The New York herald., 1845-01-22

the sudden promotion TO his new and responsible
poslten, with anxlo mlsglvings, from the renew
ed effervescence OF habit acquired In the excess
OF sociabIllty and now that the painful worst has
been experienced, his friends, who were most ar
dent in his elevation, are surprised at their infatu-
| alton in his behalf He was elected, not from the
spontaneous VIII ct ms)ority, but by the skilf1l
we apprehend, not altogether on account Of his
| superior recommendations to the Office, but in a
great measure because his election would strength
en- the democracy Of the west, particularly of
Ohio. 1t was an experiment like that of the wings,
when they elected Tyler as Vice President
though satisfied that his early idiosyncrasy was
against him, they hoped that his election would
bring hm all straight. But the result in the TWO ca
ses Is widely different Mr.. Tyler has immortalised
MS administration and his name by his prudence
and integrity to first principles Mr. McNulty has
damned himself, from desertion of all principle
except the principle of blind, headlong, reck-
less abandonment, to a looseness of personal con.
duet sufficient of itself, in the end, independent Of
emhezzement, to warrant his expulsion.
pom TINS suplect-this unfortunate subject
while there was hope-while there was shadow
OF hope, we were silent. But, new, that the worst
ls confirmed concerning his faithIessness and Off
clal derellctions, while we had the evidence be-
ne Ss other daE from mis-
mad been to integrity, while we confirmed that
an evil habit and evil associations have encrusted
him against the compunctions OF moral turpitude,
adverse to the promotion OF man chiefly from
the necessities of party expediency. Sine dsbio.
His talents, though brilliant, were contracted
and superficial. He knew something Of politica!
economy as detailed from the stump. Possessed
OF fine person, good address, bold and COM
manding manner. he was eminently successful as
a stump orator. This was the secret of his ad
vancement Though firm and consistent ia his
political principles, yet he was too frequently an
extreme radcalist to command permanent in
fluence among the magnates OF his party. OF a
warm frank, and lmpulsive temperament, he was
controlled more by his passions than from the fixed
principles of mature judgment, caution, and pra-
dence. He had no such fixed principles. Hrs
early Initiation into the schools OF party managers
OF party promotions, led him into another channel
of morals and associations, than those of steady
sobriety and unfinching stability to truth
The door Of the party caucus was the opem
sesame to olstinction-his boldness defied re-
ment Here, then, was opened before him wealth
without labor-reputation without the necessity of
q rigid morality-honor without selt-denial or ex-
haustlng diligence to Observation-Disclosures without
contingency of a plausible exterior, and fair ac-
count of his official duties-the easiest thing in
the world But hispropensities were stronger than
his sense OF honor, or his sense of shame. King
cabinet councils bound him fast, and in nine days
ne fell as deeply and as irretrevably Lucfer and
his angels.
Some friends of the late clerk are confident of
We hope 1t may SO turn out in the end We be-
lieve, now, at a events that the late clerk of the
House hes not a thousand dollars at his command
as an individual. And that the man is partially de-
ranged or without parallel ahardened villain, there
cannot be doubt
The conduct of the House in his examination
and expulsion Is most honorable. The calm and
charitable, spirit exhibited while hope remained
the equally calm but decisive action of justice
when his guilt was affirmed, were worthy Of the
House Of Representatives of the American Con-
gress. The final concurrence and co-opera.
tlon IN the sentence by the Ohio Demo-
Gratis was noble and true The researches
OF MIR. Taylor give him credit; and the
buslness-lkc suggestions and department of those
business men, Messrs. Jones, Hopkins, and Drom-
| goole Of Va, and Gave Johnson, of Tennessee,
were most opposite and appropriate in the proceed
| lngs upon the late Clerks malfeasance.
| Mr.. McNuty has wife and child in Cincinnati,
Ohio. She was, upon her recovery, to have re-
turned to her husband, in Washington, to partici-
pate in the crowning victory of his party, the in
i auguratlon OF the new President. Beautiful, &C.
| complished, and gentle hearted woman-her pre-.
sence here, at all hazards, at the opening OF ,he
| session, would doubtless have contributed much
| to save or mitigate the ruin of her hopes.
/ We have penned these hasty observations as one
would write of dead man but we cannot refrair
from sympathzing with the young wife and hel
| broken heart Sad will be the news TO her, pool
girl
For, ever the first briDger of unwelcome news
/ Hath but losing Office /; and his tongue
Sounds ever after as sullen bell
Remembered, knolling departed friend" w.