Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-05-15
Jno. Chandler, Senator from Malne Collector of

Portland.
Jeromus Johnson, Member of II. Representatives.
from N. York, Appraiser of Goods.
! In addition, MIR. Tazewel and Mr. LIVINGSTON bott
Senators, have been rendered appointments Rumour
assigns Mr. Benton to Mexico, Gen. Floyd to Spain
and Mr. Rivcs to France-all members of the late
Congress We not think that the latitude choice
IN filing the highest stations ought to be circum-
cumscribed but the President should have the whole
limits of the u. States whence to choose We agree
perfectly in the proprety of the prescribed
by the editor of the Enquirer that there should be no
restriction in selection for the highest Offices but that
such offices as Post-masters, Collectors, &C. which
PLAIN citizens are competent to fill as members of
Congress, should not be given to the latter
We complain not of his rule but his sun
preston of the fact that it has been grossly and
Featedy violated by the President, and his OMISSION
to ccnsure in him, what he would have been loud to
proclaim, and prompt to condemn, had Mr.. Adams
been the man to depart from it. AS for the Hero's
own rule that members of Congress ought in no case
to be ured by the tender of Executive Office from the
service of the people, what shall we say of the man
per in which he has Observed it? What can be said
but that as he was nsnccre in promulging it So his
purpose being answered, he is equally unsrrupulous
in dsregarding it
Zone OF the newspapers of this city has given circulation to
The o. S, W. P% esq rs 10 DC appointed Treasurer OF
SO simple as to require little experience understand them Ma
jor Campbell heen for many wears mc,,h,r of tho Ec
Council Vsnia of great rcspeetabli,y Of cb,se,
possessed of cultivated mind highest sense of
orWe should grau,atc him. his friends and his country
this appointment" ' 49,
The above paragraph is from, the Enquirer of yes
ford Nc
bhty, aud cultivation, and we had heard before. that
the duties OF the Treasurer were light and ''smpe
though compensated by the princely salary of $4,000
year. This being the case, and the duties of tie
Office nothing more than the signing OF the Treas1--
rers name, does not MIR. Richie think that some OF
tile old, the pennyess, and the disnbed band of pub
lie servants-rnen who have labored all their DAYS for
the public, for bare suficiency to support their
wives and children, have buried ir limbs in the
military defence of their couutry-could have dis
charged the 'smple functions OF Treasurer as well
as Maj Campbell? Old Glentworth for example,
who fought barefooted through the JERSEYS, under
Washington eyea-or Major Melville, who in his
old age, has been punished for exercising that free
dom ofopnion which in his youth he assisted to con-
quer for ali? Col. Preston IAN applicant for the
ofiice) whose shattered frame bears testimony to his
patriotic devotion? In very truth d<es not the Ed-
tor OF the Enquirer believe that these men are as
competent to perform the sirnpe" duties of Trcasu-
Maj. Campbell, and that they have far better
deserved their country's gratitude and bounty
But, mir Campbell has been long member of the
Executive Council ofVirgina." Yes-le has long
been member; tie fact is undeniabe. lie SUCCESS
fully encountered many scratch. We forgot that
conclure argument of his fitness and his claims. The
Major is witha, great advocate for rotation"
doctrine nightly in vogue with the Jucksonians; and
being strong advocate for it. how comes that
he has been long in the Council and has now only
consented to quit that useful body, for better paid
station, rs that rotation? In what an inextrcabe
labyrinth of nconsis ency is Mr.. Rthe involved?
We deny that having .been long in the Council,
gives Mr.. Campbell any claim upon the Office ofTrea-
We assert that the reverse is the fact for as
the Council are literally paid for doing what would
be better done without them-as the duties call for
no personal or professo1A, sacrifces-as tho men,
bers CT that body neither called upon to waste
their constitutions the midnight lamp, or to ex-
pose their persons in the tented feld-t cannot be
true that their having been long in the enjoyment
$1,000 per annum, out of the'Public Crib, can give
them new claim 10 $2ono per anum. 1t is non ST.
quitur. We say that their claims upon the public
decline in inverse ratio to the length of the time
they have been we'll paid for doing nothing, or ner
10 nothing
Mr.. Siadcs Lei1er.-We re-pubish this morning
, from the National Journal of Saturday correspon
dence between the Secretary of State and Mr.. Slade
one of the discarded clerks of that Department pos
sessiDg very large share Of interest Mr.. SladeI
letter is r-piece-breathing the hgh.tonet
feeling Of republican, ard conscious Of nius-
tcc, and reasoning upon the principle Of prescription
f with uuanswcrable strength. 1t is worthy Of thu
free spirit Of the Green Mountains
Mr. Van Buren, has disappointed the liberal expcc
tatons Of his political opponents His friends aver