The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-15
WAsHInaroN. Nov. I5. fs48.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Is, 1913
The P7l,ey of thS New TIE II
spectacle Uh,gs and the 7ag.raS-T TIE Differ
enee--- Contemplated Processios---- The Paftn
| OGScs Roo11y-Recosry of some Of the Do
monds, &c.
The hfeRtgtwcer comes oas this mo1ntng in q
leading article, shadowing forth the policy which
IT supposes will he pursued by ne new admins
tration. Some of the principal measures are, the
repeal Of the tariff /, at present .xsts-the re-
peal of the sub-tremury law-the establishment Of
national bank-in q word, the revival of all the
old wing measures, winch we were told, only
short time since, were dead" dead az behring's
--herings which are red" We do norbeiieve
General Taylor intends to' father any such mea-
SUES. He hrs been elevaedto the highest honor
in the gift of any people, ayowedly as a no-party
man, and he possesses too much honesty and in
tegfity to become the tool cl q set of politicians
A wing House or Representatives. can, and un-
doubtedly will act up to the whig poIcy-but the
Senate is democratic, and any legislation must
necessarily be tina, OF compromise. We have No
fear ofany extreme measures being passed.
Astrons feeling prevails among the respectable
Wigs here against a proscriellye policy being
adopted by the next administration; whilst the tag
end OF the party-men whose only principle con-
sists IN getting share of the spoils-are already
MAXI og up lists OF democratic officials, and in
ncum5ents. We THINK these gentry will be grie-
yously disappointed; we at all events hope SO.
That the departments require pruning, no one at
all acquainted with their present composition will
attempt 10 denyj but II would little advantage the
country to turn out one set OF lazy scamps merely
to replace them by others equally worthless. A
great manYot the present officials proccfcd their
appointments IN consequence OF real or fancied
benefits which they claimed to have conferred on
the party, either by stumpng it, or some other
approved manner. AS consequence, these gen.
tiemen, In nine cases out OF ten, have turned out
to be most worthless clerks. They consider the
emoluments CT their offices az the reward oftheir
political Serv es and not as the reward OF their
official duties; and TIE result Is that in many bu-
the whole Of the work is thrown ON the stoul-
ders OF few Industrious men. Nearly all the pre-
sent expectants OF Office are men with prec ,sely
81 sImlIar claims" They have stumped itfor Glen.
menls, or they have played the sycophant to some
big fish, or they have done a Thousand things
equally entitled to the gratitude OF the country
and the receipt OF an ofiice where they will have
nothing to do and roast beet, with the example be-
tore the country OF the neicIency of men appoint
ed under similar elrcumsIances-we think any
cabinet General Taylor may form will hesitate
ere they crafty these '"pa,riots." If these men
believed sincerely that the cause they advocated
was good one, Its success ought to be sufficient
reward-t they merely supported it IN the hopes Of
getting an office, they are dishonest, and dlshon-
est man cannot be an' honest Official. To place
The departments upon q proper footing, the eff
hclency OF man should be the test, and not HIS
Poli'lCdi SUCH Is tile pOIlCy, we naN6
every reason to believe, General Taylor will pur-
sue.
The Taylor men intend to get up grand pro-
cession, deliver an address, illuminate, &c, ON
Tuesday week, the I'D instant, IN honor of the
success OF their ticket.
No clue has as yet been discovered of the per-
petratOrs OF the recent theft in the Patent Office.
IL is generally supposed similar game will be
played oil, as was upon the occasion OF the former
robbery, namely, to make terms for the return OF
the articles. reward Of 81 800 is offered for the
thief, and recovery OF the articles stolen II the
reward is given merely for the goods, is imagin-
ed they will at once be. forthcoming. Mr.. God:
Gard, the chief Of the police here, in presence Of
the commissioner, opened the door OF the build
ing, by applying pair, of n,ppers to the key, in
the same way in which it is supposed, from the
marks on the key, the robbers effected their en-
trance. Thirteen diamonds, belonging to the gold
box, were picked up this morning, inside of the
case, having been dropped apparently by the rob-
bers IN their haste, and the suppostIon is that the
box must have been broken mp in tearing 1t away
from Its fastenings. 1t IS evident the job was
performed by regular eheraliers dindustrie, who
came provided for every emergency. The other
end of the case contained General Washington'S
coat, vest, brooches, camp eguipage, &C., which
were fortunately not disturbed.