New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-10
THE GOVERNORS or THE AIMS HOUSE

To the Editor Of The NJ Y. Tribune
SIR: As of tue minority of the Board of Aims
House Governors, permit Inc to correct some OF the
statements contained in the Card lin this mornings
TRIBuNF), signed by Chas. Brueninghausen which
statements are calculated to make erroneous i'm
preston upon the mind of the public and to misead
the party Of which he claims to be member.
In the first place. allow to ask how is the polit
ical equilibrium among the employees of the Board
sustained Why, Sir, we are told by transferring
valuable public officer Joseph Keen of one of the
most prominent Institutions IN the Department, and
which Institution has large amount of political pat
ronage to the subordinate position of clerk or store
keeper on Randalls Island and at IRE handred doi-
lars less salary than what he Is receiving IN his pres
en positions and if you take into consideration house
rent domestic labor fuel, lights board from under
keepers &C.. it would decrease his receipts not less
than 81 900 per annum. To keep up this equilibrium
a prominent "Kuow. Noihing" land Democratic one
at tha) is appointed, set-Oft to the transfer OF
Mr. Keen, to a wardenship ON Randalrs Island
As to Mr.. Crast0 being " an active supporter OH.
G. Fremont in 1856, all know that is not the fact.
Read The Express and other American papers OF the
day, and the gentlemen will find where Mr.. Crasto
stood in that campaign 1t is barely possible that he
might have vOted secretly for Mr.. Fremont but that he
openly supported his election is prepOsterous and alb
surd. 1t perhaps is true, and needs no confirmation,
that Mr.. Crasto did support MIR. Haws after he was
nominated by the Republican Convention. Did he
urge Mr. Hawss nomination in the Know Nothing
Convention betOTe he 1cdS nominated 10 the Republ-
cant No he did not. The truth is, that Mr.. Crasto
is and has been from the early organization OF the
American party active and bitter partisan,
not r0t'ng for or supporting the gen.
teman who apologies for his political principles,
and tries TO make out a consistent course OF
action for himself II it the gentemans object to
preserve the equilibrium of the Board, why take fro
the Republicans head of Department and give 1t
10 the Democrats, and at the same time create two
new clerkshps and give them both TO the party
MIR. IL. states INF h. has hppn assured that the
transfer Of MeSsrs. Keen, Anderson and Marshall is
perfectly satisfactory To them. IL he argues upon
the principle that transferring the captain o. ship 10
the post of first second mate perfectly satisiac
tory, why, then, perhaps he is right. The truth is
that these men, who have been thus transferred and
degraded, have No other available means; they are
compelled TO submit to this humiliation, and for suosc-
Queni restitution ABIDE Their ttmc
Mr.. Il. may "spurn" the "charge of going over
tothe Democrats 1t sneverheless true for all that SO
far his votes and acts concerned in the Board
able Republican officers have been removed or trans
fered to subordinate positions, unless ne did go
over" to the Democrats 10 aid IN carrying ont tins
most shameful tranSactun7 Who were the actors IN
this new political drama Why, three Democrats,
two Know Nothing Americans, and one so-caleG ke-
publican. This the combination that brought
about this new process of removing Republicans from
Office for no ct caqse than because they had hied
their respective positions honOgably for nine or ten
years past This was the combination required TO give
success to the Republican party, and to distribute
the patronage among its eRttrc members.
Well Sir, let us for moment examine the new ap,
pou,ees and see how far the party is to be aided
aud the "patronage" distributed among its entii e
members. In the frst place, Col Storms, Warden oil
the Alus-House, has been removed to make Pace
for a man who is not either resident citizen OF this
city or State, but as am informed resident OF ho-
boken, n j. for number Of years past. Is 1t bene-
fitting the "pany' in this city 10 import men rom
another State To NIL public offices OF trust IL TINS Is
the only hope of the Republican party then am
panied to say that consider it dead aud past resur-
rection. . .
There are many other reasons why the "mnon'y
opposed this "giving way 10 new and rising men TO
high public positions; but have already trespassed
too much upon the columns of your valuable Journal
But allow me to say that, in my opposition TO this
whole matter, vas guided by strict sense oil pIbe
duty and allegiance the trust and confidence condcd
to me by my fellow-citizens.
Yours truly, WASHINGTON SMITH