New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-25
.r,v.vo.r DAILY Tribune TUESDAY, OCTOBER a5 1858

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I''''--- Vsry respectfully, JAMES GUTHRIE
wAsHISsroS. Saturday, Dc, ?. 1850.
Sir have received your letter OF the 18th inst
HI not ny purpose respond 70 the many positions Of
s.tter because most Of them bear their contradiction
uru is face and others unimpoant require refa
ta;sn and slo because while IN several phrases Of al
nispg your implied obi gato1 a OF honor ID sc
n accordance with the known policy Of the administration
ard ortcver recognizing the proIrey and justice OF that
pecy by declaring ,hs. You yourself deprecated snd
deavored prevent the divisions existing in the Demo
cratic parry your State, you nevertheless induyed in
tenc- Of remark various atoms of the subject which
not ouy mpuens nv motives bet indicates an attitude on
your par wholly incompatible with harmonious operation
between and tie proper cordsc; of the business Of bc
Government
One suggestion appears in your letter which demands
anmtdversion You anege by implication, that have de-
aired you appoint Free Soers Office and n doing 81
YOU strangely misundsrs;and m;sn;erpret ny letter OF
the I'd instant neither entertained expressed any
such desire Il hs been my pleasure and my duty, 10
inquire into the opinions which may have been held By
youre ard Others as Tar back the year Isis but
card the claims Iteration Of al who have acted with
fidelity TO the principles and organization OF the Democratic
tersy since the convention Baltimore in sj2 and those
oulv And with these views must condemn your course
VIXEN in this letter you inform that you have selected
free Solers for Office without having given the notice
Of he fact which would have enabled to withhold my
epprcbeton from any such appointments viii add that
the ETGtan iha; have required you TO nc, with refer
euoe 10 controversies OF local State character Is wholly
gratueus Ny letter intended Ia guard you against
founded local mol cs
and ocal divisions.
Tie combining portion Of your letter has left a.
tentative but TO lay the whole aor before the President
end take bis direction concerning It.
You assume that in relation certain things you are 70
receive instructions from this Department, and in others
that you are to proceed without; contrary TO- such nstc
tons This be admitted in any branch Of the pub
lie service; fl where the Department Is not expressly EN-
powered TO give instructions 10 subonsies IL has the
authority to 90 90 Inherent in the power to remove re
frsctory officer.
You also assume that you TO appoint The various per
cons employed in the Custom House-some, as you admit
subject to my approval and Others you seem TO con
ceive on your sole authority cannot but regard il as
singular that gentleman Of your legal requirements and
eSperence should have fallen into such The Cons
tuition of the Unted States has empowered Congress to con
fr tho appointment OF inferior officers IN the Preadent
alone IN The courts Of law or in the heads OF departments
Congress has not attempted nor, ii il had, could It have
Elected any modification Of this provision OF Tho Constta
ton
Ihose who arc employed under you in the Custom House
do both by tie Constitution and the laws, derive their ap
pontmont and their authority public officers from the
Secretary Of the Treasury alone
What the language and temper your letter would have
rendered embarrassing these unwarrantsble assumptions
marked as they by manifest spirit Of insubordnaon
render overwhelmingly your continuance in the othce
Of Collector Of the District OF Newlork am, therefore,
directed by the President say that your successor in tho
Office viii be promptly appointed.
have the honor to be, very respectfully
JAMES GUTHRIE.
GkRrSE C. BFossos, Esq., Eew-Yo7k