Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-02-14


respectable aud in,elli gent source saws thu, ,,,
hca'on from Mr Calhoun the subisc. of his mis-
understanding with tho President, may DO shortly ey
P"c'ed-that MIR Crawford will cat 10 very enyiable
hgurcin it-nnd expresses the opinion of the writer
that those who Cen Jackson, have no ;n,.n,;o,
hnaly, to permit him 10 be candidate for the
Presidency. The writer is u private person w.,-
informed and nowisc connected with pulitics
! u We give below the end No of" An Observer ;,
showing the improperly of changing the mode Of an
pointing the Richmond Flour Inspector. The facts
and reasons he advances, must carry conviction to
every mind
For the Wing.
10 THE MEMBERS or THE HOUSE OF DrLEc ArEs or
VIRGINIA.
No. III.
come now To the reasoning of the Committee or
Agriculture and Manufactures, by which they arrive
a' the CONCLUSION, that the mode of appointing the
inspector OF Flour for the city of Richmond ought TO
| oe changed At present he IS appointed by the Ma.
gstrates of the county of Henrico The commi,teo
propose that the county Court of Hen.ico shall NOM
mate anu recommend annually two fit and coope,ep,
persons for that Office, Of whom the Governor shall
select one. ~
The magistrates of Eenrico are farmers. mn, To-
oacco nor cotton planters, but wheat growers Their
interests are completely identified with the interests
OF the same class all over the State But Tho corr
mittee say the citizens of Henco have no prenfer
interest IN The fitness and competency of that OF;
Ger than the citizens of various other coun,ios
very ttae out IL Is sufficient, IN my humble opinion
to qualify them to eleci that officer! that thew bnye
an equal interest in his fitness aud competoncv And
the beet proof that can be adduced that they have
faithfully discharged the duties Of the important trust
IePoscd in them. is. that the Richmond inspected
flour rs now IN higher estimation in every market
to which II Is ssnt, than it has been When
the magistrates Of Henrlco betray their trust and
prove themselves incapable of the duty assigned to
them 1t VIII be then time enough to censure them
and publicly pronounce them unworthy. But the
COMMITTEE tell you, "Cnmplaints have arisen ma
may well be INCLINED, against officers so appointed
can well Imagine that; and every member of your
honorable body we'll knows, that however competent
however Faithful however Just aud righteous the in
tentions of public officer may be- no matter how mr.
by whom appointed, complaints will arise You may
change the appointment Of the Flour Inspector ses
sion after session, and complaints will still arise I'M
less you can make him nfallble, and the mlers and
farmers perfect in their respective callirps The
Committee farther say, The appoint ucnt of pub
lie officer should be made by those TO be benefited
or injured by his good i'll conduct in Office or by
those amennble to Them and that The County
Court OF Henrco is. quoad hoe, irresponsible "-Tbo
hrst branch of this argument consider as answered
by the undenIable fact that the private interests of
the Maglstr1les of HeBrco are as deeply involved
in the good Ill conduct of the Flour Iaspec,or of
the city OF Richmond, the interests of the citizens
oil any other section of the State and if thew
their trust, no part of the country will sufF more
Henrico are irresponsible. That is to saw if un-
derstand argh, we cannot them out if they ap-
point bad Flour Inspector, and put in others who
will choose good Suppose the mode recon-
mended by the Committee adopted: How much
nearer are we to attaining that sort of responsibility
IN the appointing power, which is desired by the
Committee, II the word they means any thing ,
Is 1t to be believed that capacity for appo,ning n
Flour Inspector for the City ofRichmond will weigh
The tenth part of hair with the Legislature of Viz
ginla. in estimating the qualifications of the candi-
dates for the office of Governor? Or, that an in,u-
dicous appointment, when he mas bur two IN cboosa
from, will be judged by your hon, rable BODY as suf
fIcent grounds for an Impea chment, For in that
way only can punish him and make him feel his
responsibility He is out of our reach, and as the
Committee say of the Magistrates, "quoad hoe ir-
responsible" The last reason assigned by tho Con,
mlttee for their proposed change in the mode of an
pontncn, Is, that " 1t will guard against the conse
quences of possible delay OF weeks for The
appointment of successor, in the event of an In
spectors death. The law on that subject d,r.c,-
that the County shall Courts annually, al their Sept,
or October sessions, appoint Flour Inspectors for
the different places whore spectors authorized
And further that Of the INSPECTORS death the
Justices any three of them shall as soon as convo
nicnty may b. thereafter, meet togel her and appoint
another, who shall perform the duties Of the Office
until the next Court IT the Court negects tn elect
an Inspector, the Governor is authorized to sunnlv
the vacancy This IS in substance our prcseu, In
speciion Law, as far IA regards the appointment
Under this law, new Inspector NAV be elected tho
next honI after the former Inspectors DEATH and If
an injudicous appointment is then made the next
Court can correct the Compare this with the
proposed alteration The County Court mus, nom
mate this nomination must 60 to the Governor and
he must, agreeably to the AMENDED Constitution,
before he exercises any discretionary power con
forred on him by the Constitution and Laws reouire
the advice Of the Council of ac, which advice shall
be registered &C." And yst the COMMITTEE scri-
cusy propose this alteration in order to guard against
the consequences of delay need not enquire in
what particular the Governor and Council can be- in
the performance of this duty superior to the Maois
ratcs of lIenrico. IL will not, hope, even by them
selves, be considered dsrespcctul say that their
education and professions disQuafy thom for It.
They arc lawyers and politicians, and ne sutor ultra
| crepldam," IT II out Of their line. They are much
better qualified to discuss the merits of candidates
for the office of President Of the United States than
Of candidates for the office of Flour Inspector for the
City of Richmond The Magistrates of Hcnrico
cleo, hun openly before tho people There the nler-
its and dement's of the candidates may be freely can
vassrd, and If charge made against the man hold
ing The office, he has opportunity of defending
himself. How differently is the business of tho Co
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