The national Republican., 1861-03-23

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By advertisement Of the Adams Express, all
goods and packages Of merchandise to the Sc.
ceded states must pay duty, whether of foreign
or American manufacture.
p.ay' The suhjoned letter to the New York
Times is understood to be from the pen of our
townsman, Mr.. Goodloe:
THE SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS AND
THE OFFICES THE FRIENDS OF
THE UNION IN THE SOUTH MUST
NOT BE IGNORED.
WAsHlNGToN, March II, 1861.
In the irrcpressible scramble for Office, il is
quite evident that Southern Republicans are in
danger of being entirely overlooked. One would
have supposed that the men who have stood
faithful among the iaithless, on slaveholding
soil, would be the first to be remembered in the
day OF triumph but in the practical working of
the machine, they are completely lost sight of,
for the reason that they have no Senators and
Representatives To present their claims TO the
President and Cabinet. The Republicans Of
each House are Northern men. They have
their own constituents to provide for and to urge
forward; and their FIRST care is for these. To
Southern applicants, the almost invariable an
swer is, that they must not be overlooked. They
have rendered invaluable services, many Of
them, and the Pre- sdent will see them reward.
ed. But each in turn, for himself, declares that
he is so overrun with applicants from his own
State that really he has not the time to attend
to any others, and must be excused. This cruel
answer, however, is sometimes soltcned by an
agreement, by way of compromise, to sign a
recommendation, or to "do anything in my
power except to 90 in person and urge the
case.
II has been well understood in Washington,
time immemorially, that written applications Of
members Of Congress and others, unaccompan:-
ed by personal solicitations, mean that the un.
fortunate is to live on hope deferred, while his
testimonials quietly reposc in q pigeon.hole,
until the mice or the moths consume them. ]
am sorry to say that this is the character OF
most OF the Southern applications at the present
time, and the consequence has been that while
scores of vacancies have been made by the res
ignation of Southern Sccessionists, and several
by the dismissal of Southerners, not q case of
the appointment Of Southern Republican or
Union man has yet occurred, to my knowledge.
l believe that the Secretaries would not refuse
to fill such vacancies by Southern men, if they
were aware that applications were made but
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gress to stand at his back, while Northern
applicant is pressed upon the Secretary's atten.
ton by the Representative from his district, if
not by the whole delegation. Some two or
three appointments have been made among the
Republicans Of this city, but they are Northern
men, who claim residence or have influential
connections north of Mason and Dixon's line.
The Southerncrs are, one and all, in the pre-
dicament of the cripple at the Pool Of Sloan,
who had no one to help him in when the waters
were stirred. The case Of Mr.. Clay, of Ken.
tucky, is, Of course, an exception to the general
rule, because his distinction and popularity in
the North has given him hold upon the ailec.
tions of the people which could not be ignored.
1t must be apparent to every intelligent mind
that the effect OF this policy Of ignoring South.
ern Republicans will be most disastrous to the
cause OF liberal opinions in the South. 1t is
in effect putting them under the ban of pro.
scription, and declaring to the world that they
are set of "pestilent fellows" who must be
visited with the blightng neglect and indiffer.
ence of the Administration.
| have always maintained that it would be
the duty of the Republican Administration TO
encourage the friends of the Union and the op.
ponents OF the slavery propagandist "Democ.
racy " i'll the South, and common sense would
dictate the impolcy Of putting Republicans in
office in localities where they could barely be
tolerated by popular sentiment. No Republi.
can would desire such post, and it would be
highly improper to CRAFTY such n desire, if it
existed But no such difficulty presents itself
on the northern border of the South, and es.
pecally at st. Louis, Wheeling, Baltimore and
Washington. ] can speak for this point with
confidence, aud but speak the common opin.
ion when | say that the Republican party here
is at least equal in numbers at this time to
either the Constitutional Union," or the So
called Democratic party. Nobody here had
before the Inauguration any other expectation
than that the Republicans would be placed in
the local appointments, and nobody desired
different arrangement, except interested par.
ties, who were seeking the appointments for
themselves and their friends.
II our Southern friends here are to be ig
nored, We may soon expect a dispersion of the
large and increasing organization which now
exists. There are few men 50 disintcrested as
to adhere to naked principle, when it is placed
under the ban by those who should be it's
friends. If we desire to see Maryland and
Western Virginia revolutouized, politically,
the weight Of Federal tyranny should not only
be removed. but the right hand of fellowship
should be extended to them by a Republican
Administration. 1t is time, therefore, to cease
filing vacancies created by the resignation
or dsmissal Of Southern sccesSonisis, with
Northern appointments 1t may be true that
Virginia and Maryland have an undue share of
public patronage, aud this should be set right
But no such cAcess Of honors aud cmouments
has ever been conferred on the other Southern
States. If the Administration of Mr.. Lincoln
desires to remove from the Southern mind the
impression that it is sectional in its principles
and aims, it must give full share OF patronage
to Southern men-Rcpubicans and friends of
Union.
There is no hostility in the South to the ap.
pointment of Southern Republicans to places
Of honor and cmolumeut. On the contrary,
we hear nothing so often from our pro.slavery
acquaintancrs as the taunt, "Ah, yon Southern
Republicans will get nothing. The Yankees