The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-11-04
The Washington Organs.

The Washington Organs.
Ofwhat manner of earthly use are the Washing
ten organs In London, Paris, Vienna, and other
European capitals; in Moatreal, Halifax, Hava-
ma, and other colonial cities, the official organs
keep the public advised upon government affairs,
and to some extent, Of government intentions
Until very recently, the organs at Washington
now and then, by dnt of cross-quesuoning, have
sondescended to enlighten the country the poll
ey and movements of the administration. To be
sure their disclosures have always been qualified
with good deal Of mysterious ambiguity-they
have supposed" and understood and have
''ventured TO assert" that the government would do
no such thing as charged by some presuming let
ter-wrer; but still they have answered reasona-
bly, well to keep the pubic informed of the dolngs
and designs of the government.
But Of what sort of use, government papers.
are the present organs at Washington The
Union, OF course, is out of the question. Father
Richie and Mr.. Burke not allowed 10 enter the
star chamber 1t is their vocation to cut and
slash, denource, abuse, "knock down and drag
out, until not Tag vestlge OF the adrnlnistra-
hon lie left In this service they work with the
srgy of ST. Paul, and "pray without ceaslng" for
their restoration to the "Aesh pots" of the Treasu-
~. But being officially defenet, save as the organ
OF The CONSIDERS" the Union is excluded from the
erces Of the cabinet, and can neither be expected
10 know any thing, nor be held responsible for any
Thing.
The Infeligtnccr and the Republic, however, are
supposed 10 hold different relation. They are
looked upon as the organs of the cabinet, of
some particular member or two of the concern
The IntsRigsncer, from old associations, A." obsolete
ideas" and from its sympathy in the exploded
Sogmss Of old wing hunkerdom, Is regarded the
especial fsvorite Of Mr.. Clayton. The first publ
cation in it Of the correspondence on the war
steamer, and ofihc horrible discovery of the Round
leland expedition, and Of other matters from the
State Department, sustain the PIE sumption that il
holds the same official relationship TO Mr.. Clayton
a. the Moth american, barring the $4,000. In
fact, the pIm, old maidish propriety, the grand
rotherly tenacity to old nouoas Of style and eti-
suete, Of the fntslgcnocr, exactly agree with the
temper Of Mr. Clayton. They are both oil that
class known as the "has beens." They are Of
abe Bourbons, and langulsh for restoration Of the
srccni regime, and the quiet secury OF the alien
and stdiuon laws" The rampant rcpublcanism
Of the 10Th century has left them a hundred years
behind and upon this hypothesis we may account
for every Iour pas Of Mr.. Clayton in his late bl1n
dyrng efforts to initiate the diplomacy Of the last
century.
The RspHbhc is Of later echOol. II manifested
al fret some disposition to keep pace with the pro-
sress OF modem IDEAS but the cabinet have Grip
pied It, by ibenl subsidies, into the temcst subms-
zion. We expected in It supporter Of the Presi-
dent and hrs policy; but It has become the second
hcdlc Of the fnioiigcnoD.
Sach Is the manaclcd and crippled condition
Of the Washington organs For al purposes OF in
formation on the foreign or the home policy of
the government, they are either without Us conf
dtnce, or under bonds not to reveal Il. They
regularly publish the list cf prescriptions and
appointments made by the cabinei-they ap.
plsud every thing Of that Fou-thry an their CO.
lumus with stale old letters from London, and
eKttsets from the Bn;ish press on international
cub ec;s; but they src deaf and dumb upon the
condition Of our own public affairs.
d,putc between Mr.. Douglas and Mr.. Burke
on thc one side. and Tn 1mas Ewing the butcher,
On the other, seems Just now 10 monopoze the
editorial abors Of both organs Ii is charged that
Br. Ewing offered Mr.. Douglas the post Of public
gardener provided he would let the prudent Secre-
ary have a house At the diminished rent Of two or
three hundred dollars and this psliry business r..
suirss the sweating labor of two or three columns
cay, by the organs, 90 whiswash the Transaction.
In the Eeantlmc, the public would like 20 know
whs; Mr.. Clayton is doing and what is his ,li.
rstun on the Nicaragua question. They would
hke to know the prospect upon the tobacco aad
salvage cases; the relations Of the government
with Austria, Rome and Span; the bearinz q q
ihs cabinet in reference TO Csnads and Cuba; the
progress Il the Bea case their opinions of Faus.
iin Solouque; the state Of our diplomatic relations
with South America our relations with China
ana The condition Of oar consular relations in 1a
quarters Of the world. oar domestic affairs, such
as the sub-treasury, ihe pos, Office, the mail steam
ere, the tariff Nc., are generally regarded a. pro-
rer subjects for the oTgens; but upon al these
things, the present sloggtsh journals at washiaa.
ton leave the duty Of enlghenior the public 10 The
letter writers, and the independent press and its
correspondents scattered over the world
The fact ~, the sole object Of the Wasiia -ton
organs is the spois- their whole duty Is to pu. to
blow, to disguise or conceal the doings Of the e.
binet, 10 secure the punder Of ths public printing,
and to humbug The people They are too lazy 70
be useiul and subsisting upon the treasury, they
ssn only speak by permission. The only reliance
oi the people "a the inderenden, press supported,
for instance, like the Herad, by men Of all parties,
all ereeds, all nations, oil over the world-free Of
all parties and all eliques, and completely indepen-
dent That's The only sort of organ for the people
o. large