The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-06-27

pause, and allow our readers to pause, and, after
such political debauch take needful rest for
both body and mind But duty forbids. 1t must
he perfectly apparent 10 all unprejudced minds,
that despite what has been done at Chicago and
here; despite what has been effected in the
Church, the Wigwam, the Theatre, and the Insti-
tute we still have not nearly enough Presidential
Candidates We have had four or more when
our population not half what it is at present
What shall hinder us from running dozen now
The Convention business pays remarkably well,
and Baltimore has quite a monopoly of it. We
should like several more in the course of the sea-
son, and, therefore, call upon the friends of
General HoUsToN, or any other gentleman and
scholar, who has friends, to come on at once, en-
gage The Front Street Theatre, and bring him out
Manager FORD is solcitous to obtain engagements,
and we will cheerfully lend our flag, and report
the proceedings. with our usual accuracy, gratis.
AS commercial journal, with an eye to the main
chance, prefer candidates presented by
Conventions, especially those of the polypus
der, which multiply by fssure and reverse
altogether our national motto of G pluriJas unun.
But if we can't have any more Conventions, we
may at least have few more candidates. and this
brings back to the starting point. We have be-
fore us a letter signed American which, but
for its great length and the exhaustion consequent
upon our labors of the last week, we might pub
fish entire, presenting cone of the people as
candidate for the Presidency" This letter asserts:
THAT the present condition of affairs is admitted by
all to be the most critical An unusual number of politi
| cal pares-an unusual number of candidates for the
Presidency-not one of whom has sufficient personal
influence obtain the popular yotel This
things is caused by past perversons by politicians of
the fundamental law of the land concerning the election
of Chief Magistrate
Looking back beyond the Revolutionary War;
the writer finds the first trouble to have been triple
oligarchy, composed of members of the legal pro-
fession the possessors of inherited, and the posses
sors of acquired wealth, who monopolized the
| government. The founders of the Republic in
tended to break down this oligarchy, and by the
abolition of the property qualification for voters,
succeeded in destroying the influence of wealth,
but failed with respect to the lawyers; in conse-
quence
"of which have degenerated into Oligsrchal Re
public of which the legal profession is the ruling Man
DARN class monopolizng the Chief Magisracy, together
with all the honors and chief offices of the Government
After very long and painful detail of the
naughty proceedings of these legal Mandarius,
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The only remedy evils is to nominate for the
Presidency who is eminent for talents and public
services, who is emphaticaly of the people, having
been in office nor receiving any reward or eonital
for his services, and finally who is never has
been member of the usurpng legal and official ogar
chy and never participated in its violations of popular
rights, and whose election, the refore being rebue to
those proceedings, will be calculated attract to the
polls that large body of influential and intelligent
who, from dissatisfaction have withdrawn politics
and in conjunction with other patriotic citizens of ali
parties effect election of the President by the popular
vote The candidate who unites all these requirements
and whom consider to be the only all suitable
for the present crisis, is WILLIAM DAVID CLARKE MUIR
DOCK of Maryland for many years past resident the
neighoorhood of of Prince Georges
county Mr.. Murdoch claims his birth-righ of Federal
cnzenshlp IN Maryland He was also born to citizen
ship in Virginia.
Having announced the remarkable fact of his
candidates second birth, which ought certainly
TO secure his political salvation the letter writer
thus proceeds 10 detail few of his services:
early in the Texan revolution published an earnest
appeal to the American people in its favor He explained
It's nature and true origin and its perfect justice thereby
discussing the public mind of the unounded imputa-
lions of its enemies. He advocated the immediate
neXaon of Texas, to shield her from Mexican outrage
and foreseeng the constitutional difficulties that would
be raised by the enemies the measure he pointed out
the proper constitutional way effect the annexation by
bringing her in at once State, under the 4th Ar
cle, Sec Sd, of the Constitution in which way she
indeed, long afterwards, annexed after every other
nethod had been tried in vain. Secondly when were
at the point of with Great Britain about Oregon
when our Government had rendered the line 49o So
its ultmatum and had received from the British Gov
eminent refusal accompanied with tender its
mtin,dtln of the line of the Columbia When
eminent had rejected this and had informed Congress
that negotiation had utterly failed, and
warke measures to assert claim up to 54o40>-when
day set for distinguished and influential Senator
to make his warspeech in the Senate, doubted
warlike resulton that morning. before the de.
bate, assisted by friend in Congress, he placed the
desk of member of Congress- and of every high off
cerof the pamphlet aoh has name ANNEXED
which pointed out ground of claim in favor which
had been overlooked by all and which the British Gov
eminent could neither gansay resist The result
was that the distinguished Senator made his
speech, that negotiations resumed. that warlike
proceedings were stopped both sides, and that Mr.
Louis McLane was sent to England to urge this new
ground of claim which he did with such and
to elicit from the British Government tender of
the line of 49 So which it had before rejected and the
dispute peacefully settled joy of both nations
e that the people are INDEBTED ed to
greater service than this We should have had
not only with Great Britain but with Mexico and the In.
dian tribes. With so many enemies, should have
been hard pressed indeed We should have lost Oregon
perhaps Texas, and should have acquired Cali
forna, and should have been put back hundred years
in our progress in national greatness
'In the third place, " observing the inefficiency
of the Government, che made nearly all the sug-
'gestions which were of practical use in the con.
'duct of the Mexican War, and some others in
flavor of several reforms, which will never be car
'ried out until he himself is elected PRESIDENT of
''the UNITED STATES. Fourthly, at The conclusion
'of the Mexican War, he entirely and satisfactorily
arranged, on the basis ofpermanent compromise,
all the difficulties between Free Sellers and Fire
'Eaters, growing out fthe annexation of Mexican
TERRITORY. Filthy, he allayed by several powerful
PARTICLES, published in local papers, disconents of
''the people of the District of Columbia. Sixthly,
land lastly, when was threatened between
''our government and that of Denmark, ON ac-
count of the Sound dues, Mr.. MURDOCH inter-
''pcsed his good Offices and preserved the peace"
''Such," SAYS correspondent are some of
''the services of WILLIAM DAVID CLARK MURDOCH,
Of Maryland, y let us add land of Virginia. and
none can deny that they are worthy to he reward
red with the highest office in the gift of the Amer
''ican people" We do not propose to deny 1.-THE
fact being too plain for doubt 1t is quite shame
that the author of all these acts of craftsmanship
should have been so long unknown, while four or
five presidents have been made on the reputation
of some one other of them.
In conclusion, our correspondent 'fsubmits his
name to the American people as a candidate for
"he highest office in their gift wishing for no fur
ether electioneering efforts in his behalf but the
necessary explanation by the press of his claims
ito the popular favor, and the constitutional SER
"vices of electors favorable to him.
1t is plain, therefore, that we are not to expect
a Convention from the friends of Mr.. WILLIAM |
DAVID CLARKE MURDOCH, who depends, like SEN
slble man, on the press alone. We venture to sug-
gest that, by an economical use of his own name, a
full ticket might be made for PRESIDENT and VICE
PRESIDENT, one-half to hail from MARYLAND, and |
the other from Virginia-his respective birth
places. We have thus endeavored to do our duty |
to our correspondent and the country, not think |
ing of the Post-ofice blanks in the event
of success. We will not undertake to promise a |
unanimous vote. The oligarchy is as yet, alto
gether too strong for that In fact, we fear that,
in spite of our frst-rate notice, the CLARKE
MURDOCH ticket may be defeated and upon a
calm review of the chances, that Mr.. WILLIAM
DAVID CLARKE MURDoCK's position is very
much like that of the luckless tree-frog, shaken
from peach tree into the open mouth of a raw
Irshman, who had spread his jaws for the recep.
ton of. quite different vegetable As it disap-
peared forever down the yawnng chasm, the little
batrachian uttered last squeak, upon which
PADDY is said to have remarked with cool and
ready politeness, 'Sorry for ye, but We spake too
late If we had only been applied to little
sooner there is no TELLING what mipht have been |