New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-11
Federal Policy and PatrOnage-Mr. Isustius
Mudd-Malker's Land DiII.


wAsaINS1oS Fnday, Feb
In Mondays letter stated that only s6,o6a 49,
are asked, as get, for the army, IN l-jl should
have added that about ss0OO0Oo more were voted
by former Congresses and are thus controlled by
tue War Department making the whole voted
nearly sl4OOOOO0 This however Is but part
OF the cost.
Nor does the system OF taxation operate at all
equally The Slsveholding States grasp far more
than their share OF the federal patronage. but II
does not aztec, their peculiar policy as II does the
North With YOU It makes doughiaces BY the
thousand Even the Convention 10 frame the
State Constitution for NewNork contained the
Postmaster aud Naval Officer OF your City with
two or three more measures or Inspectors whom
Polk and Marcy had cheerully spared for tour
months 10 aid the gutaOUS CroSwel IN his outdoor
eNcrtions 10 render even that august body more
plastic The Speaker OF Assembly the Independent
Editor. the state Governor &c. may be found from
time Ia time CHARTERED upon the Custom House IN
the North There the patronizing policy is eheclasL
But suppose the case o.; the advent 10 power OF al
Administration really favorable TO freedom in the
sense IN which the SINNERS OF the Declaration o.
independence viewed il. would its patronage, Il
extended TO the Editor of the Charleston Mercury
or 10 State fnnetionares and 0lectOneerlug quacks
SORfh. bend the Southerners TO the new purpose o.
II e federal power Very far from 1t Let the
editor write snd the others speak in favor OF free
dom. as Washington spoke or as Franklin wrote
lei them attack the Home Stare I'rdfe, OF SlaV
ery in any iorm-the slayehoding mob would llnch
them 4 newspaper even, # Il reason IN favor o.
equal rights, dare not be delivered at many South
ern Post. Offices In the North, however the iede
raj patronage isFELT, and no, IA favor OF rational
freedom neither When, therefore, We allow Mr.
Secretary MEREDITH and Mr. CoLlANER to regulate
AZ their pleasure, the application OF large incomes
10 individuals, trum year 10 year, without the IN
PREVENTION of law we are liable 10 affect Congress
men uuisvorably-tor even Congressman are mol
immsculate-we affect liberty IN the mon aud
throughout the world unisvorabiy-we SANCTION a
prsctice under which power has hidden high tor
converts 10 doughiace supervision but we obtain
no check over Slavery extension and the Slsve
Trade South There the domestic traffic. by land
and sea still prosper-the feelings snd principles
which lead men TO cherish free institutions would
continue to be undermined, and the l mon and us
unavoidable advantages endangered, the conneS-
ION between the States made instrumental -
wholesale corruption affecting the community. " Inch
a selfish mercenary government. such as Fo'S
was would IN process OF time, corrupt snd De
grade.
The addition OF Canada 10 the Union would, ID
the view OF some persons, greatly weaken Tue
slaVebolding influence here Have yoa net IA
members to 20 South already II yoo had l'VN
10 one and were ss nicely balanced as you Away
have been here, that one won.d turn the scale
against liberty. The next census VIII increase
Your strength in the House OF Representatives,
but II divided into Democratic Wings and Ansio.
crs,c LocOs the South being sai,sd an csScHttdls,
viii shll control the patronage and guide the des
tiniss Of the whole Of the Rep0blic. The sooner
Won begin 10 check snd diminish This oVerw he iuinS
power over mems peeonisry interests, exercised
through the patronage Of enormous incomes L
many, and comfortable incomes 10 thousands whC
coula well be spared 10 the plow or the anvil the
sc1ner VOC may hope for ers OF good goyernme ut
The hopping of OF useless officers snd the piacins
,h nsfronSe in as many cases as possible INTO the
neople 5 hs.,ds in New York state, did much good
though much more remains to be done even ~l't
yoa. .,
Cheap lands to settlers On them Is The o'oer o
the dsy here-or ST leas, there are more who pro
iess TO advocate the policy OF glvins sies.er 49,
for making a settlement on waste territory tnAi
formerly. Mr.. Isaac p. WALNs, OF Wisconsin