The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-09-06

The eetat l,sLments Fl om which they have been
turned Of. They always have some fault to
find with their quondam employer. Sometimes the
faUt 10 tbst he s not religious, or that ne isuot
fashionable, or that he does not see company
enough, or that the wages are low and the ser
vice hard, or that the kutcber's bills are kept
down to the lowest possible figure Of economy
sag seven dollars month. We are used to this
sort of grnmbling. His feature In the every
day comedy OF 'high life below stairs" And,
therefore, we were by no means surprised to see
that the cook and bottle washer OF Poor Picrce's
kitchen cshinet, and who subsequently held the
same position for q short time in Mr. Buchanan's
kitchen in the White House, should have shown
himself, the other day, at Tarrytown, in the
colcrs that belong to discharged domestics
No one can have read the catalogue of COM
plants made by unfortunate Forney in his
speech near Sleepy Hollow, without being
struck by TIE identity which it bore to the
grumblings Of the plush- breeched licenses and
Jenkinses who receive their months wages in
advance, with permission to Gnd some other
6e.d FOR their talents. Forney was an old and
confidential dependant Of the Sage Of Wheat
land. lie says himself, that from bis very boy
hood up, he had revcred the good old man, and
been ever on the alert to lend him any little
humble piece of service that lay In bis power to
perform; ard he admits that this fdeli'y and
slceplees attention on his part had awakened ia
his employers breast a feeling akin to friend
ehip-tha, he was, in fact, as is not unusual
with esteemed domestics, treated as one Of
the family. But in Forney's case, as in the
case OF many spoiled and pampered meni-
ais, this kind treatment made him vain. He
grew too big for his brooches. lie forgot
his position, and instead Of obeying his master,
be presumed to dictate 10 him. Then came bis
fall Mr. Buchanan knows too we'll the neces-
sity Of having q well managed household to
tolerate impcrtinence on the part of any Of his
domestics And 20 he said TO his Man Forney
when he complained Of some imagined mistake
in the management Of his household, "Sir, if
il satisfies me 4 think IL may well satisfy you.
Sir, ii the change i pleasing to me imagine
you have ne right 10 complain OF IT, But, sir,
though should be sorry 10 part with servant
in whom l Lad such confidence, can only say
that il you are dissatisfied, you may go to my
steward get a months wages In advance, and
seek elsewhere place that may be more in &C
cordance with your rev tangled notions
That is the way Forney happened TO be turned
adrift upon the world. and that Ia the cause Of
ell these gIunblings he gave vent to the other
day under the orchard trees al Tarry Iown, TO a
handful Of political friends OF Mr.. John u. Has
kin. H.ac lila iaehrs7nG. What q pity It is that
20 few people Of that class can stand prosperity.
The worst thing you can do for one Of them Is
TO exalt him or give him any idea Of your high
appreciation OF him. II Is almost sure 10 turn
bis head with vanity and to lead him to make
fool Of himself Forney was In the habit Of
hearing and Of obeying such orders as these -
~ will dine in Philadelphia on Thursday, at
one O'Clock. Have steak and ouionsready for
me- "Havo the carriage at the door In an
hour" Publish in your paper to morrow an
article saying thus aud thus And 20 long n
Forney prsctiscd the Oriental maxim, ito hear
is to obey everything went well with him.
lie grew fat and sleek. lie had good place
and an indulgcnt master, and wanted for
nothing But his original constitution was too
weakly for such strong diet as he had lie
"waxed fat and Kicked Kindness and indul-
gence produced pride. lie fell into the error
Of thinking himself great man. and the natu-
ral consequence was that Mr. Buchana, was
obliged 10 turn him about b. business. TIA. I.
exactly the pcs.tion OF the past AID present re-
lations Of Mr.. Buchanan and bis former chief OF
the cisias.
But, badiraEc apart, this speech Of Fornoy's
conveys very good idea OF the state Of the
quarrel between he sa niniatration and the
boilers. These miserable political wire
pullers had the folly TO think that because
they could manage corrupt primary cleo
tons and caucusees and State and gene
ral conventions, they therefore had
right to impese their views OF Irrational policy on
the man who was raised by the SURFACES OF the
people Of the United States to the chief magls
tracy of the nation. They had the temerity and
the presumption 70 expect that they would be
able to make him tool In their hands But
they were mistaken for once-they found In
Mr.. Buchanan very different sort OF parsonage
from bis predecessor. lie felt the responsibility
Of his position, aud 10 cut himself adrift from
thcse miserable hucksters Of party patronage.
And now Douglas, and Haskin and Fo-ney.
and their hangerson 60 around tho country,
exposing the confidential affairs Of The establish
ment from which they were turna,' *. and call
ing on the people TO sympathize with them in
their distresscs. But tie common sense Of the
country only laughs al them. They made their
own bed, and they must be content to Lie in it.
As for the administration, II is impregnablc 10
their pupy popguns, which are about az ridicu.
lous ano contemplate as an armament Of Chi
ncso stinkpots TO the allied feet.
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