Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-20
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Not be whom the Devil desred-thOugh be viii &c,
hm-bu SNoS, the Secretary, Is the subject Of this
ice. The man Who, without character, or education, or
political knowledge, social position reputable dis
Gnction bought bis way step by step, With money rs
40 the SENATE, aud then into the Cabinet Of Lncolr
the bogus President OF dsiunst Urion is worthy Of an
sPOtheOsis among the 6endsh ministers of an expiring
Republic his policy always simple add successful
aud 1t Is not amazing that be attained the elevation OF
CAief OF Robbers Or their synOnyme JObbsrs It ~as
merely Ascertsin the profits Of job and buy il for
mioOF bonus and pocket the clear gain. And bis motto
money power like the star to the mariner has con
dae;sd SNOs through every stage of his progress to
p0ssr Aud ROs Il Is said be eNAets a certain per
esntsge from bis contractors so that be still rises the
pubis treasure ebbs away he snub General Scott
sad beard his President in his den nth impuaty
toe 10 has many members OF Congress under obliga
ions 70 bin that he might easily aspire to lobby bs
DsDssCtoF out Of the White House-f he should dare 10
4sniss bul
Thus sIsoS Is 10 the ascendant at Washington. His
sats rooms thrOagsi -th smiling Generals and at
IS desks most obs Quiousy subordinate may be
oets oo a, elbow copying bis orders historians ndctEg
nis advertisements aud INDECENT philosophers registering
.ppHestous for Office and 81 With servily SOThy Of
he DAYS Of Tnoa OF Athens They his dependents
e The patron who eINlt debase them Alss that
such should be the cspric-- OF fortune But without
-, ueu, whout honorable men without gentlemen Il
he head Of Affairs Il Is certain that any government
aust sooner or later come to lanchOly termination
Bl, the repression Of genius and the humiliation of
nee whose antecedens enute them 20 positions more
exalted than bis own not the sorst things that my
Dc said OF SINoS Of Washington We informed that
h pets and vorites impuient pedAgOgues and pert
uDs arts who eOnversant with the political
issues o. the country Who read message other
Ohicsl document-sud YET they compose his Reports -
Their eager tptoe obssq lisGsness, apt cupidy AID
lsrsA.Ary Avarce, commend them 70 bis respect Al
sympathy. These, understand. the poteniia
iaglemen a. Washington men whose names and Nhose
Solitles have never been known-msn .ho never did
aad never eau sield the slightest influence upon de
eliminating and ViTguous minds-And hence the very
.asn We nav vel delight riding the bIows At the
ToEtb whilst their superiOrs buried beneath them
SIN this new brood Of UPSTAIRS not wholly impo-
tsaL SrSos kno~. DOT ony the use OF lis Instrument.
tut the material OF shiCh Ihs efficient tools
ibrcstsd They are the hAwEsrs Of the brood Of buz.
zAEds that prey upon the body polite and they you'd
nave the andAcity even present themselves Rich
munsratOn for alleged prosecutions At Washington and
The greatest triumph they could achieve, the most
psndous merit their pstron Simon, could untold the
delighted vision OF LReOn sould be the evidences tf
the tact that his 70 furnish arms anmUu
too and provisions cad similar contracts Richmond
The Idea that SOSs instruments could furnish Nth
po~Ser without salPetre, guns With false sights aud
meats sprinkled sith s,rychnne, would be Ysuk'e
trek OF vastly more importance in the estimation Of the
Government at Washington than ali thai could be
adhered By the yalor and science Of il GenerAls.
And indeed, the old brzzrds Of Washington are said
20 be lowering over us aud hey gifted With such
Extraordinary skin in the art Of procuring patronage
for undeservDg msu and Of sneetuAly disgusting gen
emsn.Oi Acknowledged merit that they really 70 be
dreaded. Let Us beware Of the birds Of evil omen,
and look 70 the record Of each candidate for preermen
Dor the sake Of pOssehty not for our own immediate
advantage in vindicaton Of our just claim 10 assume
position among the prOudest nations Of the earth for
he Axe Of the true ehvsry Of the South whose delight
% szat the deserving and to spurn pedAntic insc
ssne let Is not pass BY, pass ovsr the claims Of our
,rue men uho have Aborsd long and lost everything in
she cause Of Southern Independence.