
with the piece of meat, aud in her greed,.
ness exchange the substance for its shadow
~ Y. Evening Post.