The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-19
Preparations for the New President.

Preparations for the New President.
Ourpnvate accounts from Washington are OF
very interesting character, and withal very anus.
ing, so far as relate to the incoming adminlstra
ton of General Taylor. We understand that the
wing leaders, members of Congress-, and wing
office seekers congregating at Washington, are
now busy, night and day, in both houses, on the
hill and in the hollow, in the hotels and in the Ia
vorns, making every arrangement for the selection
Of a cabinet for General Taylor, and for the ap-
pointment of all office seekers who may have
claims to fat places, 10 save all trouble and
all thought to the new President, when he reaches
Washington.
Our Washington correspondents have already
mentioned the names of several deserving politi
clans from the wing ranks who are getting up re-
Communications for particular Offices and prepar-
ing the way for their applications, as soon as the
next fourth of March shall have passed and gone
Foreign missions and copsuates are exciting the
attention Of the great and little politicians through
out the land. Home offices, from cabinet mem.
beis down to doorkeepers, are beginning to be
assorted and arranged, before the Inauguration
of General Taylor, or before he shall possess the
power of besowing what is placed in his hands by
the constitution.
Let us come to particulars. During the last few
weeks, we have seen variety OF names mention
ed for cabinet ministers. From time to time we
have given those as they appeared IN the papers.
The following however, has been freshly issued at
Washington, and has in II some names which the
previous lists did not contain. We give II for
what II is worth, as the latest version of the new
cabinet -
Qacv NJ 10 Iohn NJ Ma
Secretary of the Treasury-John C. Spencer, Of New
York.
Secretary of the Nsvy-Joseph r. Ingersol of Penn.
ey,vania
Postmaster General Robert c. Winthrop, of Mas.a.
chusetts
Attorney Generals. S. Prentiss, Of Louisiana
What authenticity may be attributed to this
programme we do not know but as far as we can
understand the position of General Taylor and the
principles which are to regulate his conduct, we
believe it not matter of very great importance
who has cabinet may be, provided they are the
same class OF intelligent and respectable persons
whose names have app cared IN the numerous lists
which have heretofore been published He will,
without doubt, select them before the fourth Of
March; but if, In few months, this cabinet should
not suit HIM, or the persons composing 1t should
turn out to be different sort of men from what he
had expected, it will be easy for General Taylor to
remove them as quietly as he appointed them
He might, indeed, take a new set OF men every
six months, il necessary: and we do not doubt but
that the country would support him against any
cLques of disappointed politicians among the wing
ranks The people elected HIM for President De-
cause they had confidence in his dete rminat ion,
virtue and integrity HIS cabinet will not exer-
else the executive power; they will merely atte nd
TO the practical duties, under his guidance, which
the avs and the constitution have allotted them.
This is ne idea OF cabinet making and cabinet
managing, and we shall see In a year or so how
near we come to the mark.
AS respects removals and appointments to the
Offices, 1t is very probable that General Tayor has
his own notions; and those notions, we suspect,
will be found to correspond more with the times o.
Washington and Jefferson, than with those of Gen.
Jackson and Capt. Tyler. Oar contemporary, Col
Webb 1t is said, has been very busy at Washington
obtaining endorsements from members of Congress
for the appointment OF minister to Berlin-saIary
$1,000 outfit $4,000. There may be no reasonable
objection TO Colonel Webb's aspirations. aud he
may be Just as fit for such a post as many others
who are now abroad; but the system of procuring
long list of endorsements for some particular
office, from members Of Congress, or politicians,
looks very much Ink e an attempt at coercing Gene
raj Taylor under the threat of "Tylerzing' him.
Such system we are persuaded would be " bet
ter honored in the breach than the observance"
We much disposed to think that the new Pre-.
sldent Will take a not very opposite view of this
and similar modes Of forcing pumpkins to grow TO
Tremendous sizes on very short notice. Indeed,
according TO all accounts in Washington, many of
the wing leaders have taken the business of the
incoming administrator upon their own hands,
and will have every thing arranged in relation to
the poll cy and appointments OF the new President
long before he shall have crossed the Alleghanes;
and the probability IL, that when General Taylor
shall arrive upon the banks Of the Potomac, he
may find to his surprseifnot to his satisfaction
that the busy-bodies about the halls OF Congress
have quite settled every thing for the next four
years, and that Old Rough and Ready will have
nothing to do but sign his name, toast his shins,
and 60 TO bed at sun down, in the White House,
for the full term Of his Presidency.