Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-23
LInco1n's Diplomatic Appointments.

den, Ssnt 10 the Senate the nominations Of
O. F. AlaIs, Of Massachusetts, as Minister 10
England W. l.. Dayton, OF New Jersey,
Ministcr TO France; Mr.. Marsh, Of Vermont,
Minister to Sardinia, aud james Watson Webb,
of New York, Minister to Turkey.
There is not q gentleman Of fame upon this
lis, Of appointments but some Of theu can
justly claim a vide spread notoristy.
Charles Francis Adams is 4 son OF the old
man eloquent" and has nov reached the pc
Rod Of middle life, His patrimonial inheritance
vas large; an ''unreenting hate Of the people
and the Institutions Of the South, constituting
part, ana in the opinion Of the men Of his
section, an important and a useful purt Of it.
It is said that Harnilcar brought his son Han,
nibal to the altar at eight years Of age, and
made him swear e,erral cu,nity TO the Romans.
And we arc not without reason for the suppo.
sition, that egea so, John Quincy Albums,
after his expulsion from the Presidency by the
s,avehol,ling States of America, administered
to his soa the oath OF perpetual hostility to
the section which by united vote had de-
ciared for bis bsnishment IL the shades Of pri.
rate life Certain it is that the so7, st his car
lies; vsars Of accountability, exhibited towards
the people and the institutions Of the South
the spirit Of host lity and luminosity which
marked the latter days Of the sire. Charles i.
Adams figured as al anti slavery agtator, and
as a contributor 10 Abolition literature in the
"modern Athens" in the days of the asccnden.
oy of the conservative councils Of Webster and
Chcate in that regon. In consequence of his
name and Of his own perseverance in their
cause, the Abolitionists complimented him with
their nomination for the Vice Presidency at
Buffalo in 1918. Upon the crushing OUT Of
conservatism in Massachusetts, after the death
Of Webster, Dir. Adams became one Of the rul-
ing spirits Of that State. He has been two or
three timos elected to the Lower House Of Con.
grcss from the distric. which was so long rcp-
resented BY his father. At the late session he
was conservative, in the Submissionist accepta.
ton Of the term-in other words, lie sustained
the peace measures Of Seward, Cor~in and
Company. lie was willing to make peace with
the Southern States upon condition that they
would make an insloTiou5 surrender Of their
Constitutional rights Mr. Adams is 4 gentle
man of fair native intellect, and his literary at.
tainments are Of g respectable order. He will,
however, never acquire distinction and influence
abroad by the force OF his intellectual charac-
acter, us did his father and his grandfather.
Mr. Dayton, who goes to France, served one
term in the United States Senate from New
Jersey, and ran on the Fremont ticket for the
Vice Presidency, in 1856. lie stood well in the
Senate as second rate man in ability ard in.
1uencp. His appointment to France has been
confirmed without controversy.
Mr. Marsh, who succeeds Mr.. Daniel at Tu.
rim, has been member Of Congress, and has
filled diplomatic station, also, within the last
fifteen years lie is said to be ripe scholar
and as unexceptionabIc a man for the Sardinian
mission as could be selected from the Black Re-
publican party of New England.
James Watson Webb, Lincoln's Ambassador
to Turkey, is notorious as veteran sinner OF
the ''press gang" Of Ncw York. More than
thirty years ago, he was associated with Major
Noah in the editorial department Of the
Courier and Enquirer and after the appoint.
ment Of tie Major to a Federal office under Jack.
sons Administration, COL Webb became the
Editor and proprietor Of that journal, then re-
gurded as an organ if not the organ Of the
Democratic party Of New York. Ills name
has appeared at ;he head OF the paper ever
since Under Major Noah, the Courier and
Enquirer was, by general consent, the wistiest
and most readable political journal in the coun-
try, and its political integrity was not called
in question. Major Noah, previous to his re
tirement from il, in one Of his peculiar articles,
drew the portrait of the first class editor OF the
nineteenth century. 10 fulfill his mission,
said the Major, he must have the eye of an Ar
gus, the courage an1 physical endurance OF
Hercules and the integrity of Fabricius-
Col. Webb has shown his sad deficiency in
at least two.thirds Of the Indispensable requi
s;tcs Of the faithful and true editor Of this age,
as defined BY the Major. liz possesses the re-
Guisite amount of physical endurance. but the
same can hardly be said of his courage. Ger.
tainly we never heard that lIelcalss took to
his heels at the sight ola "psrcu 'sion lock, ma
hogany stock eight inches in the barrel;' or
that he signalizcdhs ValoT Ivy attacking unarm'
Cd ron combalants on public street In line
matter Of integrity, suffice it to say that Fabri.
c;ls never surrendered to Pyrrhus for consi.
lrralion OF $52, ,975; nor does history tell US
that. on any OCCASION, ne ever abandoned his
country and his party in view Of plundcr or
power.
Every cid reader Of the Enquirer" will un'
tierstand these remarks without explanation
Col. Webb was a violent opponent Of the old
United States Bank till he received from it the
sum Of $5e,975 i'll the shape Of loan, or
rather, of gratuity. From and after that
event he was Jealous and al incorporating
champion of the Bank, and determined and
violent enemy of jackson and the party that
nut it down. Hs was, rs all Old Line Wing,
the advocate Of the equality of the States: he
vas in favor Of giving the South her just rights
in the Union till a lew years since, when, to
secure the favor of the dispensers Of patron
age in bis own State he became a
nlouth.piece of the champion Of the irrepressi'
Bile conflict; and now lie is about to receive his
reward in the profit and honor Of the Turkish
embassy. The "busincss transactions Of Col
Webb as q lobby agent in the passage Of tariff
bills and other measures, at Washington, are
we'll known. In L letter 10 certain rnanufactu'
rers of Massachusetts,, written two years ago.,