Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-05-22

tel!igencer of the goth inst) tina, already three
hnndred Post Masters have been removed" -
we 90 nor oredn The assertion is too extrava.
CANT for beief.-rhose p Masters, and those off,
GERS OF any description, who have neglected their
duties, or are Incompetent to discharge them; who
havoc abused their Offices for eectionesring pur-
pose or were Incorporate partizans or are enemies
10 the Reisrm oil abuses, ought To be removed
We would retain the faithful off;rer who
had decenuy held his own opinions without
mixing himself up with the scenes of eleciioneer-
ing-and would contribute to the redress CT ali
abuses-We would remove all the rest-But we
are not competent to pass upon all the Removals.
which have been made, because we have rot boon
Informed OF the reasons which dictated them. We
cannot as yet know bow many elthose fall Within
the rule we have suggested; Srehow many with
oct'-He should probably WISH after hearing OF
the whole case, that many had been retained who
are removed iron the public service-But this Wa
may say, that circumstances are continually trans
Piring, which show how rash it is to condemn
without information-,rhe following facts, for in
stance, are given in the u. $. Telegraph Of last
Evening; and which thoroughly justify the re-
movals which ,hera referred to:
From the United States Telegraph
"Most o! the new appointments, (says the Intel
ligencer) have no other recommendation for Of
nee, but their reckless party violence and un-
iaun'ed and irrepress,ble importuntyir' Thus at
che tell swoop, do these .N,Tats OF the press exc.
cute vengeance upon their political opponents
"Do the editors OF the lnelligepcer believe that
their cant can be imposed upon the people OF the
| United States for patriotism, That print this
morning, mourns over the case of Mr. Pbille.
brown, one OF the clerks removed by the Secre-
tary OF the Navy, and rumour says, that Mr.. Adj
ans, in commseration for his misfortune, has
loaned him, granted him five hundred dollars
to begin the world with!l We have not conceiv-
ed it necessary 10 lay before the public all the
cauSes which called for the removal of those in.
dividuals who have been considered unworthy OF
public confidence. Our iorbearance has been
ngf eIxs oh,
lebrown as an instance. 1t is fact, that on the
| Sd day oil March, he permitted his name 10 be
used Tor the purpose of drawing improperly from
The treasury, a large sum of money, (pine thou
SAND dollars toe 6ettere,) given TO one Of the
agents OF the coalition, under circumstances
which leave no doubt, that il was the wages of
corruption. Ifit be true that Mr.. Adams has ia
ken Mr. Phillebrown under his special care, we
would ask why he permits Mr.. Watkins to lie in
Jail, when il is fact, that his own associates and
confederates having refused, he was driven to the
necessity OF applying to the Secretary of War to
bail him for I'VE thousand dollars?
=" But there is another which tho edi-
tors OF the lnteliigencer have poured their tears
oil iamentation. Mr.. Lee was dismissed from Of
| fee! We select this case not from any desire to
| wound the feelings or nure the personal inter-
ests Of MIR. Lee, because OF him, personally, we
know nothing, but because it furnishes strong
comment upon the policy of the Coalition.
"About twelve months ago Mr. Ramsay then
clerk in the Office of the Paymaster General, was
taken III, and no hopes of his recovery were enter
! tanned The Paymaster General wrote TO Mr.
Beaile, Ohe son OF gallant officer of the reyou-
uon, who having fought through two wars died
/ leaving three daughters and . widowed mother
chiefly dependant Hpon the exertions OF that son)
who was in the South, requesting him to come on
TO w ashington and perform the duties, under the
promise that he should have the appointment in
case OF vacancy. Mr. b. discharged the duties
Tor about nine months. the sick incumbent receiy-
! ing the emoiuments. and when the vacancy oc-
CURED, MIR. Lee was appointed TO the office, in
February last, against the demonstration of Col
iowson, who told him, at the time, that upon tho
coming In OF the new admnistra ion he would Law
the case before the President, and urge the an
poinment OF Mr. Bealle, who, i'm addition 10 his
claims as stated is acknowledged to be one of the
pest and most capable clerks in any of the public
| Offices. Yet Mr.. Lee, who was violent par
tisan writer for the Coalition, and appointed by
| Mr Adams, under such circumstances by way
| OF rewarding him out of the peoples money for A.
ousing the President OF their choice, complains
that he was superseded, and Messrs Gales and
Seaton exclaim that ii 10 worse than Turkish bar
barity !
but why should we dilae upon the policy of
our opponents' &C. One would suppose, from
the outcry raised, that not single Coalition
clerk could now be found in one of the
public Offices. Not SO. We have not taken the
trouble to compare the political opinions of the in
cumbents, and our beliefs that two-thirds of those
no,o IN the public Offices were devoted partisans
Vi 'he ia'e administration. ". S. TEL
| elias the GepuiGtiOn of the five wise men. re
ferred to in the extract below, left the CITY with
out determining which of the two competitors are
the most WoTfhy to fill its editorial throne-apd
without passing resolution 10 bic one of them
north in search OF the needui' Or is Mr. Slade
selected for the purpose OF raising the wind in
/ New England to keep the Journal on its legs and
Protract its sickly existence little longer! We
know not and care not.
Eatraet etc letter from Baltimore dated, I5M
May, 1929.
"There have been several secret concIayes held
here lately by the coalition faction; the PRINCIPAL
object OF which has been 10 raise supplies for the
| National Journal, and TO provide with decent
EDITOR it being determined at all events 20 dis
miss the present man. Much difficulty has ari-
sen as 10 a successor, and the hole and corner
folks are puzzled, like the ass between the two
bundeso OF hay, whether TO choose Mr.. Watkins
MIR. Eendall to that responsible and respectable
Office. II is saiu that bot these persons are urg-
ing their claims very stren,9psly, though the ma
!ority evidently incline TO the Doctor, provided
ne gets respectfully out OF his present "scrape,"
as they term 1t. committee was appointed the
other day to proceed 20 Washing ton, and overhaul
The Journal matters and make general survey of
the field Of battle. IL was TO consist Of Jtilia1n
r. FREEMAN, George HoWard Luke TTerna,s,
Z. r. Mayor and George RistOn-all good men
and true as people who know them least admit.
some persons think that the proposal to abandon
the Journal which has been made, is most likely
to succeed. Should the thing go on, man is 10
be despatched forth to levy contributions" RIO.
MISUNDERSTANDING coRREcrEp.
War las been proclaimed at the threshold''-
and every maneuvre is adopted, which ingenuity
can devise Fictions are coined i'm one paper 10 be
lcDihiee 10 others -t0mcirnss Sith no preteXt at
all, aud at others with only the shadow of pretext
Letters are got up at Washington and addressed TO
different quarters Of the Unon-whch are eagerly
seized upon by tl;e Coalition Editors, who iry oil
course 70 make the most OF them.-Who these nu- |