The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-08

pressing the HE blood from the lacerated bosom of
Hungary. This is the sentiment of mankind-the
law of destiny-and General Taylor will form no
exception to the general rule. To exuieate him
sell from the dilemma, he must dismlss his prin-
cipal secretaries. The incubus Is weighing him
down like milestone, and he must shake It off, or
sink. The men who put HIM there are clamoring to
have them out. The people knew, w hen they elected
Gen. Taylor, that he was not familiar with the de-
tails, only with the principles of civil government
But they knew that he had other qualities vast
ly more important. His heart was filed with
honest and incorruptible patriotism ; and he could
find cabinet of statesmen fully capable of furnish
ing him with all the facilities for carrying on the
great machinery of government. There can be no
doubt that General Taylor made all his pledges
with honesty, and that they have all been peril
diously broken by the cabinet 1t follows, there
fore, that since he would not knowingly have ap-
pointed men who would msrepresent his honest
sentiments, that he finds himself in the Notifying
position of being obliged to get men who care more
for country than psrty-who will redeem his own
generous pledges--who will alay, rather than irr-
tate, the already exasperated mind of the nation
There would be very little party spirit among the
people, were they not goaded on by corrupt and
selfish leaders, who ln1ame passion, only to in
crease their own power-like the desPeradoes Of
the rabble, who infuriate the mob only TO become
its leaders. The country is filed with these curse
bearing prohigates-Ned Buntlines on large scale
who do for the nation what he did for the mob Of
New York. The difference between them is only
this-the appeals to the blood thirsty passions of
the mob,t the others the proscnpve spirit of party
the one relies slung- shot, revolvers, brothels,
gambling hells, all ofwhlch whiskey sits the
presiding divinity-the others depend on intrigue,
corruption bribery and bias, and over all their deli
berauons presides the remorseless spirit of pro-
scription. The one hold their sitngs IN cellars
and grog shops-the others assemble in elegant
saloons, and assume the dgnified eplthet of coun-
ellis and cabnets-the one are caught and sent to
State prisons and peniteniiaries-the others baten
upon the spoils of office-the former burn down
cihes-the latter kinde conhagratlons among ma
IONS Such is party spirit-such the genus and
fruits of political prescription.
Did the people of this country, in voting for &C.
neral Taylor have the fantest idea that with his
advent would begin reign Of prescription more
merciless and universal than the nation had ever
before been cursed with Why, the Secretary of
the Home Department has displayed spirit wor-
thy of the days of Robespierre; and the Secretary
of State has made us the laughing stock of every
cabinet IN Europe. What right had Great Britain
TO suppose that Mr.. Clayton would take umbrage
at her outrageous pretensons to the control of the
Southern isthmusl He had compromised his dig
nifty IN the groundless t,acas Gas the French jour
mails term iD with M. Poussin. He had truckled
to Spain-he had let gallant Hungary go down
without lifting finger, but getting up a juggle.
He had uttered no word of sympathy even for the
rising republic of the Tlber; improving every
facility TO blunder which chance threw in his
way, and blindy missing every opportunity good
fortune offered Of reaplng golden opinions for
himself, the. rest, and the nation
No wonder England, who wanted Darien, as she
has Suez and Gibraltar, thought she could seize it
and sanctify the robbery by setting up, not an
binary diplomatic man of straw, but by browning
thick.Gpped, drunken negro boy, and in his name
bully Mr.. Clayton into concession. But 1t is
strange that even this latest boldest and ground
less claim has opened Mr.. Clayton's eyes. He
seems disposed to make some aforementioned it is
time-to pluck few laurels and Heaven knows
he needs them!