The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-14
WashinEton Gossip.
CORRESPONDENCE. or THE rxpus1,o.

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/ MAY 10, 1853.
ine struggle to prevent the issuance Of IN. an
Po'nsments q Mr.. Dckie Postmaster at Ruff. 10
ana r. Iaicoft as Collector of the port of Osweoo
| New York, has ended, / have every reason 70 =,
lieve, in accordance with my prediction: il bav;n,
| been determined at the White House that M e,h
stantial reasons had been urged for throwing then
| overheard alter deliberately voting them in. ii,
Cabinet counciI.) by those disinterested genleme,
from the interior of New York who recently cam
here to protest against their good fortune. Mr.
Dicke never identified even indirectly viii
the Buffalo organization, while Mr.. Tacott was
the objection to the former growing wholly out O
local squabbles. The Administration long sine.
made up their minds not to look at any applicant
record on the Compromise question; provided i
cannot be shown that he is nou disposed not tt
let by-gones on the slavery question g be by.
Cones" So, as all that was alleged against Mr.
Talcott was his Van Burenism in l84S after re-
specially receiving and examining the indictment
against him, it was quietly quashed. The Admin
istraton are well aware that without the favor OF
the two extreme wings, North and South Presi-
dent Pierce, instead of proving victorious by his
large majority, would hardly have poled one third
OF his late vote. This of course dsposes them to
deal kindly with the extremists, who, in support
ing him. certainly laid aside their ultra views fo;
the time being. Independent OF this feeling of
gratitude, they also know that if they fail to so
distribute the loaves and fishes as to make it the
interest of the leaders of the extremes to forget
and forgive past differences on slavery questions
their great task of making acquiescence in the
Fugitive Slave law on the one side of the line and
in the northernsh elements of the Compromise on
the oher-the great shibboleh of the party for the
future-will prove dead failure. As the Compro-
mise per Sc men require nothing to fix them in that
faith. they wisely seek to use their patronage as
far as possible among those with whom its exer
else in this connection is necessary notification
II may venture to coin new term. They are
evidently taking those who fought, bied, and died
for the Compromise at their word, though in 80
doing it ia not to be denied that they have given
thousands on thousands of original Compromise
men the horrors however, being all patriots of the
first water, after getting over the momentary
shock arising from their disappointment in carry
ing off the pick and choice of the fat offices, they
will OF course realize that they being apparent
Iy neglected only for their country's good. The
Presidents heart is with them, if he is obliged
thus to keep the Offices out of their reach What
more can gentlemen ask, who so lately were ready
to bare their hearts to save the Union?
1t is believed in wellinformed circles that in
arranging the programme of consuIs, more care
than uaual is being exercised to the end of secur.
ing for such places, in Europe especially, literary
and artistic incumbents, both for the advancement
of American literature and art, as we'll as thus to
place in important points of Am erican travel gen.
tlemen whose attachments and knowledge of the
world around them will be of material adva ptaee
to the host OF Americans who now go abroad 1t
IS not to be doubted that the official presence in
Europe of these two classes of our fellow citizens
will greatly serve to lessen the dsagreabities and
embarrassments of European travel for, of all
men, they are best posted, usually, in the WAYS of
society in all its phases, and most ready to make
sacrifices of their time to render assistance 10 those
thrown on their courtesy, such money can
hardly purchase. Our Constitution and laws for
bid, for the most part, direct expenditures from
the national treasury in advancing American lite
nature and art; yet in giving those in power carte
blanche to select consuis, they legtimatey afford
valuable opportunities indeed for improving our
Hterot and artists in the finished schools of the
Old World, wherein advantages not to be found at
home are always at hand. Thus our own country
affords few opportunities at any price for regular
and systematic study in abstruse science, very
learned literature, or highly finished art, which
accounts for much of the confessed comparative
soth Of our progress in these elements of true ma
tional greatness. We may, therefore, hail with
unfeigned pleasure the enlightened public spirit
in the Government which is experimenting this
prevalent desire that the European consuates
SHALL as far as it may comport with the interest of
American commerce, be dedicated to the truly
noble objects above mentioned
l have reason to believe that Mr. Edward H,
Fuller owes his appointment in the Land Office
oli ofoIrv 10, tho
quaintance and friend when he was in Congress
However, it may fairly be taken as an indication
that Lieutenant Schaumberg's prospect of restora-
ton to the first dragon regiment will not be
bright within the next four years; as, before he
can get there, the policy of his denomination must
be formally approved at the White House.
Governor Wood of Ohio, is now daily expected
back in Washington, OF course to look after his
application for the Brazilian mission Dr. Trea
witt, Secretary of State of Ohio has been on duty
at this point since the Governors absence from
headquarters attending to the latters interest to
the best of his ability, it is thought This is it
should be, if there is truth in the understanding
that the Governor, finding his chance for re-
nomination blue, at the last Democratic (Ohio)
State Convention, event inn for Col. MediII on a
solemn pledge that Medill and his friends would.
in turn, go in for him for this much priced IRA.
zllan appointment. AS the doctor is candidate
for reelection, apprehend that unless the Gov.
ernor soon arrives, to take his post here he will
have to leave it untitled; for our Democratic
leader friends in Ohio have of late devoted 90 much
attention to the leaves and fishes question at this
point as to we'll nigh entirely lose sight of the fact
that they have work before them for the approach
ing fall election.
The axe has swung very little recently. Wings
who fancy that this ia because the arms of those
who WELD it are tired, rest under grave mistake.
The truth is, they are but sharpening it for work
to come off Whatever your correspondent and
other philosophically-inc wights may think of
the doctrine Of "proscrption' per se it is never.
theless true, that ever since the Premier of the
present Administrators proclamation, that ssto
the victors belonged the spoils," was confirmed by
Mr.. Postmaster General Granger's lament that
nothing but being too soon superseded in Office
him from making his fourteen hundred
removals fourteen thousand, both parties have
strictly administered the Government upon that
principle, go shocking to my own somewhat anti.
quated political notions, | confess.
The Hon. Eli Moore, late of New York but now
of New Jersey, has been rendered an Indian
agency among the Weas, Peorias, and Pianka-
shaws-small tribes west of Missouri. The par.
ticular post in Government parlance, is called the
"Osage River Agency" 1t is. of course, subordi
nate tothe St. Louis SUPPLEMENTARY. do not know