Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-04-16
THE OFFICE BEGGAR
MIR BUCHANAN'S APPOINTMENTS.

-Mh. Ms AffOlN 10.
The hotels Of Washington, With the exception
Of the il-6ted @National," are swarming with
that ~uunumerable caravan" Of hungry politicians
who every four years make their pilgrimage to the
White House. Every grade aud stripe Of social
condition are here represented, from the plelbor-
ie office holder Of many yeas standing. seeking
to arrest the operation Of that terrible rule Of TO-
tatiou, which now threatens to cut him of from
the refreshing sluiees Of an oyeriowing treasury,
to the staggering leader Of the bullies and short
boys Of the great cities, claiming inordinate recon-
peuse for the rough work be has done at the
polls. On the whole, however, five may judge
from the appearance ofour v~isitera it is pretty
safe to conclude that office seeking is not the most
reputable calling at present pursued by American
citizens nor that Office seekers represent the aver
age moral aud intellectual culture OF American
people. If the priaciple were adopted, that the
Office should seek the man, and not the man the
Office, not many of these gentleman temporarily
residing in our city would realize their aspira.
ltions.
But it is not the personal, 50 much as the pc.
%Iitca, character Of the applicants, which most de-
serve attention. The appointments already made
are few, but they are enough to warrant a signif-
cant conclusion as TO the subseryiency Of the new
Administration to slaveholding d]ictation. Mr..
Buchanan came to Washington with the announce
ment Of one "irreyersibie and universal" rule
viz Rotation in office. This the South was
not accustomed to, and they refused to allow its
operation. avery WELL" said Mr.. Buthanan.
.just as you pleas cgentleman; let the southern in,
cumbents remain; let the rule be confined to Nor
| herR appointments; we will have one rule for the
North, and another for the South" Accordingly
Gen. Cass's friend, the Postmaster Of Detroit, is re-
moved, while the friends Of the Tennessee mem
bers of the Cabinet are reappointed.
The South, however, is not contented with
this. One further concession is demanded. EN-.
inent services to slavery by Northern men must
be rewarded, or rather the services Of those whose
course heretofore is guaranty for obsaquiousness
in future, and who therefore have a claim not on
" on gratitude for past f%ayors, but on the type Of
gratitude-so peculiar to Southern politicians
which consists ola lively sense of benefits to come.
Again the new President yields, aud Watson
Freemen, the Boston official who was most eff
Gent in cousigning Anthony Burns to the Slave
ry from which he has fled, is again loaded with
honors ofU. S. Marshal,
Such is the prelude to the new Administra-
tion-hardly a variation of the Pierce dyna sly oil
weakness, vaciIlation, and unconditional acquies-
cence in the demands of the Oligarchy.
1t simpossible to augur a favorable result from
a commencement so o%Ininous. The dissatisfaction
and party diversions necessarily attendant on the
most fair and ust distribution of the Federal Of
fees will be immensely augmented by the policy
thas insurated by Mr.. Buchanan policy which
c~onioined with the ADVERTISEMENTS to which the
resignation of Governor Geary has given rise
pOrtendsa complete Generalization of the party
now enjoying the dubious privilege of quarreiIing
over the spoils of a Presidential victory. The ad
herents of Mr., Buchanan may yet find their sue
cess is, after all, the worst sort Of defeat, and that
they are banquettiug on the apples Of Sodom.-
National Era.