The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-09

ed States, and the fat pickiags Of the <,,o,on /
,abipe, inclusive. But what char 80
or reunionf The hards, ,.aauao-
lent marner, have pc s,.,., !. ;,s;s,,oo
mon Judge Bronsc- ,1sDtei Ia inslsaog
,pon o'ss. =, tina the is ne between
"'in a' administration shall be as
'ioa' anu Srhatic as possib e. On the other
nue. !" IsFt thrown out at the sofs shell gather
Wy saggesting an open ng for a mixed ticket,
~sa instantly crushed out" for fear OF be-
sraying spirit 0 Cancellation which would not
be apprec lated by S'uyvesant Institute. And
so the Tammany Hall and Custom House clique
Rave entered for the race with full ticket and
no reservation.
Notwithstanding all this. we think encugb
has been betrayed to justify the opinion that II
the administration felt perfectly sure Of fu-
sion, it would consent, nay, advise the accept
ance OF Judge Bronson as the candidate Of the
reunited factions for Governor, at the hazard
OF split in the Cabinet What is Guthrie CON-
pared with the necessity TO the administration
of keeping up appearances in the Empire State?
Nothing. But had the occupant of the White
House known in 1853 what he has since dis
covered concerning the preposterous folly Of
official inselence and brutality in the healing Of
party troubles, Guthrie would have been every
inch "a gentleman and scholar" in his CORES
pondence with Bronson. Now it is too late.
The Custom House is valiant; but its party is
enfcebled and demoralized. Still they must
fight. The hards ask no favors, and the ad-
ministration spoilsmen must meet them in de-
fence Of Guthrie, or both Guthrie and the ad-
| miDistration arc publicly disgraced.
Will Seymou accept the empty honor az
corded him? Has he all that affection for the
soft she'll cause which will he necessary to car
~ him through the first week of November as
their standard-bearer? Consuming to bear it.,
can he bear it SO long? Does he not hear the
| warning voice Of the Know Nothings; does he
not know that the True Morning Glory has
sown distrust and rebellion broad and thick
among the otherwise welldisposed Irish Catho.
lies? Does be not feel that he is but make
shift in the canvass, with no unity anywhere
not even among the lager bier party-in his
support
Wemust wait for some response from the Co
vernon. If he persists in declining, will the
soits retire into Coventry We cannot say.
1t is delicate question. But if he consents to
run, under the circumstances Of his position as
developed at Syracuse, then we are free
to commend his self-sacrifcing magnanimity in
standing between the administration and the
crushing blow of the ignominious defeat which
| awaits it. Let us hear from the Governor.
The WAY THE Coal MINERS MANAGE IT.
We beg to draw the attention of the poor peo-
pie, who have recently paid eight dollars for a
ton of questionable coal, to the disclosures con-
tanned IN q recent number of the Miners
Journal, the organ of the coal mining interest
1t is stated by that reliable periodical that op-
orators have it in contemplation to suspend
shipments of coal for week or 30, in order to
Sustain the trade abroad" or in other words
to give the article fictitious value by curtail-
ing ahe supply. 1t has long been obvious to
those familiar with the statistics Of the coal
trade that the present prices were exorbitant ;
the supply having been largely increased this
seas On, while no evidence Of an unusual increase
in the demand can be found. We have nov
clear testimony of the existence of combina-
ton among the miners TO prac lice one extortion
upon the public; It is no: unreasonable to infer
that the others we have endured during the pas.
year have proceeded from the same source
No good reasons can be shown to account for
the rise in the price of coal from 81 IS to SIS in
something like twelve months; and in the alb
sence Of better information, the bulk Of the COM
munity will be very apt to conclude that the
advance-or at least a large share of it--has
been the fruit of secret plot among the miners
to rob their customers. Thus far they have sue
ceeded beyond their hopes. Coal has become
luxury, and in consequence the price of fer
riage, and large category of manufactures
has been enhanced. II remains to b. seen
whether this measure of success has not setuced
the miners into fatal confidence in their own
powers; whether, in word, they can erect
themselves into a monopoly for the purpose Of
robbing the public.
1t is our belief that they will find they are
killing the goose with the golden c.gs. We
cannot admit for moment that any combina-
ton 10 raise prices above their natural level
can under any circumstances prove otherwise
than disastrous to the ccnspirators in the end.
Plots Of this nature invariably split on the
rock Of jealousy and avariee. Some miner will
some day secede from the eytortioaist junta,
and then prices will come down by the run.
An injured public will make the monopolsts
feel its power, and in the day of their need,
they will discover that he who infringes the
Laws of political economy, like the offender
against the municipal law, cannot escape ulti-
mate Punishment. Indignation at such sys-
ten Of wholesale robbery vii! stimulate COM
petition; the United States contain millions of
acres of coal lands as good as those of Mary
land and Pennsy lvana: capital will develope
their resources; end the continuation when
1t returns to honesty and fair prices, will find
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