New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-19

sas-t0 silence "ehr1eklng ana STOP "Dleedmg,
LET that party go ahead
We do not see why an Administration would not
find amiabity to be the most comfortable and the
best policy. OflAte years, Democratic Presidents,
a. Well ss those in authority under them, have as
sumsd mssisterisl, not to say superciGOus de-.
nsanor, not 10 the most perfect degree according
with the spirit Of our institutions and have dlsre-
gardsd the popular preferences to qate an eIssper
stiDg extent. Nobody with private grievance to
be redressed, can get civil letter from Depart
ment in Washington. Every one therein, in the
exercise of bis little and brief authority feels it to
be his duty to be pugnaciOus rather than petite; to
DO officially frgid and immeasurably distant; to
dilAte in rstcent importance with the State secrets,
rather than to contract himself BY communicating
them. Democratic orators have talked worldly,
windiy and volubly about Cancellation; and yet the
present Administration, no less than the preceding
one seems TO be utterly Indifferent to the wants,
the wishes, the comfort and the convenience of the
North. Thus far, Mr.. Buchanan has shown him
aeh to be more snappah than sensible-to be rather
fretful, nervous and irritable, than courteous and
gentle. We suppose that he il not intending to be
candidate for reeection bat if it be bis intention,
at his advanced age to enter for the next Presiden-
tal sweepstakes, we can give him hint not alto
gether I'm worthy Of his attention.
As at present fastened upon them, the people,
and especially the people of the newspaper. re ,dns
and letter. writing North and West are depending
for comfort for pleasure and for Information upon
the Poet Offices, and, BY natural sequence, upon
the Postma.tere. The funetionary who receives
and distributes the mails is man Of whom civility
and accommodation are required, especially in
country towns, Just IS much IS they are required
of tie butcher or the general stors-kseper. Being
generally the sole Federal officer in the hamlet, he
is Also the very one in whose selection the people,
without distinction of party, should have voice.
But the policy Of the past Administration, which
appears to have been heartily embraced BY the
present would force upon the rural districts Post
masters with no qualification except that Of Demo
cratic Ioyalty-those whose personal character re.
PEELED the personal contact Of worthy citizens
those who could not obtain, in the post
upon which they are obruded, single vote for
the most petty and least honorable Office. There
has been, on the part Of the Post Once Depart
ment, q persistent determination to force upon
the small Republican towns Deputy POstuasters
whose appointment was nOtOriousy unpopular.
Tho evidence which we have received upon this
point il both voluminous and authentic. We
could ell small volume with the record Of tho
Gins, the shortcomings and the ntOlerabe Incidence
thus IN .nifessd. Sometimes, when not q single
Democrat could be found in spOst-towa to take the
place, filed perhaps for years BY some worthy Re-
publican, tie Office has been summarily abolished,
and the citizens sent of four or five miles for their
mail matter. Sometimes sober man has been
turned out to make room for confirmed inebriste,
who forthwith established the United States quar-
tiers in q low grocery, into which no respectable
yecmAn would venture to send bis girls or boys.
Sometimes fellows have been appointed who were
utterly unable to read or to write Sometimes the az
erieved population, rather than submit to the officer
imposed upon them, have agreed to change their
mail direction, and have at considerable expense
established private express to bring their letters
from some contiguous Office.
An instance Of this kind has just come to our
knowledge There is little towa called York Cea-
ter, in Steuben County, Indiana, to which We send
about twenty copies of THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
The Postmaster just turned out Is, we are informed,
q worthy man, although We know personally moth
ing about hin. But We suppose that he was alto.
eetAer too civil, and too willing 10 accommodate
the York Center TRIBUNE Club. Consequently,
the plain.dealiDg Grey Of Cleveland was after him
with he Governmental scimitar, and had off his head
in jify. The new incumbent it appears, had
10 qualifications whatever which white men are
bound to respect. At any rate, be showed his P'-
lteness and bis pss,iOn fox popularity BY removing
the office to Q considerable distance from York
Center. An indignation meeting was at once con-
veaed, tho members of which unasimously voted to
change their address to Camden, Hllsdals County,
Mich. Thus, by the charming policy Of the Ad'
nnistya6or, they wero not o1y driven out Of tAeir