New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-09
poIi,;c- and Once.


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Politics and Once.
RxNovALs FROM OFFcE-lo addinou % ne Tefnosa.s Il
eierks mentioned paper Of The st inst We have ~
ada Mr Cochran chief cefs % the Indian Bureau Rev
Goodrich smita he a,e able ssncalufal c.rfz o.. e
no. assistant machnt We also learn that Peter haEn-f
third sudor hss a.9 been removed On ne ground oi a.
Jexed incapacty He was Wig. venerable Tor gears
se1 venerable for Ces ard has held oce comm
nO8siy more than forty years. Wash. mon, July ).
n The Ups0a has been foremost 10 represent
ing the changes recently made In the incumbents
Of Executive posts as impelled by greedy, rapa
oious Wing clamor for Office, y hch the President
has not the frmness 70 Withstand Yet the
Union own columns will show that very con-
siderable proportion Of those whom the President
has seen fl 70 appoint 70 responsible aud desir-
able stations have decined them, proving ina.
tkey at least did not engage in any scramble for
ofsce. Very many Of those recently appointed %
the most desirable stations did not seek them, bat
were sought " hl them, the Collector Of this
Port being a conspicuous example. On the other
hand, candidates who made the fercest Onsauehts
on the Executive, backed by bags-fun Of gioriiy-
ing letters ard countless signatures certify ing lot
only vast political but also personal services u
Gen. Taylor have been suffered 10 pass uncom'
nnissioned and unconsoled. 1t does seem 70 us
that The Union and 10 echoes ia decent fairness
should not shut their eyes 70 these facts
The case of Mr.. Hsgncris again IN point he nss
held most responsible Office in the Treasury Tor
gre at number OF years-nearer nifty than iorty,
II we mistake not. He has been good o'hcer
and received good pay for his services II he has
not been oulpsbly almost criminsliy reckless be
must have enough laid up TO support him comfort
ably through his remaining years. He IS no" ola
enough 20 quit working, and is deemed no longer
able to discharge with due energy aud alscrity the
duties Of his arduous post The President IS about
relieving him and appointing another IN ms stead
The Union eagerly pfo~ls for opportunities to
make party capital ont Of every act Of the Admin
istrstion Had Mr. Hsgner been Loco Foco
howl would have been raised over the ruthless
prescription Of so old aud faithful public servant
Bat he is Wing so nothing can be made out oil
his case on that tack and the only course re main
ing is to announce bis retirement in terms ss 10
vidious and sggravaiing as possible. Can any
thing be made by such housing warfare
There are Tor lately werel many Clerks, &c,
IN Office at Washington, who did not even pretend
10 earn the money paid them-sone entirely super
anuated, others put in at the request OF relatives
IN Congress who wished 10 be rid Of the burden
Of supporting them some OF them incurable good
or.nothings who might present fair claims to
places in the Aims House, but had none at all to
Office Of any kind. We DO trust that there is now
the requisite honesty aud sternness in the Presi
dent aud Cabinet to sweep the departments clean
Of eli these moths, and take care that like set
do in ia ,fla ~ y.
do this--shali 1t not he donel
We hope the Reform will net be confined 70
Washington. 1t surely should not Here S our
Custom House which for wears has been Noahs
Ark for all manner Of wild beasts and creeping
things-sloths especially. Our new Collector can
well afford to be thorough IN dealing with such,
and we trust he will be. What We demand is
not favor to this party or prescription OF that but
IN iniexibe rule that creTy man pad as for Hcr-
saue seyrice shall be required PAINFULLY 70 perform
H. and bee dismissed ia case he does not OF course
neither the Cabinet nor the Collector can be cx
pected to disregard Party considerations they
ought not GA side until they wIiconseut to on
the other as well. But let no man be appointed
who will not earn his salary let none DO retained
aud paid unless during temporary Illness day
longer than nc continues 10 earn IL. ana Whch
ever 1t shall appear that there are more custom
house officers on the list than are necessary to
perform the duties, let the list be revised and the
excess pruned away. Such are the dictates OF
simple honesty, and We trust our new Collector |
will not come short Of them. The recent Reform
in our Revenue laws, whereby ali ;ha money col
iected is paid into the Treasury and specific sum
Appropriated therefrom to pay for the collection,
instead Of paying the revenue officers first aud re
turning the balance only as the receipts from Gus
toms is calculated to let daylight into many dark
corners, and we look for most auspcious results.
We believe the Government is now in the hands
Of men who recognize an obligation 10 .he whole
People absve that to any party and rejoice in the
hope that such sentiments are not de stined to be
altogether iroi,less