The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-11-21

ployed corresponding number of hours per diem.
AT a glance, the wisdom of this innovation upon
the old SYSTEM rapidly degeneratng TO corruptlon,
will at once be visible. An important addition, TO
be sure. would thus be made to the already stupen
dous aggregate OF executive patronage-but severed
from the party press, II would lose the charm of Its
potency 10 party or personal ulterlor designs.
During the latter part of the administration of
John Tyler, Gan important parenthess in the history
OF the government,) the executive organ was de-
tached from the public printing OF Congress; and
from this simple fact alone, all the other means of
executive purchase availed the Captain nothing al
all The other patronage OF the government under
his control, though employed with the single view
10 the succession, was worse than useless in its
erclse. And yet the organize imbeee organ of
Iylers lmbeclle administratien-exerclsed an ex-
traneous influence TO the command of thousands
and tens OF thousands OF money 10 Its own advan-
lage However, ofhce-seekers and office. holders
were compelled TO subscribe. 1t was condition OF
the promise OF, or security In offee-a condition,
perhaps, not always expressed, but always distinctly
understood. And then in regard to government
contracts. We know OF single case In which
compact made with certain editor by certain
contractors, for the building of Il steamship, in
which the influence of said editor with the Secre-
tary OF the Navy 10 securing said contract,
cured by the offer OF $4,000 as a doMcemr. Whe-
Their the editor ever got the consideration tor his
services, is another branch OF the narrativewe
merely detailing the tact. that the power of securing
the said Ss3 900 In his hands.
But, recurring TO John Tyers mouih-pece we are
pretty well assured, respecting Mr. Tyler's organ
that John Jones came into its possession about as
poor as Lazarus-ihat he went out comparatively
rich; and we are well assured that the legitimate
receipts OF the office not sufficient for its ex-
penses, which were promptly and literally paid and
TO the leaving any considerable surplus in the hands
OF lne editor. Ihere We're then other sources OF
revenue, purely secret, and open sesame OF the
executive organ--sources that brought in thousands
at a Draft. These sources may have been connected
with the selection OF the repositories of the public
money, and the shlftlngs OF the public funds at the
discretion OF the Secretary OF the Treasury. There
was, unquestionably. wide field open here for
the operation of the financial sagaclty of John
zones, and the greater tool he II he did not avail
himself OF such advantages.
But these precious perqusites excepting the LAST
OF the executive organ, are scarce worth mention
ing sources OF corruption, contrasted with the
power which such organ holds of elevating or de-
pressing the prices of stocks and of all sorts OF pro-
duce and merchandise IN the commercial markets.
The Jesse Hoyt correspondence here let's us most
amply into this beautiful secret In the absence of
the Stated preaching of the gospel we find Mr..
Buler doing out specie by fives and tens at Sandy
Kill, IN the prospect OF Information from the gov
eminent, which will enable him to make success
fu demonstration. The brief, piquant, unique,
graphic, racy, and unsophlsticaed letters of John,
the darling son OF Martin the first, and Martin the
last (God help us) furnish with even IA more con-
elusive and picturesque calculation. The govern
ment controlled the exchanges and stock market
and the organ Was possessed of the secret oil any
movement which would initiate or depress them
Messrs. Blair and Rives are rch-they were thir-
teen years at the head OF the executive organ In
that great paroxsysm OF speculation, the memorable
Clh VI loof, oc lncy were dppIlSeQ III sea-
son OF the acts OF the administration, productive of
the Revision of 81 And did they not profit by it
Though they may not have used the advantages they
posse ssed, TO the sharing in the speculative MANIA
they did use them in wise precautlon OF keeping
aloo and looking quietly on, in anticipation of the
certain disasters thaiwere about to come overwhelm
ing so many thousands in bankruptcy and ruin
And now, IN this rapid and skimming review, we
are brought to the very axle of our thesis, that
the permanent establishment Of an exclusive
confidential organ OF the Executive, is
dam al a
Die OF the greatest abuses Various democratic
papers have been dlscoursing upon this subject in
all ITS points OF objection, except the great point
The power, through exclusive executive conf
dental editor, committed to him by the admnistra-
ton, OF controlling and participating in all the stock
loobng speculatlons OF the day, addition to this
editors control over government contracts and ex-
ecuuve patronage, when he chooses to exert it
The important fact OF the controlling influence
which the executive organ holds over the stock
market and trade could not be more concusively
confirmed than by the effect OF the late Oregon edl
torals In the Union, over the commercial move
ments OF the day. II is this result which has dis
closed to us this tremendous power of the execu-
I'VE organ. An editorial appears In the Union,
claiming, IN the oracuar authority of position to
the administration, the whole of Oregon or
none," following up this declaration with such
warlke harangue, as every where, however techni-
cally guarded the languague of this Elimination to
lead to the conclusion that the forthcoming message
OF the President will have among its recomme nda-
lions, unequvocal recommendation of. war with
England IN defence OF our claim 10 every lIch of
Oregon. The announcement fell among the brok-
ers, SPECTATORS, and merchants like an electric
shock Stocks went down-western produce went
up. day or two after, the organ, In a very brief
oracuar explanation, declares that the late organic
bull was only intended assuming, in behalf of
The administration, the "clear and UNREASONABLE
title" II did not say any thing about war. The
paralytlc shock dispelled. Stock brokers be-
gan to put out their eelers again, and the apprehen
sion OF war subsidized. But no sooner does it sub
side than again the organ blows war blast shrll
the HIGHLAND horn al Rhuderick Dim nd hrot
ers, shavers, STOCKHOLDERS merchants, and specu-
ators In produce, all again in commotion. And
at this moment, breadsnhs rapidly rising in the
inland markets, and spectators are laying up sup
Plies, IN anticipation of unusual demand next
spring, from the projected war with England, and
the certainty OF short crop next season, from the
partial suspension oil agricultural pursuits especial
ly along the seaboard.
Whatever the motives to these experiments upon
trade and money matters, the effects are unques-
uonaby unanswerable to the potency OF the or
gan IN calling up at its bidding the spirits of the
Vastly deep Inc motive IS also perfectly clear
he Cnion is the exponent OF the eyecutlve-the
executive is western man upon the Oregon ques-
non, but the omlnous silence OF the organ upon that
question OF the Oregon, and the letters OF the letter
writers on the rumored compromises, arbitrations
suspensions, postponements, concessions, and what
not, mad excited the lmpatence OF the western
people, and strong suspicious of the infdey of the
administration. This would never do Hence the
hrst war blast u was imperatively demanded
Ihe concentration OF the democrats OF the west
upon the administration, and upon the organ would
be lrrevocably lost, if the buge were not sounded.
But the blast was too strong 1t Jared the nerves
OF the democracy along the sea board, endangerng
their support Then followed the disclaimer-that
the war-blast slgnihed something was
only the ttle--that al-t meant that our title
was clear TO the whole of Oregon, or none, and no.
thing more. But it Immediately becomes evident
that this paliation will not suit the west-there
must be no tampering with them in reference to the
disputed northwest coast. War, or no war, Mr..
Richie War to the knife, gentlemen, or every
inch OF the soil; have we not said so before? And
thus the matter stands
But this ls not the issue. The question before
the Committee is whether an organ is advisable,
eXpedient, or dangerous to the Government, in tine
eense OF the term already implied We argue that
IL IS ana particularly at this crisis, when there are
80 many important measures about TO be laid before
Congress, upon which, In the action of the Execu-