The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-20

bers o. his cabinet reason Why ~ should not
select then.
Mark that "Polk's cabinet"-ssno reason Why
he shouA not select them" What Is the interpre.
tation of this CLAUSE Of the oracle! II can mean
thing else but that one or two Mr. Folks cabinet
are, in all human probability, to be appointed;
and, from the preceding extract, concerning
the several sections Of the party, We would admo-
nish the old hsnkers Of New York-the Cass and
Dickinson branch, or "hard shells Of 'the happy
family,"-to look particularly sharp, or William
l. Marcy will be the inevitable Chief of tho State
or Treasury Department, from and after the fourth
of March next We have prssentiment that he
will be the Premier, if there is any single appoint
ment fully determined upon by Gen. Pierce. And We
doubt not that the Southern vote which Marcy re-
ceived in the Baltimore Convention for President
well as his unquestionable administrative abilities,
Tin the opinion of General Pierce and his i'm
mediate friends), has had its full measure Of
influence over the mind Of the President elect
He may also have concluded, that as the late
election has sustained the Secretary of War
of lS47, in his memorable controversy with
General Scott, that it is due to public opinion to
give the most explicit Affirmation to its verdict. We
think it very likely, then, that OK Secretary Marcy
win not only be member of the cabinet, but the
head Of tho cabinet Of Cen Pierce, or at least the
chief of the national finances
But, if the indignant refusal Of Dickinson, at
Baltimore to 60 to the support of Marcy, when
q word or q nod from the former would have made
the latter the democratic nominee for the Presidency
means anything, it means that the return Of Marcy
to the cabinet will be q dangerous experiment for
the harmony of the New York democracy. On this
account, and other accounts We seriously appre-
bend that the experiment will be dangerous. Per-
haps, however, some such compromise with the
party as the custom house may, for the
sake of peace, be taken MS an equivalent At all
events the reference Of the Concord organ to Polk,
cabinet, we presume, can only refer with any dis
tinctness to exsecretary Marcy; and we shrewdly
suspect that the warning is intended especially for
the benefit of the ''hard shells" opposed to mis- ap
pointment Let "Young America" also, read the
oracle, and make amends for their past offences
against this particular cold fogy" before it il too
late. The programme is laid down, and it is the
duty Of all sections and factions Of the party
harmonic. We must have something like order in
the fa mily, or nothing can be done.
Let it be borne in mind that the members of
Folks cabinet eligible for the new cabinet if
deemed to possess the requisite abilities; and that,
in the same view, Cushing is eligible, and
Wise il eligible, notwithstanding they we're the
forlorn hope Captain John Tylers corporas guard
and that on the same broad grounds of general am
nesty, John Van Buren, is eligible, and Preston King
and all the democratic reesoilers of the North who
came into the vineyard at the eleventh hour, to-
gether with r. Barnwell Rhett, and all the ultra &C.
cessioDists Of the South. In fact without looking
behind the record, or holding their anecedentsnre re-
against them, all the various politics schools
and oiques Of all sections that contributed to the
late overwhelming defeat of General Scott in their
ed in good standing among the brethren and treated
accordingly.
The wisdom, however, of this broad and liberal
policy may well be questioned. The integrity of the
Union and the constitution, and the existing COM
promises between the North and the South, con-
stituted the great issue in the late campaign. Let
it not be forgotten that it was the disunion prin-
cples Of Seward, and his seditious higher law fac
ton, that utterly demolished tho whg party aud
GeneralkScott. Had Fillmore or Webster been nomi-
mated, instead of four states the wings would prob
ably have carried eight ten, and made respectable
fight in all But it was the Union, the constitution,
and the Compromise asures, against Seward, 'the
higher law" abolition, sediton, and dsunion it was
these great principles that rallied the country almost
mas,e to the support Of the democratic ticket And
the country expects, and has a right to expe,t,
m administration standing boldly forward, clean
and unmixed, for the integrity Of the Union and
the fnality Of the compromises In this view,
al these men, North or South, freesoilers or
ultra secessionists, who only came in to tho
support Of the democratic Baltimore Convsn-
ton, and its Presidential ticket the last resort
Of necessity, ought to DO excluded from the oabi-
net or controlling influence in the administration
They ought to be put upon their good behavior for
term of years before permitted again to occupy
front rank in the party. We apprehend it will be o
vain task to attempt to keep together the substan
tal elements Of the democratic party upon any other
bats Of operations Vain viii be the experiment to
hold together the vast aggregation of diverse sle
ments that united in General Pierce's slection-van
the attempt upon any plan of dividing the spoils.
The democratic party owe their late triumph to the
great fundamental principles upon which this Union
is established, and upon which it stands now, and
must stand till it ceases to exist. No consultation
Of the mere political factions of the day ought to
pc PeIHie'eu W outWeIsA tnH 6IeAt n4co Iacb.
General Pierce will best consult the true interests of
his administration, and of his party, and of the
Try in looking first and last to tho Union and the con-
stitution-in making them the "shibboleth" Of good
standing, and the qualifications for high and impor
tant appointments. 1t is we'll enough to consider
the harmony Of the party. and the healing Of its
disputes and feuds in different sections; bat the
paramount question should BE-, in reference to every
high appointment, at least, has he been dissr-
ganzer, or has he been true to the constitution and
the UDisnl In word, Gen. Pierce has sausagth
enough to set out with perfectly clear aad uncon-
taminated administration.
Our readers will have read the oracle from Con-
cord We have endeavorsd to render its interpreta-
tion upon given point two, for upon the general
plan of the cabinet it is sufficiently distinct The
plan is liberal and comprehensive, extremely 90