New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-04
THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER !, 1855.
LEFrER FHoag WASHINGTON.
Special oorIsspondsnes # no orsscent.I
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WASHINGTON. Sept. 27, 1866


The points now agitating the public mind Of this
burg may be comprised in TWO simple propositions,
So intimately connected that they cannot be well
separated. VIII the President accept tic apparent
programme Of the radicals ii difference to d
northern majority What win be the effect Of such
a COURSE on the question Of removals and appoint
mentsg need not stats that the latter interroga-
tory has assumed a most decided predominance
In the minds Of many agitated individuals, nov
freuuentfng the paves Of Washington, The last
event which has exercised the ofice-seeking
world, is theIremovaI Of Mr.. Rigelow from his po-
sition at the court Of France. For sometime
it has been limited that gueha 4 little storm was
brewing on the French coast, and now the ques-
lion is set at rest by the appointment Of Gen. Jno
Ia. Dix, and, according to the latest accounts his
acceptance Of the mission. The only reason which
has been currently assigned for this change, that
Bigelow has become perfect snob. It may be re
membered by yoHr readers that during theiast ses-
sion Of Congress Mr. Wade, Of Ohio, dascribedour
minister at NapoleeI'a court, in almostpFe-
cisely the same terms. For once it seemsthat tho
Ohio Senator was right. From various authentic
sources accounts have come to hand announcing
chat Bigslow treats travellers and visitors from the
United States with supreme contempt, In one
instance, q lady and gentleman called On him for
ahe pufppsao Of obtaining some Information in re-
ference to the preparations incident to presenta
tion at the imperial court After forcing his fell
low-eitzens TO dance attendance for one hour and
u half Bigel0w usheredin his serene niinistership,
and opened the interview with a i'what do you
~ant? The gentleman replied, Il want you to
be turned out Of office just as soon as posaible,n
This issuite d contrast to the cordial, unaffected
manner Of his predecessor, Mr. Dayton. Bigelow
was consul at Paris before attaining his present
position, and owed his elevation entirely to the
personal friendship Of the late President. The
sudden change In hisfortunes has had serious in
fiuencs on his common sense and ideas of pros
priety. During his consulship he wrote book on
the American crisis, but few persons have heard
0f ii, and still fewer have read it,. This deeapita-
tion6is said to be merely the commencement Of a
similar course towards other enyoys. Hale, at
Madrid, and sandford, at Brussels, are mentioned
as tie next victims. Tile President would do well
by ousting some Of these gentlemen, and using
their salaries for the payment Of our minister to
Portugal Af. Harvey, for whom Congress oontu-
1naciously failed to provide id the diplomatic
appropriation Of the present year. Il We are to
have Bismarckian policy, By all means let the
Executive playit. The attorney generals deei-
sion has removed one more obstacle to the enlist
ment Of the Presidents civilian army. Thus
have been inadvertently led to discuss the minor
of the two questions stated IN an early paragraph
of this letter. Bat when the all Is filed with
docks Of birds, one naturally inquiries what wind
has blown them to the equarter in which they are
found. So when We find Pennsylvania Avenue
crowded with political cormorants, Euitpreg, et ID
ofa3se qelsa.s, we want to know what public car
rian has been thrown out to attract these gaping
mawa. Has a cry Of I, saape qati E,e9t been at
last raised among the present ineumbents? o.
are the government clerks following the advice oi
that martyred president of the Pittsbnrg pow
wow? Let us leave them in peace the office
holders and the office seekers. OH that they
would leave Mr.. Johnson in the same condition
Could not some of these ardent patriots accept the
Union and tile Constitution in lieu of afat Office
The President, in the kindness Of his heart, might
throw in the hag of his country besides.
Thurlow Weed there must be something tails
manic III the words. for whereverhe goes his com
ing Il heralded, ana the object Of his visit dis.
cussed with feYerish anxiety, and even something
81 mystic awe, in the political world walk
inp down Pennsylvania Avenue the other day
when Washing tonian said to his little boy My
SOB, tbat man carries the State of New York in
bis breechsspocket.' The Juvenile not appreei
ating tie import Of political SMILES, answered
ssWhy, father, what strong man he must be-" So
he seems % be, and his name may have its partin
she effect. What laundering, potent sound il
has. As child, always Thought that Thurlow
Weed was like Jack the giant-killer entirely SUI
perhunlan and myterious the bugaboo Of poll,
ficians--afeIIow who couIdlslay them BY the score
without exertion When was youth in shorts
and jackets, my idea Of Seward represented him
az something betweena snlaltsized ogre and the
old man Of the mountain--a cross between Marat
and Riohard the Third=a short crooked.baek,
blear.eyed, hooked.nose agitator, going around
the country breathing fire and Ebrimstone at the
Southern people. When met the American
8aohiayelf. this story of my ipfantiie conception