Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-06-04

dWy ov Wnicn, IN your note OF diSmission ~ u
represent yourselfto have been impeIled 10 ths,
act am bouna to presume, Sir, tina, YOU do
nor use words without meaning; and, in a case
~n'ch 50 deeply affects myself must BE ex
ouSeo press tue enquiry with some earnes,
"hst cohs'ueFahOns IN the sbsence Of in
competency or unfsithfulness, can exis, of suf.
hcient magnitude to dignity with the sppel,
ton OF duty the sudden erpulsion OF a public
othcer from servicel
! am aware, Sir, that the principle of rotation
20 p'ee IS sometimes alluded TO. and, indeed, Of
late, almost exclusively relied On (sinee certain
other reasons have been found not to bear ex.
aminati0n) as; ~ stifying The system of proscrip.
ton OF which, have been made victim, ant
can hardly persuade myself that your pood
sense VIII allow you 10 sttemp, such justfics.
ton.
The great principle which lies at the bottom
OF TINS subject; but which unfortunately. seems
IN ne late dIspensation of rewards, and nun
Ishments' to have been quite overlooked !,
tA4t the VARIOUS offices OF the government are
hstitntsd, not for the benefit of those who
ssee 'oF and obtain them, nor vet for the ad
Fa"'age on those public servants who NAV ne
entrusted with the duty OF filling them, but for
Hie oeReFf o. the nation. That is. beyond all
quesuon, best Consulted by combining cspscitv
ana hdellty, as far as Practicable, with erberi
s''ce. This is what is due to the tu5lc.
So w mere IS something also due to competent
ahu faithful sflGer-i mean particularly to those
INC proper discharge OF whose official duties
necessarily or most usually prevents from re.
storing to any o,her means of support Such,
Sr, you well know to be the case with all the
o1hces connected with the Government of the
onned ststes In this city. And you are well
aware 100 that the salaries allowed to most if
het ai' o. them, are but barely sufficient to fur.
hish I'D THIS city deceat support to the incum.
oe"'s ana their families They have. moreover,
oy service OF any considerable duration, ne.
cesssriaily rendered a return to former pursuits,
or resort TO now employments, extremely DIFF
hcui'i mol entirely impracticsble; difficult and
"hPrsct'cable IN degree proportioned TO the
e4ciusIveness and fidelity Of their devotion TO
tue duties OF their station.
Imagine then, Sir, the condition Of sucb a
man with family perhaps large one. sud.
denly arrested in his course, with scarce mo.
ment's warning and coolty told without .onde
seebding to assign reason for the act. that the
government has no further occasion for h;s ser.
uces--and ask yourself il there il nothing in
'h's case 10 make an appeal to your Justice Ma
wen as to the finer feelings Of your nature II
nave seen That mantle was my frjend-I
witnessed The tear startling in his eye-.l went
with him to his home, and heard him. in The
bitterness OF indignant anguish announce to
ms vie and children that they were made 6ee-
gars.'
II was your act--yes Sir, il was pour act,
bat there IS no need am sure OF spending
momen' upon the improprlety OF APPLYING the
pnnelple of rotation to the Gases in question
The hypocrisy, q would not use the word III
believed you capable OF attempting to Justify
Tue removals upon such ground) the huboc,icg
isay' OF his plea IS altogether APPARENT when It
perceived tnat the removals, without an ex
cspuon mus Tar IN this city, and it is believed
wit. scarce an exception any where, hare been
confined erctnsosly 10 the friends Of the late .4d
niuStraaon.
Ihe principle of rot alton. TO whatever cases
may DC applicable, being thus, manifestly, in.
sppi,csoe TO my Case, as we'll as most oftbose
az winch tue power OF removal has been exer.
CISCO, there would seem TO remain but one
other ground OF the 'diay' which YOU deemed
yourself called upon TO perform. II is, that |
nave been frank and decided friend of the
is'e Administration, and as frankly and decid
" opposed to the election OF General Jackson.
ana mat my Removal has therefore been reouir
ca oy MN at your hands. Who has required
."'s o, n"m-who has 'instigated' hlm thus to
.Pu''sh me Tor honestly prefering his ilustri.
Gus competitor to himself and as honestly de-
p'eeatihg ms election as curse TO the coun.
"y' you VIII, tblns, be at loss TO determine
"ush you consider what I will now STATE
In The United States Telegraph of the Sd of
November last, you will find the following Ian
guage:
I'VE Know mt what line of policy Gen.
Jackson VIII adopt. We take il for granted,
however, that ne will reward his friends and pun
iSh has enemies .
You will remember, doubt not, the burst of
indignation which this declaration OF the In
pudent Dictator produced thro' the country,
and from many, too, of the friends of Gen
Jackson, who cons idered him feully siandered
by thus imputing TO him willingness o he in.
uepced in his official conduct by yindic,iye
passions, and to become the President OF a par
~, and not of a nation. In reply TO lust ami
nadversion upon LIS audacity, the Telegraph
rises in its tone Of impudence, and after declsr
ing that II expected Gen Jackson to spunfsh |
Messrs. Clay, Rush. Southland, Porter, Writ
and others. closes by saYing-'We expect him
TO punish Z. Nourse, StGde, FenaaH, T. l..
NJ Kenney. Handy, and host OF other subor
jinate clerks by appointing as their superors,
houorsb!c men. who will discharge their duty
20 the public by their immediate removal 800
And lest this impudeDt menace should fail of
its execution upon tie Subordinate libellers'
its author takes care directly 10 remind you Of
II in his paper OF the 18th of Msrcb, in the
following pregnant language: The President
does not appeint the clerks OF subordil ate Of
hcer IN any of the departments But il any
chief OF any Department appoints to any Office
an unfaithtul or unworthy clerk and refuses 10