The national Republican., 1862-10-22
,uded tools Mr.. Pierce aud Mr.. Buchanan both

,uded tools Mr.. Pierce aud Mr.. Buchanan both
were.
The personal fsuds. resulting from the tyran.
nical use Of their patronage. led directly to the
final disruption Of the Democratic party In the
conventions Of 1860. st Charlsston and Baiti-
more.
In respect TO the present Administration,
there has been no design 10 create either per-
sonal or sectional dy isties, aud there Is abun
dant evidence that Its original purpose was TO
conform to approved prsCsdsnts in the dis
tribution Of patronage. We do not believe that
there has been any conscious deviation from
that purpose to the present time. In point Of
iaot, however, that power oi the Government
which we denominats "iDfuence," Ia now large
ly used against the working men and cherished
principles Of the Republican party, and II Is to
this perversion Of the public patronage, that
We may safely attribute no small share Of the
short comings Of this war, and Of that degree
OF disintegration In the Republican party
which has been manifested in the recent elec.
tions These consequences are not less de-
plorable, because they may have arisen from
course Of events which the President and Cab.
inc. could not easily control, even If their at
teniiou could be exclusively given to il, which
is manlfestly impossible amid the multiplied
affairs Of the present extraordinary times.
The election Of 1860 substituted Mr.. Lincoln
for Mr.. Buchanan 10 the Presidential office; but
President, however active and decisive, ie
only small part Of the Government Upon
our vicious system Of life Offices 10 the army
and navy, and the still more vicious system Of
intrus,iDg the civil administrations Of the army
and navy irregular officers in those controlling
branches Of the public service, our Government
has become, in fact, enc Of bureaus, practi-
cally Independent OF the chiefs Of the Admin
iairation Tor the time being.
1t has happened in this way, and especially
because the outbreak Of gigantic war has
thrown such an enormous d;sproportion Of pa
tronage into military and naval channels, that
the old Democratic dynasty Is almost as sub
stsntially in power to day, go far as conhol Of
Government influence Is concerned, and the
Republican party 10 about ss substantially OF
tracised, as 1t was Two years ago. The Govern
ment machine Is running now, In most par
ticulars, as Il did then, and in the hands q
the same men. is the appointees Of the lead
srs Of secession, who still control patronage
which dwarfs that Of even the President him
self into insigniacance, and while they contro
1t in many instances adver sely 10 the policy o
tae Naturalization, members Of the Cabinet ar,
restrained from interference by the tpprehen
sicG, lludable in itself, but dreadfully nischiev
Gus in its conse quences, that the purity Of thell
motives may be- brought into question.
This power Of patronage, which has thus re
mained in the bands of the old Democrat,
| cabsl by the course Of events aud by the 10
attention Of the Administration, has been and
ia being used 10 keep in our military and riv
service an innumerubls host Of the spies and
tools Of the J,d. Dayis dynasty, In supporting
incompetent generals, In preventing and de
fsating Investigations by committees Of Con
gress, in debauching the prsss, in the disdainfu
refu.al to examine aud adopt the improvement.
in arms and m1tsriel by which the superior
civiliL .ton Of the free States could have pu
down this semi barbaric rebellion.
1t is easier 10 point out evils than to poln
out their remedies. But the evil In this case 4
40 great, that remedies must, at all events, bs
found for II, and we shall recur 10 the subjso
again.