The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1824-07-06

PORTLAND. TUESDAY. July .. -.



Bva law w this state, uassed NY thr To- seH-
SION WI aur Legislature thc tenure ot thr most
important Offices held ar0prdas Lq the roH'ii-
luton, during lhe pleasure oi thr executive M
limited t0 the term III faur years VT ihis num-
Der. Ara the Clerks WI the Judicial Courts En-
eisters VI Probate Ac. several ot whose commits.
sions are about expiring hy tlis limiialioni lna
must be renewed, XIV their places alled ly who
ever may NV patriotic enough to aHEr themselves
as candidates. IT'D W., who Rre mere lockers
w here wv DeHmaik, II has not been nn ohlrri
M speculation ~ enquiry whether changes ur
conhrmai0ns are expected n the meeting M
hs Council which W. have mentioned above
riorAri0s IN oFFIrE was iarunte doctrine IA
fha democrats when the majority was against
them. and u win typ recollrcitd thai since che
year 1890. when this party came iHtn power they
have made free use nf executive paironasc ih
giving oicc ~ their party friends AZ iheeAPcnse
NJ those incumbsnts, against whom they ul-en
no other objections than political hgresyi or in-
dependence 0tthinking and acting ia regard ~
public men and public measures Since this
practical comment, We have heard bur little oi
ire doctrine and from that time t0 the present
we End no disposition expressed Ply those who
feel themselves On the sunny side XVI Uncle sam
plantation, ~ have any farther experiments ~
test the principle 4 TtRgarG nraaHilr, ri nos
mRiamllr IN aiiS When our side ia Hppefmnsfi
say the majority, tile ease " altered. Many ap-
pointments ia the Custom House Department
the most lucrative ot any IN the gl 0ithe federal
government, have remained IN The same hands
from the time III the general extermnatinl ~ the
tedeFalists, which began I'D 1890, until n0W,
when, il ever, the r0tatory principle ought ~ ap
ply 70 the cases "a those, vino have amassed
princely fortunes under political patronage -
We 40 not make these remarks tD nave Il nm
derstood a. our opinion that every Office under
our national and state government y to ~ he'd
BY such precarious tenure A. that every pub N
the popular dir should he sufficient ID sweep
away us holder, still less thar any appointment
should be the price W eIectioneering services
and party dnIdgery. We have never believed
that public Offices were made 10 pay for political
time serving,-but On the other hand that indi-
viduals 10 whom are committed important trusts,
for the benefit " TIE commonwealth, should be
men Of probity aud virtue, capable 0f doing their
duty, and Industrious, faithful and sedulous IN
their respective empl0yments. When, there
fore, Offices are filled nv such men, WE See TO
possible benefit that result from their remOv-
n, since their experience and practice must rem
der their services more useful tO the public
whose servants they are.
Whatever may be tile result III the approach
mot To predict mo- have We anv hopes or fears
to iHddlge on the occasion but to th01e who
may possibly be disappointed, wv recommend
The following consolatory n0ctiCa etfnson,
which seems To have been indited in moments ~
sadness and sorrow, upon al unfortunate failure
1f " hi~h blown hopes" for governmental favor.
There IS something marvellous touching and pa
thetic IL these lines Torciblv remindingus ofthe
uncertainty and fugacity " every worldly en-
ioyment,--as well as--0t the poetry Of S0uthey,
Wordsworth ard Colsridge They are from the
Connecticut Mirror
It's sad, when Oh the waters cast,
Unfriendsd and alone,
10 mark the sinking Ut the blast,
Aud ~ the wind 70 down.
It's sadder to see friendship Ay,
And love and hope depart,
Leaving the sufferer 10 die
tn widowhood Ut heart
But sadder thoughts than these oertake ne,
Which thicken and Increase
The Legislature did not make me
\ Justice OF The Peace.