The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-01

an all-important day at Washington, and not
only there, but in the New York custom house
and in various other custom houses Of the coun-
try. 1t is the commencement of the fiscal year;
and the Hunter law" for the reorganization
and classification of the clerks of the several
executive departments, and the Bronson dy-
nasty, goes into operation to-day. In anticipa-
ton of this statute considerable number OF
decapitations has already taken place. Eu..o
to-day regular coup d'ftat is expected
wholesale executions general sweeping out of
the wings, together with sprinkling of the fshy
democrats. We doubt not, however, that some
pre- ordained victims will be spared yet awhile,
to meet the acquisitions of future contingencies
Still by tomorrow morning it is apprehended
that the turned OUT will swarm on Broad
way and Pennsylvania avenue as
"Thick autumnal leaves in vallambrosas vale;'
the communicated keretics by virtue of the
popular verdict of the last Presidential election.
But why should they repine, or sink into that
most despicable OF all conditions, the condition
Of idle loafers awaiting the turn of the polti-
cal wheel, which may or may not give them
chance again at the pap of the treasury? They
may be expelled-they may never be reinstated;
but their fate is not worse than that of Adam
and Eve
!" The world is all before them where to choose
including California and Australia, to say no.
thing of the mineral riches Of Mexico and Peru
nothing Of the gold mines of New Zealand-no-
thing Of the mines which are supposed to exist
in Texas-nothing of the prospect Of another
brush with Mexico, and nothing Of the suspect
ed designs of the Cuban Junta looking to
another filibustering invasion Of Cuba. What
is pitiful servile office at Washington, of
twelve, fifteen or eighteen hundred, or even
two thousand year, where man has no vote
for President, nor for members of Congress
what is such pitiful place to an able-bodied
man. compared with the chances Of "the spoilsr
Of California and Australia? Let the turned
out" enlarge their area of freedom and buckle
to with will. But in those cases where Office
has disqualified them for any thing elsewhere
they have been emasculated of all manly ener-
gies and selfreliance-may God help them.
They are truly to be pitied.
But this first ofJuly has higher Importance
to the country at large than the enforcement of
the Hunter law" among the office-holders As
we have stated, the fiscal year commences
with this day. The appropriations to the
diplomatic corps take effect from this morning.
All our newly appointed diplomatic agents
abroad have been waiting for the outfit, with
out which q foreign mission is all moonshine.
They may draw upon the treasury from and
after this day. The Premier has been busy for
some days past in preparing his instructions.
He has been arranging the fishery negotiations
with Mr.. Buchanan; studying the complex web
Of our difficult entanglements with Mexico with
Gen. Gadsden at his elbow; fixing up "the pa
pers" of Major Borland for his rowing commits
sion over Central America--provided, always,
that the Major consents to 60, which now APP
pears to be somewhat doubtful. A few days
hence Mr.. Soule may be expected to call at the
State Department for his final orders; AMI be-
fore the expiration of the month we anticipate,
not only the departure of Messrs. Buchanan,
Soule. Walker, Gadsden, and Others but some
stray inklings from Washington of the practical
policy OF chr government upon the momentous
schedule of our foreign relations.
The fiscal year commences to-day. The J
" Hunter law" goes into operations; our newly
appointed official agents in all parts of the
world come forward, from and after this day.
for their outfits and their instructions. 1t is a
day. then. of no ordinary Importance this first
of July, not only to the wings of our custom
house and the condemned wings in Office at
Washington, but to the country at large. And
when we consider that this is progressive age
that the . unterrifed democracy" are pro-
gressive party-that they have elected pro-
gressive administration and that Mexico and |
Spain are in critical state and, in connec-
ton with all this, when we further consider !
that there is surplus of twenty two millions
in the treasury, we should not be at all sur
prsed if a new epoch in our history, and in the
worlds history. were to be dated from this first
day Of July. All aboard