Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-17
Buchanan and his Movements-the Wash
Ington Union and the Little GInnt.

Buchanan and his Iovements-the Wash
ingtOn Union and the Little Giant.
A few days since, Cornelius Wendell. pro-
prietor of the Washington Union, was conso-
ling his 'chief," and remarked that the dark
ness was always the greatest Just before the
break of day-to which Mr. Buchanan re
piled, "but it is already broad daylight in
Pennsylvania, and the darkness thickens -
1t is evident that Old Buck considers the
prospect anything but fattering, and saws
he has been deceived as to the true state of
political feeling in Pennsylvania. Even his
protege, the Hon. J. Clancy Jones. is defeated
in Berks county, which has usually poled n
Democratic ajority of two thousand votes
will be recollected that Mr. Jones was n
prominent candidate for a cabinet appoint-
ment, and was only defeated by John w.
Forney.
1t is now determined by the President to
ditpatch his fayorite 10 Europe as Minister
Plenipotentiary to the Court of Austria, in
violation, of his established rule, to send no
man abroad who cannot converse in the Ian
guage of the country to which he is accredit-
ed The Cabinet however, on Friday last,
were unanimous in urging Mr.. Jones ap-
pointment, and he will probably leave at an
early day on his new mission
In Ohio, the defeat has not been so mark
ed, but nevertheless the Buckeye State has
fallen far below the calculations of the Ad
ministration, as also did Indiana. and now
all eyes are turned toward the Empire State.
to watch the moves upon the political chess
board there. Although there is a union of
the party In the State, the prospect is, sever
al congressional districts will be lost to the
Democratic party by the local divisions. In
the Sd District, the Administration is "leg-
ging" for Sickles but General Walbridge. an
independent Dem Jcrat, will whip the hide
of of him, and should the opposition run a
candidate, which they will certainly do, both
Sickles and Walbridge will 90 by the board.
Slckles seems to imagine that the Admins.
tration can save him, and he is here dogging
Secretary Cobb to bring to bear the whole
Custom House influence in his behalf 1t
won't do. The political life of the Hon Dan
Sickles closes with the present present Com
gress.
In the Eighth District in New York a
similar division exists, and strange to say,
the Buchanan men are urging the nomina-
tion of James Gordon Bennett, of the N. Y.
Herald, although it is well known that he is
the most uncompromising enemy the demo-
cratic organization has. In all his compli.
mentary notices of Mr.. Buchanan, he attempts
to separate him from his party, which he de-
nounces as depraved and corrupt | am.
nevertheless, informed, upon good authority
here, that Mr.. Buchanan desires Mr. Benefits
nomination, though contrary to the advice
and wishes of every member of his cabinet.
The great contest now going on in Illinois
has assumed n national character, and the
whole country is anXously awaiting the re-
suit. Every day brings us tidings from the
Southern Democracy, and, indeed, from all
parties in the South, who are warmly sym.
pathizing with and wishing the success of the
Little Giant, who is now the great center of
observation and political speculation. Doug
las is perfectly sanguine of success, as are
also his friends-and Mr. Buchanan now
feels that he has raised storm which will
probably bury him beneath the ruins of his
own Administration. The prominent men
are here from all the Southern States. and
they express but one voice. and that is all
the time for the triumph of Senator Douglas
The personal and vindictive war which
the Washington Union has been waging upon
the Illinois Senator is thus explained by Mr..
Wendell, the proprietor. lie said in the
presence of several gentlemen, that no man
would walk to Baltimore and vote for Ste
phen A. Douglas, sooner than himself, and
that Douglas knew this fact; that he was
the owner of the Union newspaper, it was
true, but he wrote none of the articles. These
he said were written by members of the
Cabinet, and he got well paid for publishing
them, and so long as he could make money
by so doing. he should continue it. Here
we have the secret of this war upon Douglas.
Wendell gets the pay and receives the abuse;
the aspirants around the President write the
articles attacking the statesman whom they
imagine stands in their way Washington
Cor of alta.