The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-22
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- - -MARCY's OPINION
OF souX, sicElEss, SAUNDERS AND roRNEY-THE
PREMIER SUSPECTS DUDLEY AANN-wRIrEs TO MA
soN-CusHING's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WITH
EX-SENATOR MISUNDERSTANDING MARCY's Sc
CRErs-CuRIous DIsCLosuREg-THE0 ORIGIN OF THE
OsrEND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OPINION OF sIcKLEs
-NARCY's LATEST DODGE, ETC.
WASHINGTON, Dec. q, 1854.
You have already been appraised in . general way, Of
the discords ealousies ntrgues, and mutual anmosi.
ties existing among the members, that Is to say the
three leading and ambitious members, OF the Cabnet
Marcy, Cushing and JEFF Davis. The other four-Guth-
RE NCelland, Campbell and Dobbin-are the heads, for
the time being, Of their respective departments-no-
thing more and they don't expect anything more. The
general policy of the administration, foreign and doms.
tic in the hands Of Marcy, Gushing, Days soule and
the Kitchen Cabinet. Marcy despissi Cushing Cushing
hates Marcy Je Davis distrusts the and suspects
the other Soue the ally of Je Davis otherwise they
all intriguing against each other. Forney and the
Kitchen Cabinet practically manage them all, with
little bullying here and little barney there as occasion
may require. The President is the dupe Of the whsle
set He is credulous than you would believe. They
viii pretend to be his best friends He believes them all
though they al plotting and counter plotting to
break him down. to rule the roost in the next Bal
tmorc Convention Like the poor fellow who fell among
theves-he win be left by these friends manged and
helpless on the wayside.
Marcy protests that he had anything to do with
the appointment Of that French fop Souethat he OPP
posed him from first to last he opposed the appoint
msnts Of Sickles and Sanders But Forney prevailed,
and they were appointed. sNow," says Marcy "you
the consequences Sckles and Sanders have blown
all the secrets Of the 0stend Convention and the State
Department appears in the light Of secondary inst
tuton-Forney and his set Of advisers being the real
managers Of our foreign affairs" It is also true that
49, c%o n,d Man IA ant
an ally Of Forney soule, Sckles Sanders and Kossuth
The old chap has complained to Mason at Paris about
and it is said has called upon Mason to inform him pre-
cisey OF the position occupied by Mann in the doings of
the Ostend Conference When the affairs between this
Cabinet and the Kitchen Cabinet to collapse, We
shall have some precious developements.
Cushing with the President ia smooth and glossy
SATIN yet he ia the most active of the Cabinet conspra
tors against him. Caleb more change his charas
ter than Ethiopian change his skim He using
Gen. Pierce he used Captain Tyler and COL Polk He
affects to be strong supporter Of the administration
but he is an active partisan the Buchanan and sde
party lie and Slide and Senator westcott Of For
da are as good friends as thieves in mill" Cushing
is known to be frequently closeted with westcott
They concoct hostiltiss to Marcy. Gushing has
something to say agains, every measure emanating
from the State Department. He has allowed o
good deal to leak out about the private correspond
ence between Governor Marcy and Judge Mason,
In regard the Osend conference You know that two
commissioners were proposed to be sent to spanGov
Cobb Of Georgia, and exvicePresdent Dallas. Soule
kicked at this then the ministerial Continental confer
ence was offered . compromise. Marcy wrote strong
flibuster instructions. He exhorted Buchanan and Ma
great secrecy Mason writes back, on the 9th Of
September to Gov Marcy saying that after entrusting
such mission to such Sickles, secrecy was inn
N,,.l;, rhnft
to scklss is all pretence Cushing gives curious partcu
lars about certain Miss W., who is tho political
Egeria Of old Gov. Numa Pompilius Marcy.
The present of Marcy is to get Francis Grund
sent Consul 10 Marseles sort Of checkupon
sckles Sanders and soule Forney appears TO second
the motion but there IL strong undercurrent 10 the
Kitchen Cabinet and also in the Cabinet proper, against
rund account Of his close attachment to Gen. cass
he old General ahows some signs Of returning life and