The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-11-17
ENQUIRER.
REMOVALS FROM OFFICE.
Redmond
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1904.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1904
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REMOVALS FROM OFFICE.
As there is no part of MIR. Jefierion's con-
duct lays the Norfolk Ledger which is 10 much
dreaded by his adherents, they are anxious to
| conceal 1t from the public. The fyitcm he has
purified, 70 Incompatible with his inaugural
fpcech, deterves To be expofed. And as facts
are the bef mode Of procuring conviction, we
coniider it as duty Of the Editors of Federal
papers 10 enimerate all the removals from Of
nee within their knowledge. sc. &c. &c.
9 We nave knowledge of many more reno
walls out of Virginia than we at preient poIefs
within 1t. The following liz, by which we
mean to si7e an example ofthe method we with
Others TO Puriue, comes very near the whole
number (rEN) we were TO confidently afted to
name" Afked, by whom Some loud-talkiny
demagogues, quoth the Ledger.
sc Removals within our KNOWLEDGE in V;ro;n;,
REMOVED. OFFICES. Apppo,srrD
M. NJ. Randolph Martial, John Scott
lohn Hopkins Comni'r Loans M. Jones
VIM. Heath Coll'r Petertb. Jobn sbore
John Grammar Poit-maner do. Jofeph Joues
timothy Green Do Frederickfb. John Benton
Argritinc Davis Do. Richmond M. Vandewall
Edward Archer Do. Norfolk w. Newiun,
VIM. Pennock NAVY Accent u R,dr,.-
"We do not mention the Collector Of this
port CONTINUES the wi; ifio d., tefipn from,
bad health; but we believe it s iaGt, that Mr..
Nicholas was appointed r, fore the rehgns,ion
OF Mr. Davies reached Wilmington.
=" Where the readers perfopally acquainted
with the officer removed and the one abboiufed,
let him ak his own breal, if there is any fuDe
riorlty in the latter over the former Ifthat mo-
nItor fays no, which fome;imes it NUT, then
why the change "Aye, there's the rub" Let
Mr.. Jeferion' friends anfwer."
THERE are three fandards, by which the
policy OF Mr. Jefferfou's administration NAV be
eliminated: the policy and practice of the pre-
erhiAg administration, the principles of his iaau-
gHrai ipeech, and the abftraet maxims ola re-
'nbifc0n government. BY the firft we may de-
cide, whether if his naturalization be even i'm
proper IN ttelf, it is better or worle than that OF
h:s opponentsi The fecond viii decide, whe-
ther the practice of MIR. Jcferfon's be inconGR-
ent with his own projections, or in other words,
whether the change of circum fances or the in
creating violence of party {pirit, has occalioned
MN TO devlate from that chart of policy, by
which, under particular felt of circumstances
and during the rational calm OF a commencinp
| administration he had determined TO fbape
the courie" of his meafures and the third may
ierve 70 decide, how far his administration i.
conlittent with republican principles, eithe. in
thofe cafes which are nat explicitly, or by Eaii
| contribution embraced by his inaugural fpeech
orr thote cafes, which are evidently embraced
| by the principles of the fpeech. but they are ca
les IN which the republican fe1gcucy of thof
principles have now been teited by the light o
! experience.
By each of thoft Raudirds let us then attemp
| to Ultimate the conduit of the prefent admnf
| tration, as far as it relates to the cafe immedi
| ateIy Before us: the Removals from Office.
| Mould indeed have wiihed, that the vindicatio,
| of Mr.. Jeferion's neafures bad fallen into tn,
| hands ofiome more able advocate than myfelf
! and yet, in the prefent cafe, it is almoft unne
| ceffary TO offer any apology. When truth fight
under his banners, even the powers of a very fee
| bic champion may fomctimes command ruccefs
| /. 1t was the Profc1ed policy OF the l7R adj
| rniniltration, to exclude every man from Office
| and to admit no man into Office, who had no
previouay adopted its political principles. Tha
this was its policy, needs not to be afcertained
| by indirect induction, but by the mott direE
| information. There was no location to mfr i
from the Przgies Of the PreGdent, becauie hi
mott fayourite adherents had openly ProfclS4
| that this was the principle of official tenure. +
was during the felton, OF esq., s. in the COURT,
the debate on the foreign intercourse bill, tina
the friends of MIR. Adams on the floor OF con
greis, acknowledged the exiftence, and avowec
their appreciation, of this policy. But fuch il
| n0f the policy of the preieut administration
! MIR. Je.terton does not appear dclirous of con
inning every Office to his political friends: Iii
| object feems to be, TO give them not eomblsi
| but a Sr23or!ionafe ihare Of Official emolumem
| and influence. No doubt there are many en-
| frightened republicans in tbeunion, who with hin
to purfue the very fame policy which their op
ponents have avowedly purified: But there ar
no doubt ALTO many others, who have adoptet
milder iyftem, and who have conlequent
approved of Mr.. Jefer(on's modified practice
Yet had MIR. Jefferfon purfued the very fam
| fyRem which characterized the administration @
his opponents, his inducements were more vi
rious, and his publication might have bee
greater. The former administration had enter
cd upon this fubjea d. a0eo They were in
fiuenccd in the choice Of their fyftem, rather b
GGjgra9 principles, than by poEiiUe exampl,
In applying theie principles, they had no doub
TO encounter The bias Of feStarian fpirit, bu
that fpir!t bad not as yet been exdfperated b
the CALLING fpe6taclc of perfecution, commenc
ed and maintained by their political opponent,
But when tb, prefent administration came int
Office, very different indeed was their iituatior
The fpecacle of ferfecution was already fprca
before them. The republican, had feen fever
OF their friends Of the pureft virtue and mo
diflingufhed quafc atoms, difmiGed from o.
hce, becaufc they had not embraced the cree
OF the Preiidcnt. In the very face Of this fpet
tacle then and while fhei,.