The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-27
INTELLIGENCE RI THE MAyLa.

wAsHrSoroS, Jan 49, 1852
General TSyisTs Poiiey-Proscripttox or no Proscr,.
ton, &c.
The fourth Of March is rapidly drawing near ana
the present time scarcely anything Is known as rs
efds the intentions policy which will be parsusd
'S the prssdept elect. Vague gxesses and oraouIsr
s'nss out are plenty enough but We do not believe
that single fact has yet trsnspred which throv.
Any hsnt upon General Tayors policy and for the
simple reason, that be has not yet made CON M
any one. Much Will necessarily depend upon oircum
stances, and 1t Ia therefore useless to T., .h
case. There oan DO little doubt, however INIT thu.
lis cabinet will be selected from the whig partyfor it
Is ueeless to deny that he elected by that party
True Thousands of no party men voted for him; out
where 10 the statesman In the United States who re-
presents tho no-psrty phalsnx! General Taylor has
declared that he 10 not an ultra whig and the most
liberal construction which Be placed upon the de-
clarston s that he Is not welded to the old issues OF
the whig party Upon the great general policy of the
wings We inclined 10 believe he will bs found -
him as any man One Of these great general prinoi-
plea reputation Of proecrp ton, aud this At
Ter General Taylor may be fou nd to be very differ
snt man from General Harrison. The Isstet bsfors
ms election, declared he inteded "to prescribe pro-
erpton" but he yielded the to tas differ
IN nsAos OK apartments and che consequence was,
csn;, aurng ms short career Of month ds-
,ip. ~ns .ooh place. than under ny former sdm
nietration In similar period. Here then, viii be the
great trial with General Taylor Let him give up to
r
hey will 1t once be cast aside.
NO person can dispute the fact, that there ara num-
Ders OF officials here who placed in ofacs nzrsIv
on party grounds and apart from thss, oon sd.
rstons, would not DO retained IN office a single hour
10 Dismiss such me will not be prescription; on the
contrary IL will be necessary duty There are oth.rs
agstn-whigs al well 40 mocrats-who have bsoom.
superan nnated, and ars unable to fiji thsr several Pc
sitons These men will doubtless removed, to make
room Tor men OF active business habits and If such
persons are fouRd in the wing party, they viii natu
prescription in that either. Bat where you and an
active, intelligent man filing office one who, what
ever may Do hr private opinions land every Amsrcan
oiu2en 10 enttied to form his Opnons,) does net
lug them into his olos with him, and whs in ths sp-
poi ntment of his clerks has never demanded what
their politcs are before employ,n g them suoh man
should BE- retained In office, and to dismiss him would
be prescription Of the worst type The present ad
one and yet We hasard nothipg ia the assertion that
nealy half OF tbs officials in this city ehsr wings
%sn III mo So,s Ms Ts ~
OF hearing ohsrwiss and yet such Is the fact Several
OF the heads OF bureaux are wings Large numbers OF
the chief clerks also wings; whilst the clerks
ycu Will aleo find large sphnklins of whias aud NO
party men, To assert therefore that neral aylor's
adminhtraton Will turn out ,udloori all d.
nocrats In oice here endeayor prove that tho
next administration will bs proscriptivs than
ne presens,an assertion which we, ut all sysns,
not prepared to believe. But rep.at, all on ,ials
who he'd :hei. 6ices becsuye they are politioa Ms
must expect to b. removed
Prominently among the officials who All their posi-
lions with credit to Themselves aud antage to the
country the present able ner Of the Gene
raj Land Once, Judge Young This gentleman is ct
TIE head OF the largest ana arduous burssu
under tbs government. There less than sixty
i've or seventy clerks in his Office nd BILE as
It may appear, he personally supervises nearly the
whole OF the immense work performed by them In
The appointment Of his clerks Judge Young never
inquiries what their political opinions are but tells
them that he requires they shall wei, and faith
inlIy; that Is the tenure they hold their offices by.
The General Land Office Is the most ian at
departments, and 1t ie rapidly increasing When our
new territorial acquisition shall havs been surveyed
ana thrown Into market, the duties of the office will b.
stiii GREATER therefore become. highly import INT
that en- actle chief should BIZ placed ut the head of
1t q man Of talent ana sound judgme at whose ds-
c'sions viii! bear investigation, and do jus.ce 70 AL
Such man Is the present incu NIB Mt and hs com
mands and deservedly So in consequence the estesn
OF botn wings and democrats. We ere only acquainted
with Judge Young in his official chara ster aud MAKE
these remarks purely from q sense Of justice We b.
eve him TO be just the OF Taylor wishes
TO I'LL oice- man in every way fitted for IT, and wao
Is regsroed with respect by every who Ia, pea
sure OF coming in contact with him. We do not know
whether Judge Young Getires continuanc in office
or not but We are very much atray indeed if We are
wrong in hazsrding the assertion that the mex. ad-
IL inisiration viii not think of removing him
We msy have something to say ofother dep srtmeuts
OF COVE nme NJ in next letter o.