American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-11-15
Character Of Washington.

Luz ieHo""'3 oo''uary oqle effect OF \
ingtOn appeared ina LGR of The Penn
January 19S6 has brought Buchanan
again 10 the surface, and, rs a consequence,
BiIIls has begun to Stir the same muddy |
pool into which all these. .aspirants are COM
mingled; Marcy is fled away among the
archives Of dipIomacy; Cushing is delving
amongst the dusty pages OF California land
laws and record; Campbell is plotting, with
Jesuitical cunning, The destruction of some
petty postmaster; aud Davis is endeayor
ing to pluck laurel from the brow Of old
Fuss and Feathers" Is it not a sombre
picture? Forney, too, aspres to be some
thing more than mere tool; the Union is
growing restiye under the uncertainties of
the future, and Bright. whose native sim
pliGity assumes to be Mortified at political
intrigue and corruption, has been, by tur-
bnlent unheaylng of the elements, jostled
into public notoriely.
Around this political chess board there
sits many an anxious expectant, each cal
culating the effect ofevery move; and with
each move changes the current Of popular
sentiment. AT one moment the cringing
official grows bold at the prospects Of his
master; at another, the fawning suppIicant
for Executive mercy seems elated at the
chances Of some opponent. Now, Pierce
holds the pool, and such exclamations OF
Joy burst forth that make the wekin ring
A moment more, and all things are chang
ed. From some distant spot there comes
a random shot, which disarranges the
whole plan of operations, upsets all calcu
atons, and sends thrill of horror through
every bosom. 1t is oportune, and Marcy
comes forth from his diplomatic reverie,
and revels amid the scenes Of the havoc
Soon the fragments arc gathered up, but
the Hards and Softs refuse to fuse, and
thus ends the tale Of his SORROW In this
chaos Of popular sentiment, while all stand
aghast aud seem appalled,, the problcmaiie
stateman, as il, by the magic OF his wand,
calls Hunter from his repose, and clothes
Brigh! in the drapery Of political limo
.cence. The glad tidings are borne west
wardly, and from the broad .prairies go uT
shout after shout, until the mountains and
valleys are made to re-echo but one sound
Bat,
-IIarS! from tho tou,ba dolefli cry"
And afar off in the dim distance is sc
tho Statesman of Aoconia graphing viii
n NorihGrn ally, and cxchiming, "1oGg'
if ioe must
Pierce, who has yet but partially reco'
cred from the shock occasioned byart
cent disaster, again launches forth upS
this sea of uncertainty. A bold marine
must he be who viii spread full sal
when the very gods seem combined to d
stroy lin. Forney is cut odrtlt. II
government Golfers arc opened AMI Il
gold is poured out like "oil upon the trout
cd waters" The faithful ally, His llo
ness Pho Mono, is brought into closer col
manion. The Jesuit Campbell sends for
the agents Of postal inqaiSihlon. So
there follows another upheayng OF pub
sentiment, and the warm and fatteling tt
timonials of public confidence now in up
His Excellency, and 70 Deams arc chnI
cd to his praise Haunce and Patrick gre
merry. But this political equilibrium
eyaneseent il soon passes away; at I'll
there is but ripple, soon waves are see
the wind from the Northwest begins
blow, and quick follow the breakers. NJ
dill and the priceless Medary are discar
ed as "fllso prophets" The ship is ag'
al sea, and all the world is agog TO lea
her fate, Thus ebbs and flows the tide
pupular sentiment with the Free Love /
utncrocU dyaerirna Ot0On