Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-01


u tariR-attcmpts made at different tn,es-wss found
wholly vain and Ruthless personal and relative and
imaginary merit constituting the only weapons with
which the battle was fought Ifthis be So and that t
is what candid man will deny. where is the sinilhude
OF Jackson situation to that Of Mr. Jefferson The
Justification derived from the example of Mr. letter.
son Is unsupported by the slightest comparison In tho
circumstances Of the two eras
p. s. Since the above was IN the hands of the
compostDr, we have perused IN that spirited and
piqient paper, the Massachusetts, Journal some oh
servations the effort making there as well as a,
Weshinston 20 sssimatc the prescriptions of Gen.
Sneksn n - tho comparatively few removals made by
Alr iocrson. and to Justify the former by the latter
we beg leave to annex them illustrative. The
MIR. Dunlap, who displaced the veteran Republican.
Geo. Blake, san Irish Lawyer, who visited Rich
'nond in November, deputed by the underwriters IN
Boston to assist IN the prosecuson Of John D. Aneie
Dunlap was at that time, very conscious of his own
merlority, for having come to Richmond with the
doughty purpose of astonishing the natives by HE
coquence, he no sooner heard Johnson, stanurd and
Ieigh, than hc "gave n' md Dramatically sealed
his lips.
From, tie Massachusetts .Jo,paut-
30 TAR from the appointments and removals beinu
I'd h.,
Jefferson; they are direct violation of them. ca;
Jefersonian dcnnoc rats and officers appointed bv y.r
Jerson are compelled 10 make way for federaj;sts
Dir. y,rt was JsGersonatn Democrat HE'S re.
,noVeu and Mr. Be'7icn Fede3aiist is appointri n,
ins stead Mr. Souttard was Democrat ana Lo -
removed to make way for Branch federalist W.,
do not complain Exchanges simply as such in osSce,
SO near 10 the presidents person, but we will ex
pose that deception. which the Jackson papers en-
deavor to practice upon the people, by the false mo
tence that all they are doing is "Jefeysoaian" M
Pree"id,s, another Jetersonau democrat 10 ran,oy.l
10 make room tor Mr. Bayiies and then for MIR. VII
HHD's Doth OF them "black cockade fcderalists, to
Use for once the language of the Statesman Tn p
idence aiso,a democrat has been removed and ano
fher tblack cockadc" appointed George Bi.Ee r.
Is aogVerSMian democrat and received his appoint
uient rom MT. Jefferson; and he is also man of on
perior talents. His Office has been taken o,,,,.
gwen to- Andrew Dunlap, for abusing in tho IA
oriai columns OF the Statesman, all the rood and re-
spectacle men in Massachusetts; all the men NJ.
Senators down. '' o''u
.nGJor .hefUiH was selected first by warren 70 be-
hrs Abide Camp; by .Huss Legislature TO be Navai
1nicer by Warrington to be Surveyor, continued I'm
by Madison, Monroe and .a.io,as He * removaJ =,
make way for Gen. Boyd. ~
james barbour, a Js6erson;us democrat. is rep,,-
veu to make way for Louis McLano- -sanothor b,cI,
cocSade and yet several imprudent jackson psx.srs
ace continually saying that their hero is copyinp tine
example Of JkbeTsoT'
Besides the utmost extent to which Je6srson DC
sired to carry the changes OF office, to restore
the equilibrium" inasfnuch as the preceding admin
istraion bad been exclusive and had Accumulated aN
the Offices IN the party.-In point Of fact only tho
heads ofvarions branches of the Government vere
removed, and they not uniformly. Gen. LneoInn,
collector OF Boston FOR example though he resigned
had bis commission returned to him by Jefferson,
and he remained in the Office long as b, Jive6'
Dut how was the fact with the last administra trmi
Were they exclusive? BY no means. They anr,o,r
Cp avpn hon ,,.l "a
were charged with the offensive motive of doino i
for the pufpose of"bribery." They were accused OF
attempting to buy Mr. Gallatin, Mr.. Belts, Mr. Pre-
BILE, and many others.
things WITH reference to such papers as the States-
man, which in view OF such facts are CONSTANTLY an
pcaling to Js6eson and "black cockade.."
This kind of slang cannot have effect or existence
much longer. The political elements are taking
new afinities, tendencies and combinations. Those
who now stand on dry land may be swept away. In
these commissions we fear for the responsibility and
pcrnanency ofPure Republican principles and Re-
publican institutions.
An appointment has occurred in Wiscasset wh{cf,
rs particularly unpopular. Mr.. Cook, a respecta-
BILE and excellent old gentleman, who received hls
appointment from Warrington, and had held it ander
al the PRESIDENTS, has been removed and 1brei0pey
McCrate by name appointed in his place. and TO make
tho matter still more unpleasant to the public X in
supposed that the removal and appoiatHsent were
effected by Mr. Smith, sort of spy and iuformeY,
the car Of tho President.
Il Jackson Editor chouSed.-Mr. Norton Editor
of the Hartford Mercury, having the sagsoy to fore
see how the battle was going, hoisted Jackson CO.
lours IN the midst of the engagement. He was
one Of the 90 Jackson Editors who after the even,
chme to Washington in person, to receive or claim
their "reward'-staid some weeks on expenccs. end
finally lett thore, made happy by commission in bis
pocket, as Post Master at Hartford. With this verv
handsome compensation for his services, he Seems tn
have been so much pleased, 10 dyulge evory whero
on his route to Connecticut the SUCCESS of his visit ne
Washington. But sad reverse awaited him. The
next day after be had entered upon the discharge OF
his duties as Post Master, another person stepped
into the Office, and exhibited commission, some
lays junior to his own II may be malicious but We
confess the disappointment Of Mr. Merton Of the
Hartford Mercury whose loud baWlinV for the Hero