New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-02
FROM WASHING TON

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-" W WAsHryoroS, June 80, 1859.
a rAs cour,e Of the Administration in denying cur
.So.ted c;t;rene The rights Of protection abroad,
.nA considering that they may be arrested for null
Ear, .eryice without redress. has excited so much
te,ling and been attended with such misehievous
party consequence that it s prcposof to insert .
plsok il the Cbsrleston platform, Nth reference
To tbisspecial necessity The Democracy feei 'hS.
their game of deception and hyPocrsy' Is a0'u'
p,s, ed out with the interest wh'cn thsy Inv
slwsys particularly courted and that .nls oo.dI ie
Of a so-caed Democratic Admiul'' a' I'D er
annibilates al their previous proe-son'' "a he.
go. ,h.;y hoIloxness ssd insiocerty. ~ IS oe-
- 80 tens of Thousands Of naturallze1 voters,
- 49, heretofore swallowed these nostrum',
-.tso,f more than reading the label, VIII, aiter
tb,s Isst disgusting dose, GEEK some rea' re"e'!'
ard abandon such qgsckery in the isture.
The black mating process, Which originated ~
New. York sou,e years ago. when private character
vas ssssiyed or threatened, as means OF ieVying
compulsory contributions, has been introduces
heye ss n pciitical eIpedient. Several attempts
have been made since The Union was converteG illo
The Consolation TO force it upon the puohc onces,
hat without any material success, untii within tne
kst week. That formidable military Ghienan'
Briead,er General George Washington B0"man,
whose heroic exploits in the village OF Beaiord are
recorded in history, complained beqneptiy OF m.e
N 4, the paper could not be continued without sd'
Sitionsl di6. inssnuch as the 5000 derived from
Wendell, and the advertising OF the department.
only covered the actual expenses oi PuphcaIon
ana eft nothing for the editors and hs modest SELL
The diepjtsries syDpatbized with his sorrows, ana
il was suggested ihst the thousand or more ohcias
in Washington, would doubtless be very happy 70
.upuort IN organ Of the Administration, wnicn
xss rendering such uncommon service 10 the cause
and the country Accordingly, Lists OF all the ncun-
bepts were prepared and turned over 10 tne hcsds
of the difeTeut subdivisions or bureaus, wns were
expected TO present them TO the subordinates, IN
order that each one might afix his signature Oppo-
site his name, and have the exquisite privilege OF
paving Sc az subscriber TO The Constitution be-
side. OF course there was no compulsion about IL.
Oh! certainly not The clerks looked as smiling
A 90 many baskets Of chips, and rushed up to pay
their quota Of devotion. At night the lists were
doubtless examined, TO ascertain who the few recu
sants were, and probably they may hear OF the
omission by and BY 1t would not do to exhibit
any resentment just DOw but every mothers son
Of them is marked for punishment. Such desplca-
BE tyranny as this was never cOuDtenanced by but
one President before, and he John Tyler. In the
DAYS of the illustrlOus John Jones and his Made
sonian this terrorism was introduced, but by no
body else in the worst party times.
IL was announced at the advent OF this Admins
tration that most of its members were rich men,
and, with one or two exceptions, the statement
was true. The President is a batchlor, with some
hundreds Of thousands sated down. Gen. Cass is
rated at several millions. Mr.. Thompson counts
nearly one. Mr.. Cobb is more easy in his personal
than in his public finances. Mr.. Holt has fortune.
Mr. Toucey is also in that comfortable category.
Mr. Floyd and Mr. Black have nothing TO spare
In the midst of 30 much wealth it might be pre-
sumed thst an organ so exclusively personal as The
Constitution is, would be supported, If necessary
since the public refuses 10 subscrlbe-Out Of the
private purses of those most interested, without
subsidzing the Treasury or taxing poor clerks
with limited pay and large families. 1t is a re-
markable fact that no regular Democratic organ
ssn be sustained here or in the large cities, with
out Federal patronage