Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-06-22

people, can only iase place an the constitution.
or laws or policy oil The government. Row and
then, under every standardization, and a, al
times, a faithless or incompetent ofiioer may De
d,.e,y.,ed. who ought 20 be displaced And
tina, in all the departments Of Government
J But / presume that the correction OF such ocea-
sio,,aI abuses could hardly I've expected 10 fulfil
the promise Of refarm which had been so
solrmnIy nade. would then ask what was
| The rfforra intended What part OF the Consi'
tuition was 10 he sliei ed What law repealed
what branch Of ihe settled policy OF The country
| was 10 be CHANGE The people have right
10 know what great blessing was intended, by
their rulers for them. aud TO demand some tan
gible practicable good, in lieu of general,
vague aud unde6ned assurance Of reform.
| know that tue recent removals from Office
are attempted 10 be justified Ivy precedent
drawn from Mr. Jeierson's administration.
But there was not the mos distant analogy be-
tween the two cases. Several years prior TO
his election. the public Offices OF the country
had been almost exclusively bestowed upon
the party 10 which that, AT The head OF which
he stood, was opposed When he commenced
his admlnisiia alton be found complete MON
opoly of them IN the hands oi the adverse
party. lie dismissed few incumbenis for the
purpose of introducing, in their places, others
Of his own party. and thus doing equal justice
! 10 both sects But the number Of removals was
tnr short Of those which ARE now IN progress.
! When President Jackson entered on his adj
ministration he found a far different state OF
| things There had ben no previous monopoly.
Public Offices were alike filled by his friends
and opponents in the late election. II the Tact
| could be ascertaiped, ! believe IL would ne
found that there vas n larger number of oil
GERS under ihe government, attached than OPP
posed 10 his late election
Further In the case oil Mr.. Jcfefson's ell
rrti1n Il was The consequence olthe people hay
tng determined on u radical change oil system,
There was general belief amongth majority,
who brought about that event that their oppo-
nents had violated thu constitution IN the.cnact
ment ofthe alien h sedilon laws that they had
committed other great abuses /; II that some OF
them contemplated an entire change in The char
meter Of our government, so as 10 give IL mon
nrchical cnst ! state tn" historical fact, with
out intending TO revive the discussion or deem
ing II necessary 10 examine whether such n
design existed or not. But those who. Al that
day, did believe II, could hardly he expected 10
acquiesce in the possession, by their oppn.
nents The minority of the nation, OF all tho niil-
ces of n government, 10 which some OF them
were believed TO he hostile IN principle. The
object Of Mr.. Jefferson was 10 break down
pre-existing moo opoly IN the hands OF one
marty and 10 establish mn equilibrium between
The two great parties. The object OF President
Jackson appears 10 he ~ destroy an existing
eanilibrum between the two partie' TO the late
contest. and TO establish monopoly. The oh
iect OF President Jefferson was the Republic
and not himself That Of President Jackson IS
himself and NOT the State.
Itnevcr was advanced under Mr., Jeilerson's
administration, thai devotion and attachment 10
him were an indispensable qualification with.
out which no one could hold or be- appointed
10 Office. The contrast between the inaugural
speech Of tina, great man, aud That OF his pres.
ent successor was remarkable in every iespeci.
Mr. JeAerson's bres,hed spirit sf peace. j.
breathed a spirit of calm philosophy e. dignh d
IL treated the nation as one family
" We are all republicans. all tederalists" II
contained no dennnciations no mysterious
or Ambiguous language no rehr ction upon the
nhuct of his great rival and immediate prede.
csssor What is the character Of the inaugural
speech Of the present Chief Magistrate, | shall
not attempt 10 sketch. Mr.. Jefferson, upon
the solemn occasion Of his installation into
office laid down his rule for appointment 10
office "Is he honest IS he capable; is he
faithful to the constitution ~ But capacity
and integrity and fidelity, according to the
modern rule. appesrto count tor nothing,
without the nj, absorbing virtue OF fidelity To
Pre- ident Jackson.
viii not onsume the time OF my friends
n nd fellow citizens with observai ions upon many
OF The late changes, i'y object has been 10
point your attention 10 the p,inriIl lie which APP
pears 10 have governed all of them and TO
classes. Irepeat, that would no, have touch
I'd this unpleasant topic put that it seems TO
the 10 furnish much and just occasion for seri-
Gus alarm. ! hone that have treated ii in a
mn nnpr becoming me, without incuring the
displeasure of any one now present. | believe
the times require all the calm heads and sound
hearts of the country. And | would not inen-
fionally say one word TO excite the pas
sions.
Bui there are a few cases Of recent removal,
Of such fragrant improperly, as l sincerely
think. that cannot forbear abiding 10 them.
Under no administration prior to the present,
from the commencement of the government,
have our diplomatic representatives been recall
ed from abroad on account OF the political
opinions which they entertained in regard to
previous Presidential election. Within m,
recollection n. this time, there has been but
one instance ofrecall of a foreign minister, un
der the present constitution on account of any
ingon did not recall Col. Monroe (the case
referred toy from France, on his individual
account. but because he was not satisfied with
the manner in which he performed the duties
Of the mission. President Jackson has order.
ed home two of our foreign Ministers, one fill,
ing the most important European mission, and
the other the most important of our missions
on this continent. In both cases the sole
ground OF recall is that they were opposed to
his election IA President, And rs if there
should be no possible controversy on this head,
one of them was recalled before il was known
at Washington that he had reached Bogoia,
the place of his destination and consequently
before he could have possibly disobeyed any
instruction or violated any duty.
The pecuniary effect Of those changes is the
certain expenditure in outfits, OF SlS.000. aud
perhaps more than triple that sum in contingent
cies Now it does seem to me that (snd put II
to your candid judgments whether) This is too
large sum for The public TO pay because two
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