The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1856-10-24
Letter fron Hon. Iohn Whlpplo.

AAVu' dohn NiuPpic, OF hhoVe lsianu,
an old conservative and whig, now sup.
ports Fremont and Dayton for the Presi-
dency A letter from him, dated War.
wick, r. l., August e9j, 1866. written
TO a friend ia New York. contains the fol.
lowing
The ioudest wish Of my heart Is that
the American people may have good sense
enough to fnd out the diiiereuce between
men Of words aud men Of deeds ! had
acquaintance enough with Fremont ~
Washington some years since, to see that
he was built Of the very best materials.
put together in the very best manner,
with the very best Of navigatofs At the
helm Without the brilhancyol Webster
and Clay, he is ola large tonnage lie
cannot sail as fast in light weather, but
in heavy weather he could live when they
would have gone 20 the bottom.
lie is great, truly great, under his
storm siayseil lie is not painted as
brilliant as other great steamers, but his
ground tackle is stronger and safer, and
he is moi half rs likely to run aground or
spring aleak.
Most aspiauls for cfice make strong
professions of attachment TO the poor aud
iaboring classes. Fremont makes no pro-
icssion OF that sort, but has worked for
them and with them all his lifetime. No
man can 90 into Fiements life and char.
acter, without seeing, as most emlgrants
to the west do, that tue further they So
the richer they find the soil.
should think that tie elements Of his
character would be positively disgusting
TO the dandy, aud the office hunter. TC
the dandy lie would prescribe work, iol
he f,els as | do, that there is more meri
and integrity in the laboring classes than
10 any other. The higher up we got The
lhghtrlhe air il, He is no ofiee.hunte
and des9ses nine ienths Of them. In thi
opnion ! fully coincide. | consider
regular built ofiice-hunter as among tn
lowest classes Of men, in moral view a
least They have been so through all th'
ages Of Asialio and European history.-
Twenty winters residence in Washing
ton have convinced me that our Office
hunters resemble both the ancient ant
modern Office hu ters, in character quit
as much MS they resemble them in th
food That they eat, or the water that tie,
drink.
The most corrupt of oil practices--tha
of brbery-prcvalls as extensively anon!
American as among Asialic or EuropeRl
statesmen. The man who gives a bribe
or authorizes il to be given, is more cor
rupt than the man who takes. The in
tegrily Of the man who gives the brib
will not stand in the way Of receiving
one. The fear OF exposure, or his wealth
may induce him to ask higher price, bu
, he will receive no remonstrances from hi
integrity.
What Buchanan has been in this re
: spect l do not know. All that l kno,
Of him, is, that he has been regula
Office. hunter Tor many years. To aocep
Office when urged upon a man may b
a duty. To hunt for it, and beg for II
all mans life, evinces low standard q
moral feeling which easily yields to Sigh
Temptation The zeal virtue and purit.
Of public meu, is generally about on
level with that Of public women, thoug
there are doubtless many exceptions.
1t is supposed bY many that those VIII
: favor Fremont, are in favor Of abolishn
slavery in the slave States. do nc
believe that in New England there is on
man ia ihy Of that feeling. We hav
the same right to interfere with SLAYER
p in the South that we have TO war agains
! Kings and nobility in Europe. That is
no right at al; and it may well be doubt
ed which is the greater evil Of the two.-
6ut We have the right to war against th
extensioa Of the evil into any Of the Ter
ritories.