The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-03-29
WASHINGTON, March "a, lS49.
The Cabinet--Ths Rumors-R Removals. Issue

WASHINGTON, March "a, lSi9.
The Cabinet--Ihs RWmors-Renouals-l Issue OF
Stock, &c. &c.
Very little reliance can be placed in any OF the
Tunors of cabinet proceedings which daily ema.
nate from here. From the first formation of the
administration, thousands of rumors and "faets''
have been gwen currency, and yet every hour dis
Proves more or less of them. There is no way to
lind out what Is done in cabinet council, except
through the members of the council themselves;
and It Is extremely improbable that they are
dlscre ct as TO communicate any such information.
We are inclined to doubt. very much, the rumor-
current here we confessional the subject OF "pro-
scpptiOn" was preached the other day IN council,
and that division was had order to test whether
that policy should be pursued or not Gen. Tay-
lor has lcalong avowed his determination not TO
pursue such a course, and it is reasonable to sup
Pose that his constitutional advisers accepted Office
with the same feelings, or, at least, acquiescing IN
behevedthat, after his explicit declarations on the
subject, an endeavor would be made, the effect of
which, if successful, would be to stutlfy the Pre-
eident? Common sense fOrbIds such an Idea
question may, and doubtless will, ARISE, as to
what prescription" is. 1t is word certainly ca
Pable OF great expansion, and may be made nearly
as Ineligible as the expression, ajudicous tariff
For our part we consider the term as applying only
to cases where good, efficient officials are rem0v
ed tor no other reason than because they may hap
pen to be democrats; although, far as their poll
tics are concerned, ii Is more a matter of form than
OF substance. There are many such meR in office
here, and we will venture to predict, that not one
Of them will be disturbed. There Is, however,
another and a very large class of office holders
who are now remarkably silent, but during the
four years just past, were conspicuous for their
NOISY clamor as their vlndictive persecution of
everybody who differed with them. Men who
stumped It herolcally, who threatened valiantly,
and who hunted up every stray wing who happened
to hold an Office, and endeavored to have HIM re.
moved, are now to be found as quiet as mice, and
as meek as lambs. Would 1t be prescription to
turn such men out!
But yet there Is another phase to this matter
which ID of some weight IN deciding the question
Of ''proscrpuon." Are the wings and.no-party-
men much entitled to fill the Offices OF the coun-
Try as the democrats are I? Is there not a whig-
though a moderate one-President? Is there not
a whis majority in Congress By what rule OF
rightly what system Of logic, then, do you ex.
clQde the dominant party from at least an equal
share In the Offices of the country 7 And yet, in
this city alore, tenths Of the officials are de-
mocrats, and throughout the country the disparity
is still greater. This will unquestionably be equal
zed-as a matter Of justice, II must be done. It
will not be prescription. It will be merely even
handed justice.
1t is not true that Mr. Ewing directed the clerks
IN the Land Office to write specimen patent with
aview to find out their qualifications. The COM
missioner, for his own satisfaction, had few pa
tents thus written, but with no desire to pick
out flaws in any one. o.