Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-01-23

From the n. York Herald
Of TIE 20h.
OUR WASHINGTON COR
REsPOSDESCE.
WAsHIHGTOy, Jan. Is.
.iHGty SIS Of the Ad,ntnis-
tTa.iOn - Tie Chdnses
IN the Presidents Nina
The rGy BrcckihTiige
igds i pointed to Spain,
&c , dr
You were right when
you statej. q Gay or two
ago, tina franklin Pierce
l. a candidate for re-elec-
ton. lie come to Wash
ington from the flourish
ing liilie town IF Concord,
New Hampshire, fOy the
express purpose Oi being
r. elected, AMI il wa
with a vicy to this object
that MS Cabinet was Sc
,ectei.
Marcy he looked upon
a. a bro on down pu.i
t!cian. but who knew the
rope, and N ght pull them
I h;s Franklin PJeTJe'sl
b.. eft. IT, was 10 man
age NtW ! Ork ana hOi,i
L.
Guthrie vGs on honest
man, Wl hJut ambition
Ills no ,esty, l. IS true, has
utterly cm5arrGssed the
President; bat his lack o.
ambition Ia, dIt1Jys been
q source Of graf hGPpi
ness 10 Gen. Pierce.
Gushing, a man with
out a single political 81
religious convict on, Is q
man Of extensive hlstOn
cal requirements, and has
been selected as a sort OF
philosophical diciinnar,
for convenient reference,
IS Their" are some IN I'd
bcrs az the Cabinet WIZ
have never read a 'bOunc
book" Gushing is Il gee al
acquisition 10 them. H.
i supple AMI ambi dex-
ferrous; for he can smile
nH his friends on the right.
Will selling them 10 hi,
friends Oh the LETT; and he
has just law knowledge
enough 10 KEEP out o.
scrapes.
Campbell was silnpl,
selec:ed on account OF hi:
connection with the Cath
oiic hierarchy. since ia,
KnOwNothing- have gain
ed over, General Pierce
looks upon him merely a:
ALI inIerlOpcr; for fear, no
love, IL the gOverniLg pas
sion of the President.
jeff. Davis was chosen
bGcausc NJ was a seces
sOnist and a flIbuster
He - >iill a secesSionist
aud would be a filibustr'
if he could. Being 4 man
of strong will aud Limited
information. he Is not Of
tell t-Oubled with doubts
and walks straight ahcai
dragging the President
along with him. Frank
liu Pierce looked upcI
Davis "a the man who
Was willing To lead thG
SOU hern rebellion; con
sequ-ntly ready To- take
the field for any cause II,
espOuses-wcre IL even
tn" small cause Of Gen
Piarce. Pierce is still la
boring under the inpres
ZION that he owes his cleo
ton 10 the support of III,
secpssiOnists and free soil
eT-, aud thinks what the
have once done, they ma.
do again. He is a mer'
schO l-bOy III logic.
NcLelland was nOmi
nally the selection OfGen
Cas-; but this is a false
hood by construction
Gen. Cas- gave merely hi
consent when il was init
mated 10 him that Pierc
was resolved to take hin
IN his Cabinet. Ncithe
Cas- nor Bucha an, no
any other prominent MA
was consulted in maxim
up the Cabinet. The wOrI
was entirely tnatofPierc
and Gushing and Ather
ton, now dead. IL was
Yankee concern altOgrth
eT.
Mr.. DObbin came IN a
JEFF. Davis's sub. He j
Il quiet, gOOd-naIured, IN
offensive young man
without artIfice or dis
g'lise, ami Rot IN the wa
of anybody. Tie was st
lected on account of hi
perfect inofensiveness.
Gen. Pierce, or rathe
Cen Gushing, reasone
thus: The extremes bav
defeated Buchanan an
Cas-, and will do il agai
II We place them in pc
sitlOn. The rank and III
Of the party, and IN
masses III general, mu: