Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-08
Department, and have been faithful to the trusts

10 remove one or both OF hem should tx
'remely. regret such step, as well un your &C.
count as Thar of the public.
With the operations OF the Department
am well acquainted I am ANXIOUS ,ha, is re.
/ puta,ion shall be sustained and I am oonvinc-
ed this cannot be done if the allow named geh.
; trmen be removed. This remark i. made
wit perfect knowledge OF all the facts. AT er
you shall have quired full.knowledge Of he
office, their services may no. be SO important ;
though, conf SIS, with my experience and
| knowledge Of the busin s., should no., were
10 remain in the Department, think Of chang.
lug the assisran,s.
With sincere regard. yours,
81 M'LEAN."
Can language be stronger than this? Can
evItenc be more conclusive?
Having heard tha, Mr.. p BRApLEY's remoy>
a was placed upon tie ground ot eier ad :
dre>std by him the Post Master General, we
have, in the absence of MIR. b. adley on short
excu rsion fer the benefit OF his health, obtained
from al, family copy Of I a. letter, which we
here suhloin. Whis he facts which i, dis
closes are mateiia! To a proper understanding
OF rhe nroees, of " X, form" IN the Pos, Office
Department. the vein of fraternal feeli"g who h
runs thr ugh the letter is in the higkes degree
honorable 10 he writer, who bisd aimed 10
TAI" 's,-s,ion If lis 'tfiCr al the expense
VI his bro,he,'> character:
GENERAL ST OFFICE,
l6M Sept 1929
SIR: was surprised. YES erday, by a visit
from E K. Gardner, whicn was not at all Gimi-
nished wnen termed the objec, If ha, VISIT
anG hat he had been commissioned by you to
assure me that my continuance in Office was
sale as lo's as wished TO remain.
f. \ =
remnval from offi sc of my brother, whose III
ness, capacity, and Fl eli',, 50 WI knew, and
so highly appreciated. l could not expect that
/ would be spared. After The positive. unsoi-
cited, md unequivoca al assurances you had per-
sonully given nim that he should remain in Of
fee, which had been rept ated, as he was in! orm
ed and belle we'd, by his and by your friends, UNI
der your authority aud by your di ection- as
| suranres Of The Same c ha'aeter, add almos in
the same language as those with which mad
oecn iavoied--I could MOI trus, TO my own
| conttnu nee hire Tor au hour When re haG
been ,Xpell d., e Z, loagtr, and as devoted SER
wires as my own, wi,hcu' any ostensibe pre-
tex or previous in imi'ion, In a manner SO
uncou,,eous when knew tina, he had given
the prime and vigor of his life, and was w
ofie ing the unremitted exercise OF On unbro-
ken nina, to the pubic service: and ,ha: you
was aware ina wi h all his irugah'y aud the
rigid economy # III, domestic arrangements, he
had been unable 10 make provision for this con.
ringenr,,x was now mote destitute Of the means
of support han when he hrs',ln he freshness Of
life, cut red into his country's sc vice. could
no hope ar .irsIre TO escape. VT, under Ill
the xcir mentS of hese r-frctions sense Of
| whar was due 20 myself a, public off. err, and
10 iha; public whus" servsn, | am, laugh, me
that private griefs ,hould be made In yi"ld to
wha | believed puolic duties. My reply was
promp' and d, cisi"r and now repeat il. 81
will not resign; if be di ,misseh, | am
prepared TO- 1t" But, sir, al,houg may BE-
prrmitted I" remain, II viii We impossible TO
d . barge the duties Of nv ufh with credit TO
mys, u, Advantage o the pupnc, or satisfaction
to you, unless something is done 10 shield my
6ro he's repu alton from e,'ry shade Of IT
proach which his enemies may desire TO cast
upon him. w oily unprepared for the even,
winch n IS overwhelmed him, his accounts I'M
settled, his quarterly returns not received, h.
will b. but too much exposed 10 any effect they
NAV uisn TO produce u willing TO submit all
lha Is We, left 10 him, 10 the sody Ut his sue
cessor, and not being advised by you on the
subject, as his best, mos, prudent, and safes'
course, he deposited The key Of The OH'e lrea-
su v IN your hands, on the same day in which
ter surprise, tina, il was delivered immedi atel!
to he custody of the very man from whom b.
designed most ssdulously to guard it. Nov,
although his poverty is too we'll known here
his psobi,y aud virtue highly appreciated a
broad, and krow every dollar which he pos,
sesses, YOU cam II but perceive the suuH ion /
which he i, placed No charge has been pre-
fred aga INST him, no reason assigned Tor his
reno al, aud yet all that is LEFT 10 him, his r.
butation, has neen subjected in some degree 'c
The control Of hi, bi,rresl foe: Of one wHo has
pursued him for months with the ret and tel
purpose Of bad man. lie ha, been sudde'
" e, forth into the cold and heartless word
wi bout h mea oil supporting, however tru-
= ally, hi fan lily, but wl,nou' + proach and wi'h-
out shame, whit i, ha, been pn, into 'he pow
er of tie III ly nan whom believe o be truly
his enemy, o awaken both against him
Now, SiI, ynu eanno in justice 10 yourself,
L,;,r ,,d,n,ru regard Tor the Opinion Of soci-