Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-07-14
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hewed vigor a Washinctor and amon,r ibr f;o !
Victims TO tic tyranny Of the President de f,rto w,
i-bave To record that of Andrew Coye, chief cIeYI
IL lie General Post Office The National Jn,e,
sleh6er says that no Charge OF any description wa,
saade against Mr.. Coye, who has been lopn an off.
''qAi cincer In lie Post Ofice the motive of his
foinoSa beng IN the first place spunsh" him ali.
IA ihc second, 90 reward" advocate of the Gene,
Ssi. peuhlleSs however, some destination VIII he
.'Towh cut against tie honour of Mr. COVE. the
sti;nder 10; being trunr 10 the lash than the efforts
g Tie "oiliciai' at Washington and his pensoued
aies l. Justify al! removals by reflections mon to
trsogfiiy Of the removed. Reasons viii be piyen,,
say they, for ali the removals made This 10 tho
uetcsiVe expectation held ont quiet the tlisconten,s
OF 'ielT own party; an expectation which besides
@at 1t Never vail be, and mover can be fulfilled adds
tie crueity Of bringing unfortunate men under s,s
pieon q dishonesty, to deliberate deceit towards the
pHblc. Duff Green who first deals on, these dark
insidtions, and his copyiss ho aspire TO emulate
lbs infamous distinction by becoming the eager re-
taiicrs ut second hand, OF his SANDERS know very
we'd that good reasons" cannot be givcn for the re-
rnovaioi ;ndrcds who have been turned out of Office
unless reseNgpg the preference of Mr. Adams TO-
Gen Jackson and rewarding the rapacious tools of
ne ls'eef he good reasons They deny that men
nave been removed for ''opilion sake"-they affirm
eha the President has acted and is incapabIc of
acting, upon so and despotic a maxiin-.they
say that good reasons be given for all the reno
rnis Why tieado they give these Tea sons at
once? why are they held IN yetto2 What time is
so fit and proper for their disclosure, as the moment
ut which the removals made: Are not the people
entitled to a knowledge of The considerations which
rr fit,p4., 4 lic
uals entitled know the grounds of accusar ION and
removal against hen? Is it not sufficient that they
have been turned adriit and when requesting as
Hany have done, TO b. told the sreasons' of their
romova, been con;enptuously refused hut must they
ne enforced to submit III silence, To the mputations
upon their integrity, implied in the PROMISE tina,
at pTopar time good reasons will be gwen"
:n IL the declarations that ST the people kneg the
people would ind additional cause to love aud ad
n1iFe General Jacks0n?" There never was more
i.sidif' more perfdious, more cruel sort of OPP
pfess!on That the assumption of the ability of the
; diiiiist ration, TO give satisfactory REASONS Tor
the rpnlerous removals -made by it--any reasons
indeed, bat those to which We have audel--is
false IS manifest from the willing zeafwiih which
charges were made against Watkins and Peake, and
all others, against whom there was the scmbauce
Instances, and suppressed in ill others, il there we're
any to nake' Why has so much pains been taken
10 dittise suspicious against Nourse and Fillebrown
by torturing and incorporating their Official
nct into crime and yet so profound.a silence obscr-
ved IN te Cases ofothcr officers removed for whose
removal too They pretend that good reason" be
given' Docs any man believe that it would not af-
ford Duff Green and his copyists, especial pleasure
IL
Havc his moderation and furbearance, or that of his
5aastef, been SO conspicuous, that we at liberty
TO believe they would keep these good reasons"
his evidence of The crininalty of their enemies,
f1eTdu, if they possessed them? lie must be weak
and contemplate dupe, who can he made to believe,
any snt bsufd and improbable thing. There can
be reasons Of state to keep the evidence of the
crifuinality Of the yemoved hidden, if it exist. On
TIE contrary ii isthe duty of Gen. Jackson 10 tie
peoplc-above all it is his duty to the men removed
~ him, to lei them and the world know, the causes
Of ecir dismissal, that he former may have it in
tl!cff power, the law allows TO the meanes GRIM
ina, tosneet their accuscrs, and defend their hon
our. That this course has not been takcn-s The
best evidence in the world, looking at the early md
jealous publicity Of the charges and specifications
against Watkins, that there were indeed, 10 "roa-
sons for removing cxcepti il very few cases. where
they erc promptly disclosed chat the prescription is
,gaged for the compound purpose of "rewardng" and
ssponslfng" So mdcGoHsible is this system on re-
publican maxis SO od;ous is it to oil liberal men,
truly dcspoc its nature that both Green and Ritch
ie have been driven to deny that men had been re-
moved for opinion sake. They cannot but know
better, They cannot but know. that Clarke, Sladc,
Lee Cults, Chew, Weddcrburnc, Melville, Client
Worth and hundreds of others, were removed with
out the Btimat pTetcnce of official misconduct.
On the A.h March, it computed that there were
nearly rs many Jackson Adams office holders, for
2ir Albums not only removed none, but put many
Jackson oen il Office. Why have Of them
been removed? Did IT so happen, that hundreds out