Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-12-16

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great length Of time, ENJOY oihce snu po"e
without being more or less under 'ne i"nue"
loffeelings uLfavorable TO faithful o'scna'
their public duties. Their integrity may
proof against improper considerations iu~eu'
steIy addressed to Themselves, bot they are aP'
TO acquire a habit Of looking with IndihereOoe
upon The public interests, and OF tolerauos 0ou-
duct from which 40 UnPractissd man WOULD re'o''
Office is considered as species OF properly; anu
Government, rather as q means oil pro"O''us
individual interests than IS an instrument CIea-
ted soey for The service Of the People vi
ruDiion 10 some, and, in others, perFeIS'o" -
correc. feelings and PRINCIPLES. divert uo'ein
ment from IFS legitimate ends, and make ="
engine for the support of the few at the expense
Of the maoy The duties Of all public othcers
are. or. at least admit of being made, go Plain "
simple that men Of intelligence may readily guar
fy themselves for their performance; and cannot
bnt believe that more is lost by the long contnu-
ance of men 10 Office than is generally TO be gam
ed by their experience. submit, therefore, TO
your consideration. whether the efficiency OF the
Government would not be promoted, and ottlc'al
Industry and integrity better secured, by genera
extension OF tue law which limits appointments 70
four years.
! In a country where offices are created solely
for the benefit of the people, no one man has a.
ny more intrinsic right to official station than a.
mother. Ofices were not established to give
; support to particular men at the public expense
No individual wrong is therefore done by reno
val, since neither appointment to, nor contlnu-
ance in Office, is matter Of right The Incum-
bent became an officer with view to public
benefits; and when these require his removal,
= they are moi be sacrificed to private Interests
1t is the People, and they alone, which have
right to complain, when bad officer is substl-
tuted for good one. He who is removed has
the same means of obtaining living that are
= enioyed by the millions who never held office.
The proposed limitation would destroy the idea
of property now so generally connected with OIL
cial station: and although individual distress
may be sometimes produced, il would, by pro-
noting that rotation which constitutes leading
principal in the republican creed, give heaithtU.
action to the system.
I No very considerable change has occurred,
during the recess of Congress, IN the condition
of either oE Agriculture, Commerce or Manu-
features The operation fthe Tariff has not
proved so injurious to the two former, nor as
% beneficial TO the latter, as was anticipated. I'm
: portations Of foreign goods have not been seRsl-
siby diminished; while domestic competition,
under an alusIve excitement, has increased the
production much beyond the demand for home
consumption. The consequences have been
u low prices, temporary embarrassment, and par
tial loss That such of our manufacturing es-
. tablishmenb as are based upon capital, and are
prudently managed, will survive the shock, and
be ultimately profitable, there IS no good reason
' to doubt.
To regulate it's conduct, so as TO promote e.
qualy the prosperity of these three cardinal in
teress, is one of the most difficult tasks Of Gov
ernmcnt; and It may be regretted that the COM
cheated restrictions which now embarrass the
intercourse of nations, could not by common
consent be abolished, and commerce allowed to
flow in those channels TO which individual enter
. prise-always its surest guide-might direct 1t.
But we must ever expect selfish legislation in
ct or nations, and are therefore compelled to a.
dapt our own to their regulations in the manner
best calculated to avoid serious injury, and to
harmonic the conflicting interests of our agrl-
culture, our commerce and our manufactures. -
Under these impressions, invite your attention
to the existing Tariff, believing that some of It's
provisions require modification.
The general rule to be applied in graduating
the duties upon articles Of foreign growth OF
manufacture, is that which will place our own in
fair competition with those of other countries;
and the inducements TO advance even a step be-
yond this point, are controlling in regard to those
r articles which are ofprmary necessity in time oil
: war.-When we reflect upon the dificuIty& deica.
cy ofthis operation it is important that it should
never be attempted but with the utmost caution
" Frequent legislation 10 regard to any branch o
industry, affecting its value, and by which its
: capital may be transferred to new channels
must always be productive of hazardous specu.
latIon and loss.
In deliberatug therefore, on these interesting
subjects, local feelings and prejudices should BE-
: merged in the patriotic determination to pro-
mote the great interests 70 the whole. All at
= temPts to connect them with the party conflicts
{ ofthe day, are necessarily injurious & should be
discountenanced. Our action upon them should
be under the control ofhghsr and purer motives
Legislation, subjected 10 such influences, car