The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-15

The New Administrat ion-What Is TO he Its
Policy!

Now that the remains of the late venerable old
General have been consg ned to the tomb, the poll
ticians at Washington, and elsewhere, will give
loose to all their arts and intrigueJ, and will en-
deavor TO shape and form the new administration,
which practices commences this week, under the
guidance OF Mr.. Fillmore, of Buffalo. Rumors,
surmises, lists of plans of government, and terms
of compromise have run the round of the press
from the time the last breath left the body of Gen.
Taylor to the present. Action must now com
mence, and the action of the new Presd ent in the
present extraordinary crisis in which the country
Is placed, will be watched, scanned, sifted, and
dissected in the most approved manner, by the
whole newspaper press throughout the country.
The first and most important matter which must
come before the new President, is the selection of
a cabinet. That, however, must give way ia its
importance and details to the plan of compromise,
which must be adopted in some shape or other, in
order to reconcile the differences which have been
growing to head between the North and the
South for a few years past, and which may involve
The country in the greatest trouble, if any further
delay takes place in the arrangement of that diff
Guilty. The general impression in Washington,
and throughout the country, and principally in the
State where Mr. Fillmore is best known, is that
the new President will incline in favor of the com.
promise now before the Senate, which is supported
by Mr. Clay, or some modification of the same
general measure, which may be concurred
an and brought forward by Mr. Clay and
other distinguished statesmen IN both houses
of Congress, who have heretofore been identified
with that policy. To the settlement of this great
and leading question, there will be found two OPP
posing elements among the politicians of the coun-
try-the one coming from the North, and the other
NJ he
and all who favor their policy from various mo
tivee, some personal and some political, will en-
deavor TO obstruct the action of Mr. Fillmore, and
intimidate him from pursuing any such course as
union with Mr. Clay and other distinguished
statesmen, in Congress, in the adjustment of the
present difficulty From the South similar op-
position may he expected; but coming from an en-
nrely different motive. The Southern statesmen,
who adopted the principles Of the Nashville Con
rention, are supposed to regard the position, the
principles, the views, and the probable policy Of
Mr.. Fillmore, with anything but favor or res
peot. Heretofore, the career of Mr.. Fillmore has
been so identified and blended with that of VIM
IL Seward, and the ultras in this State, that few
politicians in the South will discriminate between
the different stripes which characterize the policy
OF each of those men. 1t ought To be a recommen
dation Of Mr.. Fillmore, in the estimation OF the
South, that the principal hostility and the only
show Of enmify which has been yet indicated to-
wards Mr.. Fillmore comes from the abolition por-
ton OF the wing party in this State, which has
been heretofore marshaled and commanded by
VIM. IA. Seward and Thurlow Weed. These men
and their organs have already commenced to
threaten and denounce in advance, apparently as
Stunning the ultra ground of abolition in all its ex-
tent, although really and truly they hide under
that the confirmation of the appointments in this
State, which are now hung up in the Senate,
We really hope that the South, and their friends
in Washington and beyond the Potomac, will as
sumo rash ground in oppo-ton to the admins
sraton Of Mr. Fillmore, until he shall have reveal
ed his opinions, and see that his course of policy
IL entirely opposed and detrimental their inter-
ests. We have more confidence in Mr.. Fillmore
rhan we had even ia Gen. Taylor, with the rotten
and corrupt advisers who unfortunately had his
confidence. The belief gethers strength; and it
ought TO be a recommendation TO Gen. Taylor
that the ultre-abotonists, in this State have al
ready opened the war on his administration before
he has had time TO select a cabinet or lay down
the programme Of his policy. Let the Southern
Statesmen Of all parties wait patiently until we can
see cleeTly what the policy Of the administri-
fion will be.