The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-18

that the wise and reasonable sug-
gcstione of The President will fall 10 tn. ground.
upon the fimsy preteAts If econom, and r.
trpnchment. The factions and sectional lead ,rs
and intriguers Of this Congress are 20 entirely
absorbed in their schemes and plans for the
Presidential succession that they have neither
the time nor the disposition TO attend to ANY,
thing else.
Tais is sorry exhibit concerning the list of
domestic measures aforesaid; but up.o the Foreign
sch, dulc, the prospect Of "a happy accord"
between the administration and the s4uabbling
CLOSES and factions Of Congress is equally un
promising. That the President will bc sccoad, ID
upon bis suggestions in reference to Cuba Is
very doub,tu; that his policy Of temporary
military pni, ctorate over the Northern provinces
OF Mexico will bc adopted, there is little reason
to hope; aud that his decisive recommendations
regarding our Central American entanglements
will be followed up. seems to be entirely out of
the question. The shrinking Of the Senate upon
the proposition for the abrogation Of the Clay
Bulvtr treaty is significant Of an adhesion by
that hody to the old do-uothing policy Of "mas-
terly Inactivity"
And rs il is upon this Clay ton-Bulwer hobgob-
lin, so we presume it will be upon the Cuban
ard Me yican question: The Senatorial leaders
Of The Southern democracy "grow circamspect;'
aud where they should step forward, they hesi-
tate, fl arful and trembling. But wherefore? If
these high and mighty guardians Of Southern
honor and Southern rights were ready 10 risk
the dreadful issues Of disuaion and civil war
upon the kansas humbug. why shrink from the
imaginary contingencies OF a brush with Eng
land, France and Spain in ref renee to Cuba,
Mexico or Central America? Grappe these issues
ei,h firm hand, and you will muster them pass
The m over, trusting to Providence and accidents,
and you will find that the comparatively trihiug
difficulties from which sou uow retreat viii
grow and strengthen until the only escape
IRON national humiliation will be budget OF
foreign ware.
From the scanty and unpromsing results Of
The first half Of tho first moath of this three
months session of Congress, we expect nothing
from it but the appropriation bills and few pri-
vste Jobs We are forced to the conclusion that
all the great leading measures of the Message
dome site and foreign, will get the go.by, and
that thus Congress will adjourn, leaving our do
nestle concerns aud our external embarrassments
in very loose aud disordered condition. From
the adjournment in March until the re-assem-
bling Of the new Congress in December there will
Ire an interval of nine months, and from all the
existing aspt eta OF things in Mexico, Central
America and the Gulf il may in this interval be-
come the duty of the President to call an extra
session Of Congress to meet those public exigen-
cics for which Congress alone can provide We
think il very likely that an extra session of the
new Congress may become indispensable, in view
Of the fictitious dehctions and personal jealousies
which have reduced this Congress to a mere
camp Of wrangling Presidential demagogues
OvR SoUABsIIEG DEMOCRACY on TRIAL. AT
WAsuiNGroS.--The Tammany Sachems and the
anu-Tanmany managers are again in Washing
ton, settling up their accounts II is understood
that the President has taken the business in
hand; and theae wrargling spoisnen will un-
doubtsoly, therefore, be brought TO come terms
of a treaty Of peace. But there will be no
peace. The parties concerned in such treaty
will DOLLY shake hands before the President, to
cheat him aud each other az soon as they get
back There Is no basis in the shape OF half
aDd-balf compromise upon which these bellige-
rent Tammany and antiTammany factions can
he brought together, bona file, over the pipe of
peace. The bitterness Of the feud between them
may be partially guessed when il is said that
duel Is on the taps between friend Of our Sgc-
rotary Of State, Mr. Tucker, and Daniel Il.
Sickies and all on account Of these intestine
party squabbles.
The Ta,nmany faction, NJ their sine giin non for
peace. demand the bead 81 Collector Schell But
he bead Of Scbcll would be orc-sided opera
ton which would only make the matter worse.
The President, however, can lay Che foundation
Of solid reconstruction Of our democracy by
The decisive process OF complete clearing out
Of the whole Of his official staI OF thi.
city, from top to bottom, and with q
new set Of appointments excluding every
man actively implicated in these dirty Tammany
and anti-Tammany squabbles. In this work of
wedding out he should include every one Of the
gangs ana chquee ana squads ana committees OF
these spoismcn. on both sides, which for eighteen
months past have been doing little else than
trotting from New York to Washington, and
from Washington to New York. The Secretary
Of the Treasury and the Secretary Of the Navy,
on their part, have paid too much attention to
the tattliDg tales Of these missionaries; and once
for ALL the President should give all hands con-
ccrned 10 understand that when they arc wanted
At Washington to regulate the spoils and
the p@ty, they win be sent for, and that IL
they come without an invitation they will come
at their peril.
We cordially recommend to the President,
frst, clean sweep Of all his official subordi-
mates here, and their managing retainers, as the
only practical way to begin the work OF re-
oraniziny our equabblinr democracy. and