The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-05

get here. am so glad to get into snug, cozy little
room like this, with NICE warm re and (Here his
ey es rested upon al my new writing srrangemeots)-
Why, where the hell did you rake up au tnem
thinssi Been purchasing stationery en- Gong 70
ooh, no. said I, laughing and lighting segar
mann gave this to me ut the State Department.
little bit Of public plunder-that's all" -.
"sam, win you do me one iAvor-0nly one .
"Tben pack all these things in your trunk. or
hide em away. want to have one spot kept sacred
one place that can so to and see no evidence Of
spoifs. They would faint the very atmosphere Of
this room.o
said not q word, but packed every article in a
new trunk which bought only two days age, just to
show that had baggage. saved out only q few
when had finished, the President said, with much
"God bless you, Sam! He win reward you for
this. You have spared my feelings. | don't want
to ever have for an idea In my breast that you may
or can be bought up"
Frank, now, that il all settled. What's out7',
"You have been out, Tor have called here four
times and twice l stayed an hour and each time had
an elevation TO 60 up for President, eh; but al
ways feel better for it."
" Is there anything new, Frank"
"No Il Is all comprised In one word Ne
White House, Nebraska in the departments, Nebras.
ka in the mails, and d-n me II our females amt
10 ded with Nebraska. There ia but one word every.
weere-t supersedes everything else. The very
and let's have quiet talk upon it. You are ho.
nest"
THANK you, Mr.. President, for that one word.
It goes home to the heart. Surrounded as you are
kpaves, can easily fancy that it must be great
relief to You to have one friend who s honest and
who whatever may befsll, viii tell you the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth"
cit lie, my dear boy. How about that letter from
your wife, Sam? want to see that"
mot to night, Frank. LET'S have quiet talk
this evening ABOUT Nebraska"
''D--n Nebraska"
"Don't swear, Frank"
"Well, it's enough to make q saint swear. Have
1t as you will, then. What do you thiak Of this Ne
braska bill and busines.2"
"You may well say business, for it will be pre-
cious business before it is through with"
= It has set everybody mad. Sam. What do you
think viii be the upshot Of IL I"
81 will not tell you now. It will be awful for
politicians and 30 called statesmen But now tell me
how you got SO damnaby mixed up 10 it."
II was forced intoit by that id HERALD that
You write letters to; Bennett has got me into this
Internal MUS. and / wish he would help me out Of
Explain yourself Frank; you are rather severe.
have heard you say that but for the Her AID you
would not have been elected President. Now, how
can the HiRA, have got you into trouble?"
"Wen, to convice you. 1t will be necessary for me
business"
II wish you would"
~ will; and here goes: You know, SAM that
whenever that subject of SO &c. slavery in the Ter
Tommy with everybody. In 1921, 1t broke out,
after the Missouri arrangement. Monroe, when Pre-
sident, Crawford, jackson, Calhoun, and Adams,
were candidates for the succession. The first three
were Southern men, and as they and all supposed
the anti. slavery feeling reigned paramount in the
North, they kept quiet; but this question smashed
parties into bits. era Word, the caucus candidate
Of the democrats was laii ont. Adams was elected.
Politicians OF both parties were glad to get rid Of it,
and it lay still until Oregon was obtained from Eng
land. Then Polk signed the bill keeping slavery out
Of Oregon, although he knew it was unconstitutons;
but he satisfied his conscience BY his belief that
African slavery would never be carried there. Then
the Cursed question was opened again by the Wflmot
pr0viso, which WAS drawn up by the Van Burens,
led to the Buffalo platform and nomination which
killed of Cass and elected Taylor. In 1850 1t was
ticans Of beth parties who hoped to have got rid Of
it altogether. But the convention in Baltimore was
selected as not being suspected with being infected
with the faint. Scott was supposed to be leagued
with Seward, and the Union men elected me. Now
comes he sss third g. HRSSgsEkissgn y r. ~ -. -
But how was it done? The bill as originally in
troduced by Douglas was very harmless-amounted
to nothing"
Exactly so. But what does that wbg Senator
from Kentucky do Mr. Dixon, whether conscious
",
SELF now, win try the honesty Of these Southern
administration men, pop goes tho weazel and he
introduced his amendment, which, fat footed, abol
ished d. that Internal Missouri compromise"
came cut against Dixon's proposition and called him
all sorts of things.n
$50 it did; but hold on, q moment. We could
and other Southern Union gents stood up, and said
NO, by God, You don't; now we will test the Score
tary Of the administration and ts supporters
my Southern friends came to me in q rush-it was
Ali now ehall learn all about that Sunday
business, Of which 80 much said in the papers,"
at took me al aback. refused TO talk; said it
was Sunday. They replied: That be damned--the
better the day the better the deed. Sunday Is o.
Can't zee what is to be dcne2 You must show your
hand Look At my position, Sam What had brought
al see very clearly
"No you don't. You found Bennett had reused
the Southern members about that scarlet letter and
my free soil associations. They suspected me, aud
made the bold issue to go for the abolition Of the
Missouri compromise in an open fight Forney and
all bands were called in. Our course was q plain
one. went it to satisfy the Southern men. Il was
rank poison. 1t was an awful dose to swallow; but
am not alone. Nauseous as it is, Cass, Douglas,
and all the Presidential aspirants, have to swallow
it. We may all make faces, but the dose has to be
swallowed. It will go through the Senate like o
rocket. Poor old Cass, pity him. The chasm
gapes before him; but it's jump or die. He don't
love it any better than do. Douglas himself Is
caught in his own trap"
81 pity you, Frank, from my heart do And how
easy all this could have been avoided, and you at
this moment could have been as snug In the Presi.
DENTAL chair as bug in rug!-yes, for another
term"
That's what You always ssIy7if had got you to
mot exactly, Frank; but you had it 10 your power
to have made your own party, and your own oppos-
tom
"WeI, that is a curious idea."
"H you had have called me on to Concord, as your
private secretary, you would have carried 1t OUT
well, perhaps 1t amt too late now"
~ don't know; but don't interrupt me for ten
minutes The moment that heard the names that
were to compose your Cabinet, said to myself whom
God wills to destroy he first makes mad. Can it
be possible that he intends to destroy my friend
Frnnk?"
"Well, that is desidedly most deliberate --.n
Don't break In upon me. / thought to myself, IL
only had been at Franks elbow, h,w different
would have been the result. should have spread
Hank ghoet n nanpr hofnrn vna md ooid.-CraclY