Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-07-07
REMOVALS AND APPOINTMENTS.


We have copied into paper to-day two articles
from the Richmond Enquirer the subject of reno.
walls and appointments. The remarks Of the Enquirer
on the appointment of the minister the Netherlands
are so Just and al the time obvious that we are
surprised they should have occurred to the opposi
,ion PAYERS Yet this appointment has been denounced
by these papers in the style of vuperaon which
has been applied TO others and indeed 10 all the acts OF
The administration II has bee distorted into renec.
lion on Mr. Hughes, without any or justice e.
was the opinion OF the President, we believe that In
this appointment he was in duty bound 10 consult the
wishes OF this State Had Mr. Hughes been satisfac-
tory to Maine, he undoubtedly would have been willing
to have given him The appointment; hut were no,
satisfied with Mr. Hughes We are unacquainted
with him, ord know that he il entirely gnor ant of
he intricate and complicated question which lis sub
United to the umprage OF the King Of the Netherlands
10 ask us TO cntrust the management of an affair in
which we have so deep stake, to his hands under
such circumstances, was asking quite much. u
would b. asking what State in the union, situated a.
we are, would have consented TO.
As 10 the removals, join with the Enquirer in re-
quesng the public 20 suspend their Judgment until the
grounds on which the government have proceel ed
should be nade known. We believe some Of the op
pouon-paPers have threatened an impeachment of the
President The Telegraph in answer invites an inves
LEGATION, AMI Dtmates very integiby that on the me
ing of Congress an investigation will he made
The clAmor at Washington easily account for
That reform was wanted in the Offices there we have
no doubt By reform we 10 not mean the removal OF
men from Office who supported Mr.. Adams and oppos-
ed Cen Jackson, allowing the utmost reasonable free
dom OF manly, open and und:sguised opposon 10 the
successful candidate But this will con tend is
liberty large enough 10 the Indicators OF the
atrocous and cruel calumnies with which the press
teemed against Gen Jackson; still less to prole the
savage and brutal warfare carried agains, his anna
bic and innocent wife, the remorseess and vindicyr
persecution OF an unoif ndns lady, which was not sat-
isfed until il had buried her 20 the grave Such con
duct presents not merely private and personal ground o
complaint to the suffering individual tits gross Of
ence against public morals and public decency; and If
some OF the cnlpabie suffer he slight penalty Of a re-
moval from Office for this, think they would be wise
il they remained silent. But we have been greatly
nIisied by all the information which have haIfrom
Washington FIR several years past or there existed 9TH
for the removals at Washington than these
We did not require the disclosures which are coming
out TO satisfy ~ that the hand Of reform wanted
the capital That those who feel its effect should com
pian is what was 10 be expected aud that those who
most deserved 10 feel complain most not unlikely
In The changes that made in distant parts of the
country that the President may sometimes be deceived
and under incorrect information be led remove mer-
orious officer not improbable In these We he
lieve that the government proceeds with caution aud
deiberaiion, and does allow itself Le hurried in
10 precpancy by the zeal OF indscreet friends with
The greatest caution will sometimes be commit.
ted. with the best intentions we hive no doubt that
this is unavoidable These cases we shall lament but
still That reform was wanted questions; that
the administration with the pures, and best in,en
tons we have never entertained doubt, nor have We
any more doubt that greai benefits will result to he
public The contest in which we have been eng a ed,
and in which the people have trrmpe1 is one ni nrln
cipe II actual reform that is called for nor is IL hs
wish Of thoe by whom this triumph has been achieved
TO see political contest in which great principles were
involved, degenerate into mere scramble for Office
Maine Argus
The Tfmes-The Worcester County Rspubcan a
paper printed In the interior OF issachuses and in
part OF the country where considerable proportion Of
capital IL invested in manufactures speaks feenslv of
the hardness Of the iirnes in that par, Of the
1t seems that il quite fashionable there 10 ascrib the
embarrassment aud distress that prevail to The trans
portaton OF specc out of the country Those who ac
count for the mater in this yyav seem 10 suppose ina,
CERTAIN people are perambu!ans the country picking up
the cash, and leaving without circulating medium.
The Worcester Republican asks these people yhv
The times were not more pressing when larger qan,iie
OF specie Than at present sent foreign
He might have Inquired also 20 what country these ga
gacious disceners Of the signs Of ~ TINES suppose The
money Is gone What nation is happy as TO posses
the abundance OF specie of which are deprived p
England II seems is in worse condition Than we are
her Immense manufacturing population almost in
state o iusurreciiOn account Of heir low waves or
what we should cali in this country the lHcul,v Of
getting money" France IL seems has not possessed
herself OF all the specie +" for her inhabitants cannot
muster enough pay for their bread and are bfekjn
out in riots on Of the DEAFNESS of corn, I'm
what Of the world then is the specie hidden
which once formed tie currency Of England France
and America? VIII any OF (he pho so,hers who t,lk
wisely about the drain Of spece answer ths question,
10 the time let hear the account which Inc Wor
cester paper gives OF the state Of manufacturing and
other business in that part Of the country
Manufacturing has been oversocked by those who
have had no capital. Many have rushed into business
without funds or ability 70 ssfain the on ATOMS whic!
they have set on foot The prices Of manufactures have
been reduced, and II happens with eyerv thing else
the markets are u--real estate has fallen ,ud IN -.
farmers are in debt their lands are norfgageI the price
oil labor higher than produce that nothing or but
scaniy subsistence can be made from the cultivation
oi me helG.' w y Ep. Past
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