Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-05
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WEDNESDAY MORNING., August 5, 1879.

hon-f men who have been faithful and ,gi.ant in
the public service and who having devoted the vigor
oil her manhood to acquiring knowledge of the
outies OF their Offices too old to turn other
means of livelihood muss be rudcy showed aside to
make way for such venal hireings as Amos Kendall
sucn wmpsters as Carr, or such wolves in Sleeps
clothing, as the Rev. Obadiah B. Brown--we saw If
the administration is determined to reward tho proni.
gate Instruments Of it's elevation ~ power we think
= they might ut least, tighten the blow on their victims
by saying, when truth authorized the declaration
that officers removed had suffered in consequence
OF any mputation upon their character Having de.
prVed those persons of the immediate ncnns of feed
ing their wives and children, honorable feeling the
duty that man owes TO man, the cOnmoues humanity
requires ofthem, 10 if it vas in their power
the natural suPposton, that they turned out Oh
account OF dishonest or improper conduct But no
this not the policy of that cruel old man. whose youth
passed amidst the savage scenes of the cock has
been called by the inatuation of the people Of he u.
States in the mlury OF his evil passions to dsgracr
station rendered the most honorable on earth bv the
virtues of e Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Mon
1t does not answcr the purpose" of the Barrys
the Greens, the Lees, the Kendals the Hills the Ea-
tons, and the rest of the crew, acknowledge that
the victims of their tyranny have suffered from no
I'd, that Gen. Jackson would reward his friends aud
punish his enemies" that is to shy that he would con-
slider the patronage of the government as his own
private property and dsregarding all publ: consider
atoms, dispense it, to reward the active ius,ru
menis of bis success, and punish by amotion from
Office, those whose judgment had dsarproycd of his
election And there men styling themselves Re-
pnbicans who pretend to approve OF ti,ls Ave. and
fo ialk ,ft Io =
Hero, to commend the benecoIcnee of his countenance
TO write rapurously of the philanthropy of his smilc
fhifoi sycopbaHts most disgusting abascment Of the
noble privilege OF Independence
Were the petty tyralts at Washington to grant
such requests that made of Mr.. Barry nv Mr.
Coyle-had they The msgnnnimity To do an injur
ed man justice and acknowledge that they had re-
moved him for fault Of his, farther than his pre-
Stunning TO have an opinion Of his n
a hnt-they would Be kicking the scalolding which
alone supports the system of p-oscrp ion from under
their feet and depTving Duff and itchic Oft the pow
or of fascinating, that the persons removed had been
dismissed for roguery sotShness, and that in due
Time sufficient reasons would be given for their
val. Whatever others may think, have never
supposed them capable of much libcraliiy. and we
arc therefore not surprised, however Indignant VIC
may be, at the diabocal attempts made TO sully the
reputation of oil the removed officers. We expected
no better from sett of men. who before God-wc &c
Iicce the worst who at this time, wieu TIC power Of
any civilized natiCn upon earth. No argument can
render plausible, the proscriptIvc system, but
the which strikes OF the character Of the
we'd. TO punish men for the sake of opinion, to de-
privc of Office upright and long trusted citizens, be
cause they preferred this instead that to rule
over them, is doctrine much a. war with the
theory Of Republican Government, so opposite IL
the feelings aud opinions Of the people of the u.
States. and so obviously ruinous in It's consequcn.
to the independence of the citizen and the nteg-
rity of tho Government, that it needed peculiar Iea-
to justify it. Hence the pcnsicned Press of the
Administration the thirty Editors who are paid
out Of the Treasury of the u States have resorted
TO the destruction Of character in the absence Of all
reasoning, not a Justification but an excuse OF
prescription.
The Nat. IntcIgencer seems to US, to view Mr..
Barry's conduct much too lcncnlly. That man is
certainly more culpablo who lends himsefto
which his Judgment and heart disRpprovc, than he
wh0 acts from persuasion Of right. We are led 70
understand, that Mr.. Barry warmly dsapprovcd Of
prescription, yet find him carrying it farther in
Practice than any other Department. II it any OK
cuse to say that he has been ovcrrucd' Would not
conscientious prefer to resign Office, TO be-
ing made the instrument Of executing system Of
policy which he cxecraed' Thus Judge Mclean
thought and thus he noted. IfMr Barry5 conscience
revolted at prescription, he had the right Of
firing, and his remaining under such circumstances
proves him to be political Calamite ready to pol
Lutte the integrity of his principles to Office aud cmo
Bment
Who tho reverend wolf Obadiah y. Brown is, who
proclaiming himself minister Of the religion of bu
mlity, and love, and preaching on each Sabbath,
peace on Garth and good will towards man, has for
the sake Of $500 per. an. suppantcd by his artful
mtrignes, whom ho called friend, and driven
his family to run--we say who the Rev. Obadiah
~, our readers will soon leornmore particularly.
From me National HtkRirenctr Of 4ugusf3
We able refuse the use of our columns n,
NJ Coyc whose Letter will he found the preceding nae