Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-04-03
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The Nomination Embroglio We find fe'

well informed friends OF Mr.. Buchanan's nom
ination for the Presidency and there are hun
dreds Of them among the Democratic public
men in and out Of Congress now here-who are
not exceedingly worried with the persistence
of the PsnnsyfUanian in indirectly repre-
senting him as indisposed to take open and
emphatic ground on the Democratic party pla'.
form upon the question of the repeal of the Mis-.
souri, restriction; without doing which that man
does not live who can receive a single electoral
vote Of any State south of Delaware and the
Ohio river. The recent publications of tie
Pennsylvania, indeed, have given rise to
the silly rumor that a private letter has been
received from Mr.. Buchanan, stating that he
wishes to make no explanation whatever with
reference to that question, now the great issue
between the parties, on which circumstances
have compelled the Democratic party to adopt
shibboleth long since Mr.. B. had any thing
to do with legislative or executive affairs at
home. Of course there can be no truth in
the story; as any such policy on his part would
be In direct antagenism with the frank and
manly political record Of bis very long career.
It seems very generally to be believed here
that the Union is correct in doubling the sin.
cerity Of the friendship for Mr.. B. debating
the publication or the compilation of the auto
biography upon which that journal com.
mented yesterday; not only because its drift,
IL to create the impression that he does not
stand in line with the Democracy on the Res
toration question, but because it also fails to
notice perhaps the most important points in
his distinguished career.
Thus, it says nothing of his great services
to his country in the matter of the Northeast
srn boundary question, wherein his mind gave
birth to one Of the most important State pa
pers known to our history; or of his so we'll
remembered effort in demonstration of the
eonstitutionality Of the annexation Of Texas
by act Of Congress independently Of the
treaty making power. But the ignorance of
the public history of the country on the part
of the writer is sufficiently indicated in his
reference to the impeachment Of Judge Peck,
As the first proceeding of the kind under the
Constitution; forgetting, or failing to know
of the more important and well-remembered
impeachment of Judge Chase, which on DO
ltical as well as judicial grounds, is always
to be recollected His biographer made ano.
ther strange mistake, if really his friend, in
calling public attention to the fact that when
Mr.. Buchanan advocated the policy of carry
ing out the Missouri line to the Pacific, he
did 50 only in concordance with the unanimous
South in Congress, by their vote in Is4s.
ral &C
in the House hall yesterday, that set the
chamber in q roar. Messrs Jones of Tennes-
see, Houston CT Alabama, and Letcher of
Virginia, are famous for thoroughly sitting
every proposition for the expenditure of the
public money. They dive at the bottom of
everything of the sort, and have obtained
such regulations for close investigation and
thorough knowledge Of the merits of every
item in all the regular appropriation bil!s
that members who claim to be strict construc-
tionists and rigid economists in the public ex-
penditures. are much given TO listening to as
certain how they speak or vote on such propo-
sitions, and invariably acting with them; a
high compliment to the deserved influence of
those gentlemen. This fact is well known to
AL familiar with the history OF the House for
some years past. Yesterday, in the consider.
alton of the Senate's amendment making an
appropriation Gor new stables for the cavalry
horses kept at the West Point Academy, Mr..
Leteher was found earnestly opposing il,
while Mr.. Houston no less earnestly ad voc ated
It. Mr.. Samuel 4. Smith of Tennessee, who
possesses a keen relish for joke, at times,
rose and said that he felt in q quandary over
the question, not having his colleague, (Mr
Jones,l as usual in his seat; for be found him.
self at lat at a non plus to know how to vote
upon question Of expenditure, with Messrs.
houston and Letcher divided and Mr.. Jones
not In sight 1t was well known that this
state OF things left perhaps fifty more honor
able gentlemen pretty much in the same fix.
ana the Instant realization Of the fact nro.
duced shout Of laughter over the hall
The Republican Eomina alton The distant
newspapers are being deceived by accounts
from this city, as to the state of the Re-
publican party Congressional mind upon the
subject Of the Presidential nomination to be
made by their convention to meet at Philadel-
Pnia on the 18th Of June next. We can find
none OF them who are partizans Of Colonel
Fremont as alleged. Our LEGAL Republican
party men are nearly altogether the DEBRIS or
remains of the old Benton and Blair concern.
and they are, Of course, for Colonel Fremont.
Ifany member of the Republican party now in
this city, out Of the range of that little CLIQUE
dream that Colonel T. can or will be their
party nominee, We have not been able To
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