The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-05

New York, Friday, january >. Is44.

New York, Friday, january >. Is44.
The NOMINATIONS BEFORE THE SENArE-The
confirmation by the Senate of the nomination OF
Mr. Upshur, as Secretary of State, and of MI Mel
son, as Attorney General, leaving all the other NOM
nations before that body open and undetermined
has created good deal of remark and discussion
in certain political circles here and elsewhere The
singular selection which the Senate have made OF
these two gentlemen, and the mode which they
have adopted, 1t would really appear, and such is
the general impression, that there will be great
deal difficulty in the way Of confirming the other
nominations, embracing Mr.. Henshaw as Secretary
OF the Navy, Mr.. Porter as Secretary of War, sew
eral diplomatic nominations, and also nominations
10 Office in the Custom Houses of Boston and New
York. Ever since the commencement of the pre-
sent session of Congress there has been great
deal of private operation going on in relation to
these nominations, by the friends and enemies Of
the various parties and great variety OF effort is
still going on in order TO defeat or confirm these
nominations.
One of the most remarkable of these efforts, OF
which we have heard, is that attributed to Mr.
Webster, who is represented decidedly in favor
of-Mr. Hcnshaw's nomination, and also in favor
of those IN the Boston Custom House and Post
Office. This has created great deal Of r
prise. 1t is well known that for many years
Henshaw, Rantoul, and others associated with the
Boston democratic party, have been the greatest
opponents which Mr.. Webster ever had in the
State of Massachusetts, They furnished the ma
terias for all the attacks made on that distinguish
ed statesman which have been circulating for
years through the democratic papers Of the coun-
try. The recollection of this sufficiently notorious
state of things occasions peculiar surprise in the
minds of those who find that Mr.. Webster is
absolutely in favor of that section of the democra
cy in Boston who have successfully persuaded the
President, that their influence would give him the
vote of New England in the next Presidential cleo
ton
Another feature in these movements is the singu-
lar position and efforts which distinguish the vari-
ous cliquks IN this city by whom, during the last
year, the President has been egregiously duped
and deceived as to their influence and importance
amongst the democratic party here. We have
heard circumstances related in connection with
the causes which produced these appointments
which would make horse laugh like hu-
man being. Now in relation to all these nomi-
nations, although there may be great deal
OF interest felt by the parties interested
and by their friends yet we do fully believe that
President John Tyler feels the most perfect indf-
ference whether they rejected or confirmed
He is ql0 unconcerned whether they hang by the
eye-lids during the whole of the session, or are
kicked out at once. And we believe also that he
has very good and sufficient reason to regard the
whole matter with this perfect indifierence-for no
man has been so deceived by individuals pretend
ing to have influence amongst the dmocracy, a S
he has been during the last eighteen months
Amongst those guilty of this perfectly exposed
deception, include the democracy of Pennsy-
vania, New York and New England-at least those
individuals who claimed to have the influence
amongst these classes, but all of whom were the
most miserable broken down set of politicians that
ever scrambled for living in this country.
What may be the effect of series of promises
now making, by all those persons nominated to of.
fice, to various parties in the Senate for the pur-
pose of getting their through it, is impossible
TO predict But this they may rest assured Of that
the country will insist rigid examination into
their claims and character-that there are names
there that ought undoubtedly to be rejected-and
that the President himself is quite Indifferent about
tho matter That's all.