Mr. DOOLITTLE. The Governor, no doubt, earnson at the suggestion of Senator Howrz: butit is fair to presume t on Joint labors WI“ ho fruitless. The Post.OfficeDept has at last commenced to look out for the Presidents friends in the matter of appointments." upon this paragraph I wish to say, 1st, that the governor of Vise onsin is here on no invitation of mine, and upon no business thatI have any sort of connection with. I understand, and I believe, that he came here without the slightest knowledge that there was a vacancy in the ost office at Fond du Lac. I understand, an I believe, he is here simplyto aid in the adjustment of some accounts between the State of Wisconsin and the U.S.A., and that he takes no more interest in the question of who shall be postmaster in the city of Fond du Lac than any other Republican of the State of Wisconsin does take. I think it is due to Governor Fairchild that I should say so much; and I think it is due to myself to the Senate, and to the people of the U.S., since this subject has been alluded to, that I should so one thing more about the postoffice at FouduLac. There has been no “fight” about it, to begin with. A vacancy exists in that office, occasioned by the resi nation of the late incumbent, who has removed from the city, and from the State, and from the U.S. My colleague, the Representative from the 5th district of Wis cousin, who lives within 20 miles of that town, whose partner and whose son resides in the town, and who has his principal place of business in that town, and myself, all united in recommending the appointment of aman by the name of Gillette to fill that vacancy. His name was sent in to the Senate. I am glad to have the attention of the chairman of the Post Othee Committee. It was referred to that committee, and by that committee reported back to the Senate with a recommendation that he be confirmed. Some one or 2 weeks ago I do not recollect the precise time the name of Mr. Gillette was withdrawn from the Senate by a message from the POTUS That withdrawal, I am bound to say, was made without any request of mine, without any consultation with me, without the slightest knowledge on my part that it was to be made, and, as I believe, without the slightest knowledge on the part of any Representative from Wisconsin except my collcavne here, and possiblythe Representative from the 4th district who was not elected by the Union party, and who probably never will be elected by the Union party until he or the Union party meets with a change ofheurt. That name was recommended to be withdrawn, as I understand, simply because it was alleged that Mr. Gillette did not support the policy of the President. I understanH that it is asserted by the 1st As sistant PostMGenl that no man, with his consent, shall eat the bread and butter of the President unless he does support the presidents policy. Now, it will be seen that there has been no fight in reference to this subject. It will be seen and I trust it will be believed, that the Governor is not here with any view to influence the disposition of that othee. Mr. President, I am compelled to draw 2 or 3 inferences from the facts I have stated to the Senate. The 1st is that whereas my colleague and myself were appointed to represent the State of Wisconsin by precisely the same party, I am now not recognized by the executive Dept of the Government as belonging to the party to which my colleague belongs. That is the 1st inference 1draw, and my conclusion is, that if I do not belong to the party to which my colleague belongs, he does not belong to the party to which I belong. That is another deduction which I draw from this state of facts. Having stated these 2 inferences, I have one other thing to say, and that will end my explanation upon this mint; and that is, that I dissent entircly from teidea that these officcs are in the 1st place “ bread and butter, " and 2ndly, I dissent entirely from the idea thatif they are broad and butter, the President owns them. I conceive that they are agencies created by law, which the Congress of the U.S. makes and the Congress of the U.S. alone can make; that they are de signed not. to do the will of the POTUS, but as agencies to execute the will of Congress; that they are aid by appropriations made by Congress; tiey will continue while Congress says so and when Congress says so, an are not the private property of anybody, and are not intended as instruments through which the POTUS or any other individual can dragoon the people of the U.S. into one idea or another or into one policy or another.