The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-14


From the Courier and Enquirer Oct l01
There 10 vulgar, but very true saying about dirty
birds, which is orciby brought to mind by the re-
cent letter addressed by the Secretary of the Trsa
sury to the Collector OF the Port OF New York,
which we publish this morning. Had Mr.. Guthrie
merely dsgraced his own party by that performance
We should have allowed it to pass unnoticed for the
unterrifed and the terrified OF the democrats have
shown that they are both able and willing to look af
ter their own dirty work. But the writer of that
letter Cabinet Minister of the United St.tes; its
recipient Is at the head of the Revenue Department
of the commercial metropolis OF The country and the
disgrace, therefore, which Will necessarily and Justly
ensue upon the giving of the document to the world
attaches to the naton as well as To the party which
placed those gentlemen ia their official positions.
This letter ID an unequiv0cal admission, almost q
direct assertion, that the obtaining Of certain por
ton of few Offices which confer no authority and
carry with them no dignity, which open no future to
their incumbents, and which are worth few hun
dIed dollars year each that the obtaining Of good
share OF these is the object of the workings of the
party which controls the publicsafairs OF this
country, and that cautious distribution of those
Offices will alone secure union and harmony among
the constituents Of the Chief Magistrate Of this Re
public, who himself expects, nay, who requires"
that the distinguished citizen who has stepped down
from bis seat upon the bench of one of our highest
courts OF law 70 take the first place in the custom
house of New York. should consider it one Of the
most important Of his duties to distribute these very
small and fragmentary oaves and fishes among the
faithful
forced itself upon his miad, =" that by democrats
pledged to each other upon . common platform Of
principles the division could and ought to have been
prevented How3 The question Is answered by
the Secretary himself in the paragraph but one
Of his letter aud the answer is that, "t1e Presi
dent" the chief executive officer Of Of the great
est nations, not the greatest the earth, under
stands that all the democrats 50 pledged 70 each
other were entitled to be recognized worthy of
the confidence OF the united party and consequently
eligible to official station" Office, place, to be quar-
tered upon the public, is by the confession of lead
ing cabinet minister, writing with and by the advice
ana consent If the President, that to which demo
crat makes his title clear by upholding and carrying
out principles which the President professed to con-
slider essential and which the bulk OF the nation have
declared to be essential to the prosperity and useful
ness if not to the very existence of this republic.
But % If this were not confession lmating
enough, Mr.. Guthrie goes on, and truthfny av0ws
that il must be admitted doubtless after grave
sutation, that all could not obtain Officer; the coun-
trv bas not for all the self sacrificing democrats
WHO were ready to devote themselves reiklessly to
her welfare. Curtiuses plenty, but CULTS, S@s!
were too few. The Presidents chief care, it finally
appears, has been in the words Of the Secretary OF
the Treasury to distribute Office 80 as to give Just
cause Of complaint to no one section Of the party.
This intention Mr. Guthrie explicitly states has been
carried out not emily by the President himself bat by
most OF his appolntees. Masters, It Is already
proved that you little better than false knaves,
and it will go near to be thought 30 shortly" Again
and again has it been asserted and shown in these
columns that the present administration has yet done
nothing more than to endeav0r nightly "tO give
just cause Of complaint to section Of the par
ty; and often have the supporters and the organ
OF the President and his cabinet, who, as Mr. Guth
RE says oct with entire unaDimty in this matter,
denied assertions and attempted to set aside
showing and now one of themselves has turned
States evidence, and the murder Is all out Quorum
Pars , says the Secretary as he tells OF the petty,
but soul trying and unsuccessful struggle to secure
union and harmony, and his own party cannot i'm
peach his evidence.
There is portion of this letter which, if it were
not for the contemplate object for which it writ
ten, might be dignifed with the epithet important.
IL is that the other portion Of the party shat por
ton which has not been recognized by the Collec-
tor in the only way that will carry conviction with
it, to wit-the soft shell barnburners, are recog
nzed by the President as democrats distinctly
avowing and firmly maintaikiHg the principles Of the
Baltimore platform, and, (note the important, the
only consequence entitled to be recognized by
appointment to official stations in your depart
ment'-the Custom House OF the p0r tot New
York. The President, in spite Of the dlreful conse
quences Of the existing feuS is still among the
unterifed. He dares tO say that he considers the
barnburners democrats. More than that, he pro-
cures the writing OF letter to Mr.. Bronson, man
who wrote letter himself but the other day; grand
letter, OUT poken straig ht-forwxrd refreshing
letter IN thees uuckiDg, ssulking, shutting
tines the President has letter written to such
man, in which the writer not only expresses "the
expectation that Mr. Bronson will appoint these
bamhurners to )flce. but announces taat he has
taken me assures THAT there may be no mlsappre-
hension IS to the policy which the President will
require TO be puIsued' Ii the Hon Greene G..
Bronson 3e the man the country takes him for, the
President and his cabinet have but added another
to the Infinite series of blunders, or rather the
gigantic bunder, which they have been committing
since last March, in endeavorng to place them
selves the head Of harmonious, undivided, service
able party.
But whatever may be the effect Of this letter upon
the democratic party, its power to njare abroad
and IN our own esteem ia unquestionably great. As
far knowledge goes in It's eAtre spirit and
in the CONDITION Of things which it reveals, without
ption the most degrading, pidable, and despc-
| able communication which has ever been sent from
any one important officer of this republic to an
| other. 1t covers the whole nation with shame ex-
cept its authors, for they must be shameless.
Military Paradcs.
The following companies were out en- target ex-
/ eursions Wednesday last Tho Cant Guard,
| numbering thirty five muskets, commanded by Captain
Benty-they accompanied by Sheon's Brass BA nd
| the Brilton Guard, numbering fifty muskets the
| Turks Island Blues numbering forty muskets The
Brennan Guards of Williamsburg, named in honor of T..
6. Brennan, Esq, foreman Of Engine Company No Z,
numbering forty muskete Eigt teen prizes
| nded for and the target out to pieces.
The second annual target excursion of tn. j. W. Mason
Guard, Captain Daniel d. Wood took place at Clifton