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

ssrs u Ms ssb.st reason Why ~ should not
ssls0t then.
Mark tAat. "Polk's casinet"-sno reason why
he should not select them" What Is the interpre.
taton of this CLAUSE Of the oraclel II can mean no
thing else but that one or two Mr.. Folks cabinet
are, in all human probability, to be appointed;
and, from the preceding extract, concerning
tho several sections Of the party, we would adme-
nish the old hunkers Of New York-the Cas- 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 a 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-
we'll his unquestionable administrative abilities,
Tin tho 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 Secretary Marcy
win not only be q member of the cabinet, but the
head Of tho cabinet Of Gen. PIERCE or at least the
chief Of the national finances.
But, if the indignant refusal Of Dickinson, at
Baltimore, to 60 over to the support of Marcy when
q word or 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
n;cL:sssoh party as the custom house may for the
sake Of peace, be taken rs an equivalent At all
events the reference of the Concord organ to Folks
cabinet, We presume, can only refer with any dis
tinctness to ex.Secretary Marcy; and we shrewdly
suspect that the warning is intended especially for
the benefit of the 'hard shels' opposed to mis- ap-
pointment. Let s'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 aecons and factions of the party to
harmonic, We must have something like order in
the family, 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 abilites and that,
in the same view, Cushing is eligible, and
Wise is 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 feesoilers of the North, who
came into the vineyard at the eleventh hour, to-
gether with r. Barnwe Rhett, and all the ultra &C.
cessioDists Of the South. In fact, without looking
behind the record or holding their antecedentsinr
serve against them all the various political schools
and cques, Of all sections that contributed to the
late overwhelming defeat of General Scott in their
support of the democratic ticket are to be consider
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
ciples Of Seward and his seditious higher law fac
ton, that utterly demolished the wing party and
GeneralScott. Had Fillmore or Webster been nomi-
mated, instead Of four states, the wings would prob
ably have carried eight or ten and made respectable
and the Compromise measures, against Seward, "the
hgherlaw, abolition, sedition, and dsunon- was
hese great principles that rallied the country almost
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 finality Of the compromises" In this view,
all these men, North or South, freesolers or
ultra secessionists, who only came in to tho
support Of the democratic Baltimore C,nvsn.
ton, and its Presidential ticket as the last resort
Of necessity, ought to DO excluded from the cabi-
net 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
basis of operations. Vain will be the experiment to
hold together the vast aggregation of diverse sle
ments that united in General Pierces slection-van
the attempt upon any plan Of dividing the spoils.
The democratic party 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
be permitted to outweigh this great "6xed fact"
General Pierce viii best consult the true interests of
his administration and of his party and of the soun
try in looking first and last to tho Union and the con-
sttution-in making them the "shibboleth'' Of good
standing and the qualifications for high and impor.
tant appointments. 1t il well enough to consider
the harmony Of the party. and the healing Of its
disputes and feuds in different ssstisas; bat the
paramount question should be, in reference to every
u -
ganzer, or has he been true to the constitution and
the UDisn In word, Gen. Pierce has strength
enough to set out with perfectly clear and uncon-
taminAted administration.
Our readers will have read the oracle from Con-
cord We have underworld to render its interpreta-
ton upon given point or two, for upon the general
plan Of the cabinet it is sufficiently distinct. The
plan is liberal and comprehensive, extremely So