New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-18
OUR POsTMAsTER.

We ANNOUNCED. last Thursday the appoint q
mentor rather, retention-of Nr Tay lor ~
Postmaster for this City in these words: ,a
"Tse sppoiutmen. ofMr wm B. Tsylcr Postmaster d
III. City decided { the request Of Gov >ewsd We
believe general Judgment Of political ctzens ps9
very good We do no, know to What paItj Nc
Taylor belof e.. but he III prove good Postu,sste he has
forty JesTs honorabi, connected nth tie oies
-rustoutly, several journals, which appear TO
claim monopoly of the business OF commanding
whatever Gov. Seward may do, assa'ied US for
the foregoing as an attack on The Secretary Of
State! We responded very briefly, saying thai
our associates who have lived in the same Ward
with Mr. T. ever since there was Republican
party had never Known that he was kepubli-
can. Hereupon The albany Eresiag Journal
says; ''.
Mr. Taylor sppOioted Postmaster surpy the vc.uc,
by the resignation Of Gen Dix Aud there the uS
II THs TsDUSs Ia satisfied with Mr. Ts,ior.
tim out II he T. net Republican, he ought TO b
,urued out We claim Republican. Bot the !epah
Hears of York ought best ed theg Ia fssa
they grathed The question In t.
banda" |
We beg leave 70 assure Tie Journal that We
have made no objection to Mr. Ia, l0rs retention.
Nor have We attacked Gov. Seward f"r advising
it, aud tho mean pertonal ding Of Tie Joav1ial.
implying thu. we may have wanted the ofirc.
sbal not provoke US TO do So On the whole,
we consider the appointment god one, ana We
do not coucur ia tue statement that " 1t be u
"nut q Republican, he ought to be turned out"
We understand that the great mass ot our down.
town merchants aud bankers, without distinction
of party, urged his retention, and the Presdept
on Gov Stewards advice, concluded to retain
him. Our impression is that this is as it should
be. Bot if We aFs to do magonoWOus Oct, lot
us not be ashamed Of il. Dir. Ta)ors CLAIMS TO
The post, like hls qualifications for IT, ara IN no
degree political. TLey grow out of tue fact that
ho has, for almost the Whole OF the last ioriy
years, been useiuly aud hoOOratly cvnEected
With the office, and is d-emed emlnenty is 10
conduct It. 1t is Of far mere importance that
SO have the right man in that place than Wat
be be- orthodox In bic politics. And II our heavy
merchants aud bakers desire Mr. rpllcr's re.
ienton--ard we believe they dit /, vel 10
cQutiGue him partly on tbat account. Thus Gov
cruuert is to be tried within tho next year Us 10
has never set been; it wi be very likely b need
money; and the good val OF moneyed nen 10
such is vel worth cutiyatirg. @ sd
We dissent on general grounds from The
Journals dictum that "f he il no. Republican,
>. ne ought 10 be- turned ont." We believe tocro
are men connected with the rosta! service ~ba
ought 20 bo retained, without regard TO their
potics. For instance, there Is Mr.. Hcbrock,
The Special Agent OF the Department ia tals re-
gion; va know nothing about his Politics. we
10 not kUos that ho ~Ishes TO be retsined but
We are quite sure the service needs HON, aud We
trust he will reman in II, Aud So, d.'ustioss, n
many others. We live in hope to see the bliss
full day when turning men out OF such othces
because OF their politics will be utterly secuted.
II IS an abominabe system, and the knaVes whd
seduced Gen. Jackson INTO establishing IL siouu
be- beld up 70 eternal eXecralion. Prescribed.
branded hunted down, as the Republicans hsre
hitherto been, it would not be ght-it would
hardly be buman-in them to keep in .lice ali
they had there's; but We hops they VII spare
soule OF the best. And If ever the rule can be
restored that good men in merely executive "
ministerial offices shall not be removed on ac-
count of their politics, we sbal hold up both
hands for It. Meantiu ne, Mr. Taylrr's ssems 10
us good case with which to make Beginnings
and If Gov. Seward 81 ould disclnm tie credit
of advising it, there will be so much the moro
for the President.