Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-02
Political Gossip.


Political Gossip.
Notwithstanding the general dullness which
, prevails in the political world, the Washington
correspondent of tho Baltimore Patriot has yet
been able to serve up dish Of gossip from the
capital, which we sub DIN as follows;
Tho Prince of Fillitustcrisn. the Hon. Pierre
Soule. has been here, on his way to New York.
where it is understood lac is to have an interview
with Gen. William Walker, in regard to the affairs
of Central America. No doubt but the object of
his visit to Washington was to rcconn0itre, md
to feel tho pulse of the Administration in regard
to q descent upon Yucatan. with 4 view 10 the
possession of Cubn. 1t is said that Mr.. Soule, ON
his way to Washington, spent several days at Old
Point Comfort where he closeted with the
Hon. A. Dudley Mann, and Ex-President Tyler
The appearance of Mr.. Soule always furnishes
ground for suspicion that mischief is upon the ia
he justly termed the Lcdru Rollin Of the United
States.
The Secretary of the Navy returned t. his post
on yesterday, and all the Cabinet are present ex-
cept Secretary Floyd who is expected next week,
and Attorney General Black. who is now in tho
keystone State, and will remain some time for
the purpose of harmonzing the discordant cle-
ments Of the nyncible--but now distracted De
mocracy of that old Commonwealth.
Never in the history of the Government has there
boen such an open and ayowed interference upon
the part Of the Executive with the freedom of cleo
tons. The whole Cabinet. with the President at
its head, are in the field; and the means which
resorted to, and the appliances used, are Of char
acter that, in the earlier days Of the Republic,
would have shocked the moral sense Of the peo-
pie, as to have met with almost universal condsm-
nation. The heart sickens at the prospect and
40 man can contemplate tho future without sad
ness and alarm, unless there shall DO change Of
men and measures. The Commissioner of the
General Land Office has left his bureau, and is
now stumping the State Of Indiana. Senator
Bright is also there and it is snid that the pol-
cal struggle in that State, for intensity and bitter
meas, has already reached point heretofore un
known. Money is being la,shly used, and there
is no doubt but that the pockets Of the Govern
mental employees will be greatly depleted before
the campaign of the present year shall be brought
to n close. 1t is also said that Senator Bright il
using his large fortune with lavish hand, and
that he has pushed his credit with Mr.. Corcoran,
the Washington Rothschild, to the utmost limit.
1t is to be hoped That tho ycomnnry Of lndianawill
stand firm, and prove to the world that like their
revolutionary ancestry, they will never barter
their right ms freemen for gold and silver.
Advices from Illinois represent the battle there
equally as bitter md intense rs in Indiana. Both
parties are straining every nerve, and each pro-
TESS to I've confident Of success. With Judge
Douglas it is battle for life and should he he
successful il will be death blow to all his future
aspirations. Many leading Southern politicians
express the confident opinion that the Democracy
can alone succeed. in 1860, with Senator Douglas
as their nominee for the Presidency, and openly
condemn the course Of the President aud that of
his organ, the Washington Union. now make
the prediction. md wish you to stick pin here,
that should Judge Douglas triumph in Illinois,
he will be the nominee Of the Charleston Con,en-
ton.