Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-08-10

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lander at its own proper expsn~) with the view Of ln
| 6ueneinx the approaching election. We admire the
choice OF document. for the opent OF the Clay cam
psign IL IL perfectly in character with the hundreds Of
Pamphlets, which, during tho PresideLtial contest,
flooded the country with delu.ons, and carried 10
ry mans door, and laid upon every mans table, the
gro.sest caIurnnes aud fabricaons. Except that |,
be ara the name Of Senator Of the United States, II
might be taken for tho production Of tho Inventor OF
Harri.s letter, the bogrspher Of "gcor" John Woods,
or some one OF the tators upon coffin hand bills
and entail inscriptions. Its being the avewed
work OF Senator, leaving no room to doubt Of it's
thor ship does no.. however, change ito character or
improve its qusies;-on the contrary, the high Of.
fetal station Of the man, adds deeper shade Of profit
gscy the bold faaces AMI Of hi.
lsbored pamphlet. II lie. unhsppiy Tor the reputation
OF country, one Of the most extraordinary and
principe6 documents, ever sanctioned by the namo OF
Senator. One or two instances will di.close the gen
erai character and veracity Of it. statements
| Mr.. Holmes set down Mr. Adamss removals in four
years at ioo snc General Jacksons in one year too
thousand Let examine his statement, aud show its
utter want OF honesty and truth.
To make up this ttco housdnd. he takes all the cab
| net ministers of Mr. Adams, tcho resigned;-al the
nominations made by Mr.. Adams, before Gen. Jackson
came in office, which the Senate refused 10 confirm
all the deputy Post Masters removed by the Post nj as
Ter Gcnersl;-sll the Clerks in the Departments
moved by the Heads Of the Departmen,s;-and all the
Clerks, Deputies, Deputies Servants SC. Of all the Of
hcers removed throughout the Union; all OF whom,
Mr. Holmes gucsses. were removed, and the number
OF whom he guesses at, putting them down at about
| one hOusaiidv OF the too thousand removals, Mr..
| hundred, and the balance is what he guesses at-A
mong these nine hundred a.cer'aned removals, he al
SO includes victims of prescriptions all the poculA
and deaulters-all those for crimes fault
or Gig ence, all tho officers who not remove ed
but whose commissions me'e ely not renewed; in
Short every man who was in Office aud IL not now
Whatever nigh he the cause of change. Among the
removals, IL Mr.. Clay! and Mr.. Rush and Mr. South
ard! and Gen. Porter! and Mr.. Prf! And Me-. Holmes
expressly says, &" they tcould not have resigned had
they not been assured that they should be remopcdr'
hr (Yuu's al finn of fuf>
OF Gen. JAckson's PRESCRIPTIONS!
But this is not a Mr. Adams's remov ais are set down
as tSo only. OF course Mr.. Holmes must be consid-
cred as adopting the same rule with respect TO both
Presidents, when he Is comparing their removals. He
says. therefore, that during Mr. Adams administration
there not one Post Master removed for any cause
not one Clerk removed, not Post Masters Depu-
ty Post Master'e Deputy's Servant Clerk
ed that no commission was withdrawn from any man,
that there was no deiaulter moved, but that every
mans office was regularly nswed 10 him whenever
il expired, and that in short from the Secretary in the
Cabinet down to the errand boys in every Deputy Post
asers office, (ali such he reckons for General Jack
Sony only ttco reniorals took place.
This Mr.. Holmes states seriously and soIemnly for
ac and all we can say Of il. that is not credible
that 10 not true, and that man OF any party be-
ewes word OF IL. And moreover, IL nv any possibi
y IL could be shown TO he true, II would he a sufficient
corden nation Of the whole LATE administration.
The fret few months of G n. Jack.on's aim'nistra.
ion discovered among the officers not REMOVED de-
iected by Mr. Adams multitude Of Delinquent p-cu-
fstors, defaueTs, whom il is great offence in Mr. A.
dams, not to hare detected or rennoped and vet Mr.
Holmes sets il up as a great IN crit in Mr. Adams that
he did not remove these from oficsi-It 10 OF
Mr. Adams merits that he kept Mr.. Southland in office
The country begins TO be Of opinion that would have
had been turned out It's, according 10 Mr. Holmes,
merit in Mr. Adams to have made Mr. Clay Secre-
tsry Of State. The Republicans Of the country, and
honest Of all parties thought it oRe OF his gre
political sins Mr. Holmes ia further OF opinion that
was magnanimous in Mr.. Adams 10 offer secretary
ship 10 MIR. Crawford. Mr.. Holmes, as friend TO Mr.
Crawford, might have formed different view Of the
case, when Mr.. Crawford refused to be thus boush,
strange morality and strange Republicanism in
Mr.. Holmes, to slorfy Mr.. Adams for doing the very
things for which the people have condemned him. and
TO blame Gen. Jackson, for doing the very things viii
is criminal in Mr.. Adams ard his cabinet to have neg
lected One thing il certain, that il Mr. Adam. had
done his duty and added to the officer. removed in his
administration, few such other exampiesas Mr. South
ard. MIR. Hay, Mr.. Binney, Mr. Peske, Mr.. Robert
son. Mr. Watkins and Mr.. King, and Mr.. AIntl and
Mr. Filebrcwn, and Mr.. Mcdaniel, and many other.
who might be named he could have swelled the num-
Der OF removals vastly beyond t,oo, AMI in proportion
have increased his claims upon his country for come
good service.
Leaving out all the officers whom Mr.. Hslms, sets
down by guess the actual list OF removals about
hundred. This number includes Post Masters, Deputy
Post Masters. Clerks, the former Secretaries the OF
hcers no minated by Mr.. Adams, and refused by the
Senate, and all the d.faulers and all those whose COM
missions expired by their imia ions and not
renewed. In opposition to Ibis array, he furnishes
list OF all those removed by all previous esdens and
he makes the list out but sepenfy-three:
The design of this is obviously fraudulent and de.
ceiIful, that moments notice wonld pose pro-
per contempt. There il meaning in the cop,pari-
unless Mr.. Holmes intends TO imply, that in f0rfy
ysGrs there have been changes made at ALL except
the stcemfythree mentioned; that deputy posmaste
has been changed for forty years; that every mis-
sion has been regularly renewed for JortY years; ht
d-fauler has been dscove rad for Jorty years that
the Seuaie at the close OF administration, has never
fused confirm the presidents min lions; and tina,
at this moment, except changes by DEATH every Of.
hcer but seventy three) is now in Office who in
office forty years ago.
Now, no man believes word Of this, and every man
knows, that lift true, II high time for chan ge
10 he made.
But, take the ground fairly, anil compare the remov-
ais OF Gen Jackson, made directly by himself stat
ed by Mr.. Holmes, wi h those Of Mr.. Jefferson. We.
for plain reason' leave out the heads Of Department.
who resigned and the rejection Of the Senate before
Gen JacksoD came into power, and the officers whose
commissions not we'd and the balance il not
far from hundred and 6fty or these, il is well
known that the number removed for inpe ach.
ing their official conduct. is not much sss than the
whole number Of removals made by all the former Pre-.
sidents for all causes. Is this Of blame 10 Cen
Jackson? Or s IL not rather of blame TO his
decessors who permitted such 10 main in off &c
Mr.. Jefferson. according to Mr. Holiness she wing
coming into office, after four years admnisirat alton
made thirty sir removals His r1forn. afnr four
years reign If his opponents ak'd thirty sir changes
For twenty years. the power had sinrs gone on regu-
lary transmitting from PRECEDENT TO Secretary, the
set OF officers, bound 10 each oher by mutual in
teres each ONE deeply concerned in ntanirE The
order OF things. In The came poporiion with
Jeerfon, the number Of removals on the election OF
Gan Jackson shopll have been one hundred and
eighty upon the most charitable construction, and
the unlikely SUPP ,sition that the coru?'ions Of
ofiics OILY proceeded regularly, without increase of
number or magnitude. This /. known by tbs diselo.
made To have been loo cha table a construction
and vet on this salu'ary rf0rm John Holmes rises in