Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-06-19
From tic Boston Confined Of Suburban.
OFFICIAL, OPPR ESSJON


From TIC Boston Cea.inel Of Suburban Is.
OFFICIAL OPPRESSION.
"0en. JACKSON will reward his friends and PUNISH
Ills encmics. THESE wore Ike memorable words Of
DCFF GnEES the official E,ioria organ Of the
President, aud his administration The moment it
was asccrtaned that tho election had turned in favor
OF the Hero, the A,aGrIcan people were told without
a blush, that lie would REwARD and ruNrsa-in plain
terms, that the Executive power o! the United
States, which was designed for better PURPOSES
should be we!dchas an engine torture to reward"
The personal friends aud to punish the personal op-
poncnts of JACKSON, Were eveS such principles
avowcd BY the rulers of nation, Possessed OF the
semblance OF liberty' Was ever such insulting IAN
qua ere cast in the teeth OF people dcstncd by Cod
to DC free? Was the like ever before heard To es-
cape the greatest dspot that ever enslaved great
people, Augustus who .iretrd the chains OF the
Nomon Repubic, was more gentle in his assumptions
Cromwell! was much atorc ei republican: Napoleon
IN the pienitude oil his power never thus sportcd
with the scnsibllties Of his people II has remained
Tor the tools and mnlons of Jackson, in the present
enlightened state OF this county, TO tunipac threats
TO free people, which would hurdiy be tolerated by
slaves.
We were todd in the outset, alat rewards and pa
n1siiInents would bic dealt 20 the American pco-
pie. These threats have been followed up with re-
icntless fury, from end Of the eountfyo the other
For nearly four months, from Me commencement
OF the present corrupt admiuIsl ration, day has
not elapsed, but it has been marked by ere
partizans of the President, on by the tyran-
nical punishment of the honas. aud up.irht
officers, who have dared to exercise freedom of
sentiment. This has not merely been the case here
ana there, IN solitary instances it has been pract-
ced upon thoroughly, all over th,, tountry The
constitutional power of the executive has bsen grns
ly abused: it has been converted to q machine of
udous oppression: it has been exercised in eanc,,
on reason and justice: matter how faithful an Off
Ger has been IN his place-no matter how much SER
ylrph no hno dnnf, fhr a..
matter how requisite his office NAV b.. for the SUD-
port OF himself and family,--no matter how urgen,
the pubic, hts Immediate neighbours NAV be- to
have him retained in oiice;-al this does not weinh
feather In his favor; unless he has bavled louder
than his neighbours, in support of Jackson rich; or
wrong, he is thrust Ont of office with the most
heartlesf inditfo,cnSe hot for the good the na
hon, bn' 10 make roomtor some hireng part,zan
ofthe military hero!>ss
Such is the character OF the bossted "RrroRwERs"
ot our system. Their settled policy ~ Ia nycrturn
aud rcvolutionize every once uier the Goee.nnent
They do not hesitate to .avow their system ononl,,
they boast of it, their tower of strengths they saw
that by so doing, they shall be able to place them
selves OH rm footing, and as one OF them stated to
Us, be able to keep up u succession Of their power
for twenty or thirty years! lf:hey do rey pon sncb
footing, it is footing that trcais heavily tpon the
necks of the people: they will find before they dream
OF IL, that they aGFe mistaken the genius of that
peoples they viii find that they have not slaves to do
nlncer over: they will find to their confusion that
they lave high minded people to deal with, "a
people that like the sleeping lion, will soon rouse up
and shake them from their necks, and the stations
mat they have already too long dssracei.
Since our last, the executive oppression has bee,
extended to SEVEN faithful and efficient, Custom
House Officers in this place.
Messrs. Charles Lincoln. Thomas Wells, Henry
Harris, y. w. 1'haxter. II. Watson. Inspectors
Benjamin Scott, Storekceper and H. Rhodes Depu
ty Storekceper, have been violently removed from
oiicc,-or IN theinsutng parlance ofthc Jackson Dc
tators, have been PUNIsHsD, to make room for the
REWARD OF h!essrs. John D. Dyer, Josiah Ncwhawl
OF LynntIeld, Lewis l.erow, BENJAMIN Whip
pie, of CharIcstown, Eben. Stevens. InsDrc
tors; J.. =. Robinson StorekeeDcr. the nerso-
nal friends and partiZans of GcneraJ Jockso, .
Good old faithful officers, acquainted with their
duties, and devoted to the service are here thyusf
out to satisfy the cectiorcering demands of men.
nno nave had no opportunity to become conversant
with the duties they have to perform. This is the
essence of Jackson reform. The Gpcd cf tbe
country is the last consideration. There is not
IN tie States. q more efficient and faitbfu,
pnblic officer, than Dir Charles Lincoln, the first
gentleman named. We specify him rs the first
On che list of prescribed they arc all faith.
al officers. Not q word can be objected to the
manner in which their duties have been performed
Many OF them nave families dependent on their on
ertions. All that can be said uraint them, is that
hey nave not been noisy IN the cause Of 81 ting the
lcToI II IS not enough to satisfy these oprassrs OF
he country, that they have not mingled in politics
4 they have not "eona the whole hog to use the
dvorlte Jackson expression, they are marked for
punishment: and punishment has been buried down
rpon then3with vefJesnce--Pcople of America: it
time to concert measures, to dispace such unprinc
lied executive officers, the moment their first costit,
iona term expires it is high time TO look for more
worthy successor to military hero whose srbalterns
iegh IN depressing the peoples let the people rally
Ound the only man who unite the people of the
East and the West: let them do this in good earnest
md remain united, and they will most assuredly
triumph.
I4tarlite Courage and Generosity-rwo bulls. of
equal bravery, although by no means equally match