New-York tribune., 1878-01-22

court at ,he time of his present employment beihc
ended. and he should be thought a suitable person
To serve the country in that character. he wohid IN
dertake IT,"
! To Secretary of the Treasury Wolcott writeS Mr
Cabot: IL fulfill my own incubation IN wen IN
promise in mentioning to you tha' hr'"or'' oI' ..
our commissioners in London, az the expiration ol
his present service. would willingly 90 20 Copstan-
tinople or ST. Petersburg, or any other court as
| Minister Plenjpotentiary, if the Government should
| need a person for such an employment and should
think him capable of serving them accepta5y."
How would the cheek of Reform BE- dyed with
| crimson modesty sh0nd eX-Secrctary Chandler Dr.
cauybt making such overtures to Secretary Eyarts,
even though he made them as gingorly as Governor
Gore! Our great yandfaherS, good souls, stuck aI
nothing They waited neither for vacancy nor
place to be vacated. The mice were so fond oI
cheese tnat if the cheese We're wanting theF ila'le
| no bones of suggesting that Government p.oVidc 4
cheese for them 10 burrow inl There is delightful
omnvorousness about this Commissioner Gore "i
ours St. Petersburg. Constantinoplc or any o'hcr
couyt-hc stands carpet-bag in hand, ready to 20
anywhere but home Home, however, he had 10 90.
| President Adams would OF him at Con-
stantinople or 81. Petersburg. Perhaps he wanted
all the snare places for his John Quincy. whom
he promoted in the diplomatic service, or lor MS son
ip-law Smith, who had been his Secretary OF Lega-
tiop at London who had married his only dan zhier.
and who did not, says history BADLY, prove in all
respccts. such son-in-law as he could have
wished" And then history rides rough-shod over
the Civil Service of our great-grandiathefs INNS:
.'His pecuniarv affairs becoming embarrassed his
flther-n-aw had provided for him by several publc
appoirtmcnts. the last of which that of sur
vevor of the Port of New-Yorkw l. it an Adams
and great grandfather that We are reading of,
feeding his family failures at the public CRIB. or is
it msprint for Grant and the year OF grace egli-
teen hundred and seventy-Six! Let us draw ont
of that crowd instantly.
\ for more edifying illustration of Mr.. CabotS
conception of the Civil Service may be found in his
description of the person who should he called TO the
Office for which he declared himself not strong
epough at is undoubtedly requisite that the
officer at the head of the Naval Department should
possess considerable knowledge of maritime affairs;
but this should he elementary as well as practlcai'
including the principles of naval architecture ana
naval tactics. He should also possess skill stilceht
to arrange systcmatically the means of cquippue.
manning, and conducting the naval force Win
the greatest possible dispatch. and with the
least possible expense; and above all. he should
possess the incstimabe secret of rendering il irwin
chile by any eaual force" 1t is matter for congrat
ulation to every patriot that 0ur present Reform
Administration has swung back to the faith of the
creat-Crandfathers as is seen by the fidelity with
which the present head of the Navy department
answers to Mr.. Cabot's ideal portrait.
For a batch of illustrations of the pure conccp-
tons of the Civil Service entertained bv our fathers
beg especially to call attention To letter of his
creat-gandfathcr, which Mr.. Lodge passes by III
silence. Mr.. Cabot writes to Secretar.W olcou:
Il think it probable that tie Collector ol Marble
head Mir. Gerry $50 Congressman EibridSr Gcrr5
had got his brother into nice fat office by way "i
showing that Congressman had nothing To do with
appointmentsl has been removed for keeping back
the pnblic money IA defaultng forcflthGl. lie is
said to be deficient four FIVE thousand dollars;
and am informed his brother ElbIilge has written
letter from Cambridge t. thr merchants IN Marble
head. proposing that they >hould advance 10y sub
sciiptous q sufficient sum 10 balance his brothers
account with the treasury linaginc General Batter
Amounting his brother Collector Of the Port OF
Gloucester and then inviting the merchants Of Salem
to make up hi, dcicif and intjmaing tlat. if thu
was not done, he lElbrdgel could obtain for hnn
"a new appointment. No appointment cNcrP. for
fitness IL is worth remembering that Mr.. ;. X.
Gerry was appointed by Washington, in compil-
ancc with Democratic solicitation chiefly, If not
SOLELY | rccollcct well that the rival con-
udatc Colonel Joshua Orme Ia nephew by
marriage of Colonel Pickerngl was zeal
ously supported and strongly recommended by the
Fedcrasts no scrambliug for office in the early
iav~ of the Nationl Mr. Warren. who is appointed
TO the place Of Gerry. Is said to dccne he thinks
himself wo entitled to q greater reward for his
services and the claims he inherts from both father
and mother lOnices awarded solely with regard 70
the pubc business and not as rewards for services
rendered. Nr Hitler Collector of Salcnl has
ALWAYS been esteemed good officer and an honest
man. tNo removal except for causo.l HIS oincr II
not taken from hn for amy faut IN lns character CT
conduct: but lno appointment except for hhcs-
| Colonel Lee wanted ii extremely, and divorce oI
patronage from politics. the Government wanted
Colonel Lees support. His property was exhausted
and his family very large strong points oi itne's
Mr. Tying was unquestionablFa valuable acquisition
| 10 the Government. lie is without flnlt az an
| officer and in the highest estimation for probiiy,
good sense, and dignity As a man. oil parties AT
! NewbuIyport lament his removal"
nice little bead TO string upon this Civil Service
Rosary is the assertion that the candidate 10 sue
| ceed Consul Maycr twas a worthy man. and very
competent the Office; but, unfortunately for hin.
| among his recommendations one from General
| Hamilton, winch was enough TO defeat his wishes"
! so 1t seems that recommendations played i'm
pOrtant part in appointments among the fatheIsas
among the sOns-but that partisan bitterness was
carried 10 such length that recommendation from
| the most distinguished member of the Federal
party was fatal under Federal President. because
of the envy and jealousy which Mr. Adams enter
tanned of Hamlltons greatness. Indeed, one of the
strong charges against President Adams was his
pulsion of able upright, and faithful officers for
mere political purposes
| They did worse things than these. They not Only
expelled good men, but they put i'll bad oncs-Incn
known to be bad Says Mr. Cabot d" Our news
paper account Of the appointment OF stephen Cross to
! the Collect0rship erroneous. | was shocked at
reading that this man. who was early displaced by
Washington for misconduct, should be again placed