Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-09-04
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And yet the latter Is compared the great sposts, az
rrpnbilcansn, when there is the slightest simari
~. either in the conduct or character Of ,hs two .,a
Mr Jefferson did not prescribe for opinions .sko-6e
was TOO much OF republican for that; did he co.i
her INC public patronage his private property. TO be
employed m rewarjng the clamorous and needy, who
supported him, not from principle, but 10 obtain Office
IN ms ap"oin'msn's he sought Tor talents and int gritty
ne dd no, cons,der deroon 10 him. unconnscted with
moral and intellectual qualifications as sufficient re-
menlation. IYadk;n Jou, ndln
Such is the constant Tex, upon which the Opposirion
are uering their dull houics OF icnunciat on.-we
have shown that small proportion of the Clerks has
been removed Ivy the present tho
number Of changes in the Po,,-O has been infinite
~ ra,cdand that IL is false 10 talk Of enumeratng
Gen !acksons removals "by hundreds"--We bavo
snowr that the very same complaints were made against
MIR Jefferson, and have cited MIR Ruuedge's
Speech in the celebrated Deba;e the Judiciary Law,
to show how completely tho PARALLEL all tours ba
tween his dennnciaon OF Mr. jefferson, aud Mr. Cay's
F'~iers Garden Prescription Of Gen JAckson.
But the Salem Gazette OF tho g5th furnishes us with
additional facts upon this subject. The Editor produces
adetailed Register of Of officers reD,orcd and
dismissed by Mr. Jefersors--which prosont the follow
ing facts: LIST, that thirteen Revolutionary Patriots
were dismissed BY Mr. JenerSon-ccrtan,y Gen. Jack
son has not removed "a many 2nd, The list embraces,
h:rtyfour dismissed officers (among these, thcro ~
only one Post Mas.er-the rest, arc Collectors NAVY
Agents. Commissioners of Loans U. s. Attcrnics, Mar
sha Superintendent Of Public Stores, Supervisors Of
Revenue. three Foreign Ministers, &c.)-" The above
says the Edior) are only par;whichis true enough:
for these Removals confined 10 Statcs and I Ter
ri'ory and two offices in the District Of Colubia-Ther,
Is not single removal specified in Virginia. although
we know that most Of the important federal officers were,
chanGed5 by Me- Jefferson, embracing the Marshal Super
visor ofthc Revenue, ScThcrc is but one Post Master
specified any where alhoug we'll known fact that
numerous Post Masters changed throughout the u
States, and in this State, OF the most important
Post Offices changed hands Upon this point the fol-.
owing statement has boon made:
Mr. Jefferson ame into Office in March. 1901 There
were en hn l025 pos, offices in the United States In
sn"ary iSoe the number had increased 10 only III.
mr. Jeu'r-on appointed MIR Granger Post Master Gem
era; and before he had hceu long i'm Office lac dismissed
IN ono day. % federal postnasers on account Of heic
ro'i'ica character Five Of these were editors OF Fed
ea newspapers. and 'wen.y-thrcp ware warm noica,
| opponents The number. dismissed in ons day was
more man onc-ioitet part OF the whole number in tho
" States There had Def re been siS,aen changes ma
king together A. about one twenty fifth Of The whole
number, before Mr. Granger had tesn two months In
'h'e Then the cderaIiss cried prescriptions hu, tho
people sustained II, and said 40 on, When General
'arn'on came into the presidency. the who'c ounher
~ Post Odi,"s a little more than 81 900 Mr.
Barry has been the head OF ;he Post Office Depart.
men' four months, and ia. whole numh,. Of Posmas-
Ter, 'n'' have been dismissed from Office political
ana other grounds within that time il 40, but Que
seventy -ihirl part of The whole number"
Snt The Yadkin Journalist gui shes Mr..
n% ,oo from Gen. JSTk@on in another re'p.ct'hece
was no prescription for opinions rake in Mr. JeEs-
sons timef remains I've proved that there has be en-
any, under either Administration, for the decent ex-
preston OF opinion; but there not the same cry
sg,insi both' the same claor about preservation, In
ms respect the case. precisely simar-Is Mr.
Nn,eige's p'ech suflicisn' THEN let the Yadkn Jour
I q
Sneerh on the Debate the repeal Of the J,iicdrt,
! Bill:
"If, however. Mr.. Chairman tho eyes Of the gen.
"'nan are delighted with victims, il objects Of misery
are grateful TO his feelings, let N. turn his view fr
the walks OF the judges TO the track of the present -
ecuve. IL is in this path we sec the rsa, Victims
of stern unchnrt obc Unyeienfing pc,rsr II il herr
sir, we sec the S1der tcho fought he b1fs nj the re-
r9ffon; who spill his blood and cdsted his strength
10 establish the independence Of his country, derived
Of the re's- Of his services, and lief, to pine in pspu-
and wrecedn-.s Il, is along this path that YOU NAV
see helpless chIen crying for bread and gray hairs
sinking in tie grave! IL is here that no On
noeenee, no merit Truth no seoiee-. cave the
unhappy sHctary who does believe ia the creed Of
those IN porsr have been forced upon this subiect.
ana before leave u, allow me 10 remark that without
nqung INFO the right of the Presiden, to make va
canres in office. during the of the senate but adj
hitting the power c exist yet that given
by me constitution to enable the chief magistrate To-
punish the insults TO repsnge he aDrongs or to indulge
me onfiPafhes Of The man IL the discretion exists 1
have no hesitation in saying that abused when ex
erclsed from any other motives than the public good
And when see -" viii Of President preciptatine
from office men nj pr"bity. kno,o'edge and talents
ngd'nsf trh0m The community has no complaint, con-
si'er II az a wsnion and dangerous abuse Of Eowee
And when see men. who have been the victims Of this
6Ouse V porer, view them as tho proper objects Of
national sympathy and commisseration."
Thsvery Speech might furnish text FOR tue present
Opposition Here il the very theme dwslt upon
and at time TOO when we had no Waikins's 10 cast
an ngioFiou' shade upon the disc OF our national honor,
The INDIAN QvEsrIoN.
Much nn prevail. about the vie ys Of The
present Administration, ming the Emigration Of the
ndlans-Anj many labored Essays have been publish
ed not intended az least caicuioed keep up these
erroneous Impressions. For tho purpose Of counteract
ing 1hem we have made very interesting Extract from
the Speech OF Col. M Kenney at N York-The u. s.
telegraph states in relation to this Expose, that some
highly respectable individuals in New York. solicit ous
TO cooperate in the humane policy Of The government
which seems TO he the only remaining hope Of presery
ing remnant OF the aboriginal inhabitants Of the coun
| try, wrote to Mr.. McKennev making some inuuiries
wlnfh It wac believed his situation in the department.
enabled hin TO give. II was IN consequence OF The cor
respondence thus commenced that he instructed TO
20 10 New York, NTH permission TO erpuin the rie,rs
OF the government, so for they were known 10 him -
10 promote their emigration ny fair anil honorable
means-whout either interfering the one hand with
The right OF tho Indians TO hold their land or the right
oil The State Governments, to embrace them within the
'nunirpa jurisdiction Of their laws appears 10 be
The great object Of hc present hdninisrs,ion-all the
elaborate statements and insdjos nferences Of the mo-
dern civilian Penn 10 TIE contrary notwithstanding
ELECTIONS
4idbnn'a No doubt remains Of the election Of Dixon
III Lewis, to Congress. over Messrs. Oliver s. Arm
aa In nj