The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-21

in influencing tie sentence of the court. But
we DO not admit that there ever were such
bad appointments made before, and we chal-
lenge the Union to prove it. unless perhaps
under the regime of Martin Van Iuren. whose
administration was type Of tie present.
Under good admins trations cases have occur
red of unworthy appointments OF individuals,
here and there-appointments made from mad
vertance as to personal dement's, while the
principles Of the appointees were in accordance
with the platform upon which the appointing
power was elected or, perhaps, political hypo-
critics stole into places under false colors
These appointments were bad by accident, and
no principle was violated. In the case OF
the spresent Cabinet, their appointments are
bad, of "malice prepense," and are wilful
violation of principle. q demolition of the Balti-
more platform, and virtual remuneration of
the compromise measures. If so large pro-
portion Of the men appointed to Office by this
Cabinet were not notorious free sellers and
prominent secessionists, as regards whose poll
teal character there could be no excuse for
| ignorance, we have the confessions of Guthrie,
the Secretary of the Treasury, in his CORES
pondence with Bronson, that this was the de-
liberate policy Of the Cabinet; and because the
New York Collector was unwilling to carry it
out to the extent demanded, he must be re-
moved to make room for more plant success
sor There is, therefore, the same difference
between bad appointments under other admins
trations and under the present, that there is
between q case of manslaughter Ill the, fourth de-
gree and wilful murder by "malice afore-
thought" The Marcy and Van Buren, Cabinet
have lain in wait, and stabbed in the dark the
very principle to whose triumph they owe their
own official existence. So the people Of the
State of New York have decided.
But the Union deprecates the idea Of the
slavery agitation being continued any longer,
or being extended to other States. It ought to
have thought of that a little sooner. Who re-
opened the agitation after it received it's quie-
tus by Congress and by the late Presidential
election? The present administration--whs
being appointed themselves without any re-
gard to the principles of the compromise, have
advised General Pierce to appoint to places Of
have been most obnoxious to the people for
their uniform and steady opposition to those
principles. This is the origin and source of the
re-opening of the slavery agitation; and no
doubt it would be very convenient for the Cabi-
net. if after it's defeat in this State, the matter
were now all hushed up, and nothing were said
about it. But that is impossible. The crimi-
nal caught in the fact does not wish to be
brought to trial the result of which must be
to expose his crimes to the world and bring
condign punishment upon his head. But the
law must take its course The culprits Of the
administration have no desire to come before
the bar of public opinion, and have the If poll
teal acts canvassed by the sovereign people.
But happily in this free country it does not de-
pend on themselves whether they shall be ar
raigned or not They can give their offices to
whom they please. They may give sop after
sop to the Unsuitable Cerberus of abolition.
which has only the effect of whetting its appe-
tite for more. and increasing it's strength to do
mischief and they may stop the mouths of
other patriots" with the loaves and fishes
but they cannot thus stop the mouths of indie
pendent men who have received no offices and
want none, either for themselves or their
friends: nor can they arrest or control the
legitimate comments Of a free and Independent
press, which. in spite of all wirepulling, will
continue to proclaim the truth to the country
no matter whom it may offend or strike down.
This is no mere local squabble, as insinuated
in the Union. What do the mass of the people
who voted at the late State election care for a
few paltry Offices, except so far as their distri
button upheld or sighted principle? There is
principle involved which applies to the whole
OF these United States, and affects the desti-
MES of the nation. Other States have more
direct interest in it than New York. She has
an interest SO far as she is an integral part of
Union which she does not wish to see dissolved
and dismembered, and this she has only in COM
mon with every other State But the Southern
States have more than this at issue: The revi-
val of the torpid snake of free soilism, by the
sunshine of official patronage, comes home to
the business and bosom Of every Southern man,
and strikes blow at the Fugitive Slave law,
and at those State rights which are guaranteed
by the constitution. The discussion, therefore,
of the materials OF which the Cabinet /. compos-
ed, and of the manner in which it has exercised
the appointing power, will not, and cannot, be
confined to this State or to Ohio and Massachu-
sets. 1t will find its way into the Senate
chamber and the House of Representatives. and
every State in the Union will participate in the
conflict between the anti-slavery sentiments re-
yivpd Inv the Cabinet in the ranks of the demo-
cratic party and the great principle of the COM
promise, which, in 1850, was established as
final measure by the chief men Of the nation.
That measure had ever since been regarded as
sacred compact between North and South
by the majority Of the people. This was de-
monstrated by the Presidential election twelve
months ago. The equilibrium is now again dis
turbed by the spells dynasty at Washington,
and the agitation must continue till the dis