The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-13
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Correspondence ofthe Herald


met a respectable man to-day, near the Treasury
Department, and he asked if l had heard the news
tina. Mr.. s. of the Pension office had been removed
on account of his having been reported to have
used disrespeclful language towards Mr. Webster
He then proceeded in very unmeasured terms OF
reprobation, at the violence committed on a man
for the expression of opinion, conforming the vio-
lence of the executive, for discharging him ON such
grounds. i didn't see the force of his remarks. and
passed on.
A man holding his office under an administration,
has no positive Justification, for publicly abusing the
executive officers, and certainly has no right to
complain for being removed for such conduct,
though he may have held Office a long time, and
done his duty. His private opinion, if kept 10 him
self, he can indulge in, but if he goes further, it is
at his own risk. I don't know what the man may
have said or done, but he has himself to blame for
the loss of his office.
II is one Of the established articles of war, that no
officer shall speak disrespectfully Of the Executive,
and it equally applies, in spirit, to the civil officers
of government.
And now for the attacks on Mr. Webster. 1t
seems to have become very fashionable of late,
among clerks and others, taking their cue from
the Globe and other prints, to abuse in open terms,
the Secretary Of State. They can continue to do
so, at their own peril. The movement against Mr..
Webster, by certain cliques and their organs, will
have the opposite effect Of destroying Mr.. Webster
with the President, and driving him from the cabi-
net. So long as he Is a member of the cabinet, the
President Will sustain him, and everv attack com.
ing from friends or opponents OF the President, gives
Mr.. Webster new claims upon the Pre- sident for his
counienance and his support. 1t enables Mr.. Web
ster 10 say to him " II you refuse to make that APP
poIntment, orif you do make that appointment, it
will be considered as evidence that / have M in
tluence IN your cabinet, or as a proof clear, while
! am of your cabinet and laboring for your reputa.
ton, you are lending yourself to my personal enc
mics, who use your patronage to make war on INV
reputation" Therefore Mr.. Wepster's enemies
do more to strengthen him by those false attacks,
than they could by ,praising him.
MIR. Webster makes an able Secretary of State.
and is dIscharging his duty to the entire satisfaction
oil the President and the country. He may be labor
ing under temporary Pecuniary difficulties, bur it is
the meanest mode of attack for an adversary TO
strks at and wound a public man on account OF his
private affairs.
s.The present state of our foreign affairs REQUIRES
the soundest head in the country at the head Of the
State Department, and all will acknowledge that
Mr.. Webster's continuance there Is Is indispensable
at present. The late attacks upon him enlist the
who mightbe opposed to him.
1t is thought no troops will be ordered to Rhode
Island, without a special requisition from the proper
authorities there.
effort will be made in that body, to tack on a re-
peal of the Loan Bill-if that is done, the bill will
be lost.
The Appropriation Bill will take another week in
give rise to some warm debate and opposition.
General Waddy Thompson has by this time ar
rived at Mexico, in the Ontario, sloop.of-war. His
Instructions are very posltive--to demand the imme-
date release of the American prisoners, and, in
case of refusal, to return.
OBSERVER.