The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-12-02
NEW YORK HERALD.
New York, Saturday, Dsosmber q, Is4s.

particularly the eiecuon OF printer TO the House of
Representatives. A variety of hints and sugges-
lions have been thrown out on the matter, and we
suppose we have the same right as others 10 offer
ours. The principal candidates are Blair and
Rves-Willlam G. Bryant-and Amos Kendall.
We have heard IN several quarters great deal IN
favor OF Mr.. Bryant's appointment. good deal Is
also SAID IN some quarters recommendation OF
Kendall. We have not much 10 say IN favor OF
Mr.. Kendall. He is man ofa good deal OF talent,
and vast deal more pretenson-full OF professions
of morality, patriotism and devotion 10 his country,
whilst he is all the time thinking only of Amos
Kendall. He has withal great deal of malevolence
in his composition. He has never satisfactorily ex-
planned his conduct to Mr. Clay the early part of
his career, and it stands to this day. in bold relief,
as a specimen of the blacklist ingrattude to his pa
iron in Kentucky
In regard TO Mr.. Bryant, we may also say few
words. He is. it is said, the greatest poet in the
country. Be ii so. We don't dispute his talent
for versi6cation. But we do not know where to
lay our finger on more bungling politician-and
God knows there are enough of the race to pick
from. He is the greatest abortion of newspaper
writer in the country, and it would be impossible to
find any one more incompetent in any way for the
profession he has adopted. He has neither sagaci-
thusiasm-nor caculation-nor quickness-nor orr
ginality-nor anything to recommend him as
newspaper editor. He can write very good SONG
probably, or string together few melancholy
verses, or describe brook running into the
Connecticut river; but as a newspaper writer,
he is far far beneath mediocrity. What has
Bryant really done for the party Can any
body tell? What has he done for it in the
city, or the State, in the Union! Nothing. We
associate the qualities of enthusiasm and ardor and
vigor with the name of poet but Bryant is cold,
phlegmatc, immovable, and as dull as Hndoo
god. He is the greatest blockhead that ever set
himself up leader in the democratic party in this
country, and that is assuredy giving him tolera-
bic stretch OF the superlaive degree of insipidity
and inefficency In fact, he has done nothing for
the last dozen years but sit his bottom, and croak
about dignity and decency
Such is the antagonist of Blair. Now in many
points of view don't like Blair. He is west
ern man and a savage. Since he came from Ken
lucky he has to be sure been rubbed down little,
but he has given abundant evidences that he retains
all the original violence in his ferocious attacks on
Captain Tyler. Blair is also very ugly man. We
thought that bore away the palm in that respects
but Blair beats us hollow. We are very ADO
mis- compared to the western savage But after all,
some of his descendants, in the female line parti-
culary, are very handsome-that we can say,
though why it is so, We can't imagine In the male
line, on the other hand, some Of the scions are
great blockheads-that especially who con- |
Quoted his fathers paper last summer and who dis
covered himself to be an unmitgated ass. Now |
with all his faults, Blair is the best editor of the |
party. He has been always in the heat of the
test and he is vigorous, bold, and occasionally ex-
hibits more independence than any of them. If
Blair be defeated, it will Justly be regarded by the
enemies of Van Buren,, amost fortunate omen of
Reorganization and disaster. Nothing would please
them more. We wont be suspected of much love
for Van Buren,, or of desiring the success of bad
politician who deserves be defeated but still we
would go for Blair as printer. Captain Tyler may
veto as many bank bills as he pleases: but we
wouldn't do any such thing as veto such an APP
pointment as Francis p. Blair, the greatest bowie
knife editor in the country
PHT OFFICE REFoRM.-NKw MODE OF Trans
HITTING NKwspApERs.-We understand that the
Post Office Department has made several new
arrangements for the transmission of newspapers
and periodicals. which it is proper should be WELL
known to all concerned. Mr. Taylor of Baltimore,
made, some time ago, il seems, an arrangement
tor the transmission of newspapers and perodi-
Gals from New York to Washington ria Philadel-
phia and Baltimore, having the exclusive privilege
OF doing so, the payment of one-haf cent to the
Post Office Department which, on its part furnishes
the bags and other materials for conducting the
business. We understand, also, that Mr.. Zieber,
of Philadelphia has procured similar contract,
securing to him the same privileges, on the same
terms, on the route from Philadelphia to Cincinnati
and thence to Louisville, and probably ST. Louis
and that Burgess and Stringer, of this city, have
likewise entered into similar arrangements with
the Department, and that they take up the route at
Washington, connecting there with Mr. Taylor's
and extending TO New Orleans, and other Southern
cities and towns. They also enjoy the privilege of
transmission from this city to Buffalo and the west
and to Boston, and from thence to various points in
New England.
This new arrangement is very important, in va
nous points of view. 1t is, we believe, about the
first evidence of common sense with which the
Department, under its present direction, has been
pleased to favor the country 1t has selected as it's
agents, men who are thoroughly acquainted with
the business in all its Details and who will be of
incalculabe service to the newspaper and periodl-
cal trade throughout the country. These agents,
however it will be perceived, have no power to
transmit anything but newspapers and periodicals.
In this respect, they will take all that business out
OF the hands of the present express agents, who are
still in hostility to the Department, and will make
the transmission Of newspapers and periodicals as
cheap, probably, was under the free trade sys-
tenn, before the Post Office Department interfered
with it.
We are sincerely gratified in finding the Post
Office Department thus coming its senses in this
respect. We must say that during the last five and
twenty years. we have never known period in
which the affairs of the department were managed
in such bungling manner at present The silly
attempts TO mystify the law-to stretch it far be-
yond its due limits, in order to include extreme