The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-24

an assam tiol W0alj be en- ~ Y 4uWafIah a14e'
Tue Position OF the Country Morale on
R4onsoR's Dlsm.sssi--AIn nde to General
scott.
Bronson removed, and the curtain has
fallen On another Gene il he political drama.
Another step Ia been taken towards the re-
constitution Of the Van Burenite and free soil
party. Another blow has been dealt at the
constitution aud the great principle SO solemn
y affirmed BY the last election, has been once
more Iudely violated. Freed from the irl1some
alliance Of men whose notions Of rectitude were
sadly dissonant with the lax morality Of the
Cabinet, the members Of the administration
win now pursue their treacherous course with
refreshed spirits and renewed vigor Day by
day as events press upon them and accidents
throw light upon their real designs the masks
some Of them wear win be gradually dropped;
and duped BY fallacious semblasce Of securi-
II, hey win advance BY easy stages, from
tile substitution Of Redheld for Bronson to
still more unequiyocal ayowals Of their free soil
II mpathies. They must not, however, delude
themselves into the belief that their policy is
Misunderstood crregardea with Indifference by
he people. Within the last fortnight food
II Light has burst il upon the former support
ers 81 General Pierce A world 81 thought
and rejection has been laid open by few calm
inquiries into the policy Of his administration.
III many circles a conscientious scrutiny Of the
latter has led to the strongest antipathy against
The Cabinet and The liveliest appreheusioas Tor
the future; others still doubt whether Marcy,
Gushing aud Davis can really be acting as the
press represents; and few wait for still stronger
proofs oftreachary before abandoning a govern
ment from which they had expected 80 much.
Upon these two latter, Bronson S dismissal will
not be lost. They cannot but see in it ample
confirmation Of our statement that, in the dis
tribution Of power and place. care has been
taken By the government to ostracise as many
as possible Of those whose patriotic eyertions
saved the Union in 1850, ana to condne the tan
eible evidences Of official favor 10 that class
from which tie ranks Of every disunionist fac
ton have been recruited. Whether or Oh what
grounds the proceedings can Be defended we
10 not inquire at present All we say is sim
ply that il has been the aim and cherished nope
Of Marcy and his colleagues to exclude from
Office every man whose devotion to the Union
was above his love Of place, and to divide the
spells among those only who arc either dis
uniohists themselves. or who ally themselves
with dsupionists for sordid purposea This is
the moral Ct Bronson's dismissal.
We are much mistaken # the public fail to
recognise its moment and magnitude az q 20
L - L. tol
dismissal Of one man for real or supposed de-
fects, or even as another detestabie illustration
Of tho spoils system: these ere minor points of
odium. 1t demands general and serious atten-
tion from every right minded man, as The first
overt act in a new and an alarming conspiracy
the first direct attempt to organize, by the
corrupt influence Of the State spoils, o party
whose Fundamental doctrine will be hostility to
The constitution and treaclery 70 The comprc-
mise We have had such attempts before Sew
ard. an Buren,. and many Others have con-
spred, and Led away large numbers under a
REASONABLE banner. But these were all private
individuals; thcy used 10 instrument bns their
own misguided talents and played upon no
foible but the folly Of their adherents. The
present agtators Marcy, Gushing. Davis, and
Guthrie-are the heads Of the State; the spoils
arc the weapons they use, and they hold man
kind " the double spring Of ambition ani ava
rice. When their chances Of success are weigh
ed, the game becomes really frightfal 10 con
template.
This Is the result Of The Presidential canvass
and election Of 1852. i sorrowful thing It is
for al Of Us TO look back upon the tolls the ex-
crtions, the fears, the proud hopes and exulta-
tons Of that exciting period, and to reflect that
this.is all the fruit they lave borne To think
that when gallant old General Scott-whosc
name is coupled VITA almost every victory that
has shed lustrc on our national name-whose
reputation as q soldier Is not excelled by any Of
the greatest captains Of Europe-whose homes
ty and integrity have never been sullied by
single breath Of suspicon-when this noble We
teran came before gs, and asked US for our
vote-to think that We refused it. in spite Of
personal feelings solely through the fear Of
what has really happened sincel For il il well
that General Pierce recollect it, had IL not
been for these killing suspicious Of lukewarm-
ness on the slavery question which hung round
General Scott the present incumbent Of the
highest Office in this country would never have
left Concord. Personally, there is no rea-
son to doubt that General Scott would have
filed the Presidential chair with az much
credit as any OF our recent rulers and there
was nothing in all his past life, with the
single exception Of his supposed affinity
for Sewardism, that could have indisposed
tie masses against him, Had it not been for
that single damning spot" General Scott
would, almost without doubt have been Pre-
sident today. That one bemish was enough,
however. TO destroy his chances utterly, from
one end OF the Union to the other; and inc peo-
pie. firmly relying on the past history and So
lcmn pledges Of General Pierce, and rightly
all private and personal feelings to