, 1860-01-03
MIR. BucIlananss Kitchen Cabinet.

MIR. Buclaanan's Kitchen Cabinet.
[Fr0n oecas:ouas co1e;Bo,ae,es With the rhlsaepb..
The "kitchen Cabinet" Of Mr. Buchanan to-
day is curious mcdley-one which consti-
tutes strong contrast to that Of General jack
son. NoSouthern gentleman Il will not speak
Of the North. which seems to be entirely exclu-
ded from the Presidential mansion feels as if
he is sale in approaching Mr.. Buchanan, Sur
rounded as he is by such mercsnaries aud
caveG-dropucrs as Browne, ofthc Constitution,
Francis J. Grund, and James Gordon Bennett
three refugees from their respective countries
the one who boasts Of nobility Of birth. and
who, il lis claim be lcyitimat, has no right to
be regarded az o natuTaliZed citizen; the
other, Francis J. Grund-in the language Of
Jefferson Dayis--" "tbo basest Hessian of
them ALL" and the last man for whose
ears Mr.. Buchanan advertised a reward in
1856, for. slanders uttered upon bis. household
and the sacred recollections Of. his youth.
These are tie chiefs Of Mr. Buchanan's
"kitchen Cabinet" Grunl is, un4uestiona-
bly,, the first, because lie is now al busy in
collecting tic gossip Of the hotels, and in re-
porting to the President all that ia said fur OF
against him, as during the period Of Mr.. Bu-
claanan's service IN the Senate, and while he
industrious in circulating the monstrous cal
umnies upon his character. Mr.. Browne,
4le editor Of the Constitution, bears q genial
relation 10 the Administration, inasmuch az,
having been accustomed TO foreign courts, be
can crafty lis own tastes By addressing him.
self to the n jesty Of the White House, in as
sailing all those who are opposed to his policy.
Bennett serves the interests Il Mr.. Buchanan
by attacking his old friends, and his paper is
received and opened every evening BY the
most welcome visitor at the tea-tab}e. There
are subordinate members Of tile Kitchen Cabi-
net, who do the work Of fetching and carrying,
such, for instance, as Gen. Bowman, Of the
Constitution, Finn, the navy agent, and the
immortal Jinks, who seems to be so anxious
to he noticed III my correspondence, that an
glad to oblige lin by once mora using his
name.
Grund and Finn never miss day in calling
upon the President Citizens from the differ
ent Statcs aud particularly Pennsylvania,
avoid going to the White House, to pay even
their formal respects, because they find Grund
ut the bottom Of tue stairs, with his spaniel
like courtesies to those who are willing to
recognize him, and Finn at the top, with his
snsaking faee-hoth charged with the mission
Of taking note Of every independent man who
desires admission. These creatures remain
until the public and the Presidential patience
arc exAaustcd-until' tho visitors at the man-
sion have retired, when they force themselves
upon the presence Of the Executive, on the
prctext Of being the posscssors Of important
information, aud there detail all the gossip Of
tho last twentyiour hours, true or false, which
they hare been ablc to collect The im-
preston US to Mr.. Buchanau's dotage has be-
come 50 chronic that ligll-toned men refuse to
address themselves to his weakness; and,
therefore, these miserable sycophants are ad-
n,ittcd to his private hours, aud, in known
instances, have succeeded in thwarting The
wishes Of some Of his Cabinet ministers. In
asmucl1 as Attorney General Black is now rus.
tic;ltiuy at the Merchants Hotel, in P]liladcl
plia: bcg to refer you to him, to ascertain
whether the F." Kitchen Cabinet has not ell
tirely ovcrawed-nnd trarnplcd Under foot tina
Which is regarded as the constitutional institu
| ton.