New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-20

70 form ,his Cabinet, Is : question which as
these things go) Interests hrst himself next
his party. md asst o. al, tae Co1ntry. The
curreut las-rsge and bearing Of BIS supporters
WHO address The public Eith regard TO it in
ply tast it is gross iI1pertinence in Wing %
express shy opinion or cherish say preference
IN the premises. And for our own part, what
ever preference We nsy enterts.l e 50 fan,
snd dubious az scarcely 20 defy the .nterdict.
And yet there gre JUNIORS n the air respect
! ing Cabinet appointments which may very
vel excite the lively concern Of e7ey Ameri
can, since hey affect not merely the cast Of
Cabinet, but the respectfully and efficiency
Of the Presidential Office We find It report
| cd IN journals specially favorable TO the in-
! coming ADMINISTRATION that, Gen. Pierce hay
ing Indicated purpose 70 call NJ. John \.
Dix into bis Cabinet, a very large body Of
Democratic Senators Sixteen or seventeen, it
il said intimated to him that they shall feel
constrained 10 oppose the confirmation Of that
gentleman, and in case i should be confirmed
in their despite, to take up position Of qHssi
hostility 20 the new Administration Mr.
Jesse D. Bright Of Indians. (himself an as
pirsnt for place in the Pro1imate Csbinet)
is popularity Identified as the head Of this CON-
binatiOn, while Mr. R. NJ T. Hunter, of Viz
ginia. is reputed to have declined the highest
seat at Gen. Pierce's oouhciLbosrd II he must
there endure Mr. Dix as colleague
Now this Mr. Dix is a gentleman in whose
elevation we take 90 sort Of interest We be-
lieve his qualifications very much Oyerrated by
his friends, while We regardhis political career
as about the most zig-zag and inconsistent of
any that ever solicited the public respect. We
/ believe be has no wise meTited elevation, but
rather that humliating re5uke which would
| be administered to him by the triumph Of just
such combination against him as is reported,
proclaming him unworthy, in the judgment Of
| the party he has served, of station for which
/ its elected Chief has preferred him If our
| object were the resurrection of the Wing
party, Daniel S Dickinson is the man Of all
men that we would wish placed in the Cabinet
from this State, while our personal preference
and sense Of fitness unite in designating
Charles O'Conor for that distinction. Gov.
Marcy has as much talent and far more politi-
cal experience but II is now understood that
Gen. Fierce will have no aspirant for the i'm
mediate succession among his official advisers.
! Yet while our interest in Gen. Pierce's choice
| Of Cabinet counselOrs is remote and specula-
tive, we claim an equal right with every Amer
| lean TO cherish sOlcitude for the dignity and
| legitimate power OF the Presidential office;
and while we do not desire Mr.. Di1's eleva-
ton. We feel that q Senatorial clbal to eX-
clude from the Cabinet any competent and re-
spectacle statesman, whom the President elect
may prefer, would be alike discredtable and
perilous. The Senate has the right, for good
and sufficient cause, to reject a Cabinet NOM
nation but no objection is well taken in the
premises which does not affect the capacity or
the integrity OF the individual designated
Should any President be deluded into nominal
ing for Cabinet Minister corrupt purchasable,
infamous or imbecile person, the Senate would
but do its duty in refusing its assent to the Sc.
lection. But to reject Cabinet nomination
on any such grounds as underlie the hostility
to Mr. Dix would be 10 deprive the President
Of freedom which is essential to the proper dis
charge Of his duties-to divest him of vital Ex-
ecutiye power and transfer il TO the Senate.
If President we're 70 be asked at the close
Of his term" Why las your Administration
been inefficient and prodgal in this or that De.
'partmentl"- his answer-"Becauseth the Senate
refused me the privilege of placing the man
iudgedfttest al the head of that Department
would, if true, be pertinent and conclusive.
Any combination Of Senator's or others to
impose on President advisers whom he does
not want, or deprive him OF those he does pre-
fer, is at once mischieyous and insulting. IL
implies want Of respect for the ability or the
integrity of the elected Head OF the Nation
which Ill becomes those who have supported
his election. We say no more than every in
teligeut American win recognize as true when
We remark thai If Henry Clay or Andrew
jackson were this day living and the President
elect, no number Of his Senatorial supporters
would dsr-yes, dare is the proper word-in-
innate to Lin, s. Ii you nominate for place in
your Cabinet such or such reputable, com.
'petent statesman, who with Us supported
your election, We vii oppose and if possible
defeat his confirmation The response would
be prompt and whitening; Gentlemen It Is
my privilege 20 nominate, naawed and unin-
hueneed, tor ny Cabinet eOCnselors the men
Il believe best qualified and most worthy: il
is your right 10 reiecr any nomination may
make Of Incompetent or dishonest persons:
'Look vel TO your responsibility
Should the President elect beyin 70 20 on
al fOurs az the outset OF his Aduinist-e-io, he