Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-04-16
The Office Beggars in Washing.
tOn-.Mr. Buchanan's Appoint.

The hotels of Washington, with the ex.
ception of the Inflated "National," are
swarming with that "unnumerable caravan
of hungry politicians who every four years
make their pilgrimage to the White House.
Every grade and stripe of social condition
are here represented, from the plethoric of,
fice-holder of many years standing, seeking
to arrest the operation of that terrible rule
of rotation, which now threatens to cut
him off from the refreshing sluices of an
overaowing treasury, to the staggering
leader of the bullies and short-boys of the
great cities, claiming inordinate recon-
pense for the rough work he has done at
the polls. On the whole, however, if we
may judge from the appearance of our Wis
itors, it is pretty safe to conclude that Of
fee seeking is not the most reputable call
ing at present pursued by American citi-
zens, nor that Office seekers represent the
average moral and and intellectual culture
of the American people. If the principle
were adopted, that the Office should seek
the man, and not the man the office, not
many of these gentlemen temporarily re-
residing in our city would realize their as
pirations.
But it is not the personal, so much as
the political character of the applicants,
which most deserve attention. The ap-
pointments already made are few, but they
are enough to warrant significant conclu-
sion rs to the subserviency of new ad-
ministration to slaveholding dictation.-
Mr.. Buchanan came to Washington with
the announcement of one '.irreversable and
universal rule, viz: Rotation in Office
This the South was not accustomed to.
and they refused to allow its operation
':Very well," said Mr.. Buchanan, l.juSt as
you please, gentlemen; let the Southern
remain; let the rule be confined to North,
ern appointments; we will have one rule
for the North and another for the South"
Accordingly Gen. Cass' friend, the Post
master of Detroit, is removed, while the
friends of the Tennessee member of the
Cabinet are re-appointed.
The South, however, is not contented
with this. One further concession is de-
manded. Eminent services to slavery by
Northern men must be rewarded, or rather
the services of those whose course hereto
fore is a guaranty for obsequiousness in flu
ture, and who therefore have claim not
only on gratitude for past favors, but on
that type ofgratilude-so peculiar to South
ern politicians-which consists of lively
sense of benefits to come. Again the new
President yields, and Watson Freeman,
the Boston official who was most efficient
in consigning Anthony Burns to the Sla-
very from which he had fed, is again load
ed with the honors of U. S. Marshal.
Such is the prelude of the new Admin
lstration-hardly variation of the Pierce
dynasty of weakness, vacillation, and un-
conditional acquiescence in the demands of
the Oligarchy.
1t is impossible to augur a favorable re-
suit from commencement so ominous.-
The dissatisfaction and party divisions
necessarily attendant on the most fair and
Just distribution of the Federal offices will
be immensely augmented by the policy
thus insurated by Mr. Buchanan-a policy
which conjoined with the embarrassments
to which the resignation of Gov. Geary has
given rise, importends complete demor-
alization of the party now enjoying the du-
bious privilege of quarrelling over the spoils
of Presidential victory. The adherents
of Mr.. Buchanan may yet find that their
success is, after all, the worst sort of defeat
and that they are banqueting on the ap-
Piles of Sodom.-Nationai Era.