Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-04-22

ings and party exeitements. Calculations from
Intrigue or management would fail /; nor would
their deliberations, or their investigation o.
subjects, consume so much time. The morals
| of the oouotry would be improved, aud virtue
uniting with the lahors OF the Representatives,
and with the official ministers of the Inv would
tend TO perpetua,e the honor aud glory of the
! Government But il this change in the Con
sttution should not be obtained, aud important
/ appointments continue 10 devolve on the repre-
sentaIiyes ~ ongress, It requires no depth of
| thought to perceive, that corruption will be.
come the order of he day aud that, under the
garb of conscientious sacrifices 10 establish pre-
eedents Tor the public good. evils of serious i'm
portanee TO the freedom aud prosperity Of the
republic may arise. IL is through this channel
that the people. may expect To be attacked
IN their constitutional sovereignty, and where
tyranny may well he apprehended 10 spring up
in some favorable emergency. Against such
inroads ererV guard ought 10 be nierposed aud
none better occurs than that OF closing the sus-
pected avenue with some necessary constnu-
iIonRl restrictions.
It's Interesting 10 examine how far this ad-
mlnisrralIon has actually pracused on these
! maxims. Why, within the yer, first year SIX
members of the Senate being one eight OF
the whole body as II WAS composed during the
| 2Oh Congress, have been appointed To some oil
the most important offices within the gilt If the
! Executive. And vel the message oil tins SEES.
sion rn,lerales thu principles of the Tennessee
letter, with slight reservation by way of 20
vering the case as II now exists. By that letter
judges alone might be elected from the mem.
bers of Congress. BY the late message W. ara
| informed that the necessity Of securing IN ht
cabinet and IN diplomatic datinIs Of hs highest
RINK, the best talents aud political experience
should perhaps (even here we have querc) ex-
| cept those from the exclusion II If he per.
haps' necessary TO change the Consiturion 10
save rs from doing wrong, why not do righi
/ without the change The new reservation u
| u flat departure nom the mayms Of 1870. aud
still even that does mot ooyer the aclso' the
Executive, for we have not only 'ipoma,Iss
aud cabinet ministers { ,mpo,iae, officer }
chosen from the members oi Congress within
| the term for which they were elected and two
| years thereafter but important appointments
| OF very different character even ~ thsyl'os
Office and the Customs, continue TO desoW o.
| than, convincing those who have become pro-
| selytes to the Tennessee doctrine, without any
| great depth of thought thai corruption amy
| become he order OF the day, and that undq
The garb Of conscientious sncrlhcrs for the pull
| lie good. evils of serious importance TO the
| freedom and prosperity OF the republic may
arise-But the gentleman from Tenn ssee.
who called our attention Ia the letter, aud with
out whose notice oil 1t | should hardly have ad-
vertrd TO II. says
! Here Mr.. Grundy explained. lie stated
that he had alluded 10 the letter IN reply TO the
! Senator from Indiana, (Gen Noble
! MIR Clayton continued. Sir thu ron. gen
! tleman's reply was that the people ought 10
! have changed The constitution bur ihat without
some constitutional restraint the President was
under no obligation 20 practise whal he fat
merly preached. IIpwever valid lint defence
NAV appear. /, ~ not the opinion OF my cOnsi-
| tuiional lawyer, for ~ that same letter he SAYS
il Is due To myself 10 practise upon the max ms
recommended TO others ? These and similar
| pledges obtained from him thou ands OF votes
during the canvass Of 1928, mud ought 10 have
been redeemed
when the blood burns how prodigal The soul
"Lends the tongue VOWS
Moreover, II will require much depth of
thought To convince rs. thai President can
not do what he thinks right whnut some con.
| $ ItulIona restriction 20 prevent him from do
| ing what he knows is wrong or thai imam Of
| sound mind o. good disposition cannot avoid
| The destruction oil his own family, unless you
treat him like mad man by tying his arma
| and dppuvng hlm vi the means OF dong iplu
| ry.
There was. however. no pledge in the inai-
| guTal SO striking or 80 important as the rccog
nton Of that oblig lrIon, thu sad 10 be inscri
bed on the li,t OF Executive dnIes Wy the recent
! demonstration of nntlic sentlment. 10 couuIef-
! act those causes which brought the patronage
Of the General Government into Conflict with
the freedom of elections. Sir, yodr Postmas-
| ter General welding the patronage oil his de-
parment over clerks, deputies, contractors aud
agents III numbers amounting 10 nearly eight
thousand men, has, for political effect, removed
from public employment ia pursuance OF "A gen
eral system. vast u proportion OF the old aud
faithful public servants connected with that
immense establishment, that its resources aud
us energies are impaired, public confidence Is
diminished, and suspicion darkening this greai
avenue TO light as she spreads her dnsky pinion
over il, whispers that somr Of It's recesses have
been converted, for political purposes into posts
of eSpidL on the private intercourse OF your Cit
ZenS.
The public press, too, by the insrumentaity
OF which alone this republic might be- prosra-
ted, by the Influence of which President might |
be sweled into Monarch, has been--not |
shacked by gag law; no, Sir, bu subsidized
by sums approximalIng TO The interest on NIL. /
lion of dollars, granted IN the way oi salaries, /
Jobs and pensions. to partisan editors, printers,
proprieinrs. 81 all the host, directly OF ,indireci.
ly connected with and controlling II. The APP
pontment Of editors 10 once rs hol casual uu'
systematic, They were appointed because
they were editors. Ia the days OF the Frcnch
revolution when The press was boue h, up wlIa
the public funds, the country was flooded with
envenomed illusions from the Jacobln prints. T
The post OF profit was then erected iii the Ken
mel where "a venai pack bayed like blood hounds
for murder. Marat was distinguished as the
editor of q revolutionary journal for violence
and vtupera,ion and having published his de-
mand of two hundred aud sixty thousand heads
as sacrifice to liberty, was soon elevated 20
one of the highest Offices Of the republic, where.
as a member Of tho Internal Iriumvirate which |
deluged France in tears and blood, he combn |
ed the cunning malice OF Kobespierre with the
native ferocty of Danton. He was com |
pound of the vices of both his coadjutors--of
all that on earth was Aagnious, mean, inhuman
and mex orabe for he came from the schools
of a lacIion which trained its disciples to cry