New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

sibniy Of realizing oney 0, p,per ef TIE most M
do1bsd OBJ aractsr, weigh hs1vJ and osss.rolsiy On
our mercantile ard manufacturing houses. l. fhey
v.sih.r the storm in the fu:are, however ss ofayeiy
as they bsvs done in the past, VIII be marked II
uuph Ia these tyo1blous times
For the f-st time for several years, poticsl nstsr,
j. this seton Of the Safe have become suolsd
Of secondary and very friHing oonse era;ion he ne
publican purity reposes quietly on its reit-rsted
tripuphs AZ maintains decided and uaisei front IN
spite of the desperate ende OF the pcr,ts 10
throw into its nidst the frehrsnd OF Temperance s
iion while the latter are only relieved nom compe,s
a,i, and inactivity by lite domestic qusrIel
sLicb lust bow disturbs the happy harmony OF ther
involuntary retire msn This un.lme'y rebel ION 10
the rsIks s partly own TO The outcroopng OF so pn
forgotten feud; and partly the resl' OF nHua, Ie'
yefy M fortur ate and unsiepa hostility eIstrg BE-
tween the " ins al outs. Each separate i'cron hss
its own indefsfieabe editor, posted ike wstoa,ul
varder on the party walls, each clsiming 70 De tns
Simon Pure septinels, and both orsncisoing then
spear of point ed and vIulent verbsge very much a.
II they considerd themselves the sole guardians OF me
inner dc or Of the Democratic temple. What boots II
II they dip their pers 10 wormwood ana gan, ~
tbey not write "leaders that are models OF or hact
derurciation AID witherng sarcasml What matters
il if they sometimes fail 70 scent the enemy nom ai
Do they not devote themselves WI unfaggng Zeal TO
the discovery OF intestine treachery which mucn
more insidious foe and have they not already ds'
cost an amoutt of i alous csucuscramming greedy
wiie.pullipg, malicious bsckbitipg and seltshness
within their own organization, which gives one q
esher Confidence in the genuine orthodox theory OF
total depravityl
What sharpens the contest and gives poin. and
vigor TO the attack of the outs" is the undisgused
TACT that The eff in the gift Of the Fedsra Govern
uept in ibis State have rot been given to the best the
most deserving or the most popular men in the party
but 10 the csmorous friends OF certain selfcons.i
tuttd BOARD of Trade, presided over by that pure
patriarch ard patron OF Democracy the Hon. Nathan
Clifford. Now prev Us to the Inauguration this ZEAL
GUS patriot had been very decidedly expecting prom
!, emf nos;tioo in Ruchanans Cabinet to the which
hope he was somewhat mpeled, no doubt, by the re-
membrance Of previous peccedilloes aud mutual hob
poboipgs with that distinguished individual In the
Cabinet Of Polk. in the economy OF politics, how,
ever as well az in the economy Of this derapged aud
abnormal world, tbe is not always to the swift
nor the battle to the strong. And thus turned out
that the goal not 10 be reached in this case by
him who had run fastest and farhest to obtain tn
glitterng pnze. But as discretion is the better p.t
Of vaor and az powerful friend s TO be treated with
condes nson rather than animadvereion he disposed
Of bis injured feelings and unrequIted friendship to-
geher with his law briefs. in the pigeonholes OF his
detk, and posted of to Washington with smile OF
forgiveness on his face, that, under other circum-
stances would have been delightful evidence OF the
innate goodness of his heart. Then and there, by the
relen,irg kindness Of The corcilated Buchanan, be
the disposal OF offices 10 this State in
n n apner seriously ~ damage his own prospects Of
political preferment, and TO affect the unity aod et-
cieI cy Of his party for long period to come thereby
reminding one Of the course of the sagacious indi
vidual in the nursery ballad,
- who wondrous wise,
Jumped into bre bush and scratched out both his eyes"
We ere aD1iously awaiting the advent Of the first
number of the new Ne,c-EReLand Monthly. Runor
both Lopgfeow and Lowell to have poems in it,
ar that Holmes is the contributor Of iresstibiy
humorous article. Let us give il an early benson;
but can we help saying, with sgh, as we remember
the past that precocious Infancy is lot always fol-
lowed by the bloom and beauty Of perfect life
MACHIGoNNE. .