The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-15

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oaoihe'' fet this the Senate will do if it
aedGeld.
N.Y. Jronson's bitterest enemies have never
a''ein fted to question bis fitness for the post of
ooi .ector. That he would have discharged its
u aties efficiently, and given ample satisiac-
ton to the mercantile community and the
| State at large, we have sufficient evidence in
| the indignant remonstrance which men OF all
| parties joined in transmitting to Mr.. Guthrie
| Immediately after his dismissal. Nor can any
| legitimate exception be taken to his appoint
ments He chose his subordinates among those
who had been most warmly attached to the
cause of General Pierce during the canvass,
and was likewise careful to provide the Gus
tom House with officers capable Of dscharging
their duties efficiently. The only ground on
which he became obnoxious to the government
was his steady refusal to listen to Marcy's
hints that special favor should be shown to
certain cliques and factions in this State. Di-
rections from such quarter and Of such
nature he deemed it his duty steadily to re-
sist Holding that he was himself the proper
| luuHc
ing federal interference in local appointments
an unwarrantable usurpation of the indie
pendent rights Of the States, Collector Bronson
closed his ears to the limitations he received
from Washington He was therefore, dis
missed; and it now devolves upon the Senate
| to say whe Their that dismissal was or was not
as contrary to the uniform practice of the Uni
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the dictates of reason and common sense.
| We confess we had until recently no doubt
| whatever of the action of the Senate. What
! ever the House might do, we thought we could
rely upon manly independence and incorrupti-
BE integrity in the upper branch of the govern
ment. Nor do we now repudiate that feeling
Of confidence. 1t cannot be possible that an
opposition so nobly commenced has already
| given way under corrupt inhuences-it cannot
| be that the tyrannical ,hreats of the organ OF
the Cabinet have already overcome the indepen-
| dence Of the Senate, and forced its members to
| cover among the rank and file of the govern
ment supporters Is ii possible that General
Cass, whose fifty years of noble antecedents
have placed his name among those Of the fathers
Of bis country, will close his glorious political
life SO meenly as to submit, for some piltry
consideration, to'the commands OF spoils Cabi-
net, and publicly endorse by his vote policy
which his daily conversation condemns? Can
| Senator Douglas with the splendid prospects
| which are opening before him, deliberately con
sent to tarnish his name and stain his character
by tame submission to Cabinet whose ruling
=. Al. ;,,1n nf
thought and rectitude of action? Are Senator'S
Houston, Bright and the other distinguished
members Of that body whose characteristic has
hitherto been unwavering uprightness, prepared
to ante and rob the Senate Of its brightest claim
to honor at the insolent bidding of Cabinet
organ or the glittering seductons Of the spoils?
We cannot think so. We cannot believe it.
We will not hold the Senate so cheap till the
deed is formally placed on record.