Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-12-10

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The President elect will not pull up stakes foi
. Washington till about the first February. OF late
q there have been numerous visitors 10 Whcatland
| but not many politicians. These gentry have. IA
n great extent n wholesome suspicion that Mr..
! Buchanan is an old bird. and not II be caught
with chaff Conspicuous among tho guns that
have dropped in is Gov Wise. He was at Wheat
land part Of three days. talked it all over around
the edges and left apparently wiser man than
| he came and well pleased withal. II il believed
| that Mr.. Buchanan oheerfIlly nccedcd TO the
| Cows request not to insist upon forcing him into
the new Cabinet Forney occasionally makes n
call. Among the New Workers that have come o.
yer 10 see the Law of the land, George Sanders has
been particularly noted among the devoutest pill
grims. He has been Illuminating Mr.. Buchanan
with the version of the New York Hotel clique,
of the condition Of the n. Y. Democracy; and
George is suspected of slyly slipping In IA good
word for little Bobby Walker ms Secretary Of the
Treasury. Get Walker in and pass his Pacific
railroad project. and George would make good
thing. yea, an excellent thing Of it,
As far ms we can ascert lin nothing definite has
yet been done upon the Cabinet, exec pit the stand
point, TINT il is 10 be new one from stem to
stern. OF course, all Of the present Cabinet will
resign, and with becoming thankfolncss their
designations will be accepted. Mr.. BuchanaDs
Cabinet associations with Marcy under Polk
genial enough. but under Pierce they have been
of another complexion. | shrewdly suspect that
neither Pennsylvania nor New York will got
Cabinet appointment. Pennsylvania has the
President, and in Now York tho democracy are
in "a transition state. Her sposmen must wait
till the fermept is over. and there is a orystal-
cation. New England will get Cabinet officer,
and Toucey, of Connecticut. Clifford Of Maine
tPolk's Attorney General, IIalleit, Of Mass, are
discussed AT headquarters in this old town NJ
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would like to be Attorney General but | think
he IL not on the books aud no with tho other
"old line wings" Of the same kidney. must DO
content for the present, in having saved the
Union-tbe glorious Union-thnnk God
There will be some boihcration with those
everlasting Virginians. Wise, in my event, is
too orratic, sky .rockeiy and explosive 10 be- re-
lied upon. A gun that goes off half cooked is not
to be trusted with lond in it. Hunter would do
better but though great constitutional deba-
tor, lie is too much of a trnnsoendcntalist for
these practical times. and has never been Of the
democratic school of Buchanan and such Mason
Is too bitter secessloni-t to pass muster. Ex-
Gov, Floyd, or Mr.. Faulkner, will probably como
in. Faulkner expects something for his cam
paign services nj Washington and his bill is
high He has been "a wing, though not ul-
ira whig." Heis domocrnt, though not n fire
enter. AT one time he was flaming abolition
IT. but that was some time ngo. He is now
sound on the goose" Cobb, of Georgia, looms
up pretty high, aud Rusk, of Texas, is a name
which has been hea,d ut Whcnilnnd since the
election. Bright aud Wright, of Indiana, are
both hopeful; but the fnrmer holds pro e,npton
claim in behalf Of the State. Douglas, we learn
here. wishes Buchanan's wounds to be healed by
tho Interior Department; but Douglas holds
rather an cquvocal position. He il up for tho
succession--so is Bright. and all such rather
ticklish customers for new administrat,o on
Ask poor Porce'-ask Fillmore.
The fmeign policy of Mr.. Buchanan, as far ms
any limitations hive leaked ont will be smoothe
and conciliatory. Gen. William Walker. Soulo
and Goicouria will have but short hearing, even
in tho kitchen. In addition t. the full deveopo-
mcnt of existing treaties, 10, Mr.. Buchanan
will. no doubt, try the experiment Of liberal Of
fer for the island of Cuba Should il be refused
there will he no attempt "o wrcst the island from
Spain II we have the power" but no transfer of
the sovereignty of the island 10 any other power
will be allowed without intervention of some kind
So. too. should England and France attempt To
render the island untenabo To the United States
by Afrlcauging or abohtionizingit. Mr.. Buch
anan unquestionaby has hope of sgnazing his
administration by the acquisition of Cuba in the
quiet processes of n ''bargan and SALE" but at
the same time you may take it for granted that
h" considers our geographical claim to the prop
erty and its manifest destiny" too important To
be defeated by the ntrigues Of our transatlantic
rivals for the supremacy of tho No trouble
Of this sort. however, il anticipated, though it is
supposed that the bankruptcy of Spain and tho
entente cordidie with England will offer a fine
margin for the renewal Of active negotiations at
Washington, London, Paris and Madrid
The principal foreign appointments will be
made Ill due time; and the general effect wi DO
to benefit and enlarge all our commercial rela-
tons Mr. Dallas. il is understood is to remain
at London. and if Mr.. Mason is superseded ut
Paris, the impression is that the Richmond Jun
Ia will have the appointment ora quarrel in the
family. 1t i Mr.. Rtohe, and the beautiful. pop
ular and highly talented Mrs. Richie, that ex.
pect TO 60 To Paris.and not the junior of the En-
qnirer. Mr.. Pryor.
On the whole the Presdeu, elect contemplates
his office with eqpanimity, and expects. by
straight SAILING tn avoid the shoaI. and quick sand :
upon which ''poor Pierce" has faanietsd. His
chart Is a conservative policy. and the .ileucing
OF all sectional agitators, North or South. On
the Kansas q uesiion. slave State or free State.
his laws will be faithful enforcement of .ett@ra
rights under the organic law. and the rigid eTcIs-
sion Of all outside border ruffians. Come frsaa
wha, quarter they may. Mr.. Buchanan believe.
IN the power of Congress over the Territories.
but in this the power having been delse.
ted upon the slavery issue, 10 the bona fd, peo-
pie OF the Terriory,h is resolved tina, they shall
he protected in its exercise seains, all outside in.
termeddlers; all bogus laws in favor Of ruffian /.
Ism, TO the contrary. notwithstanding. Mr.. Buc-
hanan feels easy upon thi. score, from the fact
that he believes an honest admin .iraiien of the
organic law Of Kansas will result in max ing her
tree State. without doubt, Of this be is per-
fecily satisfied: and hence he will have the great.
er desire TO appease the South with the island of
Cuba. and if money will buy il; il will be ours.
Unhappy Paliity.
II Is said the political reieicing- in Tennessee
have been singularly unfortunate in affecting