Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-02-24
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THE. INDIANA SENATOR'S $50 oALLKD)-ANrEcE-
DENTS OF GRAHAM. FITcu-THE CABIsET-TnE
MASSACHUSETTS OFFICER Presidents LEyEEs.
WASHINGTON, Feb, 49, 1867.
Bright is already well enough known, and if
all stories are true, will be better known soon,
for it is currently reported here that he has
been offered Secretary McGlellands place in the
cabinet. His colleague, DIR. Graham N. Fitch,
has acquired at home the reputation of a-"poli-
teal chameleon and it is fair that his political
antecedents should be known to the country
Whether the record, which he has furnished
with his own pen, will stand the test of the Bal
timorc and Cincinnati platforms. or will be en-
dorsed by Toombs s Co., remains to be seen.
In the summer of 1919, few months after
Cass was beaten on the non-intervention doc
trims of the Baltimore platform, lie made can
vass for the lower House of Congress. He
fought for votes, and not for principles as will
be seen. Towards the close of the campaign
strong anti-slavcry man, stakeholder in the un
derground railroad, propoundcd the following
questions to the doctor, in letter under date OF
August 4, 1S49:
81. Will you if elected, vote for the uncondi-
ti0Hlrepeal of slavery in the District of Colum-
bia?
80. Will you vote for the abolition of the in
ter-slave-trade?
49, Will you vote for the Wimot Proviso
being extended over the territory of California
and New Mexico, and against any law nuthoriz-
| ing slaves to be taken there aspropertys
"Please answer the above questions; yes or
no, without comment
GROVE PoMER0Y.
To this the doctor gave the following reply:
'yith pleasure answer Yes to the above
GRAHAM n. FITCH"
This was not satisfactory to the intensely an
| ti-slavery Fitch, and so he added:
| 81 shall not only vote yes on these measures
bat if mo other member will introduce them
into Congress, Tail do 50 myse!t, if L have
&C. n. FITCH"
OF course Fitch succeeded, and went TO Com
greSs, and served two terms, and has now, by a
more base scheme broken into the other House
of Congress The question remains to be set
tied, whether such high-hnnded outrage as
was perpetrated toprocure him fireplace he now
occupies is to be tolerated by the grave and dig
| nified Senate of the United States.
learn that the Hon. Howell Cobb will leave
Washington for his homo in a few days, he hav-
\ ing accepted the place of Secretary of the Trea
sury in the new cabinet. The personal difficult
tics between Mr.. Buchanan and Mr.. Marcy,
growing out of Central American affairs, were
amicably adjusted during Mr.. Buchanans recent
visit here, and it is understood in Court circles
that Mr.. Marcy will be retained. He is said to
TIC s..--ndinglY apxiousfor this result, in order
to recover from the ignOny that VIII attach to
the Pierce administration, he having had little
| to do in shaping the course OF events during his
premiership. Mr.. Toucy is Booked" for At
torncy General.
The news which reached here to-day of the
election in California of Gwin instead of Wei
! Ter, has marked the latter the new Secretary
of War; He is confidential friend of Mr.. Bu-
chanan, and for that reason was named as the
member of the Joint Committee on the part of
the Senate to notify Mr.. Buchanan of his cleo
ton.
Edmund Burke of N. n. will be offered his
old post of Commissioner of Patents, BUTT is
understood, since the death of his wife, would
prefer foreign mission for travel.
A gentleman who dined with the Presidents
day or two ago, informed me that he never saw
Pierce so detected and look so bad, and exhibit
| in his conversation so much sadness and disap-
pointment, as he does at the present time. 1t
is fact that at the present time not one-third
of the people who go ever pay their respects to
Pierce