The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-02
INTELLIGENCE BY THE MAILS,

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 81, 1913
The PRESIDENTIAL Eiection-SfGte of FEEDING here =.
Hon. Y. H. Benton-7he Huntington M,nu-
menf-1he State ofthe Co@-Tne Journal of CJm
MERE and Gopernnent Clerks, &c. &c.
A description OF political interregnum prevails
here Just now. Ga the evening of the seventh dav
from this the great question will be decided as to
who will be the President of these United States
for the next four years-that Is il the freesoilers
and abolionIsts do not succeed IN throwing the
election into the House, which IS not very proba
BILE. People have got tired of guessing at the re-
suit, and are now quietly resting on their oars.
One selfevident proposition, however, presents
itself TO the minds ofa and that rs, that If Gene
raj Taylor is not elected, the wing party as it now
exists, Is down for ever. A new party. with new
Issues, and more enlarged views, will take the
together with rope of sand
IL IS said that IN case General Cass is elected,
MIR: Benton Will be Secretary OF State This is a
POSITION winch Mr. Benton Is eminently qualified
10 MI one OF the best read men in the country
possessing mind capable of grasplng the most
dihcult questions OF diplomatic policy, and with
ela v,1 from personal clashlng in the Senate, he
would be worthy successor OF such men as Blu
chanan, Webster, and Clay.
we perceive that Mr.. Geo. Waterson, Secretary
OF the washington National Monument Society,
has seen TIT to contradict the truth of statement
made by us some time since with reference 10 the
manner in which the work was being proceeded
with. Our statement was as follows =" We
rather admire the philantrophic mode adopted for
hauling the stone on to the work. Instead of en-
ployiDg horse, as is usually done, some forty or
fifty men man rope attached to small truck, and
haul away" Mr.. Waterson very fatty although,
perhaps, not very courteously denies the truth Of
this He enters somewhat at length into history
OF the manner IN which the stone is hauled from
the wharf up to the foundation of the monument
a matter which we never even alluded to-and
concludes. by saying "Aer the stone is deposit
ed, some halt dozen aborers draw Il upon truck
to the place where it is to be laid about eight feet
high, because 1t cannot, at present., be done IN
any other way" Now, we think that this
statement in itself proves the truth of what we
wrote, namely that aborers were employed to
haul the stones on to the foundation, instead of
a horse AS to the number employed, although
a matter OF minor Importance, we fancy
that half dozen men, unless each one were
endowed with the strength of a Sans, w, would
make but slow progress In hauling ston OF eight
or ten tons weight up an inclined plane W 18th rise
OF eight feet in about twelve. As to the ssertlon
that horses could not be employed, the fact that a
horse was employed Immediately after GU, letter
appeared and continues to be used, prove con.
cusively that the secretary is mistaken. M :. Wa
terson Is a very worry gentleman and, dou ,iless,
Jealous tor the prosecution Of the work Vt his
letter evidently shows that he not a pra .tcal
man. He may never have heard that horses you'd
be used to haul stones on to building; but, n,
theless, such Is the fact; and # he will pay vsit
to the monument, he will see that sugges, ,ion
has been acted upon, and that single horse NJ w
does the work which, at the time we first wrt ,te,
required large body of men to compass. We
were actuated by no other motives, when we
noticed the monument, than sincere desire TINT
that great national work should be prosecuted
economically and expeditiously. We have ne
other motive now. Were we inclined to carp, we
might pertlnently ask why it was that the cast
lngs for the trucks were not ready weeks ago, and
la de1 fOru NM al I,to th,,o
saved We might ask why 1t Is that Is
not yet finished and In operation? We put none
of these queries, because we feel convinced, from
the fact OF our first suggestion as regards the
horse. having been acted upon with such alacrIty,
that the committee will now do every thing in it's
power to push on the work. In dismssing the
subject, we must express our regret that, In self
defence, we have been compelled to answer Mr..
Waite rson's letter (Which, we understand, was a
kind Of circular addressed to four five New
York papers). We stated fact. suscipient of no
denial and the grievance of which we complained
was at once amended. Had it been doae in 81
ence, and without endeavoring to falsify our re-.
marks, we would have been spared the pain Of.
| again adveTling TO it.
| Commerce, the editor mathematics governme' Il
| clerks as being insolent and impairment, and g.
signs as a reason that they are mol Immediately r
sp0nsible to the public. We do not know what In
bearing of tie clerks in government employm en-
! in New York is, but from personal experience, we
must deny the applicability Of the EDITORS rk,
TO the heads of bureaux and clerks, in the pr bic
Offices IN this city They are always ready L af
ford every information consistent with tn In
tercsts OF The departments and ii II Is out of heil
pc er to answer Inqulr les, they are invar iably
courteous in their explanation OF the diff
Guilty. We consider il is rather hardshi ?, be
| cause one or two clerks in New York may have
been insolent, that the whole class should be do
nounced The cmpioyfes of government heee arc
gentlemen, and as such they have always co sduot-
ed themselves in the intercourse which we have
| had with them.