The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-12

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ei APaEL IL, 1883
There vas hardly moro excitement concerning
the competition Of the Cabinet manifested by poll
tcians here on The day Of the Inauguration. than
relative to changes in that council on thu night
before last, and yesterday, until the Senate ad
journed sine die. The like hardly ever was seen
before. Democratic supporters of the fortunes of
particular members of the Executive Council were
again ready to maui all creation in their service
Even those slowest to believe in ful changes were
infected with the prevalent hallucnation, and pre-
pared themselves to hear. BY three p. M, of reg
ular earthquake in Cabinet council, which had
swallowed up Mr.. Marcy if not Colonel Jefferson
Davis, tumbled General Gushing into the State
Department, Mr.. Dobbin into tho Attorney Gene
ralship, and thrown Stockton and Weller from
the Senate into the Navy and War Departments.
| repeat, it was insisted all over Washington that
such had been the results of sort of argumenta-
tive set-to, in friendly way of course, WHICH had
Just taken place in the Presidents of6ce-room on
Saturday.
Some time on Sunday night the Sergeant at
arms of the Senate was called up from his bed by
a messenger from the White House, and request
ed to lose time in preventing the departure
conveyances, as the President had communica.
ton to make to the Senate which required The pre-
sence of quorum, that might fail to attend I'M
less be took measures to prevent their departure.
Senators Mason and Atchison also pressed
into the same service, spending hours on Sunday
night in urging their brother Senators not to take
themselves off, tAs might have been expected,
such urgency in such quarters gave rise to the
element described above. The New York Hards,
| who are hard at it prophecying Mr.. Marcy out
| of the Cabinet his presence there being % ex-
ceedingly irksome to him-were the gentlemen
who originated the story on this occasion, sending
| him to England-fopdly imagining that the Pres
ident had at length seen his error in appointing
| Mr.. M, after that gentleman's late af6hation
with those shocking bad fellows, the Barnburners.
They telegraphed the fact right off to the New York
Herald and indeed right and left over the country,
/ and drank any unmentionable number of extra
juleps in honor of their now final triumph.
Well, II m. of yesterday arrived, and a quo
rum OF the Senate were of course present, and the
| important Executive communication received
Going into secret session upon it instantly, (for the
Senators themselves were az terribly bitten by the
excitement of the day the etter-writers,) the
| mystery was soon explained. The President merely
nominated James Buchanan to England, and
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indisposed to accept appointment which had
not been acted on by the Senate. AS no objection
could be made from any quarter to such selec-
ton for such post, Mr.. Buchanan was imme.
dately confirmed When the Senate adjourned
sine die, the outsiders were very badly sold, most
| of those who telegraph news from hence being
among the number. The Hards patronize these
| gentlemen extensively, stufing them all occa.
sions with all sorts of anti Marcy surmses.
The President has been urging Mr.. Buchanan
to accept the mission to London since the lat
| ter has been in Washington, and, indeed, before
| his arrival. On Saturday morning early he for
mally declined the offer; whereupon the President
notified the Senates committee, waiting on him
to know whether he had further communications
| to make to that body, that they might dispense.
l am not prepared to say what particular &C.
currences brought about the change in Mr..
| Buchanan's determination, further than that like
most young ladies he at times fails to know
| his own mind l presumed Miss Nancy refused
and then relented; that's all. very decided
Democratic point has been achieved in the es-
timation OF most of the Democratic politicians
in Washington in sending Senator Borland to
New Mexico. His reelection to the Senate was
| out of the question; the late Sewer (now John
sony wing being greatly in the ascendency there,
they are determined to promote the Hon. Robert
| W. Johnson from the House to the Senate on the
first passing occasion. To permit Mr.. Borand to
| rem ain at home beaten man would be to insure
far more equal division of the Democratic party in
Arkansas than exists into fractions each hating the
other with much more bitterness than they hate
the Wings. The Barnburner and Hunker diff .
Guilty in New York would have been but printing
to this threatened feud at least in its effect in Ar
| kansas With Mr.. Borland in New Mexico and
judicious provision for few of his leading friends
the trouble may be smothered with ease, Johnson
being the most popular man in the State, and dis
posed to conciliate, if possible This is the key to
BIS recent appointment. ICHABOD.