The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-29

are but Col Orr is from that place and he endorsed
| the sentiment or toast"
"A sort OF male accoucheur to your seectsble Sid,
eb2n
/" oh, no. don't blame Sid. He told me he was as.
tonished; that he expected Colonel Orr would have
got up and said that ne was present by accident
that he represented q portion Of South Carolina,
which gave birth to John G. Calhoun, and that, as
true representative be was obliged to sly frankly
that, 30 far as South Carolina was concerned, she
did not feel at all grateful to the mother Of Andrew
jackson for being in that neighborh0od when the
event took place and osclaimed all Interest whatever
in the result that, the contrary, if at any time
AeDg about 1880 to 1886 she had caught A. j. 10
her border she would have considered it Of her
reserved State rights TO have hung the usrious Pre-
sdentisl babe on the nearest palmetto, for having
dared TO threaten to bang her own legitimate child,
| j. C, c., at abont the same period"
esd said that, did he Well he is getting sens
BILE. But as CVlonel Orr did lickspittle yon pretty
freely and old jackson into the bargain, think you
ought TO take care o. him. think you must be mis-
taken. He surely halls from New Hampshire. He
| from South Carolina and GO to jackson duner to
| laud Old Hickory! Oh no; that won't do
| "It's no such thug. Amt l President, and
| oughtn'd to know where members come from! lie
| is from South Carolina
Every well, just as you say What are you going
to give him."
"Give who?'
"Col. Orr. You don't mean to say that you in
tend to leave him in the lureh TO shift for himself
after inveielng him into your free soil meshes and
political network
"Wby, what have got to do with it? He is Of
age, ANT he ~
will go back TO South Carolina with any intention of
political ivaDcement; ard, il you mean to do the
clean thing, you ought, when man 50 ,rifces hi n
self for you, to do something for him. Why rot
send him to Spain?'
"Well, don't kDov but ought. II Soule gets
shetland hope to God he will be--by some of those
Spanish chaps / think will send Orr there. The old
jackson party Of 1888 would endorse the appoint
melt TO msn, wouldn't they ~
"Of course they would Frank. You know you
promised to do something for me, the other day."
And Ill do it, by Jeminetta, What Is is!"
" want TO get the Cabinet secrets in advance of
the regular REPORTS
Well, that amt much; but don't kaov how
can manage it exactly. Marcy, Cushing, and McLel-
Ian generally give those out to particular friends Of
theirs to send off within one hour after the Cabinet
adjourns.'
II don't want you to put yourself out of the way;
only give me fair shake--let me know as soon as
the other fellows oo."
"To do that you must watch the doors You can
be about the White House, and rs soon as the Cab.
net a0j0urps come to on the sly, and viii tell
You sD that has transpired. Keep shady abou. it,
however. Whist do you want to do With it
TIVE things. One is to sell the information It it's
worth anything, to some OF the banking houses and
stock specnlaprs 80 That they can send it to New
York to in Wall street, and the other is to tee
CRASH il to the HEkAlD.
Speaking of the HSaALD, Green, can't, for
the lie # me, understand what the deuse Mr. Ben
nett is drisingat He Is pitching into me now about
some stupid letter ! wrote long while ago. and
which, as kept DO copies, had nearly forgot all
about. think he shows much friendship to me in
probing that matter
Friendship 20 You! Why, who are your
" | don't exsctly know myself, and you seem TO
have forgot entirely. / believe am President Of
the United States;" and here the President stopped
short and locked over the iail ng at the ice floating
down the river
"No, | have not Shall speak plain or be
silerti''
"spit it out; what is it you have to ssyl'
"Well must tell you few plain truths. You
acknowledge that you wrote those letters, but don't
remember the conteptsf
~ do not; they might have been little free
Frank, be honest and straight nv ard; own up
and can help you out Long before nominated
you in the village meeting and when you had no
more idea of becoming President than you had Of
flying, you did write those letters; and when the
flee solers at Baltimore went in for you, John Van
Buren,, John Cochrane, and all those fellows, knew
tbs y had you foul, and meant to use you when you
we're elected You said TO yourself, If they will
keep mum will but when some OF them went TO
Corcord after your cleo Jon, and told you that they
bal you, why didn't you kick EN- to the devil and
ray, do your worstr"
Marcy nor Van Buren,, nor none OF them, threat
eped me when they came to Concord in December,
1852"
Never mind that They let you know where
they stood, and where they wanted to stand, and
II
T. Hunter to come on from Washington, and he re-
fu,ed to serve with any free soier in the Caoioe:
why didn't you make clean breast Of 1t to him, and
make reliable friend ~
"What business was it OF Hunter whether chose
to select Dix for the Treasury or Marcy for the
Slater"
HE made it his business and told you he woul iut
train in any such crowd; but never miud that. 1t
was then you felt the awkwsrdness Of your position
and that yon could not make without the free
soilers. Van Buren,. Marcy, Cochrane, Ben Butler
Cambreeng, and the rest, had you, and they openly
proclaimed 1t; but when the hodge-podge Cabinet
up, they told just who 60 appoint, and
you did precisely as they ordered you to do"
"lu the name of God, Green. be reasonabie-how
could do otherxise? Had ! refused to make free
soil appointments under the circumstances, should
have been the most disgraced man that lived
"Disgrsc<d with them, but not 70 the country.
How many woes would you have received in tue
United States haa your real position with the fee
soilers been known before November. 1852"
Well, l don't suppose / should have got elected.
Old Scott would have won. 1t was the union OF the
two sections OF the democratic party That elevated
me to the Presidency; and c-n it, have tried nay
best to satisfy both factions in the Distribution of the
Offices and plumber. IL can't be helped now; aud
what good can Mr. Bennett do by pitching into me
ever, dsyf'
but, as public Journalist, he has to look beyond
YOU. He knows as we'll as you do that there has
been a great fraud upon the Country, and that
sooner later /; will come out"
Ana suppose ~ does, WHAT tnehi IL Can DC
helped now"
- 1t will be helped Your administration will be
smashed into fragments. In six months from this
date you will not able to carry on the business Of
TIE country"
"And how am to get out Of such snarl, Sam"
Easy enough; send your Cabinet to 1el flying.
Get rid OF your Marcys, your Cushings, your
Guthries, Davises aud such cattle, and All about
you the purest, most patriotic, and most influential
men la tue two sections Show that You iatend to
siaDd by the Country and the country will stand by
y,u.n
a new Cabinet will have but very little moral
weight power. My removed OF my present men
will show that they mere creatures OF my will.'
And ttat is what you waot more THAI anything
else, Just now; you want to sho the country th 1t
you have got gill Of your own, They don't believe
II now; bat, say, the fog has gone, aud tue wind
sweeps down this bridge tn oush it just said good
morning TO On iceberg. Suppose we walk along to-
wards tee town"
al an not cold. The President don't need an