The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-08

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Mr. Buchanan and the Deserters from the
| Administration.
| We have observed, of late, from our extensive
list of newspaper exchanges of all parties and
factions throughout the Union, remarkable
slackening of the fire Of the opposition batteries
against the administration. They have evidently
exhausted their immediate supplies of ammuni-
ton, and the sources which have supplied them
are falling short. At the same time, in the en-.
thusiastic reception of Mr.. Buchanan in North
Carolina, from place to place, by all parties, we
recognise the general sentiment of the American
people in regard to his administration as the
sentiment Of cordial appreciation. These things,
after the terrible ordeal of opposition assaults
and democratic assertions, rebellions treach-
Buchanan, as the responsible head of the govern
ment, has bravely fought his way, will afford
him the calm enjoyment of the rich fruits of a
great and solid victory.
Never, before 1856, was a democratic Presi-
dent elected with such tremendous odds against
depend go much upon the personal popularity
and nationality of their candidate; and never
before did the necessities of the party demand
more imperiously its cordial union in support of
the President thus elected. But, with the
proclamation of his Cabinet, the war of
the cliques and factions commenced to rule
or ruin his administration. Thus, from the
fourth of March, 1857, down to this day, the
treacheries, rebellions and conspracies of the
democratic camp have given the President more
trouble, more labor and more abuse than all the
efforts and inventions Of the opposition, in Con-
gress and throughout the country, to belle, to
disparage and to break down his administration
In truth, the rebels and traitors Of the democra-
tic party have been the principal sources which
have supplied to the most INSCRIPTIONS of the
opposition journals, here and elsewhere, the
filthy garbage of personal defamation, upon
which, for the last year or two, they have been
chiefly feeding.
Conspicuous among. the democratic cliques
and factions which have thus had their revenges
to satisfy against Mr. Buchanan, we may men
ton the Wise clique of Virginia, the Walker
| Kansas clique of New York, the Douglas faction
Of Illinois, and the Forney faction of Pennsylva-
MIA. Kansas, the Lecompton constitution, "the
English swindle,' were the excuses for deser-
ton and rebellion in each of these cases; but
unquestionably the real provocation in each
case was in various disappOintments, great and
small in the paramount democratic business of
the division of the spoils, the honors and emolu-
ments within the gift of the President Thus,
the Virginia clique of Wise, Richie, Pryor and
others, if reduced to an honest confession, would
doubtless say that the objectionable insult to
them was the ingratitude of Mr.. Buchanan con-
corning certain foreign missions and other fat
places bestowed elsewhere; thus the peculiar
hostility of the DouglasIllnois clique against
the President was drawn from his distribution
of the Illinois Post Offices and other local bits
Of federal patronage; thus Forney became an
implacable enemy Of Mr. Buchanan, because the
President failed to perceive the fitness of Forney
for Cabinet appointment
| We all know, that as special act of good
will towards Gov. Wise, Mr.. Buchanan made Mr..
Floyd his Secretary of War; that the President
was disposed to go to any reasonable length to
satisfy the spells claims OF Mr. Douglas, and that
in the Gaze of Forney, after having failed to get
him elected to the United States Senate in a
Pennsylvania democratic Legislature, the Presi-
dent offered him the Consulate to Liverpool and
some other good things; but these concessions
| were not sufficient. Neither the Wise clique nor
the Douglas faction, nor Forney, would be salts
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! spells on hand and the control of Mr.. Buchanan
in reference to the spoils Of the succession. As
for Robert j. Walker, he has proved a very un-
grateful spoils politician. As the chief of the
New York Hotel democratic Contribution Rails
ing Committee Of 1856, his influence decided the
appointment in regard to several of the very
latest federal offices in this city; and yet, not
content with his desertion of the administration
which had thus favored him, Mr.. Walker, it is
understood, has been using, and continues to
use, these New York officials to the prejudice of
the President and the democratic party.
From the rebellious aud treacherous leaders,
cliques and factions, thus indicated. and from
Inc agents and newspaper organs in their inte-
rest, the opposition for year or two have been
chiefly supplied with all those scandalous inven-
tons Of personal abuse and scurrility which have
SO deeply disgraced their warfare against Mr.
| Buchanan and his administration. But with the
exhaustion of the corrupt fountains which have
supplied these foul streams, we find the stream
Themselves very naturally drying up. simulta
neously we see the public sentiment Of the coun
try illustrated in the vindication of the Presi
dent and his general policy. At this rate, it Ia
hardly unreasonable to predict that before the
expiration of Mr.. Buchanan's term of Office
these aforesaid fsithless cliques and leaders oil
his own party, Of high aud low degree, will sink
down to their proper level of public indifference,
while the administration itself will continue to