Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-06-12

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10 ham more harm than good. He will now bavs
al Inc hundreds OF disappointed hungrey
I against him. And how will thesscayox rs of the
country receive the complmenI not one of them
could name about mty.-N o. .lryYx. = -
/ "tfooT":' in pIgin;a -.sRefosmp has crossed
Mason and DIson's line, and come into the Old Do
minlon It appears from the Genius Of Liberty. that
swo Postlnasters in Louloun have BEEN renamed. 10
give room tE two Jacksoniaas. Lon,loun was nm
Administration county, and we may looi to see ..Re
form actively pushed there.
appointments By the Postmaster.
MT. MN. Ftzsimons, postmaster at Watcrforti.
Lomdonn county, Va. vice Daniel Stone, renoued'
Sapt. thornton Walker, postmaster at Union,
Aoudonn county. Va. riso Seth Smith. remoyed. 4
ne Li0rarsda Of Consvssx.--Jt will appear by the
anneNeii, that Geo. Wdt1rsoa, the Librarian to Con-
s'ess' scholar and gentleman, has been removed,
III other words, punished fer preferrlng Mr. Adams
10 0en 1ackson.) and, O Mr.. -Jno. S. Meenan an.
pointed In his place. This SIr. Meehan was the pre-
assessor OF Zen. Duff Green in The Telegraph, and
we DeiicVe the nominal purchaser OF that paper from
dr. Elliott, tho proprietor of the Washington CITY
Gazette which is the paper with the telegram
the name only being changed MS NIeehan may be
fairly considered belonging to the Editorial corps
and makes the twenty first Editor "revarded.n We
had supposed, that townsman ofours. an earl, and
Jealous aborer In the Jackson vineyard, an Editor
a'so' formerly waste be gratcd with the place, Of
Librarian; but 1t has been ordered differently
rumour was prevalent here that sIr. Watierston
was determined to hold on, considering himself the
oihcer OF Congress-, to whose presiding officers, his
oinciai bond was executed. 1t seems lie did refuse
to surrender the key to any but the grea. Chief him
self. We Wish he had refused to-surrender it,. even
to hits believing that IN right. be had no power to
dismiss him.
On this subject, the National Journal says: :. !.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
JpHN y. MEEHAN, to be Librarian TO CONGRESS-
clce GEoRGE WArrEBsroN, removed. -
- HUME to be Assistant Librarian cies T. r.
SrELfE E, removed. -
Ibis h one of the tifoSt extraordinary removals us
wen US appointments, which the weak und tyraani-
real heads nj the present Administration have vet
made w regard this act gross outrage on thes
tights OF congress, and al open violation of law
ls IN Outrage on the rights a Congress- because it
! % ah unnecessary ana uiiwarrantabe interference
Win the ofhcefs OF the Legislative Assembly of th,
nation, without degning to consult its rncrnbers as
TO the expedlency OF the change and without colie-
1scendng.to enqureiwhether such Change would be
eptaole to them or not. Common sense as well
as common delicacy, we should have shongat wonid
have ggcsted such this 70 nan of or
binary reflection and sensibty. 1t is saving To the
mshoers OF co-ordIuate branch oftle Government
- wishto place creature OF mine in on office for
I med expressly Tor your accommodation and hsns4it
but you are too contemplate to be consulted, Any
one mat please to give you, you shall receive nor
shall yon dare to !nurInur do not think it worth
~ie to consult you onthe Subject; because am the
sovereign, and you are my slaves" II CONGRESS will
submit to this insult, they are not the men their
countryneD have taken them for.
Ihis appointment is, moreover, In violation of law
Inc act requires that 'oyeDioMs to the Librarian en-
terlng upon the duties of his office lie snail rive
bond, In such sum- and with such security as the
President of the Senate and Speaker of the House
OF Representatives, for the time being NAV deem suf
fcent Tor the safe Keeping of such books, MAPS md
! furniture, as may be- confded to his care'n &c
which bond shall be deposited In the Office of the
Secretary OF the Scnate."As no such officer as the
Speaker of the House of Representatives now exists
no bond can be legally given and therefore no Lihra
ran can enter upon t'e duties of the office unless he
aoes SO by an act OF usurpation. The object of this
/ law was to hold the incumbent responsible for tht,
large amotfnt OF property placed under his charge
and to give to the presiding officers of the two Houses
a control over the appointment by the President.
Congress reserved to themselves the right of saving
who should be their Librarian, by giving to the Pres
ident of the Senate and Speaker of the House the
4 power of demanding such security as they mic ht
THINK pfoper-thus intending tn prevent the Presi-
irresponsible individual Ire might In the exercise Of
bis caprice or dcspotsn for his own special pyr-
poses think proper to thrust into this Office We
are clearly OF the opinion, THAT Mr.. Watterston
would have been entirely justified, under these cir
eurnstances in retaining the key Of the Library until
\ the acquisitions of the law had been COMPLIED
with. we UNDERESTIMATE that he would consent 20 eur-
render it to the Presiden, only conceivng that he
could not in my other way, be discharged from the
obligation of his bond. The President has therefore
assumed the responsibility, and must be amenable TO
Congress and the Nation for this open violation OF
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i Beoerly Chen, Esq.-This gentleman, well known
in Virginia, and not known than respected has
been remoeed by the President from the Coliectorsip
lof ". Orleans. The act appears to have been re-
ceived by the citizens of that place with the deepest
Indignation; and they have there DONE what the peo