Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-04-15


ho,b Of them playing removal of Alien Me-
Lane. the father Of nur present Minister 70
Fnsland from he Office of Collector OF me
rustoms at Wilmington. II appears mat ar
NcI.ane was objected 10 by thsni on '"s
GROUND Of personal disike and fpt me alifsea
warmth OF hrs federal opininns. -Aif. '''ef son.
ii his letter, feplyiHslo t1ose addresses 'e"'
ses 10 remove the incumbent ior s1c" reason
lest he should hiring JUL eensufe On ms a"
ninistrnton lie safs, re are not aG'ins i'i
,,r..I,es ,lous bit Tor the whole human race.
We mnstnnf, b, any asPaiHf from priHeVis.
dish.srten the mass oi our itl'oN enIzfns.
IL, then lay, down tie very priucipe on winch
mis- mower can he cuasIitaIioaally aud proiief-
lye1srcised 9 II Colourl MULlne has done
any act inconsistent ifih his dRig rs IN Oh CT,
or ssan agent nj lIns aiinio,tfailoa ihIs nouid
be lsriiimaie ground Tor inquiry, Wlo "hlCh
should consider myself free 20 eutrr. lie
takes distinG t,on brtHeen refusing 10 arfehi
a polilical opponent, and rehi"v'ng hlm duilhg
has term. the last Of which he refuses TO do -
thu. lrn4ite your N onsand removals from 'hf
Pos Office and cher Departments OF the gov
ernment under Tue fnn feProhaiioa VI The aoc.
irncs of 1901. upou "hIth YOU have atienP cd
10 Justify them.
lie next President who're rtm1vhls were
referred TO by the gentleman lrom 1rnne.,ee
VA. Mr. Madison. our constitutional lawyer,
under whose opinions WE have air ady seen
there is no shelter 10 be found Tor tue admin
,snalion. 1hen came Mr. Monroe, who not
on, diaAvowed such policy IS 40" rn,so
ed hi pfacfised poll i,,efance ga Hs widrsi
Az t6calipn lie had n great eonsihl1"h
LAWYER 10 aiyise him-One whose pfeccpis
ought 20 b. adhered 10, even Us strongly as
,be q nilrm ~ from Tennessee gfasped those
Of =. Madison. 1hal Constitutional lawyrr
SIR. was Andrew Jackson, whose ADVICE on ray
question shoud not ae shghiingIs passed o'ef
by the gentleman from lennessce and espec'"l
~ when Ne are con,iderug the special turoe
aud efficacy ol TIL second seton Of til AZ
,icle. IN TIRE Consnu ,on On tue III oil
November, 1916, before Mr. aionrpe >
election had been of1 i,slly announced, he give.
This nsgnanimous view oithe dunes Of II tHief
Mati,tIaie: In every Beloc 1,paIty pats
feeling, shoulI b.. ayudo T. NoA Is the timr
10 eIieripinaie that monster called party spun
By selecting. characters most conspicuous iof
Ihril probiiy, virtue, capacity aud hrnnrss.
without any regard TO party, you will go lar 10,
If not entirely eradicate, those feelings Which
~ foI tnsr occasions threw 81 many obstacles
IN the way OF government aud puihdp' have
,he pleasure aud honor of uniilng people
heretofore politically divided. The Chlet MI
sisrate Of a great aud po"el IA ION should
should be liberal and disiu eIes'sd, nlpagg
Gearing in mind HAT he acts for the WHOLE aud
not part ofthc tummunItt BY this CouIsr
YOU viii esnlt The nstiouh character, aud
Acquire Tor yourself ns,ne az iIrcrlshdhie
as monumental nntt J. Consult no patiy ia
sour choice , pursue toe dictates oi mat unef
ring judgment which Ia. 81 long aud ~ Of
Ica bcnef I'D our country, AMI rendered con
spiuuorsi us rulers. lnesr are Inc sentiments
ufa friend thew are the feelings il know ,ay
own heat, al an uudi senhled patriot IL
may hr .ald, SIR. that thi. Constitutional law
yer bas since abandoned thrse views TN
sound But ask, when WHY, as late n.
Aia, 1874, he maintained the same moral aud
mental elc> alton, confirming The same opinions,
end imprhtius Than more deeply by the M
creased authoritative sanction OF his own gtenl
name. In "A letter 10 the Hon. George kremer
oi lhHt date, So tar from tracing them, he
says My advice 10 The President Wns, that
he should act upon principles like these &C III
Hider hImseIf III. head OF tue Nation not Of n
pahY, that lac snouid hav. arouud han the best
saients che country could alibrd, without regard
t1Sectipn iivisIun. a should IN Ais seieclious.
seek Ht,rr men oil robitv, vntne, cap city firm
nrs,; y in this way. he would 90 IA II eradicate
those feelings which, on former &C, Sons.
threw So may obstacles in the way of govern.
mrnt, aud b. enabled perhaps to uui,r u peo-
pie heretofore politically divided Those
who delight 10 view the result of the last
Presidential election as a verdict rendered by
the people on an issue joined, cao best inform
us how far those sentiments and constitutional
opinions should I've viewed as having fornicd II
pan Of lha, issue, and how far they we're sane
toned by the thcu expression oil popular mp
proba'ion.
These opinions aud prccedents Of great con.
stItotional lawyers led rs IL other reflections
upon the general exprdlenry of the two doc
tInes, and the probable reasoning OF those
who made our constitution By tie old al
teles oi coufed'rsIon tho power Of appoint.
ment was vested III Congress. Under the
present Consultation ihr sime power WAS trans
feTred 10 the President aud Senate. The
House ot Representatives. chosen bieuniaily, was
not entrusted With any portion OF hi. important
power. Why not 1--Ilouorahie eentlemen
have strongly pressed thu Importance OF what
Ihey call the principle of rotation 1r change in
utliGe. 10 comply It'll the popular viii The
Houss OF Representatives being entirely sub
ject 20 tho mutabi iiy OF popular o,,,nion
gould be most apt 10 change " III every popu-
lar breeze, and CIV effect 10 that opinion
Did his escape the intellect, OF the fathers of
thu Republr Sit, II we are 10 accredu their
Coiemporaneous eSposri rus OF The Constitution
aud the very ~iitIngs winch procured is ran
heation, their reason tor not investing the Re.
preventative with hi. power, was 10 prevent
tho removal ct valuable officers with every pop
ular change, and 10 give stability 10 the admiu
i.tration OF The government Moreover, when
the gentleman from \. Hampshire states here.
thai the same political causes winch induu, the
people 10 change their ChIei Magistrate. should
Operate upon all the subordnstes. agents and
depui,rs, ha turgeis thai the popu, " attention
never is, aud never can he, whllc RhSufbrd by
the consideration of the merits and aemeIns of
c9ntendng candidates for the fr,i Office IN their
gt, sufficiently diverted to decide upon al III.
officers in the country. 10 State OF a small
territory where the people know all taeir oil
GERS, they may act With view 10 then But
hundreds OF thousands voted, during the lac
great poliii'al contest, for men politically up.
posed 10 officers 10 whom they had never seen,
aud OF whom they knew nothing nav To thei.
dearest friends whom ihcy neither wished nor
expected should be removed. You cannot iusti-