The New York herald., 1849-11-14

telegraph is finished to Halifax, and the Americas
news will, therefore, be despatched to this city
over the wires from that point.
Important from Washington-Poiicy OF the
Adn,inistratiOn Clearly DisciOscd-FOre-
shadow OF the Presidents message-The
New York Herald and the Cabinet.
We publish in columns, to-day, very inter-
esting and important correspondence from Wash
ington, as embraced in a series of letters written
during the last summer. 1t will be seen that they
distinctly disclose, at different intervals, the shap-
mg Of the policy, principles and measures of the
present cabinet, as those principles and measures
were matured and dove-taed together, after sue
cessive cabinet consultations. The importance Of
these deveopements will easily be realized. They
are a foretaste, or eptome of the Presidents
message TO the coming Congress, and the accom-
panylng documents from the departments. In fact,
these letters embody the message and the reports
Of the departments in undress, free and easy,
such as that in which the hero of the Rio Grandc
was always TO be found upon his battle-felds Of
Mexico; and they probably give better under
standing of the substance of the message and re-
ports, than will the reading of the real documents
themselves, when they appear next month.
Mixed up with these valuable papers, will be
found some very interesting testimony from the same
writer, upon the position and course of the New
York Herald as independent and reliable public
journal This testimony is proof direct of desire
on the part Of the cabinet to constitute this journal
their peculiar and confidential organ. The author
Of all thsse letters is Il gentleman holding high
position IN one of the departments, and possessing
the most intimate relations with the leading mem
bers Of the cabinet. We withhold his name, as
that is a matter Of but little consequence. The let
ters are valuable and interesting to us and the
public, from their intrinsic authority, bearing upon
their face the evidence of truth, ier dealing,
hness and business tact and talent
Ii true that this unique correspondence discloses
the best and smiling face of the cabinet measures;
and must own that the programme of their policy,
as here indicated, has some very strong points OF
wisdom and consistency about 1t; and # the cabinet
had carried it out for the last few months, with the
same consistency and hrmness with which it was
adopted, the administration would have gone for
ward mere smoothly and successfully than they
have done, But instead OF the adoption OF the
conservative policy of the inaugural address,
the practice OF an entirely different system OF ac-
ton, both in our foreign and domestic affairs, weak
and yacllatIBg IN the one, and proscnptive, with
out example, m the other, has rendered this beau
tiiul programme, for Ill practical purposes, dead
letter bungling burlesque of mbecillty and fuss
uniled-and the only excuse offered is, that the
"obsiinacy OF General Taylor" was the cause Of
the laiiure We know better, and We will prove
It a, an early day. But for the sagaeiiy and com
mon sense OF General Taylor. the c,binet woulI
have mace still greater bund,rs than they have
Yet eoEmitisc
In the programme laid down in the eorespon-
deuoe. We find these landmarks clearly set forth
.hst the general policy Of the administration Will
be " strictly in keeping" with the Allison let
ters and the inaugural address," that upoa the
tann and sub-treasury questions, II VIII be con-
servatve and respectful to the action OF Congress-
,ha, the "President and his cabinet are strong
~ opposed TO the dIctauon OF cques," and are de-
-stuus of budIngupa "greut constitutional parry,
without ttspect TO wings or democrats. IL will DC
seen, also. that the foreign policy, az here dehned
Ihoush neutral, is firm and manly, aud especially
satslsctory on the NicaIauga dispute and mat
Dir Clayton some times desires, and sometimes de-
slret not. the anne xation Ot Canada and Cuba. IL
also apIears that " as for removals, the cabinet
plously believes that not single one has been
made, except for GOOD cause," VIII ch admits the
obligation to stick to the inaugural address. This
hst point wants proof very much-very, very much.
such is the foreign and domestic policy Of the
cabinet, as set forth IN these invaluable etters
during the last summer Let the history Of the
last 81 months answer for the manner IN which
Il has been carried out. Great cry-liule wool.
We have forborne to make much allusion TO the
open dispute discussed among various whig jour
rss for the last few weeks, relative TO the rupture
between the Ntu York Herald and the cabinet.
Recently, the Cowir and Enquirer, and other
"outside organs" have charged upon us the high
crime Of demanding some public printing and adj
vertsing, as the condition for our support OF the
cabinet; and that their refusal to grant IT, was
among the causes which nstigaied the course Of
the Herald IN its commentaries upon the melan-
choly bunpling in the Poussn business, and upon
other matters coming before the cabinet, within a
short time past.
We have here the means Of answering the
charge. The correspondence which we now pub
hsh furnishes quite sufficient evidence that all sich
charges are utterly unfounded and shows, more
over, that # the Nag York Herald had been willing
10 prostitute its columns to the unqualified pubery o
Mr. Clayton and his associates, without REGARD t'
right or wrong, we might have commanded the ex
elusive confidence and favor of these blunderIna
s,stesmen, and all the patronage Of the government
70 boot But men Of such narrow capacities under
stand neither the character nor position OF an indie
pendent journal We are always disposed TO dc
usuce TO the cabinet, when we believe them to be
right, without reference to personal, party or any
other considerations, except the ends Of justice and