New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-17

The gentlemen WHO do the didactic and the re-
feclive for the picture newspapers have enlarged
in sentences more or lees leaden, upon the moral
grandeur Of the Inauguration spectacle and have
with patriotic pride, spe :ulated upon the wonder
Dot "a ssy envy-with which the bedizened emb,s-
'adors must have gszsd upon the engine companies
end the Pennsy lvania militia. Admitting that we
hsd fine melo-drama on the 4th inst, we have
uor come naturally to the farce. We certainly do
10, think that the diplomatic people ever witnessed
al me any thing ike this scrabble for place, this
contest for coectorships and cekships, this psther
about post-c ices; in short, if We may use coarse
word-this grand grab for provender The Ma'a.
koff was not more closely invested than the White
House now is; and We verify believe that no
Russian soldier in that stronghold was in half so
much danger Of his life as is our venerable Pres-
dent Just at this time. We can easily insgine
without personal observation (for We have only
asked for the appointment Of orr friend Cass) how
poor Mr.. Buchanan is bated aud bullied, aud beset;
how the hungry beggars do invade the privacy OF
bedcbamber ard of library and of parlor; how the
perpetual knocking at the portals sounds in his ears
ike certain unmentionab'e gen.leman's tattoo
reveille of continually recurring wretchedness We
oil know wbat chronic bother sre the little girls
ard BOYS who come into our areas for broken
vctuals; but what are they to bOrdes Of mendcants
coming from all quarters and bawiDg for more Did
pieces of patronage than any President ever had or
ever will have We Dever before fully appreciated
the nursery line which babe our childhood pity
the sorrows of poor old man.
We do not know that this qusdrennial msnis is
comparatively higher now than upon previous out
bursts; but as the country expands there are more
,ffices to bestow, and of course, grea. many
more people who pant to fill them. We only refec
to the matter now to ask these tOrmentors of the
President if it be really their desire to Kill him
If they are bent upon moral murder Upon an
assassination by worrying Is Mr.. Buchanan to
be- drawn like badger-tO be hunted like fox
to be pestered, perplexed, hsrassed into an un-
timely grave Do they want TO make a whited
sepulcbre of the White House Are they in league
with Mr.. Breckenridge to take off the President
If lot, let them raise the siege and withdraw their
eager forces. Mr.. Buchanan is an old mao, and
however braveDy be may bear his years, yet We
must remember the proyerbial ounce which always
proves fatal TO the camel's spire. We hear from
Washington that the President is showing marks OF
age and that his friends really uneasy about his
health. II this be so, it should require no Hippo
crates to inform them that the best treatment of the
illustrous patient will be found in their immediate
departure for the rural districts. They can leave
behind them their peiitions-.he certificates Of their
vir.ues, the affdavits of their capacities the evil
dence Of the gross incompetency of their rivals,
Jores, Brown and Robinson aud Mr.. Buchanan,
with such aid, can make up bis mind without gaz-
ing upon their lean and hungry faces. The double
ristil ed extract of rats, which they gave to the
President at the National was sanative in conpari-
son with this procession of spectres around his
,fiicsl chair.
TIE nation has twice felt the death OF Presden.
TO be IN extraordinary misfortune. In both in
stances, it lost good executive officer and in both
found the constitutional compensation for the loss
TO be but q dubious solace. The two Vices have
turned out badly, and we do not want third Acct
deDcy. For various reasons, We should be very
sorry TO see Mr. Breckenridge President and there
fore, with our whole heart we do beseech tue
tfice. hunters not TO kill Mr. Buchanan.