Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-02
LETTER FROM WAsIIINGTOy.
Cabinet Reconstruction-Th Politi-
cal Barometer = The Blairs-Thc
Radicals, &c., &c, &c.

cal Barometer = The Blairs-The
Radicals, &c., &c., &c.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. October 80, 1865.
EDITORS OHIO STA TESlAY:
Things seem rather to remain in stdtu
qlo In regard to political matters in
this city. The sins" still fear that their
time is short - the '.'ontsp anxious for
the good day coming when, in the
receipt of the emoluments OF office,
they can live on the fat of the land. The
political barometer here is the corner gro
Gerry keepers. They supply the clerks and
others OF the lower grade Of officers with
their food, each particular shop pGkeeping
everything in Its eating. linethatis needed.
But few OF the clerks with families are able
to live the month through without credit,
and this the grocer usually gives, expect
ing to be remembered on pay day at the
Departments, which is about the last day OF
every month. These clerks having noyis-
ible means Of support, except their salary,
the grocers keep sharp look out for rota-
tion in office, and as they usually hear of
the first rumors Of changes, and pay heed
to them, they are chary of credit and all
at once have SO pressing a demand for
money that it is impossible to give time.
SO hard, indeed, are they pressed, that
they are compelled to ask the clerk to give
them an order on the Department paying
olorls for the little bill they hold, which,
thaU COW will anc,uar = III air prlrnnca hppauSp
they can get it shaved by friend at a
small discount. When the storm is over,
and things again become settled, they give
unlimited credit, as before, provided the
amount is within the reach of the clerks
monthly salary.
just now the corner grocery man gives
no credit. The runner ofradical changes in
the Cabinet has reached him, and this
change when it takes place brings in new
brood of clerks, and the man at the corner
grocery is so pressed for money that he can
no longer trust out his meat and bread, and
potatoes and cabbage, and wood and coal,
and lard and butter, and sugar and coffee.
and tea and other necessaries, for he is forced
to pay out large amount to meet a note just
coming due at the bank, and has no money
to renew his stock when out. The AFFLICTED
wives and their afflicted husbands perfectly
understood this, and they storm, and fret
and fume, and like Peter Brush, in Nei's
inimitablen sketch, wish that they had
never been a s'politietdaeri' Beforestwo
months two-thirds ofsthem will beready
to take their oath that from the first they
have been the yellowest'of Buttefnuts and
the copperest Of Coppefheads, and always
hated the niggers and Stanton, and the
Whole Abolition tribe. There are already
over 10000 applications fof-office' e'on.file IN
the Treasury Department alone, awaiting
the promised good time coming, when the
Administration is to be changed.
The frequency of the visits of the elder
Blair to the White House, and the known,
respect President johnson has for his opin-S
ions and that of his sons, Montgomery and
Frank, with the late speeches of these gem
tlemen, adds to the conviction that's change
of the Administration in its Cabinet off,
GERS and in its political course, is but a
question tof time The radicals here aueii
changing their views and are preparing to
act, therole,of the Vicar of Bray and 10
br ~ out their approyalo all that the Presv
ident does. The Massachusetts, Senators
are preparing 10 fight for the tdarky and1to
coerce the Administration or to destroy it,
but they will find that Andrew Johnson,i is
not unlike the Irishman's pig, the, more
they pull him one way the moro the pig
will 60 in an opposite direction. He has
made up his mind to be the Democratic
nominee, and he will do his prettiest to
succeed. In all but this wish him success.
Thine,
-. FRANKLIN.