New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-11
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
THURSDAY MORNING.. NOVEMBER II

TIE CLERK or rHE HoUsE.-The announcement
in one and another journal first THAI Certain
ern Whig Members next that the Sene' a''o '0''''
Quincy Adams. have resolv d or PROMISED " sup
No., IN. c,e,k Of the last and preceding Houses Tor
rselee,;on inpeIs az 70 some reflections, which may
as well be uttered.
A.. q q French. the Clerk in question, Is, we
h.Esvs an industrious pleasant, asble officer and
..,sc;.ly sfEuble to wings since it became highly
probable that they would constitute majority in
the next House. Bat be was made Clerk, not for
his susvity, nor bis capacity for bis Wing prede'
cessor had these in equal measure but primarily tor
his Loco Focosm. He bad for many years before
been an active and useful servant Of bis party snd
when it regained the control Of the House the mig
Clerk was tipped out and Mr.. French rewarded
with his place neither the Wings nor their OiefA
whining nor grumblipg at the reverse. IL va" 'nen
fortune. and they took it the natural way
Thu Clerksnip OF the House is an Office OF large
,ecao,.rv patronage and political power In Ell
.i.,, h.nd. like Mr. Frenchs il will exert an i'm
oort.ot influence, one way or the other on the ap-
preaching Presidential Election The Incumbent
beIones TO the bitterest and worst school Of Loco
Focoism-the New Hampshire school-a school
which does not see in the party differences OF our
time honest diversities Of opinion as to the best
mode OF promoting the public welfare, bat which
hates a Wing a. though he were rattiesnake-
which thinks no means uDjusti6sble by which We
can be worsted and trsmpled on-snd which de-
lights in inhaming the passions OF the ignorant ana
degraded by heapipg upon us every caomhioos
accusation every opprobrous epithet that can DC
raked from imaginstions fertile IN that sort oil en-
ginery. q" Mr. Speaker exclaimed yerdsnt
Legislative Demosthenes, one occasion, 81 0nghf
TO know something about hogs was raised
among en- Similar is our right to speak OF Loco
Fooo. Of the New Hampshire species. Unless you
are ACQUAINTED with that particular breed you
know nothing Of the hatred. the gall, the malice,
with which men may be taught To regard Political
adyeusres And for the manner IN which THIS sort
are accustomed to use Political power or oPportuni
ty let any one peruse the ePistles-paitfy' YET
sdroit-himsy, yet replete with demagogoe Gun
nine-wbich a genuine brother inafms OF Mr..
French. who magnifes the name of Edmund Burke
is accustomed TO send forth profusey from the ia
tent Office. which the People Of all parties pay him
s3 900 per annum for experimenting
Now if our Political adversaries are willing 70
come into an understanding that the incumbents OF
merely ministerial or executive stations shan De
retained in Office for certain term OF years unless
debarred by personal unftness, we shall most glad
" welcome such an arrangement, and are sure the
Wing party will promptly and eagerly accede to 1T
We know no reform more desirable than that which
shall establish the inapplicabty OF Political tests
% the filing Of any stations but such as are oov
ously and properly Potical,-like those oil Presi
dent, Members Of Congress, &c. DC We wish II
were nevermore to be asked concerning any can
didate for Clerk, Postmaster, &c. whether he were
of this party or the other. Nothing is more viielly
necessary TO the renoy alton Of public virtue among
us than the signal rebuke and overthrow oil farty
Prescription for the sake OF prescription or the
spos' thereby obtained and OF the many endur
ing injuries inflicted this country by Andrew
Jackson there is none which more deserves the
stern Reproduction Of every rejecting patriot than
the wanton, unprovoked, malevolent prescription
of Political opponents Of which he set the fatal ex
ample. -,
Bat the mischief is done where is the remedy 7
Is il right that the Wings should systematically
retain their opponents in Office while those oPpo-
nents pursue the contrary course Is this the way
eectually to prescribe prescription, so as to put
an end TO it, If it seemed 80 TO us, we should
urse il but il does not In this City, for example
our Wing Common Council have kept in Office
largo portion of the LocoFocos they found there
and we believe we are weaker for 1t this day
aud more likely to be overPowered next April.
Let US have any rule to limit prescription that Will
work both ways, and we will sustain 1t joyiully
but so long as there is none. and is likely to be
none we cannot see why this particular dog should
have his day and a half any more than others.