New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-31

VIZ rssrly connected With tire Nsvs Ssors.sr7 Tee
ease Of 80 rnsrre engines hoEev r. deserves ere Ier
at.ertion Seven q iheie mechi5es were reQlre1 lat
Sgnze. for IS H.sny s-oJps o'Isr aud teLdess were
invited fcr The supply il doe form and 10 due form
ssut n. Wbs. fol0Ss We extract bodily IF IN the
Beseis =. sse-:sy bed p..ss gPan ,lys p se sl. re-
i''''@ 'PHIao.LraI., s-p:- Is, 1855.
DEt. SIN: ve1r~ % slrs- . yol tee in5orts1-e o.
SWARM. ire oouEc.s The machinery Of tue tlud
in. S,gy Ysli a. Ibis time sge o.n b done ~i.olt
n, ldc % pssit service % Mi,s S-ns Tbei'i .
ih.oriv e,At, ment m t. Firr: Dsaiet ~ emp cy.,
ass Iunt,r q B.sosAucsL. tAii time so Wien II TAU
Tse nsA-s,irt psser, mr. NJ, beiag .bsa: in bsd
beahj .is ri q .nti.y ..'s ,yy 81 - i.s2 l-
od q tfisEcs ia that e.s-st Sao aIs IN yo Of
Gor foaeI pe-'enoe tie value Of ha. ins1.
encs .sd persuaded ;hs; Il ;as teres, Of tse Deoc sc
f'''' The Fin: Dirc. VII Aop. b, e.u.d n any event
br' tn ths 'bop ~ Wo. fllsniec igo weei, P}'2 ~.
'e''0 I've 's'S Sg 3s .i1 1i:p Ss S'' - '-D
18th. PsE.rprI. - ''-'- NV C. PATTERSON
Tnis sens . tie SfceAsJ o. te Nav ~ re
i'''''sN '''- '''' Sep, ls Is5a
submitted attention q he Secretary Of &c Navy
Tie bidding Of Messrs. Merick 4 Sons for the
Philadelphia ship "a $l02 0oO thG. Of another very
lsrse firm IL New.YcTk gss SS 800 bC, MessIs. M5T-
mex obteued tie award. The remarks made by the
msiJri.y report this transact n are 20 the eject
- That MeTIlCk q SJub az pyi.Ltltle, anu never
undertake 70 i1fGerce their wOTkmsn" that " two
oqt Of the three incline 10 the opposition hstther
plan for the engines was unanimously approved; sn1
that the President really took part IN too MISTER al
ell but merely referred common business letter. by
common and usual icCOTsemeut, TO tee department
which i properly concerned. Assuming all this 70 be
true II is easy to discern bow very much still remains
without qualification or excuse. Colonel In the
Army doe not hestate TO address tue highest person
age IN tie UIiOD in the moot overt AID INSCRIPTIONS
terus recon nendug ths political usefulGess may Be
taken into consideration 10 determining commercial
contract for the public service. the President sends
this commune 4tion to the Secretary Of the Navy If
without approval, at any rste without protest and
the contract is ultimately ass gned to the parties On
whose behalf interest has thus been made
Now, We take upon ourselves to say that, 10 whl.-
ever extent personal pstiOns are 20 be admitted
i. would be utterly impossible 70 find in England SLY
such cOrruptCns IF system have been thus exposed
in Americs. No person can doubt, after reading the
reports proceeding from tue Committee of Inyestig4
ton that political influence is slOEed in the United
public seryce. Nothing in this country makes any
approximation TO the system there pursued. All the
Influence or intimidation here pTscti1ed absolute y
vanishes in comparison with organized policy under
which everything from frat 10 la.r is referred 70 cleo
toucesrg utility. la this pOiLt Of view toe pgIia-
tons offered 10 the favorable report only make matters
worse for if they excupas individuals Is only at the
expense Of the entire community to when they
tscube similar la1ty Of political principle. We
may indeed Wei pause before re Introduce INTO ED-
gland institutions ike these. They would certainly
and from the illustrations here given il must he equally
Gear that they would not c0nduce - the lIesi0m or
Idepenudelco Of any class Of the body polite what