Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-02

eprooi IN which you SO late INDUCED against OF her
political actors Your excessive alarm too. n, H..
amperlng with tho Press, inferred in the dhanpe If
or publishers OF the laws by MIR. Clay-arc we 10
understand that the change ofsomc 10 or 80 publish
CTS ny Mr.. Van buren, and the appointment of 30 or
~ o'herS 10 lucrative Office by the Prcsident-are
we 10 understand that these circumstances have In
no 0eg'ee excited your patriotic fearsa Happy man,
WHOSE imagination is so entirely under self confront,
w non John L. Erwin, brother of Mr. CI,v,s so,;
law, was appointed Postmaster al Nashville bv NJ,
Adams have you forgotten the fuss Won and o,bors
made about it, disregard of the popuor wish ,nd
as evincing the purpose offng the Post Office will,
administration partzuns: lfyou will look m, MOI
days proceedings in the Senate of tho II. state
you will sec that under call of thu, bodv pos,,.s
ter General Barry has reported four hundred and
ninety cases of Pos,masters removed. spce tho
"Gteatcst and Best" came into power. If tbero hc
9 e"'cp'oh 10 the truth, 1t is an exception and an
"1''ueh'a or OBSCURE exception, mcrcly-it is true
that with an accidental obscure exception all the
AostnaStcrs removed, were removed for political rca
sons anC their successors all Jackson mon, Now wo
ask you IN spirit Of candor and sincerity. and nor
Tor The purpose of conveying sheer at YOUR want Of
independence and consistency. in failinr to direct
your powerful censure against these thnos-IYbot
do you think of them? You must disapprovc or y,,,r
seemingly indignant apprehension of Mr. CLAW for rho
change of Editors, and of Mr.. Adams. for tho
appointment of Erwin, must be conceded bv vour-
SELL 10 have been sheer deceit and hypocrisy Is not
the reasoning fair, and the deduction opical, Ds,n
proving then, as you certainly do unless YOUR for
MGR opinions were hypocritical and insincere-wb;cb
we are tar from saying) why is it, that when the
acts oiwhich you complained so vehcmenty in Mr.
Clay, are repeated by Gen. Jackson in n hundred
cases for one, and with the undenable and inco,,r
vertblo purpose of filling the Post Office with nor,;-
zars and rewarding the Prcsses-purposcs which
orIef space ago you esteemed 81 mortal TO the prr
OF the govcrnment-wby is II, man of consistency,
tuat you arc dumb as. Il post? You may attempt 20
s"it the cohciuslon by denying that in the removals
'n"uc' IL mas been the object of the Government 20
punish iocs and reward friends But look nj the
single circumstance-hati in the hundreds and thous.
ands OF removals. there has not been single lack.
sonian rcmoved-and then bring yourself if YOU can
TO express this belief You did not think SO. when
Mr. Clay changed the SIX publishers, and Mr.. Adj.
ans appointed Erwin-you then saw in those circpm-
stances, evidence of the most insdious and cor,,,
designs against the integrity of the Press and the
purity of the Post Office. 1t surpasses ever vou
deXterlty to escape from the dilemma
AS you are yourself, particularly fond of asking
questions, viii take the liberty of asking Won one
Just suppose that ur. Adams had turned ont Aoo
jackson Posmasters, and put in as many of his own
fncnds-and had selected from different parts of tho
United States Is co nductors Of the Press the most
whole hog" OF his parzans, as the recipients of his
official bounty-and that Mr. Clay, instead of chans
ing or I'VE forget whichl publishers of the laws.
had changed all. Man of con.istency SupDosc
we say-Llat Adams and Clay had done these tl,pas
what would you have saids TO what kew If cx-
tatc and patriotic rage, would you have tuned YOUR
editorial thunder? Yet they have been donc-are
now doing-drechy under your nose and in the
Twelve months which have not su1iced TO complete
the Work OF prescription, of reward and punishment,
but one single note of gentle complaint sighed out in
the shape Of wish Owe wish Gen. Jackson would
not appoint many Edi,ors"-or words to that
efect)-tbs lackadasica complaint half regret, half
ntreaiy, but unmiXcd with any element Of the hun-
dering dcnuncaton which grated harshly on the ears
OF Messrs. Adams and Clay-is all that in twelve
months you have found it convenient to say! Far
from expressing dsapprobation the conduct of the
Government IN the premises, or inferrnr the "weak
ness madness "incapaciy" and "corrupton," OF
Cen Jackson from them, you did so logically, SO
PcrsuaslveIy, and SO unqualfcdly, when Messrs
Adams and Clay were concerned, you arc at this
moment, preparing to exhibit another feat ofconss-
tency by urging in conjunction with your name sake
IN New ork, the necessity Of electng the greatest
anu best second tilne to complete the reform Sd
happily begun and to promote the "prospcrty of
INC country and the harmony of its councils" -
Preparing did we say? You have already taken
the plunge oblivious in the plcntude Of your
devotion to the Hero, of tho electoneerng pro.
icsssion that hc desired but for one tcrm--and
The soelndy asserted uaxim, that it was dangerous
that the same individual should be elected 10 the
Presidency
II inconsistency be sin in Heaven how busily 10
you keep the Recording Angel at work. If you in.
tend we as we verify believe, but want the indcrcn-
dCncc To cGyCute-how much Is il TO be repretted