New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-16

Pfe<dcrM Vrnort tosp iot hns'D., WiS1".'
m.sbu for breakfast, without comfortsbes Tor bis
coach, ceals fer his srste. or cash for his pocket
We do not wonder that Mr. Buchanan, simooished
by actual want, the ,bsrpe-t OF Instructors, has
begun in his lucid intervals. to bring bis gigantic
intellect to bear upo, the questions OF retrenca
men. or Of replen!ahneDt-tbat he has begun to
trenble for his sslary-thst be has coLtrnted bis
own .qu.lid condition and lean proportions with
III, fstness and fallne.s Of the Custom Houses-his
ou, kusks with his followers calves. But we
hone that neither Mr.. President cor Mr.. Secretary
of the T,e ssury VIII permit Themselves in the mad
lees Of impe,uniosity, to do anything rash.
With wonder, astonishment, comnDgled horror,
pity and credulty, we observe that cruel attempt
is 70 be made 10 squeeze money even ont Of the Dem
ocratic t.rarcbes and satraps Of New EnslAnd. Mr..
Cobbs Customs Retrenchnent Bill will bring Desc
l.tion and anguish to many manly stomach-vM
diminish the full proportions Of many manly sb
domen AID make faced many patriotic purse.
There arc sixteen noble gentlemen staodiDg BY
their courtsy under the bleak skies Of Passama-
ouoady, Me, and Mr. Cobb wishes to plumber
tbem-we use the word edly-we cay plumber
them Of over $4,000. Seven thousand and four
dollars, which now render the desert shores of
Penobscot tolerable, are to be Withdrawn; Bath is
to be bled 10 the extent Of $3.50; Portsmouth
must sigh over six thousand three hundred and FIVE
fugitive dollars; while Vermont, that land OF Ocra
tive arrosies, is to be bilked of eleven thousand
dear, delightful dollars; also, thirty six thousand
FIVE hundred and siIty two reasons for supporting
the Administration are to be swept away in Boston
alone. Wherever the great VsigOth of the Treas
ury marches, the grass Hl cease to grow and the
Administration cattle will cease to crop.
We are always in favor of retrenchneut but We
are not devoid of natural sympathy We think
we candidly admit-we think that the Federal
Ofice.bolders of New England have fairly earned
their money. When we employ poor creature
to do dogs work, we shall deem it our plain duty
TO bestOw upon him gentleman's wages-to re.
munerate not merely his muscular eIertion', but
likewise his mental seoDies. For instance, If We
had engaged some lean and hungry adyenturer, for
a consideration, to bear the contempt and to en-
counter the indigestion of his neighbors-to pal
late usurpation-to excuse as well as possible I'M
e1cusable blunders--to magnify mediOcrity-tO
cloak sel6sbness-to apologize for faulty, and to
hide ineptitude-to be the champion of inhum,nity
AID the apostle Of tyranny to Christian and
liberty loving communicated if our man had
done the work as nearly as possib!e-hsd braved
contumely and sneers and social isolation in the
bad enterprise and sought US, battered and bruised
aud blind, liropiDg and leprous with no inclination
for honorable employment and no chance of OBJ
tanning lt--could We, with such foully faithful
hang dog heDchman kneeling at our feet, snatch
from his Jaws the bono which was his only con-
solstionl Yet this is what Mr.. Cobb proposes to
do. He has under his command the nOblest and
noisomest army of martyrs that ever ravaged a
subjected republic, and he wants to blk it OF its
ratons This will never do. Pass counterfeit
notes, if you must, Mr.. Cobb, upon blind beggars;
cheat, if you must, the organ grinders; rifle, if
necessary the poor boxes at the church doors; but
spare, in the name Of the vugerest humanity spare
these poor New-Englsnd tidewaiters Let Mr.
Buchanan 90, if necessary, without bis new wig,
and be mai red in his old set Of teeth But do
not thus triae with the rights of your England
retainers
We are afraid that the Administration gentlemen
90 not read their Bibles over often. They would
then know the value of grain of mustard seed.
While there is q remnant left in New-EDgland
there 10 still hope, of those gallant men. Atany
rate, think Of their creditors