The New York herald., 1845-04-04

| son Ia thla expectation Mr. Blalr was by no
| means disappointed. IL was a revival OF the old
practice OF influencing General Jackson originally
started under The name OF the old kitchen cabinet
cemmehendlng Wm B Lewis, Blair, Kendall and
| others, who, amongst other notable achievements
| eifecually demolished Duff Green in the conf
deace OF sod Hickory"
Il Is now well understood that Mr.. Polk, soon
alter the last election, and before leaving Tennes-
see, had made up his mind To retain Mr.. Calhoun
In the State Department, for some time at least,
out out IN consequence OF impressions made by Mr..
biair In mis- private correspondence with General
Jackson, and through the latter on Mr.. Polk aided
aud assisted by the Influence oil Benton and all his
friends, M. Calhoun was allowed 10 leave the
State Department upon the accession OF Mr. Polk,
without single word being said tn him, elher tor
or against his continuance in office Under the
same influence, 1t is also believed that Mr.. Polk
invited Silas Wright To any post in the Cabinet
that he preferred. Mr.. Wright refused Then the
post OF Secretary OF War was offered to Mr.. But
Ter, OF your city, who also refused The friends Of
Mr an Buren and Sias Wright expecting that
Mr. Cdmbreleng would bs called 10 office, were
very much disappointed when they heard CT Mf.
Marcy's selection. All these matters were In a
peculiar position about the time OF the lnau2ura-
ton. The correspondence OF Blair and his COME
derates was diligently kept mp with General ack-
sop; and, for weeks after me 4,li o. Ma,cn, IS &C.
nerally Understood that sold Hickory" was In The
habit OF writing letters to the new President Twice
aud thrice week, giving his advice about every
movement that was TO be made, counselling this,
and counselllng that, and making use OF express
sons which had probably been heard previously
in The mouths ot private individuals at Washing
ton, and whose or gin and identity therefore were
easily detected The truth is, under the advice OF
Benton, Blair and his coniederates had resolved to
revive the old Kitchen Cabinet, composed OF Amos
Kendall, VIM. Is. Lewis, Thomas l.. Smith, and
various other agents and underslrappers IN Wash.
ingtoD, with the view of operating on Mr.. Polk,
and regulating every thing connected with the new
Administrations through the. Influence OF General
Jackson. A most extraordinary scheme il was
certaihly-the old Kitchen Cabinet restored, by
ntapn nj tINn aid rkn th0u ntf h1
grave, and now almost in his dotage, could not re.
fuse to swallow the Information and advice and
suggestions conveyed by Blair. who had Loaned
him money, and who thought he was serving his
country and the "glorious cause OF democracy"
when he sent back the same information to Mr..
Polk.
Ii was under this indirect and circuitous infn-
ence operating unknown TO Mr. Polk which caused
him to allow Mr.. Calhoun to leave the Cabinet IN
such an abrupt and unceremonious manner, which
verify believe Mr.. Polk regrets to this day. Aid
ed, however, by female tact in the While House,
the new President discovered that there was some
thing wrong in these manGuvres. and, like man
Of great boldnes5 and sagaciry. he commenced al
once the work of fstrangulatior hv rem"vlag Thomas
l.. Smith, VIM. b. Lewis and Dr. Jones tenius
meanwhile with perfect nOnCh0lanee claims OF
Amos Kendall for restoration 10 some permanent
place In the new administration. l have reason to
believe that Col Gardiner, who has been appointed
Postmaster here in the place of Dr. Jones, another
CT the old kitchen cabinet, is half and half con-
nected with tine same old clique, but time will de.
termlne whether he can remain in the position
which he now holds.
Cotemporaneous with these matters in Washing
ton, an effort was made by some OF the particular
friends OF Mr. Polk to set aside Blair altogether
and to reject his newspaper as an organ Accord,
lnely Mr.. Richie sent for a few days ago and
was here for half day, during which he had
long and interesting conversation with MIR. Polk -
Tho first introduction Of Mr.. Richie to Mr.. Polk.
on his arrival, was quite curious. "Mr. Polk"
said he, "you have made mistake in the COM
mencement OF your admnstration-you have dis.
missed Mr.. Calhoun too unceremoniousy, when he
was IN the midst OF an important negotiation. Bu'
yet the error is not quite lrretrievabe." 1t is
now understood that the new administration must
get rid of the Globe as an organ, and Of all the
other papers in Washington, and have every rea-
son to believe that in the course OF the summer
new paper will be started, which will take the place
of the Globe, and set it aside in the same asthe
Globe did the Telegraph through which Duff Green
attempted to control General Jackson. Arrange.
ments have been made between Mr. Richie anc
Mr. Helss OF Nashville, respecting this matter, and
Mr. Helss isnow north to procure materials for the
establishment Of this new p per, which will be in
existence before the meeting of the next OF
Congress. The printing OF the departments will,
Of course, be given to this paper, and although
Blair OF the Globe has money, yet it will be utterly
impossible for him to make headway against the
favor and patronage Of the administration and the
disaffection of large portions of the democracy.
From this historical sketch it will be seen that
MIR. Polk has not only mastered and overpowered
the various great diqmcs and their leaders, but has
also demolished the attempt made by the old
Kitchen Cabinet TO restore themselves to power and
office and to organize new system OF retaining
influence over the administration by using General
Jackson as their agent and tool of their purposes
made himself scarce at the White House, and
locks as sheeplsh as can well be imagined. 1t IL
possible that Blair, Benton, and all their confede
rates may attempt to get up an opposition to Mr.
Polk, but doubt whether they viii be able to sue.
coed, if their movements be watched and de.
veloped TO the people as fast as they come up.
Thus 1t will be seen that the mysterious and puZ-
zling removals OF Lewis, Smith, Jones, all mem
bers OF the old kitchen cabinet, have beenproduced
by sort of revolution in the mind of Mr.. Polk
against the attempt made TO govern him in the
way In which General Jackson was ruled when he
was in the White House. l do not believe, mol.
withstandng all that has been said in the newspa-
pers, mat Blair was ever asked 10 sell his paper, OF
that he will receive any offer or favor from the ad
chance, and very much doubt whether Colonel
Gardiner will be able clear his skirts efectuay
OF contact with the clique which has been so detec
ted and punished. Benton, during all these move
ments, has been in ashngton, and has been, have
every reason to believe, the principal counsellor
and assistant OF Blairi all these amusing intrgues
This, then, is the explanation of all the late Curl
GUS and mysterious movements. Is 1t not very
rch, as you would say, very amusing and phi)oso-
phical!
In another quarter, Mr. Polk has freed himself
Of an annoying and intriguing influence. Duff
Of
leo, on the subject of annexation. Immediately
his arrival he called on Mr.. Polk, and request
ed him to suspend all action on anything relating
to Texas, as he had wonderful information which
he could communicate TO him gratis on that SUBJ
ject. Duff attempted in the same way to give
direction to the policy of Sir Robert Peel, and also
ha. of Mr. Shannon in Mexico, and similar ei-
fort got him into difficulty with Mr. Jones, the Pre-
sldent OF Texas. Mr.. Pc *, however, treated the
self-constituted penipotentiary general with very
great GOODNESS, and thinks that, with his present
cabinet, he can himself manage his own affairs, so
that Duff has not Jared much better with Mr. Polk
han he did with Sir Robert Peel IN England, or
President Jones in Texas. Duff will now probably
spend the rest of bis days mining coal in Cumber.
of patents from one Of the efices here. securing
some of the valuable mines near Lake Superior
nut he failed completely In consequence of this
failure to settle the Texas question, Duff Green