Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-15

'ha' tue poiitcai party which row governs the
try, is the Republican party and that the late chang
OF rulers, was a great civil revolution, comparable
only 70 that of 1901. Lc, The CLAIMS of the ruling
dynasty to exclusive Rcpublicanism be sdged by its
ac!s, and not by the professions of press
and more merccnury members of Congress, whose
opinions It is not unchartable infer are regulated
by rewards received rewards expected
Yhnt certainly is Republic in fact, where opin-
ion not free. and particular opinions in State ars
subject men to penal consequences. The forms of
Republic may exist, but the vital principle is not
there Let the rule of Gen. Jackson be jnjyed ard
the claims of his administration to exclusive Repub-
canism, be decided by this test Let the impartial
reader compare his reign for It deserves that name}
to the patrnrchul sway of Washington, of the edor
Adams, of Jefferson, of Madison, Of Monroe and tho
younger Adams-et him extend his observation
across the Atlantic nnd compare it with the Govern
ment Of George ~ and Charles X-and let any and
all these PARSONS determine the character of The
Republican Admnist ration OF Gen. jackson. Fools
always will be governed by namcs--wise men ought
to resent attempts to lead them by tho nose. To
enab'e the reader to mako the comparison We have,
asked HIM to make, we present the following ioc,s
| l. During Gen. Washlng,on's Administration of
. years, there were rcmoYas-viz one in 1892
.hree in l73i-three i'll l7e5-one IN go and one III
'97. OF these dcfauer.
2. In President John Adams Administration Of !
years, there were Cen removals-ive in lT97-iwo in
i7e8-one III i79e-two in 1900. One of these was
a deta utter
| .. In President Jefersons of years, there were
thirty -nine-n 1902, twenty-two--in 1903, seven
1 teen
! A. In President Madison's Of years, there were
Jfce removals, of which, three were detaulters.
| 8. In President Monroes of wears, there were
nine removals Of these one was for dealing in
slaves (Gunea FOR futures one for ins .nity one
for misconduct, and one for quarreJs with foreign
Government.
g. In President Iao. Quincy Adams there were
ft'o removals--boih or cause. (This Administration
mas been represented as despotic. Time conc uers
prejudice Mr. Adams is forever retired from public
he' and even Jackson men, are cool enough T.,
judge aily.)
| 4 10 President Jdcksoa's Administrations and in
the first year Of it, there havo been 800 removals
23s principal officers, the remainder Postmasters.
and subordlnates. Severalo these we're revolution
ary Ulcers and many of the republicans, friends
OF Jefferson and Madison, who by conspicuous servi-
COS had gained confidence, VIXEN Andrew the first,
was yet hghtinS cocks IN Tennessee.
| These facts are drawn from the public Archives.
and havo not been, and cannot be- coptradcted
1t has been denied by his mercenariss, tina,
Gen Jackson had prescribed men for opinion sake
denial which proves at least, that they condemn
the principle For what then has this great humber
Of Offices been removed? This conduct has been
pretended only in some eight or ten cases, and es
tabllshed only in four or siS For what were the
$50 removed! II not for their opinions, why is it
that when 30 many have been removed no Jackson
man Is found among them' Did it SO happen-couid
1t go haPpen-that there being by alton on the
9TH March 1879, az m1ny Jackson as A nti- Jackson
men in Office that 900 of the last should have done
something to deserve expulsion from office and not
single one of tho former? Is this within the bounds
Of credbility?
1t is strange to US, tia, in the face of facts like
these, of pure and unmitigated tyranny, such man
MS Philip p. Barbour. should on the floor OF Con.
gress' lavish tuisom, pan gyrc their psrpstuton
and overlooking the Infringement of personal rights
and equality, sese upon tho expression of certain alb
stract opinions, as ontitng ruler to immortaI
praise. VINO cares for abstract profes lions, whom
his daily life procains his ncllnaton to arbitrary
Government, and thousand instances OF dcspotis,n
give '"o hc I'd MS cidlh Oh exclusive RspIbcansn.
| The "remarks' Of the Louisville Advertiser arc
most happily adapted to subsequent events ~ change
has come over the scene" said Shadrach. The real
friends OF The country are now III power" "The pre-
sent administration acts the princpiest Processes
and we shall non, have more action and less talk
All, Shadrach! Shudroch! what woeful mistake vol
made.
! We would have the reader observe, that this bIr
Sladrach Penn, Editor Of the Louisville Advertiser
IS great Jackson man, and friend Of Internal I'm
provement. Tue ''prineipics" which Shadrach sal,
The administration prefesscd, and acted upon, were
the support Of domestic industry and Internal I'm
provemens-but lake notice, Sbadrack said that be
fore he understood how tho Hero had disposed of Tho
Lexington bill. In this premature and exnltlng de-
clarstion, consisted the mistake we mentioned.
We expressed our curiosity the other day, 10 scr