Daily American organ., 1856-02-18


many withheld their votes, and so virtually contri-
buted to the election. / might have held out a
little longer but would not have adjourned to-
day without printer. The House has wasted too
much time on its organization, and the impatlence
to be at work is very general and decided. Had
there been prospect OF electing any good Repub-
lican, ! would have held out but IL compelled to
choose between Democrat and twelfth section
Know-Nothing, could not deem the choice worth
wasting another day upon"
BY the by, Mr.. Ridgway got vote or two
for printer, and the same votes were cast
for Wendell on the final ballot Can it be
that the Whig is also stock-holderS
Political.-PoliticaI Notes and Clippings.
The union Of the Albany Argus and Atlas both
Soft Shell papers, is at length to be effected-ex
Gov. Seymour furnishing the funds required-and
the concern is to be published under the joint edi-
torshlp of Messrs. Calvert Comstock and VIM. Cas-
sidy. The Wilmot Proviso "corner stone" is Of
course TO be retained in the consolidated concern.
We also hear of preparations to start new Sag
| Nicht paper at Albany, Mr.. Cassidy is sole pro.
prietor of the Atlas.
The Importance of the Speakership of the House
of Representative, which the Hon. John Kelly by
hisabsurd or wicked Aiken movement threw into
the hands of the Black Republicans, may be esti-
mated by careful perussl of the Washington cor
respondence Of the Evening Post
"The South, by the strenuousness of her hostili-
| ty to a Republican" organization, has shown a
proper appreciation Of the power she has hereto
fore welded through the important committees OF
| the House. In losing the exclusive disbursements
of our seventy millions per annum OF public money,
ohnf falt tha
The North has learned the secret how 1t Ia done,
| and will not be slow to use it.
"The North has obtained, in the election OF
Banks victory which is principally valuable as
the key and precursor to perpetual supremacy
over the National Government 1t Is not one
victory but thousand victories which it has thus
gained"
The Richmond Examiner, in an article upon the
Presidency, gives the cold shoulder to Pierce, con-
sders Douglas the most worthy on the ground of
efficient service" to the South Daniel 8. Dickin-
son on the ground of personal heroism of char
acter," and Buchanan on the ground Of avail
ability" The Examiner expresses the opinion that
"if Douglas were intrusted with the Democratic
banner he would receive vote at the North that
would be as astonishing as it would be gratifying
to the South"
The Examiner must think that a good drubbing
would be gratifying to the South.
political reminiscence required to our recol
lection the other day in the shape of the follow
ing extract from a letter written by Silas Wright
on the 18th of April, ls47, and which was made
public after his death and quoted against the Ma
tional Democratic candidate by the harmonious
friends, the Softs in the Presidential campaign of
ls4s. 1t shows the fierce and unrelenting feeling
of the Barnburner leaders of that day. There
was no btterer partisan than Silas Wright. He
hated-a Hunker" worse than Whg. And we
never believed the Albany Argus's assertion that
Mr. Marcy wept when he mentioned Mr.. Wright's
name in the speech he delivered at the Rome
Convention in lS49. But here is the extract from
Wright's letter:
"I knownothing of his (Taylors) tastes and quail
ications for civil administration. Some brave and
successful soldiers have those qualifications in per-
lection and some have not single one of them,
but in civil situations, wholly destitute of NOR
al frmness. Our friend, General Cass, is one Of
them-a good soldier of his day, but afraid of his
server and demagogue.
Does not the malevolence of Barnburnerism
show itself in every line?
Mr. Marcy's treatment of the Nicaraguan Govern
ment, is doubtless true. Douglas is filbuster,
and believes in progressive Democracy. He is
seeking the Presidency, and is not particular as
to the means to be employed to obtain the object
Of his ambition.
The Philadelphia National Argus, aluding to
the FIVE hundred and fourteen delegates sent from
Mississippi to Cincinnati says Mississippi viii have
to be limited to her representation of fourteen del
egates, and that the remainder must resolve them
selves into lobby members" But suppose they
insist on all coming in or staying out. What then
An Indiana editor has been reading about the
New York Soft delegates to Cincinnati, and is hor-
ri6ed at the record. He exclaims
"Can Dennis Mccarthy be admitted to seat in
the National Convention at Cincinnati, with his
sociate Free-soilers ut the expense of body Of
men who have never fltsred in duty, but have
always been true to the constitution and their
country? The delegates of the Democracy of In
diana and Of all the Union will have to decide be-
tween the two and in so doing decide, to great
extent the nationality of the party in the Union"
Mccarthy, bad as he is, is paragon compared
with some of his colleagues. What though he was
Jerry rescuerS There arc others still worse, as
we shall in due time show.
The Hon. John A. Dix, who ran on the Buffalo
platform in 1S4s for Governor Of New York, and
whom Pierce appointed Sub-Treasurer of N. York
in 1853, and retained in Office when he turned out
Judge Bronson, is now on tour away down in
Florida and other Southern States for the benefit
of his health. We observe that his name is sug-
gested for the Vice Presidency quite opportunely
by some OF the Soft papers in New York.
For the first time in the history of this country,
a contemporary remarks, the President of the United
States tho Speaker Of the House, the President of
the Senate, the head Of the Cabinet and the occu-