The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-11-29

A portion OF the merchants of New York. nine lenths
oil them ~ all probability The rankest kind of wings held
meeting In Wall street lately 10 denounce the Pres
dent for his removal OF Mr. Bronson These very mod
est gentlemen, whose knowledge Of the laws Of the Uni
ted States rs perhaps greatly below that OF ordinary
justice OF the peace, gravey undertake enlighen
The Presdentsand The Secretary Of the Treasury as to
the legal obligations resting upon them IN the collection.
management. and disbursement OF the public revenue
Whether their expositions OF tie financial code will be
received authoritative by the Treasury Department
remains to be Ii wond not altogether surprise
should these new expoanders OF the constitution find out
that they had simply made themselves ridiculous How
ever well informed they may be when they confne their
attention TO the dry goods and grocery business. they
may possibly have mace mistake when they assume to
determine grave questions OF law.
This is not the first time in the history OF the country
that whg merchants have undertaken to dictate TO the
government, Similar pe'ensons were put forth In Cen
Jack sons tme especially when Mr. Duane was removed
for INSTRUMENTATION, and the deposltes were Withdrawn
from The United States Bank On that occasion certain
gentlemen affecting to represent the business interests OF
Phade phia, nlimated TO the Old Hero that unless the
policy Of the government were reversed the ruined mer-
chants would march upon Washington with arms in their
hands. We all know wha, Old Hickory said in reply
and how The matter ended. The recollection Of the
panic session OF 1884 should satisfy these New York
dealers in calico that they dc not constitute the whole
American people, and that !, is not altogether impossible
for the government 10 get along without their aid
The correspondence between Mr.. Guthrie and Collect
Bronson is before the country, and public opinion
will decide between them. Having read II carefully, we
are clearly of The opinion that the removal right and
proper The Secretary OF the Treasury had no other
eour-e left HIM that would have been consistent with
his own selrespect and The duty Ec owed to the admin
istra,ion and the democratic party. The course of
Mr. Bronson in papable violation OF the princi-
pies upon which General Pierce's administration came
into power, AMI calculated TO do irreparable in
jury 10 The democracy Of New York. his letter 10
The Secretary arrogant, supercous, dehan and
insubordnae. Had such conduct been
passed by without rebnke, the administration would
have proclaimed it's own weakness. and published
its disgrace. The Baltimore creed OF 1852 would
have been virtually annulled, and the popularity OF The
founded upon that platform, efecually
destroyed We have then, tears TO shed Tor Collector
Bronson. We regard him having been one OF those
enemies of the administration whose assaults upon II are
the more to be feared they strike at under the guse
of friendship When, therefore, Mr. Guthrie topped his
head into the basket, he did nothing more than Justly
in every view we have been able to take Of
lhc matter, to be unquahedly commended. The wings,
OF course, will howl il; but in these times OF whig
decepude and decay, the camor OF that party will pass
for nothing