Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-15

the tic regard felt for public opinion and the se,t,.
determination to reward the most violent partiz.uv
Niles recommendation consisting in his superior vio
ience' ana not in his superior qualifications To can
the climax, Duff undertakes TO pacicate the matter
by promising Norton, place in the Customs At Ro..
ton-Duf, aye Duff! who is not the CoIlcc,o, .s
Boston, nor member of the Cabinet, nor entitled
from his official station to any voice or con,vo,, ;.
The matter. SO we 20 ut Washington,
From Correspondcn, Of tho Baltimore t,a,.r.,
=, WAsHisGToS, May 10th. I82s
ar Is III. NoRToN has received the dec.;r., r
.ne postmaster General against him. assisted bv he
friend and counsellor, and the gentleman .n,y!.S
by the people of Hartford, Connecticnt--bo ahs's
10 make public appeal. This case has already as-
suned some notorety among the political incden,.
ot the tnne and will command further cons;dor.,;
M party nus treated the remonstrance of the peo-
PIE OF Hartford who support Dir. Norton with tho
greatest difference, and Mr.. Oliver II. Willinms
their commissioner, with all the courtesy due to n
gentleman and the grandson of the late illustrios
Oliver Ellsworth, ESQ
The President and Secretary of Stat. 49, Ill,
engaged IN making their arrangements for rho ,n;s
sons ab'oad-the instructions connected will vh;ci
form at present a task of no little labor
\, In addition to what is said above CONCERNING Mr..
NORTON, we md the following note from Mr.. WI,
L'aMs, In yesterdays National Inteigencer.
GADsBY's HorrL
=, Monday, r. nj IIM aray
49,. H IN iLfaEH: allow me, through the medium of
our paper 10 INFORM the friends Of Dir. b. H. Norton
late Postmaster at Hartford, Counecticut H., ~
witistanding the charges preferred against b;, =; .
late number of the Hartford Times have bann ~:
upphanty rctutod, and the motives of tho ,,an,I ~.
WIG procured his removal satisfactorily exposed Tho
evidence OF these facts (although in thc nosscs;,
ccrain distinguished individuals of this eitvl !. ro,
regret TO say, to he submitted TO the pubEc g.
s' 'l' whch time may prove to have been the
suggestions of n Seer, induced Mr. Norton, af,ar
committing 10 the press his viudcation to withdraw
Most respectfully,
o. E. WILLIAMS
Messrs. CALLS 81 SEAroN
City Of Washington.
ms whole affair of the Hartford Post Office. b,O
exposed the lmbocility ofthc Executiye.-Phen,r
At not often that taste for pungancy and hef,
seasoning Is more amply grati6cd than by the fell
lowing caustic paragraph from the National Inte,,i-
gCncer.
The Editor of the Richmond Enuuirer comnlaip.
.ars ~ notclg his apology for suppressing the Pa
mama nst' uctlons mistook his ironv for ON
ness, aud imputed to him apology when he meant
sarcasm This Is not surprising for the truth 10.
the Editors paragraphs often as eo,,iyocal no b,
pontcs-,s pleasantly SO sad and his gravity so a.
musing That we have sometimes been i'm danger of
weeping at bis humor and lauehin, n, ,vbs1 ,,,s
meant to drav tears We should he Glad r. 10
would attempt greater cearness in future. or aaix
some mark TO his ehusions, by which we NAV learn
Whether we nre to laugh or cry-whcther he mean,
10 DC grave or eay--hyely or severe" II 10 NO
WONDER however that the editor of the ENQUIRER ba
!st tio 'acuy OF discriminating the characteristics
vi s'!.c when ne mas ceased TO discern the much
more important distinction between the decencw
which becomes gentleman and The vulgor;,v uh;o1
belongs to the kennel press.-Nationaf Infeyi;rea|
GER