Washington telegraph., 1853-11-16
The TFards and Softs.
COLLECTOR Il RON son.

reprovinr him for the manner IL winch he
has been distributing the patronage Of the
New York Customhouse, and giving him Of
fetal instructions for lis government hereaf-
ter. has received most unequivocal and eff
fcctfve response from the Collector. The
letter is very able, written in calm, dispas-
sionate and dignifed style, but extremely
punacnt, and under the guisc Of modera-
ton, scaihing to the hearts content Of the
most indicative Hard" We omit the
first part Of the letter. as it treats Of matters
purely sectional and local-the rise and pro-
gress Of the two great sections IN which
the Democracy Of New York j. irreconcile-
ably diyided-ihe cause, nature and conse-
qucnccs Of the schism, and the personal re-
lations of the Collector to one Of these sec
tons the one denominated the HardE
His colleague, Charles O'Connor, Esq,
United States District Attorney, has also
published long document, ostensibly re-
ply to an article in the Washington "Union"
censurng the course of Messrs- Bronson
and O'Connor, but actually a running COM
mentary on the instructions of Secretary
Guthrie, and his policy Of distributing Off
ces among the "Softs.'
Omitting the part Of Mr.. Bronson's let
ter having an exclusive reference to the rel
ative position and characteristics Of the two
factions Of New York Democracy, we give
the following spicy paragraphs:
M O. Bulletin.
After the league of lS49 had been bro
ken, and the two sections had again become
separate parties in form as well as substance.
it became necessary for me, as a citizen Of
New York, to make my choice between the
two tickets which had been nominated
| NV reasons for prefering one and rejecting
the othor, are before the public and no one
has the right to impute to me any other mo-
| tives than those which | have avowed.
rejected one ticket because the nomination
had been effected by means which no honest
man could approve, and because the nomi-
nees had been brought forward by men who
had been hostile to what 1 deemed the best
interests of the State in relation TO canals.
| approved the other ticket because the
nominees were right on the subject of State
| policy, and because those who supported it
"wcre contending for the principles which
restored the Democratic party to power, and
placed Franklin Pierce at the head of the
Government" presume there can be no
objection at Washington to my maintaining
now, as / have always done before, the prin-
ciples on which the national administration
stands; and with questions Of mere State
| policy, you must allow me TO say, the adj
ministration has no rightful concern.
What consequences will follow the recent
break in the party is more than | can tell
but feel reasonably confident that if the
national Democrats had fair field and the
freesoil Democrats were not fighting under
false colors, their ticket could not cet votes
enough to help the Wings through with
their nominations. But We have not cot a
fair field. The Washington '.Union," ]" while
! protesting to speak the sentence Of the ad-
mlnlstration, has thrown it, weight Oh the
side of the frecsoil ticket It has uuderta-
ken 70 decide upon the regularity Of our
conventions and to sit in Judgment upon
questions Of mere State policy. IL takes
the side of those who have once proved
faithlcss 70 the party, and put thc Union III
/ jeopardy, and denounces those who have all
along supported the principles which restor
ed the party TO power. 1t is now cola
borer with the frcesoil prints in this State.
some Of which it 50 lately read out of the
Democratic party. Though that print Il
not ID itself of great Importance, yet when
u processes, without rcbukc, to % these
things as the organ of the administration.
much mischief may be done. II matters
little what disclaimers there may be in pri-
private circles, SO long as there is no public
declaration, that the paper speaks without
authority However unfortunately the elec-
ton may terminate, the responsibility will
rest upon others, and not upon me-
Let mo now notice the time, manner and
motive Of your letter.
a to time It was after the rupture and
nomination of two tickets at Syracuse and
the two ratification meetings in that city.
alter the Collector had been denounced bv
ne 4 reesoli leader and the presses, and tie
PRESIDENT had been called upon to remove
MN after hungry ofiice-scckers and bitter
politicians had visited Washingto to mis-
represent and traduce that officer. and to
whose clamors. as you well know, he never
made any reply; after the Union had n.
ken grounds against the ticket of tho notion
al democrats, and in favor Of the ticket of
their opponents then it was that Won first
discovered cause for complaint Of apv Kind
against the Collector. You had approved
all his nominations, with a single exccntion
and IN that case the Office was abolished
Down to the receipt Of your letter IF tbe
ID instant, you have never intimatcd ~ tLo
Collector in any form, that YOU disnroved of
Ms appointments, or of tie manner IN which
they had been distributed.
n, a. e the manner: you did not pursue
the USUAL course, and issue circular law
lng down uniform rule for the government
OF all Customhouse officers having patron
age q bestow; but confined your instruc.
tons to the port Of New York alone. IfI
the doctrinn of the lnttar !.