New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-23

:. 40 thc Posrmasf OF me place - allowed q
appoint such CLERKS as nav appear n De necessary
and ihes .re compensated by hun OCT OF the reve
nle. The President Postmaster General and
Cabinet have notaing % DO with the matter
This u a curious piece Of infrrnat,on Il IN
derstsnd o. the Postmsfsrs throughout the [ nlHl.
Ia many Offices, 10 pretty much as they please
aypoinunz persons 81 DO the work. while they are
receiving the salary. The appointment VI Post
master - az Office where the incOueis over 1000,
= seemingly the choosing Of scr; Of sinecurst
WIN suits IN party then IN power and he. IN turn
chooses the actuaries an likes their sasres Has
'hls been the practlce0 o. the NAN BrREN aDd Polk
Democracy. Did AMOS KENDALL fashion this ie
mocracy
Can Postmaster as was the case OF RosEsr
Il M0RRis At NewYork. the ofics where the
presence of an incumbent IS most needed be Shssnt
'o- tour long moa;hs n a tine from position net
jln,. him some l2.Qo0 wear can he Be i5C miles
distant and his Deputy Postmaster snd other rs
sstants dong the work. aud paid By the country
over AMI shove the pay ment 20 himself What
csc IS ths than - create corps or rather Gordon
81 political -ents the highest With a premium of
$4,000 = wear as the reward ct valuable political
services nOi postal was retaining lee 6r the
future
= too. 10 the Custom House How could the
Naval Ofhcer AZ New York whose duty il IS o.
check The Collectors entries be tour months else
where. not checking them al al It he was Dot the
President sId Seaste ar as tie delegation OF
las own duties - soIae ardercieTk OF his choice
were concerned Had We not a specimen Of ilis
s0-i 81 official MANAGEMENT during the management
Of MALSER, PoIS c. ". LiwRSNCE and W L
MACY p
NJ sNuH brought orwArd a bost Of precedents
from the Loco practice oi Jackson, Polk &c 10
o show that such resolution IS BRtDpURTs
never would have passed la their time. snd that
there was not q shadow Of evidence Tor Mr. BRAD
rf 81 Thar a. hal
adopted MARlY, spoIis scheme, or been imposed
upon by general system OF hbehng, or the filing
0i fictitious charges against able and uSeial officers
NJ SNIrH very clearly proved that Mr. BRAD
Hr Ri motion was one sided. snd opposed IA the
practice OF ANDREW JACKSON h. also showed tina;
uthOugh the reasons ior nominations IN special
cases had been laid before the Senate. no Pfesi
lent had ever published all the private letters
about all the officials OF the country. and nearly al
the canddstcs IN H. perhaps q corps 10000 strong
while Withholding the reasons why he had refused
70 dismiss some aud appoint others
In concluding his remarks last Jan. Mr. BRAD
BURY said.
al question. 10 10 the Inconsistency between the pro
te-ions and practice Of the party IN powerhe breach Of
sh soemnly pledged 10 no party. and 70 make removals
only Tor cause follow FL by general expulsion OF Demo
cacs viii IN impuiaion Of delinquency thrown upon
.h-m"
WHY then did not Mr. BRADBURY resolution
ask 'te reasons for dismissals and for refusing a.
dismiss Why did it not require what the ground
~ action Of the Cabinet was upon special cases Of
removal or why did it not coniine Itself to those
cases IN which the interference OF the Senate had
been inyok ed u any such there were Z
When economy was supposed 10 be necessary
10 the Customs Revenue Collection expenditures,
and before the recent Joint resolution, nullyng the
Financial Reform act Of asst March, was agreed TO-
by party vote. Collector Maxwell, after dismiss
.ng one OF his own sons from the New ork Custom
House. " -oie Mr.. Secretary Meredith advising k.m
that bis Mr. Merediths brother R wsigher there
who is drawing, ia salary and perquisites, about
$500 q year could be- readily dispensed with and
advising bis removal on grounds Of economy. IL
5 well known that not a few officers there could
be dispensed with. except IN So far as quarterlng
certain men upon the public IS concerned but the
secretary Of the Treasury kept his brother snug
u his - 800 snecure, and he is In Il yet. as IS
another of the Meredths IN the Philadelphia Custom
House.
An Irishman. however. an adopted citizen, who
had rendered the Wings ten times the service OF
ten such MEREDirHs, as he of New-lork, hap-
pcued b be named IN the same paper by Mr.. MAX
WELL. He was Measurer Him. the Secretary
Of the Treasury instantly decapitated Yet there
was no special cause alleged by the Collector
against the unucky Emeralder; II was all in the
want OF the right sort ot connexions. Mr. BRAD
sURr should have asked the reasons for dsmissals
assured by the reasons--and the reason for re-
fusing to dismIss-Mr MEREDITH case inclusive,
malsre the Collectors opinion b the contrary.
Alr SAITHs explanation was not concluded at
Z VI the ladies' had all LEFT and whether II will
be concluded 10 morrow is proDlematical IN my
humble opinion, three hours are quite enough IN
such cases the pith or essence Of any argument
about office holding might be compressed INTO that
space but written speeches of 70 IA columns
ong exhaust human patience, although must say
that tia Senate. 10 such cases are very polite
Like the Crcassian Congress- out OF doors they
quietly depart at dinner time, escape by the pr
yate door, aud leave no quorum and so Il vas
today The speech will read well however. 1t
iull Of quotations, precedents, and apt facts
Every man who holds. expects TO hold Office,
SHOULD buy It 4 manual d.