The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-10-31
PRACTICE rersus PRECEPT.

From the National intslligeRcer.
PRACTICE persus PRECEPT.
On the 4th of March, 1899, President Jack
son, IN his inaugural speech. made L" his couh-
trvmen the following declaration - The re-
f cent demonstration OF public sentiment nscrlbes
on the list Of Executive duties, in characters
too legihe to be overlooked. the TASK of rtt0rm
which will require particularly the correc-
tim OF Those abuses. that have brnugn, the
patronage of the Federal Government into con-
tlct with the freedom of elections"
Our readers have seen. in the eectoaeerlng
circular of the 4Ih Auditor of the Treasury for
the dissemination Of the Cube newspaper now
lar the inaugural declaration at the kXrcnliv"
was regarded AS a guide tnr the government,
and with what impnnity il was d,SIcgard'd. A
case, however. has recently been disclosed III
| Ohio, Of the interference of Federal Officers IN
I freedom of elections, more offensive Ia propric
iy, and more obnoxious In the Presidents dec
iaraiinn, than even that of his friend 4th Audit
ar Kendall The case referred TO- has been
already noticed in thus paper; but we think il
proper TO Iepublish ii a! ihIs time. rs the Piesl
dent has returned 10 the seat Of Government !;
aud we desire to furnish him with an o,'pnriu-
riiv of acting up To the spirit vt his own rule
! It peraGvcniure, this paper should be permitted
10 reach his eye; and il he disregard ii thai
the public may see how far his practice tallies
with his professions. The referred 10 i
the following:
In April. 1890, soon after the President had
announced, as above. his grand principle nj re-
form, he caused Bella Latham To be appointed
Post Master in Columbus, in place OF very
meritorious citizen and excellent officer. Short
| " after, on the death of Mr.. Graham General
jackson appointed Elijah Hayward Commits
sioner Of the General Land Office. We ask
The candid attention of a. impartial readers, of
whatever party, To the following letters. writ
Ten by officers of the government, attempting an
! interference in an important election, and mat.
ton. in district in which neither Of the writer's
were citizens, and had no rlghtul concern
Pusr OFFICE, CoLuMBus O..
/ September IA. lS}2.
Dear Sir The Central Committee last
evening came TO the conclusion. after much
consultation. that il was desirable that your
name should be placed on the list Of electors,
instead of Mr. Menager Of Galapos. who has
declined, ONE CONDITION we all consider
desirable btlnrp this is done that is, that YOU
should WITHDRAW from the list Of candi
dates fer Congress. y e all ieei deep inter
est in your success and advancement in the
political arena. But, at the present tine WE
Must BEG OF you TO DECLINE, and suffer us 10
place your name on the cIectora ticket and
we think You can do il with credit TO yuuiself
&c.
Any .hng we can do TO aid You hereafter,
we wall do. Yours. B. LATHAM
Gen. WIN S. MpRPHY.
Please write us without a moments delay,
/ and give us your views
CoLumsus, Ohio. Sept 10, 1892
Dear Sir II beg YOU calmly 10 consider and
reflect and determine upon the subject OF Mr.
Bryans letter, which was written at nv in.
stance and request ! HAVE RECEIVED A VERY
FRIENDLY LETTER FROM HAYWARD upon
tins subject he wishes and begs that you
would sacrifice your feelings for the present
He will aud we all will do ANY and EVERY
THING i" aid in any thing you want. Write
me immediately.
Yours sincerely. B. LATHAM
Gen. WV S. MURpnY,
Chillico,he, Ono
The Cincinnati Herald states that General
Murphy spurned the effort to buy him off, ana
I exposed the agents employed by the admin.
| Istralinn TO control lucal elections Mir Byran
the writer of The letter referred To by Mr.
I Latham. is likewise officer of the govern
menl, and owes his appointment 10 Gen. Jack
/ son.
/ THE MISSIONARIES. The Jackson pa
pers, fnhng public sentiment setting strong
ly against The treatment of the Indians and
The Missionaries 10y the Administration and
the Stale of Georgia, have all at once
changed their tone on this sui jert and
deny that the President has been guilty of
any neglect of duty in regard to the Mis-
slonarles or the Indians. They alIeoe that
The President could not, if he would. a,
| present. enforce the dersion of the Su.
I D,,t al
of duty on the part of the President, does
not refer at all TO This decision. # relates
TO the TREATIES, ami the LAWS OF
| CONGRESS, respecting the lndians-had
The President fulfilled his duty, MS enioned
| hy these, the Missionaries never would have
been imprisoned, and the Cherokees would
not have beer so shamelessly oppressed Ivy
the State Of GPorgla.
| But with regard 10 the decision of the
Supreme Cont, ait is as notorious. (says
the Washington Telegraph as that decis- |
ION itself, that Gen. Jarkson, from the |
| period when 1t was made, has been une-
qnivoral in his denunciaions of the Court. |
On account of that opinion, which one of his |
Cabinet reviewed at large IN the Globe. and
which review has been the text OF those |
who condemn the Courl and support Geor. |
ga Why does the Globe now ATTEMPT TO |
produce lelef that Gen. Jackson will at |
tempt to coerce Georgia, and release the
Missionaries The answer is,-The elec.
tons ice over in Georgia, and the Kitchen
Cabinet ARE for the votes of Ohio. penpsvl. |
vanla and New York. "-!Saiem Register.
The SAME JoHN Thompson. The fol. |
lowing Is an extiart of a letter, dated New
Lisbon, Ohio Oct. ~, 1882. Dear Sir: |
enclose TO you on abstract of the votes pe- |
ell in this Congressional district on Tues.
day last, Ivy whirh you will see that the
Jackson Republican tirket is carried BY up
wards of five hundred majority. All those
marked with star are Jarksoninps. and
am thai John Thompson who hal the l,ard,.
hood TO vote against The United States Bank.
in the last session of Congress"
Sand" he might have added, 81 am the
same John Thompson, who delivered and
printed fourth of July Grafton, as nv own,
which had before been delivered by Mr..
Spngue of Boston, and printed as his ~ Oh.
jimmy Thompson! johnny Thompson oh !!
You have the "hnrdihood" TO do any thing,
no doubt,--.Me,0 York Comm. Advertiser.
Al the late election in Morris Co. N.Ja f,,ll|
blended Jackson man was so wholly enprossed
with his zeal, that he drposi,~i in the hnllo,
box an Order lor Pork which ho had ;,., %,