Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-30
from washington.
OFFIeE SEEKING BY DEFEATED CoSGREssMES-
GRoss OuTRAGE Upon THE JUDIcIARY-THE
WAR ORGAN" UPON Van BUREN AND BRADY
-LErrERs or MARoUE-PRoJEcrED ExcuR-
sIoS-SIwARD's DINSER TO THE HAYTrxS
MINISTER, &c. &c &c.
special Correspondence Of the Chicago Times.I


Washington of any of its attractions. NaDy OF
the Senators and members still liDger among u.s.
as full of zeal as ever for place and power. In
fact, the numerous offices created for the dead
men" of the 9th Congress have served TO keep
an immense crowd of Office seekers here and the
strife and chickering's which have disturbed the
quiet of Administration circles for the last month
forcibly remind one of the DAYS Immediately sue
ceeding the Inauguration of Mr.. Lincoln. 1t
matters little what may be the condition of the
country. whether Mr. Chase can get money or
not. or whether all of opr armies remain inactive,
il is enough for Republican patriots to know that
there are good fat Offices TO be filed which have
been created By those in Congress whom the peo-
Pile have allowed To quietly subside into private
life. only to be raised into position b, power lille
g;timately prostituted for that purpose Such
running to the White House has rarely, il ever,
been seen before The candidates were nnmer-
Gus and influential Most of Them in Congress,
had been staunch supporters of the principal pol
icy Of the Administratl0n-that OF the negro
and each claimed special favors at the hands of
the Executive At last it WAS plain that Office
seeking finite, and, as the names went into
the Senate for confirmation, the macontents
grOwled and threatened, and made all sorts of
! opposition until they found that it was no use
and they therefore retired
After the creation of all the offices originating
from the newly organized Territories. the abol-
iShmeni of all the courts in this district next
set or foot and finally carried Straightway
several of the prominent Republicans of the
House. not re elected, were appointed to the new
positions 1t pay be doubted il the whole history
of legislation ever exhibited such outrage upon
! the judiciary of the country. The himsy pretext
that one of the judges of the old court WAS dis
| loyal, was set up "A thin covering for such an
act Ii was not intended that any charges
should be made and an impeachment follow
/ fnr fl.au of
son; and so the entire court was abolished. The
real object, then. becomes transparent. Thenew
Judges have been appointed, and the first session
of the court has been preceded with the intima-
tion that the negro will hereafter have Justice
done him in this district" Thus two objects
were gained.
verv grave question. however, has arisen
here i'm the appointment of many ex members
to their newly created offices. 1t appears that
there is II statute enacted several years ago,
which provides that no one shall be appointed TO
anv Office created by law passed at the Con
gresS of which the appointee member. The
Senate. in confirming these nominations, evi-
deuty overlooked this important fact which, it
it is claimed by some quibblers, is easily evaded
The intention of Congress, at the time the law
was passed, is clear enough. and there is not the
slightest doubt that it has been violated in every
instance where member Jf the last Congress
has been appointed to offices created by it. But
il matters little in these times of no law.
The "war organ" it is called here-soley
on the ground that the Secretary of War keeps it
going-has a very severe article on the repent
ant Democrats" Van Buren and Brady, of New
York. and gives them very cold embrace in the
Republican ranks. Ii charges them Yesterday
with having embarrassed the Administration and
prolonged the war. but awards 20 them what il
calls sincerity of purpose in finally changing
tactics. But Immediately succeeding this article
is one which opens by declaring that "the war
will not until slavery is practically abol
ished." Perhaps the New York weathercockS
will put this small official declaration of policy in
their wigwam pipes and smoke it. in cOntradic-
ton of their repeated assertion. of late, that
the war policy of the Administration is not to
''praciicaly abolish slavery"
There has been long discussion ia the Cab
net on the issuance of letters of marque and re
prisa under the late law of Congress. At first
the President, seconded bv the efforts of Secre-
tsry Seward and the representatives of the New
York Chamber of Commerce, was disposed to
grant them. hut Senator Sumner has taken the
idea into his head that it will lead to foreign com
plications in the end and to day | learn that he
has carried his point, and that the letters will not
be issued. This is understood to be the firm de-
cision of the Cabinet 1t is thought that, in
lieu Of them, all who desire to fit out privateers
may tender their vessels to the navy, receive
mate channels.
The President has received numerous pressing
invitations from prominent men North to take n
trip through the Central and New England States,
to learn the tone of public sentment-to mingle
with the people-to their views upon the con-
duct of the war, etc. Assurances have been
giveE that if possible to leave the public business,
he will take AN excursion during next month.
Secretary Stewards long looked for dinner came
off last night 10 the negro Minister from Hayti.
Ii given out in the papers here that it a
purely diplomatic dinne-; but the facts that it
was given direct to Col" Romaine, as he is
called Baron Gerolt. the Prussian Minister,
being the old diplomatist present. was seated next
to Seward Then came Lyons, Mercier the
Russian Minister. etc and finally the negro Min
ister. He sandwicbed between Sumner and
a Judge Goodrich. who used to publish little
paper in Minnesota. and whom Russell, in his
Diary calls rustic lawyer"
The indications for military operations in the
Army of the Potomac are not bright. The old
story of the mud blockade prevents anything
being done. Y.
The Kentucky s.Unionr Convention.
The Louisville Democrat thus comments upon
the character and doings of the so called Dem
ocratic Union Convention" which recently as
sembled 10 that city:
An incident in the Convention illustrates the
temper of a part of that body. We we're not
present. and can't state the facts on personal
knowledge. 1t is given more in detail by cor