The Kanzas news., 1859-05-21

every nerve 70 keep their force during this Dc.
preston. and, i'm 50 far as knoz, tia eniF old
Wings Of any influence in that distrieE sEl1o are
In favor OF the reelection of Col Florsuce -
/ know from former experiences. tie valne ca
that influence, and feel persuaded that it IS shs
interest OF the Democratic party toinereaseit -
The First District will, l hope, be carried il
any event; but, With that shop at work, ll-hapd
ed, two, weeks prior to the election, the resuli
would; I think. be placed beyond all doubt. 50I
3Sl35fGo3 With much respect Earsf B=6aia
+ The lPRzsnESE. b VIC. PATERSON.
This letter was sent to the Secretary of the
Navy by the President, with this Endorsement:
The inelosed letter. from Col Paterson If Phil
adephia is submitted to the attention Of the Sec
retary of the Navy - <IgadHs O j. B. 2
/ The bidding of Messrs. Merriek 4 Sons
for the Pbilsdelpbia ship WAS Sl02, 600;
that of another very large frme in New
York was S98, 800, but Messrs.' MerFick
obtained tlie award The remarks made BY
the majority report on this transaction are
to the effect "that Merrick d Sons are mol
politicians, and never undertake to infia-
enee their workmen;i that 'stwos' out of the
three incline to the opposition; fsthat their
plan for the engines was unanimously ap-
proved; and that the President really took
no part in the matter at all. but merely re-
ferred eemmon business letter, bya com
mon and SusuaiJ Endorsement, to the depart
ment which il properly concerned. "a As
suming all this to be trueit is easy TO dis
Germ how very much still remains without
qualification or excuse. A Colonel in the
Army does not hesitate to address the bighess
parsonage in the Union in the most overt
and INSCRIPTIONS terms, recommending Iha,
political usefulness may be takenI fss eol,T
sideration in determining commercial con-
tract for the public service. The President
sends this communication to the Secretary
of the Navy, il without approval. ;alany rate
without protest, and the contract is ulti-
mately assigned to the parties on whose be-
half interest has thus been made. -.s...,
Now, we take upon ourselves TO say that,
to whatever extent personal exculpat5ons are
to be admitted, IL would be utterly impossi-
bic to find in England any such eorrupuons
ofsystem as have been thus exposed in
America. No person can doubt, after read
ing the reports proceeding from the Com
miltee ofInvestigation, that political influ-
enee is allowed in the United States to conter7
balance all other qualifications for the public
service. Nothing in this country makes
any approximation to the system there pur-
sued All the influence or intimidation here
practiced absolutely yanishes in comparison
with an organized policy under which every
thing, from first to last, is referred to cleo
tioneering utility. In this point of view.
the pal6ations offered in the favorable re-
port only make matters worse, for if they
exculpate individuals it is only at the ex-
pense of the entire community, to which
they ascribe similar laxity of political prin-
ciple. We may indeed well pause before We
introduce into England institutions like
these. They would certainly not tend to
financial economy or to public morality, and
from the illustrations here given it must be
equally clear that they would not conduce
to the freedom or independence of any class
of the body polite whatever.