The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-19

the text Of bill in the Clerks Office. True,
the parties to it did not make out so
well as in the Galpbin case, because Con-
gress, discovering out the fraud, promptly
repealed the bill. But in this only did the case
differ from that of Galphin, as far as fraud
was concerned. Yet the immaculate Clerk OF
the House has the impudence to claim credit in
the Union for fact which was only due to an
accidental discovery Of his own improper con-
duct.
Upon several occasions the organ has claimed
for its masters the credit OF convicting Gard
ner and exposing the frauds of that unfortunate
man. The truth, however is that the proceed
ings against Gardner were instituted ny Mr..
Fillmore, and the prosecution was pressed to q
conclusion under the direction of whig Dis
trict Attorney appointed by the last admins
tation The only consideration this efficient
officer met with at the hands Of the present ad-
minietration, WAS to remove him from Office
1t is scarcely necessary to allude to the claim
so quietly and giDgerly put forth by the
Union, that the administration did not op-
pose the Nebraska bill" This is certainly
great coming down from the claim formerly
set up, that General Pierce was the
father Of that measure. The backing
and filing Of the Cabinet upon that bill, is well
known to The country. The columns Of the
Union, when the matter was FIRST preached.
record the shutting Of Gen. Pierce and such
men az Douglas, Richardson, Hunter, and even
Breckenridge, might safely be called on the
stand to testify to the alarm which was felt by
the occupant of the White House, and the
wretched attempts he made to escape the re-
sponsibility of adopting some decided conrse
And it was only when the country began to
look into Gen. Pierce's antecedents in New
Hampshire, that he found it necessary to adopt
the national principles enunciated in the repeal
Of the Missouri compromise, to wipe out the
recollection of his abolition proclivities and
his Atwood speeches. With no higher ambition
than to try and hit the popular side Of every
question, it is no wonder that in all the acts of
the present administration it is impossible to
discover single thought which commends
itself to our esteem, or a higher sentiment
than the most grovelling and ignoblc ambition
might naturally inspire
Having thus done justice to the claims of
the administration, modestly put forsh by
their paid organ, it may be profitable to NEIL
ton what has not been accomplished. With
treasury full to repletion, it was expected that
some steps would be taken for modification of
the tariff. Yet, beyond confused scheme,
by Mr. Guthrie, which, even if acted
upon, would not materially have lowered the
duties, nothing has been done We have been
told that the army and the navy require to be
to become efficient Has anything
been done in that direction Much was ex-
pected in the way Of opening q communication
to the Pacific across the country But how
studiously has all responsibility been avoided
upon this subject. Who can tell whether the
President is in favor or opposed to the govern
ment extending aid in the construction Of such
. road? What has been done to expedite the
mails, or to revise and amend the present Ocean
Mail service? What has become of the i'm
proyement of orr national harbors and rivers9
IN word, has any real. positive benefit been
accomplished by the present administration,
and ifso, what is it
Coming into Office with Congress elect 50
strong as to make the opposition appear more
like faction Than a party, General Pierce has
at the close of the first session ofthat
Congress, to prove not only liA utter unfitness
for the position to which he was accidentally
and ignorantly elevated, but has so conducted
himself as to divide and distract the party
which elected him, and render their defeat in
November foregone conclusion. This is the
charge upon which the people have tried and
convicted him, and history will ratify the YER
Dict Opposed to the lies of the hireling scrib-
blers Of the papfed organs, will be recorded
the election returns; and the total disintegra-
ton of the democratic party at the present time
will be pointed to as the handwriting on the
wall which will warn future Presidents Of the
propriety Of being honest in their principles
and firm in their policy--of the danger of
organs. and the necessity OF administering the
government, not for the benefit Of spoilsmen
and Kitchen Cabinets, but for the welfare of the
country, so as to secure the respect and conf
dence Of men whose support could not be
purchased by plumber but would be command
ed by an honest administration aud q fearless
Executive.
The LATE FAsHIoSADLE SEASON Al NV
roRr.-We give place in our columns today
to q curious article from the Newport Mercury,
upon the failure of the late fashionable season at
that place. The hotels were filed to overflow
ing the boarding houses were overrun with
guests, and yet the fashions did not pay. The
editor begins to cast about him for a more re-
liable business than the summer fashions for the
support of Newport Her trade has been taken
away to New York and Boston beyond recall,
aud the aummcries of the fashionable season
afford bat brief and precarious means Of sub
sistence. Manufactures arc the only resource
and the editor recommends the introduction OF
beginning with the cxnnrinent