Democratic banner., 1849-12-10

fhang such men as ORATORS" but the tlrst cross
erected might be as the cross of Haman. For
clearance, concession and brotherly love, will
alone Bring peace and tranquility to the country
The Herald and tie CabiEet--again.
We noticed in clr last, the great commo-
tion created by the course ofthe New York
Herald, in publishing the letters ola GER
tain Geo. w. Brega, who seems to have
been perfectly conversant with the secrets
and intrigues oftlle administration at Wash
~ington. Bennett, enraged by the charges OF
of B,ega, that he had violated pledges of
confdence and had made additions to the
correspondence received by him, comes
forward and discloses facts, which, if true,
should open the eyes of the people to The
swindling and bungling operations Of our
Government.
II appears from some of thnse letters,
That the Cabinet have been devising plans,
to secure their own popularity and a n
tinuation of power in the hands OF the
wings, rather than to consult the best inter-
ests Of the country and advance its pros
perity. Gen. Taylor may be ignorant Of
the disgusting intrigues of his Cabinet, and
Mr.. Clayton, the chief actor in this drama,
may be dismissed from his post. Such
might be inferred from the tone Of the Wash
ington Republic, but he should surely have
discovered these things before now, if he
possessis the ssgacity and knowledge re-
qusite to make a chief magistrate of the ma
ltion. Bennett asserts that the letters pub
lished are genuine-that no alterations have
been made, and avows his determination TO
Hay them before Congress for Investigation.
From the following extractfrom the Herald
it will appear that the basest means have
been used to influence the public press of
the country, to create unnecessary panics
and detapge business, for the bepeft Of
stockholders and ireartless politicians.
"In confederation of these limitations,
we leain the fact, that previous to the pub
LEGATION of the article concerning the Pous-
Isin affair in the North American, large or
ders were received from Philadelphia by
~certsin brokers in Wall street, for Opera
itions in the stock market. Mr.. Clayton
and his associates out of the cabinet could
mot be ignorant Of the consequences stten-
ding the system of letter writing which
they had organized in Washington for GER
tain journals. They have, therefore, been
pdrticeps ~crin1inis in these attempts to get
up a war panic, and to create fluctuations
in the stock market, by using important
secrets of the government, or in exaggera-
Ting or e%xteIuating real facts. The special
friends eff Gen. Taylor, who are without
doubt counsellors Of the Washington Re-
public, are slowly discovering the misera-
bile, bungling, impertiment system Of Mr..
Clayton and his clique, in directing the az
fairs of the government, and oftheir duplic-
ity in making them subservient to their
lIprivate interests in stocks, or in newspa-
Ipers 10 which they make loans of money.
SIN further confederation of these sig
|niicant revelations in the Republic, we
need only refer to the pregnant correspon-
dence which was lately given to the world
through our columns rer6dtin, Ell hferufim,
notwithstanding what Mr.. G. w. Brega
himself, under the influence of Mr.. Clayton,
may have published in contradiction. By
that correspondence it was seen that Bre-
ga was employed to operate upon the New
York Herald in the same manner that Har-
vey was, and still is, employed by the same
: charlatan statesmen, in the columns Of the
North American, in Philadelphia, and the
Courier and Enquirer in this city. We
were informed privately. two or three
months ago, that a quarrel with France was
under way before the rupture openly took
,lplace, and were further advised to come
out, in a savage way, and write against
France, and so prepare the public mind fol-
the rupture and the panic in the stock mar
ket. Not caring to be the agent ola stock.
jobbing cabinet or a stock-jobbing clique,
and knowing prefectly well that cabinet
engaged in such tricks would soon burst
up, we threw aside these private iptima.
, ~tions, and went on in our own independent
course, censuring whenever we thought
, censure was deserved, and praising wher.
ever we thought but that was small) they
were entitled to any praise. Our view Of
H.