Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-31

tho man. many OF hts present worsh,ppers lind.
And when was last elected, ond took my leave Of
the Legislature of Maine expressly told them TINT
although General Jackson was no, the choice of IN,
State, yet they must not expect me- as their Sena or
TO persist in q continued hostility to his measures
that should condemn where must but approve
where could have done, and shall continue To-
do SO; bu, IN this system of prescription without and
against all reason, must, and will condemn
Let us now see what has been done, and ia now
dong During forty years aud under six different
frcsWcnts, Ne can find but seventy three removals.
not averaging two IN each year. Long rs the period
and imperfect us the history, we fave ascertaincd
good canscs Tor nearly half and il is fair to infer that
there were causes equally good for the removals OF
most OF the rest How is i, novo IN ono short
month, this Executive removed more than hci been
removed 'or thc wn"ic i'tty years and in one short
year three Times the number ! The heads OF De.
parmcnts may DO set down as removals C,r cops;l
crlng the example of the last Accommodation tho
would not have resigned, had they not been assured
that they should be rcmoved and the conduct of IN
senate IN po-tponing nominations TO them n
hint broad enough We will set down five. Tho
removals IN the Departments of principals and subot
dmutcs must be- charged To the account of the presi
dent Tor all tins was doue under his eve These
were forty SIX. The nominations of Mr. Adams
postponed TO the 9TH uf March last and thus rcier
tcd must bt considered the act of the Senate nv
the advice and at the request of the President elect
/ TO increase his patronage; and these were thirty
eight, making 90 pretty good beginning Now
1t has been ascertalned that the other removals uD
10 tins time have amounted TO not less than orp INN
drcd and fifty making. of removals by the prcsi
dcnt, aud chiefly in the recess, two hundred and
'hry nine IN the first Year, than three times
the number removed by all former Presidents for for
~ years. But this is not all. BY an official report
from he Posimaste General. we learn thnt bo b,d
at that time removed four hundred and ninety ono
oi ms deputies and as be had probably not cxarue
rated 10 say the least and as we know the good
WORK Is going on, 1t Is moderate set these down
at five hundred II is within reasonable calculation
Ia put the clerks aud other dependents on those Off
! at five hundred AIJ 70 ia h.
nate officers of the customs removed a. officially re-
Iporrcd-one hundred and nny one Add 10 fhese
deputy collectors and clerks IN The customs deputy
arshas, prIya" secretaries of foreign ministers
clerks IN land and in other Offices surveyors and 9th
crs and it's within bounds To calculate six hun6roJ
rlore-nakiug IN the first year about two thousand,
! Now. why all this individual dlstress?-for what pur
pose; Let us nqulr"-ihe people want lirh, ~
there good cause thew will approvo I'm, If moi
they VIII condemn. Why are YOU dumb! Tho rem =
sons-wc ask the reasons. Speak You are but
me servants Il the people; and speak in langua Gc
winch they can understand. and they will iudge Won
lmportally' Why this dark silenceS IL was meyer
/ So before. Has your President done what ne il
ashamed OF! Come out nantully, and let him come
out inaniuy' ana tell us The causes; and if thew are
good The people VIII be su' sfed. But all this sec
10 have been done IN utter contempt of the Senate
! We we're ke?t together from the 18th TO the 18th
March an extra session, beyond all precedent The
PRESIDENT proceeded with snais pace, and very lit
Tic business was done. But our backs were scarcely
turned when the fires Of persecution were kiudled.
and have ever since ragged with relentless fury
BIT the grca est outrage Of all is, that the Presi-
dem has invaded our dominions and actually rcmo-
Ved and IN the recess too, officer of the two hous
/ es OF Congress- Sir the President bad as rood n
right 10 Remove the Secretary of the Senate as tho
Librarian This Library is the Library of Congress-
the purchase Of Mr.. Jcfferson's Library was FIR
the two houses of Congress The rules for ROY
erning are 10 be made by the presiding officers of
! the two houses The law to be sure gives
the power OF appointment to the President: bn, go
I nl q has ny sr.FLya l.,
IN "nts and purposes.
The Presideu has no control over this Library any
more than one of our Clerks or any STRANGER We
permit him To take books under our REGULATIONS ,s
we do The Justices OF the Supreme Court and other
officers. But he cannot, any more than thcv die
Ia" single word as 20 ITS management or control =
instead Oh ms having the power to direct this officer
IN tn" performance o. single duty IL ia directly tL
revcrse-ihc Librarian has the right TO direct him
and To punish him for violation OF it's rules If tho
power OF removal is this case consequent upon lbs,
oil appointment, the President can mpnse on ma an or
iceF oil the two houses against the will of both If
ne can remove at discretion he also refuse at his
discretion. lie nigh, consequently return Tihra.
II"h u'i'fiy offensive 10 Us, who msmana1cd mr.
property disobeyed our directions and set our rues
at defiance But, sir, this usurpation is GIr,bor 49,
fest, from the fact that he can never nudge ybc h
oAccr becomes disqualified. He, either by himself
~ any oI MS subordnates. has right Whatever TO
inspect me Library, or inquire how the duties have
been performed. He can. therefore pever lnou,
would always be hop hazard business. anita os
hkeiy 10 be done wrong right The President did
| not Tor nc could not remove for cause He had
when this removal was made, been inou1ur,toJ r.,
three months. Now had he devoted all this time ,o
rAamng the regulations Of that Library. he womb
not have learnt whether the Librarian had mnnoo,oJ
wcH or ~ even IN three years. But, sir we kn0,y
that MIR. Wu'tcrston was no. removed becows Lo
was uHiaIthiul or incapable We know mo ,y,s
both faithful and capable, and prc-emnentlv So
moi rhnImnr had been whispered against him
appeal TO the Joint Committe &c of tb. Linn, ,L
have from time to time superintendent 1t, If this is not
the fact ~ 10 NV
But or, there IS another reason. which sboud have
convinced the President that he was doing vvror, g
ne Is capable OF reasoning at all The law reo,I55eJ
that 'h' Librarian who was To have the custody or
s"ch Vaiunh" property should give bonds with e1a
su,c'.I 10 DC approved by the President of The
Senate and he Speaker Of the House. Vbon uF
removal was made, there was no President oc ,be
Srno'c nero aud no Speaker OF the House IN o,is-
In,t. nl9 puts The HAT negative upon the Pres
I QrUl power remove nd I'm n, 81