Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-12-17

ment wosld be based on an assumption which
"esrs D. 10 means disauSed to a9nIt. Bel re
we can brias ourselves TO pefcei,r he nerrs.
'iiy OF excluding members Of Congress, from
oihoes within tue Executive gift We must as.
sumo the Tact that they are DISHONEST, and not
10 be trusted. Aud If ever we can persuade
ourselves 10 act upon such heIel. We shall he.
prepared 10 surrender Rep osenlaiive Govern
meni itself IL surely will be high time To do SO
when, IN mass of "a. 900 inhabitants. (Which
number is apport ioued to each Congregational
distrieD one individual cannot he selected who
may be- safely entrusted with the advocacy and
protection of the interests of his cons ltuents -
We do sometimes, it is true. perceive instance.
OF what we conceive 10 be imprudsnl aud i'm
! proper selections but these cgses are too rare
10 vitIaie. the general principle, thai they are
honorable aud Trustworthy men Ger ainly too
few 10 call for legislative action and cunstitu.
ii nal ame ndmsni
But II we are opposed TO the propo.ed a
mendmen, Itself. in what words shall We eI
press our surprise, that such proposition
should have emana,rd from President Jackson
who has, during the nine months since he has
occupied tn Presidential chair appointed
more members of ongress 10 Executive offices
than any two of his pr. drcrssors together, in
their service of sixteen years Il is true, such
an amendment Is nothmg more thnn fair
deduction fraln MS reasoning on that relating
| to the election OF President and IL is ais,
true that II is in cnlermily with his declal alton
TO the Legislature ot Tennessee, in 1925. on
the reig nation of his seat in the Senate OF the
| U States. We know, that in his letter OF re-
| 5 sn"tIn,. he ISL eS' emahah words
Uimporinnt appointments continue 10 dtrolre
on Representatives. IN Congress, II requires no
depth Thought 10 be eoarnctd that corruption
WH be The order ofihe day Yer, so directly
contrary To thi, ldea has been his practice.
sine he has been elected { at We necessarily be
| leved be hal drcisisely changed his cpin ION.
| We oud not suppose thai man who firmly
| believed that 8 corruption would he the order
Of the day II " important appointments were
Conferred ON members OF Congress. could, con
sst"ntly and honestly, with n the shDr spac" o.
nine months, confer such appointments on hir
f:en individuals that class. whose united
salaries amour, to abou, one hun,lred thousand
dollars Here W. may he mel with the re
mark. that in the Message, eEcrpIions 10 the
! operations OF this rule ale laid down " he
nature ofthe j.diclal 'flice, Gays the pfe''-
aenO and the necessity ofseearins III the Ca
binei and in diplomatic stations OF the higheSl
rank, the best ,aI'nlS aad puldlc i experiencr
should perhaps except Hese from the exclusion =
Without Stopping here TO enquire whether
his he not an aiter-thought OF tn President
10 ju,tlf, his own appointment, rather than
TO regulate aud guide The future and without
enuuiiuG how judcously he has exercised the
pyerogatiye OF selecting men "i " thr best tai.
en- aud political experience for bis cabinet
and high diplomatic appoin,mens,-lct us see
whether he nd. confined MS selections Of mem.
beers of Congress such as were designed for
appointed the following persons who were
members Of Congress at the time o his
elect on, and MS warm partzans, 10 offices,
neit,e, IN the Cabinet nor in the Corps Diploma,
) tique, viz
t.rs,se w. Owen, Collector at Mobile, Ala.
pama;
John Chandler, Collector at Portland,
iaine;
Jeronus johnson, Appraiser OF Goods, New
York
John G.. Slower. of N W. S. Attorney
the Middle District of Yves, Florida aud
Selah Il Hobble, As islant Postmaster Cea.
erai
We have 10 more to add on this bject.
The reader can determine for himself, whether
II the appointment of members OF Congress TO
important offices UH lead 10 c0rruptOu Gen.
Jackson has not contributed an fall share 10
~aods applying that consuming canker to the
roots of our fee INST utions.
Effect Of The Presidents Messdge.-The Ne"
Yurk American of the 9Th inst. has the follow
,ng information - Back If United States
| OlOCk mas idnen from IL o't stst'uhtI "
Sl20 to-day"
| " The Editor Of the Richmond Enquirer
can find nothing complain Of in the Presi.
iemt's Message. No one supposed h. could
1t would have been very impoHie, 10 say 'hr
lesst of il, iflle hal loInl ia 1t with a Docn-
men, which had undergone his inspection
while Mr.. Vao Buren, was III Richmond and
met with his appreciation, excep, IN re gard I, "A
few items, which he agreed u overlook, IN
consideration Of the baItto catch gulls, about
State Rights.
| n The friend, Of the President overshoot
| The marx whhn they say that The late Message