New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-01
AN APPLICANT FOR OFFICE.

AN APPLICANT FOH OffIOE.
Correspondence OF The n. y. Tribune.
"Chres pe.bler of Tire Ja.ey CIV sonddrd q said be
applicant for the position Of Pufser 10 The Navy"
As the reasons are not given why Mr.. Desner should
receive the appointment TO responsible post which
no one but a true patriot and tried Union man should
hold we beg leave refer TO editorial in The Jersey
Cay Standard of Friday evening, April ~, the day
il was rnmored that Fort Sumter was be bombarded
In thai editorial President Lincoln ia kened to the
first murderer, being emphutoey styled The Ameri-
can Cain" IL il understood that Mr.. Deshler writes
his editorials, and the following extracts
selected from the leading article, is his real seL
ments:
"THE AMERICAN CAIN"
Z" The blind or mad politicians In whose hands are
entrusted the Adnnist alton Of Government enh
s. Their own party s5PS.en H q s
write, their nurderous csDnops are hufDg the n
which ed the blood Of brtthren the merei
hes bayone may engaged work which the
very demons to rub then hsods with slee.
There madness and ruthlspe.s in the Ehich
SEEM 4 we're bent upon he de.,ruson a cad Of he pre-
erysiion Of the Union and a. If al wisdom spd PsrOi bad
no, now seemed pos.e...s ms'teru
which darss to rise aoS'e emo 'nd passion. aud TO save the
rather than sher it 10 sos by drifting into war and rspns
pcsbe cowardiDess not merely the mor cowsrdce which
cTOuehes before the demands Of an Infatuated parry but the.
cowsrdice which sees to do veal aud wicIed deed and to
gain fs the appearance Of sEaniniy or even humanity
at dare the sbo, the blood and
IL Is seeking atkce to transfer the odum Of do
Ing 5 the Southern Coniedefacy'
rbe assumption Of regard foT hum ~ ard the actiou'
which the Government base H. ham the most
parent mockery Unsubs.niia hypocy whrh
only infamous than the low cunning h which 1t is
intelligent VIII be deceived by the plea and n blood
be shed L win be laid waeIs it justly ought @ b. s a, the
dare clo,e it's ssAus, oil the persuasive tie. of
r war 70 demon the nob Sio b our ..Rsr founded
uemry Of Abraham In,On end biz inatuaed adviser. will
only preseed with that Of other detoye to be sconed and
exeerated
AdmoisrsOn needs any descriptive Of tho President
destroyed the institutions which bo swore to protect IL wi
who said hat he deserted his party
TIA be ruined his county, who he'd fso,ST :1S,ads FOR his
his couIse and Virtue m patriot aud who destroyed by h.
the world ever wine,sed!'
But will make further extracts The editorials
of TIE STANDARD on the day when the President Issued
a proclamation calling for $1,000 men to protect the
capital, and when 900 well-fed traitor) sol.
des conquered 20 halfsta1ed, patriotic, brave de-
tenders Of countrys flag, similar expressing
sympathy with the traitop, and il not until tho
sublime uprising of the North as one man. 10 put down
rebellion and preserve the UDioD that be MR. Desh-
ler), seeing which way the popular breeze blow
ing expressed his Willingness 10 sail ia the old ship
Union, by saying he "shonld support the Government
because il bic duty" But did he retsact single
word Of what he had written No. Ii he did il was
not pubic. And now he asks of that Government
which, he sad, was jmbruing itself in brothers blood
a responsible, remunerative Office. We are no poll.
ciu hot understand the science of political econ
omy, and do Dot which party rules provided the
Government have the night in the right places,
and the glorious, free Institutions which our brave
forefathers founded aud cemented with their hcarts
blood are preserved IN their purity yet cannot
fran from asking il there are not men capable of filing
80 responsible Office who have never, for one mo.
ment sweryed from their allegiance to tie UDion and
u There are tuch men, why is wbose sympathy has
been wlb The traitors WHO would rob US OF our birth
rgnt of Freedom, even nan,edl
A. Is SAD that ladies' whose husbands are in the roIel
dry ssipoiC themselves by copying documents in the
Ia arior department AZ Washington" Now, there ia
nhly loyai woman, qualified by talent snd education
toI oopyr WHO MAJ seen those TO whom che looked
iOf projection go fo ID from her home IN d.fand the
hoor Of ttss national Dag while che epdrree Iva;on
WI IO1t Tnnrmur looking in vain for come em,lov
neht that eks may udd 70 her scanty storoai And Inc
ae others, Ha2 en- VINO love our tree l,sfuoJs ,r;,L
reverebtiSe, who, II need be, would give their Tycs
70 preserve tu Union and oiye rebellion from o'r
and who haze not sympathy with tnitors. but. hos.
he 70 anarch and treason, give 10 freeooin and
Right eli the no VIE aspirations Of tbor bearts nh
by the general d.SCession Of business arc Out Of er
Jloymeut aid deprived Of many comforA bur who AZ,
capable Of cop, ing documents In the Ipierior Da
,art,nept, no doubt .4s iie wives Of traitors And 10
ShcL should empo, 'nent be given-to her who avn.
'atLizes with the II 'be army, TO her who wonld
willingly mako any 81 srifce that glorious old aag
ne STARS and stripes, ty once more float fee and un
ullied hom evsy noun yin and hilltop III the Land