The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-06-06

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Our WashinSton CorresPenAsnes.
WASHINGTON, June 2, 1870.
Great Names at a Discount-Ssxg,Lar Coincide,~r
q the Erpslsso~ Of Corporate Guard fro~ eas
War Deparfws~t-7hs Course of the Ad~i~is-
"ato"-Mr. Mawgwn's Reported Letter Of Ey-
cept'ons, to Mr.. Epimg.
ihere was most singular batch of executions
IN the War Department, (Second Auditors Oeies.,
yesterday including some of the greatest names in
history. from the Archangel Michael, down %
James Madison, late President of the United State
to witt
Michael Keller, of Pennsylvania.
Abraham Farquhar, of Pennsvlyania
Christopher Columbus Coe, Of indiana.
Benjamin Franklin Brown, of OHIO.
George Washington Kimberly, of Indiana.
Thomas Jefferson Robinson, of Kentucky.
James Madison Miner, OF Virginia
These were clerks in the Second Auditors Office.
and all were transformed, Yesterday. from servants
a singular coincidence Of great names doomed to
the the block in single day, is not to be found IN
all history. We defy. Macapley or D'Israef,
duce parallel to it. Truly may we ask, =" what's
In name Z" when the axe of rotation deals thus
numerically with the great lights of the world.
Neither the sword of Michael nor the bosom IT
Abraham Is a guaranty of safety in these days Of
revolutions, and the shades Of Washington, Bsa
Franklin, and COLUMBUS, like the ghost Of Scipio,
Walk unrevensed amongst U.S."
But the pressure IS heavy-it cannot be resisted.
There are hundreds OF able, educated and inauen-
tial wings, younger sens of decayed families, long
expecting disciples of the g good time !" and now
that It has come, they are here, and will not take
" no. Tor an answer
Besides, we see not why the democratic party.
in the aggregate, should complain. The coaaer
the sweep In 1919, the greater will be the prize in
1862.
We have it, however, from reliable authority.
fhaf Tav Inrv he rall nd
the Senate for the policy of removals adopted by
the administration; and, although the old soldier
may find II easy enough TO answer the call, il il
easy foresee that from the meeting of the next
Congress, the war between the party defeated and
the party dominant will begin In earnest; and with
over scanty democratic majority in the House,
some bills or joint resolutions may be passed, di-
rectly antagonstic to the course pursued by tho
administration, and calculated to place it in q most
awkward position.
The lines are distinctly drawn. The admins
tration is wing. 1t were folly to attempt to deny
it, There is no desire to deny it; and an amalga-
nation with the wing party Is the only tenure up0A
which the extraneous elements that aided IN Gen.
Taylor's election, can be considered as entitled to
u share In the proceeds.
1t is upon the wing party the party supporting
the admnistration-tha 1t depends. To sustain
itself, the administration must sustain that party.
The democratic party declared its hostility from
the day of the inauguration There was sup
port to be had from that quarters; and the law OF
self defence has driven the administration to make
Its election between a united and a divided sup
port OF the wing party The organization OF
third party was soon discovered to be Impractical
be.. 1t would have Tylerized the administrator
in six months.
This, then, is the whole policy. One party had
declared its hostility-the other had threatened to
desert il not compensated for its labOrs; and thus
was the cabinet compelled to fall back upon the
old line OF demarcatlon, az between wings and
democrats.
The issue is made out, the position Is adopted,
and the system Of rotation Is in regular course OF
action.
On the meeting of the next Congress, and net
before, the exact line of policy of the administra-
ton will be understood; Its defence will DO made
out, its course will be defined, and its objects will
be indicated. Meantime, the cabinet Is leit to the
alternative of confirming itself in the support Of
the wing party IN Congress, and OF the party
throughout the country.
The letters of the campaign are out of the ques-
ton. They are overwhelmed by the Necessities ot
the case; for self preservation il the paramount
| law. The administration IS thrown upon the
| wing party-the wing party throws itself upon the
administration, and without the rations it viii
| We believe in the doctrine of rotation, and we
| an especially excuse it in the wings, AZ 1t has
| been a long time since they have had a taste u
he rich milk of the treasury, and because, from
the expiration Of this administration, long inter-
val OF exclusion may again occur.
In connection with the system Of rotation. a.
adopted by the cabinet, and more particularly AZ
applied by Mr. Ewing in his department, we learn
rom personal friend OF Mr.. Senator Mangun,
hat that distinguished gentleman has addressed .
letter to Mr. Ewing, deprecatng the extent -
| which removals from Office Is carried, and adme-
nishing the Secretary OF the Interior that this 10
not the entertainment 10 which we were invited"
We are disposed to credit the statement, from our
personal knowledge OF the magnanlmity Of Mr..
Mangum and his aversion of the party doctrine of
rewards and punishments, on the naked ground Of
a difference Of political opinions. But Mr. Man
gum is more statesman than a politician. and
does no, feel the hungry pressure upon the depart
ments. w.