The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-13


antecedents. the failure to make the Assistant
Secretary OF the Treasury subject to the
judgment Of the Senate, the failure of Mr.. Gut
ting concerning the dismissal Of Bronson, are
all Of the same piece Of harmony and conces-
sion for the spols The cohesive power of
the public punder' is paramount, and must be
till the plumber is exhausted.
In this view we are not surprised to hear
from competent authority at Washington, that
all the measures and all the executive APP
pointments to Office from Collector Reldeld to
The Consul at London from Belmont to the
end of the chapter flibusteroes, Jews, and
socialists, aud all are to be confirmed, because
it is not la giul to look behind the record when
the spells are before it. The single. solitary
act Of independence Of the Senate, in the cleo
ton Of Beverly Tucker as their printer, APP
pears 10 have closed up the ranks of the spoils
men en- all sides: and so the Senate have laid down
their arms. We are even told hat the Debris
Of the late wing party have lost the last rag of
their ancient prestige, and are in for share Of
the spoils. The game is large, for the stakes
are tremendous. The admiuistration--th chief
lobby agent outside ofCongress lis the efficient
manager within. Five hundred millions Of
dollars against the defuuct principles Of the
compromise, retrenchment and reform! Who
can doubt the result? There must he harmony
on ell Sides Come in 10 the carnival Of the
poils. Close up in solid column. The trea-
sury is running over-the people are flush of
money-let Californian gold and Southern
cotton foot the bills. TO the victors belong
'hc spoils'
Tie President, in his message, has limited
that these patent rights should not he diSre-
galded: and Congress are acting accordingly.
The Pacific Railroad companies construe the
message into a recon mendation Of that QuiX-
otto enterprise, and SO the Senate have named
a strong committee Of nine to report bill.
Other railroad land schemes viii follow, and
with their stocks, and greedy speculation aud
sWindling will he rampant over the land. In
the meantime the agents Of the lobby win ga
Their about the Capitol, not with fire and sword,
consuming all before them, like the Cloths and
Vandals, hu. with hampers of champagne and
carloads OF luxuries they will gather in. Can
vass-back dinners to the Cabinet, oyster suppsrs
10 Congress, balls and routes and parties will
sienalise the carnival for the spells. The Pre-
sident win be culogised on all occasions, the
Cabinet elorifed, and the spoilsmen ofCongrcss,
whether for railroads. or steamships, or gutta-
percha, OF patents, or miscellaneous contracts.
Gill be exalted to the seventh heaven; for the
game is splendid. and the stakes arc millions
upon millions Of the spells.
Such will be the real programme OF the pre-
sent Congress-su such is the real basis of the
treaty of peace and alliance between the Cabi-
net. the two houses, and the lobby, But in
order to amuse the people. tub now and
then win be thrown out to the whale. We
shall bave tremendous debates of windy VERDI
age on Central America-rrodigiou karangues
for Buncombe on Mexico and manifest desti-
ny"-patriotic cbullitions Of gas upon the
Kozsta case-old speeches revamped to order
on the tariff queslon-and generous homilies
on the homestead bill. and what not but with
every decline in the tide. the she'll fish, left high
and dry, viii be gathered by the spoilsmen
All the old party lines are broken down-all
y
free carnival--a general scramble, mutual
logroiipg game of give and take. holy al
lance for the plumber oil round. Join hands
music there-let the dance begin.
There i something sublime in the prospect thus
opened before us-something positively sublime.
There are no principles at stake TO trouble us.
The track is clear. The Southern secessionists
-
in Congress- in the Cabinet and in the lobby.
1t is the era of good feeling reyived-good feel
ing for the five hundred millions of the public
plumber. Never have we had ia the history of
this or any other country, such splendid pros
pect for the spoilsmen-never Like Napo.
leon, this epoch will stand in history by itself
grand. gloomy, and peculiar" with a touch Of
the sublime The end or the beginning Of the
end, will probably be millions tor patents mil
lions for steamships, millions for contracts and
claims, and millions upon millions for railroads,
and an amnesty TO all parties and all factions,
upon the broad and general platiorH of the
spoils.
But as reaction is the law of nature, of ma
tons and Of politics, we may expect in year
or two the gathering OF such storm of public
odium and indignation against the spoilsmen az
will realize in 1856 the sweeping Judgment of
1910, upon the administration, upon Congress,
and Ill concerned. In the meantime let the
work go on. The ball is opened. The coalition
is complete. To the victors belong the
spoils."
RETALIATION AGAINST ERE.-We notice that
Mr. Senator Dickinson has introduced Into the
State Senate bill to prohibit the construction
of any railroad track in New York to connect
with any Pennsylvania road within fifty miles
at Erie, until the Erie Rioters have submitted
70 the uniform gauge. We see likewise that a
number of merchants and traders here announce
to their Western customers their intention of