Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-01
Our WashInefonI CoTresIshaonce. I
,ga-I- saI Q WAsHISsToN, March 81.


Office seeking.-The throng of Office. seek
ers here has diminished somewhat; but the
noble army is like thato the martyrs-the
death of one is the birth Of another, and the
ranks are never utterly thinned out. will
not pretend to say how many there may be
of patriots in town willing to sate the U Union
and accept office. And the reserve is still
greater. These last stay at home and send
letters here, ia numbers that would seriously
enhance the postal revenue, were it not that
such letters are, under the franking privilege,
The position Of a member Of Congress is
any thing but envisble If he be here, there
are men lying in wait for him before he has
risen from his bed, each soliciting only three
minutes private conversation with him.
Each recounts his services in the Republican
cause, and his especial exertions in behalf of
| the member whose aid he solicits. Each
has his ''papersp that he will insist on read
ing to the unoffending member. Each de-
mands said members Endorsement and his
influence with the President. And when
! the member finally makes his choice between
| the rivals, he pleases the successful one and
displeases all the rest, and has the pleasant
CONSCIOUSNESS lldb us lOdSe IN
| his deestrict' half dozen or more men to
work against him when he again presents
himself for the sufrages of an enlightened
| constituency. ..... :. .... ..
This is a new trouble to most of the hon
orables now in Congress-they have been so
long in the minority, and national patronage
they are not used to administer upon.
1t amuses your correspondent very much
| as much, say, as piece of job Office criti-
cism-toread the comments of certain Jour-
mails upon Office seeking. The condemnation
| they heap upon oftice-seekers in generals
so seveTel 1t adds to the force of this con-
demnation that very frequently the editors
and publishers of these condemning journals
are themselves "pertinacious" and PERSIST
ent' in their search for office. l might in
stance one sheet in your city which illustrates
the point ! mention. But ] suppose that
sending paper.maker to press one claims
for a,Post' office, is not pertinacity in seek
log place. ~ r,,. -. .f.rrt...t s-r.
Secessionists. in 0fice.-There is a good
deal of complaint justnow, that in the va
rious Departments are. retained many subor-
dinates, who, during the Buchanan Anarchy
were openly and ayowedly on the side of the
traitors. However much objection there
may be in general to removals from Office
on political grounds, no one, i suppose, will
contend that the Departments should en-
ploy persons who abuse their official position
to the injury of the Government. Some of
the prominent of these traitors have already
been decapitated; but too many remain.
1t is ludicrous to see those very Demo-
Gratis who have always demanded that the
victors should have the spois, protesting
against being themselves removed so that
the Republicans may have their turn at the
public crib. A few months ago they abetted
traitors, swore Lincoln should never take
his seat as President applauded the Con-
federates, and were vehement for SURF ender
of oil the national property to the seceders.
Now they are the best of Union men they
discover in Lincoln peculiar fitness for the
position he is called to occupy, and camor
for the reinforcement of Sumter. Person
ally or by proxy they implore Republicans
to sign their petitions for retention, cliuging
with the convulsive tenacity of despair to
the leanest hope of holding their places.
The Republican Senators have endeavored
for some days to remove the Sergeant at.
AIMS and Doorkeeper of the Senate, and to
replace them with Republicans This the
Democrats have resisted, and for this session
successfully, by declaring that they would
leave the Senate without a quorum if the
opposite side went into an election.
The Democrats spoke feelingly about the
removals being solely for political reasons
and not for "cause" 1t was not said by
any of the Senators, but it occurred to many
in the galleries that when a ruffian with
deadly purpose struck down one of the Sem
ate, the Sergeant farms stood by with his
hands in his pockets. 1t seems that the Re-
publicaDs first use of their majority should
should have been 10 remove that man.
Tall Men Coming Up.-By- the by, wher
| was in the Senate the other day l was
struck with the fact that tall men werC
coming uD. Napoleon, you know, chose
men by their noses. With him the rule fol-
office seekers was -..-... ..
I.
And in he goes"
But the whole is notoriOusly greater thar
! any of its parts and if the length of nost
be a Recommendation, why should not length
OF body be still greater recommendation
} The force of this recommendation (alway
} felt and approved by your correspondent a
length is recognized by the public; and w
have "0d Abe" in the White House, with
Senate the majority of whose members ar
six feet aud over; while such as Sherman
Cowan, Lane, Clark, and Trumbull, by ap
5 propriate leanness, make their length NOR
conspicuous.
If you go into the streets, you will NEE
more tail men than were ever seen before il
q Washington. There has been an inundatiol
: of ADakim here, TO the CONSERVATION OF tn
hotel.keepers, whose low. studded rooms d
not comport with the longitude of thei
a guests and afford them the latitude desired
Decidedly, tall men are coming up. Wear
done with pigmies and medium men--eom
: promises. Public life will henceforth hav
Q in its ranks those whom Frederick, had
been alive to-day, would impress into hi
= Guard. OF course, these men, unlike thos
= we have had in public life, will hereafter b
y looked up 10 with heads above the strife an
confusion of ordinary mundane affairs the
r can see with clear eyes the path of policy Q
J, duty. Take courage, all ye who are slat
d sided, and lean, and lank "as is the ribbe
sea'sand.p You are beginning to be apprt
i, ciated. 1t shall 10 longer be a complain
I that you have "lean aud hungry look
= The rather shall it be an honor and crow
. of rejoicing. Wherefore lift up the head
which droOp, and straighten the shoulder
% which are bowed down and curved. Dra'
Q yourselves up to your full hight, aud whe
r you think Of "0id Abe" say, proudly, "
too am (tallJ man"
n = RODERICK RANDOM.