New-York daily tribune., 1849-06-06
Executive Removals.

49, connvl aiming Of tie removals hOm once
hing made by The President ard bis Cabinet
a. Rv VIA, course shall we, who losthe this qasd-
.,sanial oyertarn Of Postmasters, Tide Wsiters
&c. pat aa end % it, How shsn we prescribe
.poscrsptioni You cannot seriously Contend
,h,, we are to DO Il by containing in ol5ce those
Who 20. IA by prescription. thus offering to the
.ch.moiop, Of the Syois doctrine vItas! mo-
.oo.oly Of ,he oss,es a. all times, whe'her their
.,.,,v be triamp ph1nt or defeated. How, then,
..soordiSg % yoar igdgneat shall We act when
in ,ower 70 bring the Government. back % the
.procjples snd practices Of iss earlier sHd P0rer
'dsysP
we asse these inqsiries in good faith, bat can
.l;ci, no answer Even The UHa0a, which can
,,srs two oosmns 70 tie lamentations Of a sing Re
e.erk over the lcss Of "a; berth. csnEot give Us
half column on tnis Interesting theme. It's single
stribged VIOLA crOSks ever 70 the oolorOus ;ssng
TIA. Wkigs gh; not 70 remove their opPoneats
from onse because they The Wings. not their
sdversrissl profess 70 co0dsna Prescription
No. there is single quaver in It's tune, implying
tds. Gen. ToyIor 1ht not 70 remove because he
declared himself no party mao. and said be bad no
friends 70 reward, 10 enemies 70 puni,h We
bsieve,rhc com plant hath ibis extent, 10 more
Now i. is no pa, OF our business to vindicste the
eonsstescy OF Gen. Taylor ortnelwisSon Of his no
party professions. We DO not dooo, their honesty,
bot we were never deeply impressed with toeif
profandity. No President Of the United states Is
likely soon TO be elec,ed without determined
struggle. AMI not many a successful candidate ior
that station can be expected 70 regard with equal
favor those who devotedly supported aud those
who vehemeEtly opposed bis election. IL may be
Ia human 10 do 90, but ths. particular sort
Of human nature will generally stand good way
Of from the Presidency. II a candidate were
really understood beforehand 70 promise 20 besto"
oisisl trusts ss freely on bis sdyersanes a. on DIS
supporters, we sppreheDd that the vote'dis'roo-
ting and other slectioneeriDg appliances On h'
side would be rather csrelessy attended N 10
some quarters. But this we are sure Gen Isyior
never meant, and was ncve really understood as
declaring Tha, he intended 10 temper the aspen.
ties Of party warfare, AID to disregard bygoDe
differences of.entiment eaaced by present ecoord,
we believe, and we doubt that be ever intended
much more than this Bat let this be as Il may be
We never lsld stress on Gen. Taylors peculiar
notions on this subject, nor asked votes Tor him On
the strength Of them. We bad heard OF such
before.
But 10 retarn 10 the main question How
sbali we prescribe Prescription Show US
practicable escape from it. We earnestly snK-
iously desire 20 see end put 70 these mercenary
scrsmbles for Office. They are unu,tersbiy losih'
some to every considersie patriot They exhibit
nothing like ambition. IN the better sense oi thsi
word bot only a mean, selfish, indolent desre 10
get money without working for ito ENJOY with
oo, producing-or at best TO get more for service,
than they will fetch in the market Of fair and oqo,
competition. Most men seek Office nowadays
because they want 10 live veil and not work hard
like good dinners but hate plowing and moving
want green peas with their mutton, bat hate to
hoe ia the garden before breakfast. There are
many instances we well know. in which neb
seek of, posts from sheer lack OF occupation of
Of ability to live by rugged labor-men who have
Iost limbs or, having large families, can lind no
work that will give them decent subsistence
These deserve compassion--we arc not so sure
that they deserve oiico 1t is public duty to
give them work suited to their capacities and
needs-but Offices were not created for this end,
and cannot be so multiplied to effect it. And,
the accession of any party to power, 1t isa con
soing reflection that not one tenth OF them can
get It.
We have no tears for those doomed by a turn
of the Political wheel TO 60 out of Office. We
never could squeeze out tear OF compassion iof
the sorrowing victim who, after having enjoyed
the emolumeuts of public station Tor some yea',
10 made 60 give place to another. II the othce
were desirable, he has had at least more OF ITS ad
vantages than his equal share ts one Of the Pco-
pie II to hold it Involve a sacrifice. he has en-
dured his part, snd ought To be relieved. II there
is any crying to be done 10 this case let lin do 1t
himself-st all events, he can have no help from
this quarter.
But we do lament the necessary effects OF this
general scramble on the character of our People
and the probable destinies of our country. Ii Is
debasing. 1t dcmorslizes in turn ali parties sno
taints the whole sphere OF Politics with corruP'
tion Men who, but for the hope Of appointments,
would never meddlc with public affairs at all he
come wire-workers and sub leaders. Thousands,
having sunk all idea Of public good in the coniom-
plation OF personal chance for office, are ready to
He TO cheat 10 forge, in order 10 secure the tn
umph of their party. And in the nature Of
thiugs, the tendency is ever from bad To worse.
There are twenty men seeking Office tor
the profit OF it today where there was one
thirty years ago. No noforiety ofviee, no elsrine
desttution of principle, sutices to extinguish the
bope Of Office. He who knows his neighbors would
never trust him with u hundred dollars may yet
hope ths, remote Appointing Power may invest
him with the most importsn, responsibilities
Even shen the fact Of his application Is Known
quiet. psace-loving men hate TO write IN PLAIN
terms To the Executive, This man is drunAsrd,
ibertias, sw indler, and his appointment would
be wrong and disgrace. They dread bis i'm
plscable enmity, his unserupalous machinsiions.
And thus. with the very best intentions on the part
@; the Appointing Power, men utterly unworthy
creep into stations OF tra,, and profit and always
must 80 hong s changes are made for Politics
sake, sad New England or Wisconsin village
must depend on somebody in w ashiagton to Sc
lsct one from among them u mail aud deliver their
letters That somebody viii generally DO bis
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