Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-07
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.oe,,- - From tie .Ns,o York Enquirer.
office ~. thompson we can say witt confidence thu, in every
ias lhavel marked his adninistratonn ~ "s'V
Thus says Mr. Noah of the late Collector &c No..
York, 0Ir. Thompson, the gentleman remov.d .,
mike room for hIr. Swartweut; and as the tes.;ro-
ny oil foe Is the best testimony, and us Mai. Noah
personally profits by the policy which has effected tho
removal OF Mr. Thompson, none we presume. win
question the correctness of Mr.. Thompson's official
character and conduct, thus sustained.
1t follows that Mr. Thompson has been removed 70,
no fault committed alleged; for we understand
that he took no active part in politics. being suppo
seq merely to have abstract preference for Mr..
ADAMS over Gen. Jackson. 1t is apparent that his
removal is the result of nothing else but Mr.. Swu,t
wo1ts desire to possess his Office.
We cannot help regarding the appointment n
0ai owartwout to the Collectorship of New York,
as the most singular circumstance in the history OF
this administration, and perhaps of the countrv..-
Public money to the amount of between ,hirtecu and
sixteen millions OF dollars, annually passes through
the hands OF the Collector of the Port of New Yorh
1t Is the most important scal Office under the Gov.
ernmen, next to the Secretaryship of the Treasury
TINS most responsible Office, having SO extensive
'ofoui over The public money, and with SO lucrative
saafy annexed President jackson has appointed q
man against whom grand jury of his country, 70, nd
'"' lot "ieh treason! Not only is Mr.. Thomson
turned OUT against whom there was no complaint
o'' OF all other persons, the President has choses TO
oeS'o" upon notorious confederate in Burr,s
son. against whom the evidence was SO strong a, 10
''uuce grand jury to find true bill for hpb iron.
son. - ''S>
we confess ourselves TO be so much surprsed a,
this proceeding. as to be rather at loss how IN cx
press our astonishment President Jackson bss
gone bow shot beyond what the most unfayorab;o
anticipatons imagined. He views the Office. of tho
Government as his Offices, and in disposinp of ,le,
pays not even decent regard to public opinion md
public interests. HIS creatures nre every wbor. -.
ected, and the more infamous they are the hiober 4.
tho Office which he coniers upon them. We no
eve that there Ia general concurrence in amazc
incnt. Since the time Of the Eastern EmneroYs ,o
pehoVe thot the Government of 10 civilized people
has ever fallen into such bands,
W rom the following letter Of the Secretary Ar
var 1t seems that MAJ. Nourse, valuable and I'M.
eNccponabe officer, has been discarded in favor of
The Secretarys brother-in-law, DIR. Randolph. wbmn
DC lakes particular pains to hail as from Viroins
we have every respect for DR.. Randolph, whom
we know well by character, though not personally
---ncverthcless, we take leave to doubt wbo,hor
the public service has been benefited. bv tho c%
change, and at all events, we dislike these family
/ rangon1ents III public Offices. We doubt Mai. Ee.
tons right in Jaet though the letter of the law may
DC ON iis side, to turn ont an officer against vbor,
he admits there is objection, for the purpo,c or
putting IN his brother in-law, who to acknowledges
eny other claim he may possess, is certainly de.,i
tutc oil any experience. We believe that the frs.
thing That ought to be consulted, in appointment IN
oace IS the public interest, and not the private ss
fcctons of Maj. Eaton.
| -, From the Nofiop0k Tuhnieerecy.
we understand that the following letter was trsns
nntted, on Saturday last, by the Secretary Of War
TO CHARLES j NouRsg, Esquire, the Chief CIcrk in
that Departmental
WA DEPARTMENT.
! Major .Nourse:---Tho Chief Clerk Of a Dcn.,,-
ment should to his principal stand in tho relation ~
confidential friend. Under this belief Raw. 80
pointed Doctor RANDOLPH, Of Virginia Itakc Issgxo
to say, that, since have been in this Dona,tyncn,
nothing in relation to you has transprod 70 which
could take the slightest objections nor have any 70
suggest. my ~
Very respectfully, J. r.. EATON
May 2, 1929. ""'
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