New-York daily tribune., 1861-12-30

il, as we trust it viii, II shau ooutiuu. !. ,
unsparing in its statement of facts. R,t =.
will make another extract from the corra.n,'s ~
ence Of the writer just referred to. in -,
ne gives an instance or two of the general ..,,.
mens made in the passage just quoted. AN..
mentioning several who keep in Office By =.
tendipg to be Republicans, be continues.
~ r. yn1 was removed early In the Summer on
creasa es sympathy for him sccount his am,
.. least DOZEN Year yss wha ss:h =: he bad hed
hss In the presence Of the coored week ,na
Government u the strongest tsrms ana cueri
ss these secret traitors invariably stye de rebsi.
Treasury Department Anov Q CLERK who wa Ill ~ =
By. the last Administration and Who, dug5e agPpoassi
existence OF the Republican party, has bsss q!
its most persistent bitter, and untirns ensm .as %
s.ance-I have heard him say that 'Loyejoy oa.h y
been 'hot Ike dOs for hi. speech in The aou a. ~
was pity Brooks did not kill Sumner st tbe i,s
Seward "a his Rocb, ster speech advocsted be No,tk
ing upon the South to compel them to abolish Ss,,s
publicaus Aboonists Of the Wendell Phlips - -
&C., &c. The ceptersbe at bis fathers house il orrsm
with the kenesses Of JEFF Dsvis Lee and other RsS,I
togspa the head of their beds purchased BY the
paid that clerk by the Government AID BY him pesss
them Can there De any doubt how ne stands And NS
mouthn Of bread which not paid for By money 49,
from the Government His father has been In o6cs ~
upon wha, ths. and father receive st tbs hand
Government"
This 10 bad, but here is one even wou |
moral evidence may be considered % eosl |
anything in forming Judgment upon any Nh |
character. The writer, in speaking Of ths
surd pretense that the duties of the cls,h |
Bureaus were 80 intricate that long tria,
was necessary to understand them-the n
being, we presume. that there is hardly h
in Washington the duties of which couN =
be perfectly discharged after q weeks pnsu
by any man drawn by lot from List Of u
York clerks-says:
at Is astonishing to see how expert these old ocsk
become in the art Of wormiog henselves uto the cou
Of the officials and the imnsns influence they szu
them. to removals and appointments. As an III
the Interior Department Notwithstanding the noorouE
that he Jake Thompsons confidential clerk and 6a
in all bis part Of the res.on committed BY the lac ~
istratona fact one would suppose sufficient to damn
the estimation Of all loys mensi he retaued MD
clerk until quite recently. and from there appointed hk
course the President believes tim TO be loyal and prs
Il would be impossible to hm guilty Of tessoa
there are plenty Of here who have known him long u
we'll and who, upon their oaths viii say they bsrs be =
loyalw
When we consider how earnest every man b
in the cause of the South who believes in il 4
all, and that these Washington people especak
who, through o long course of educatia VI
habit, have come to consider themselves I'd
of distinct order of civil service, and hss
learned to believe the South the source Of
patronage and power, and to be alone endSa
to their allegiance, then it is impossible not b
see that their continuance in office must h
fraught with mischief to the success Of h
Federal arms. If it be true tba. of the thx
hundred traitors found BY the Potter Co..
mlttee in the Departments only four mouts
ago, the larger portion are still there, b
confidently stated, then the public will wait
with great impa!ieuce for that report that W
may know where we stand in SO important =
matter.