Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-02

W Inc Telegraph speaking of the Van Buren,
Regency at Washington, says its establishment has
mac 'he chect OF throwing the Departments i'm the
siiade. mo man thinks to enquire what are the
sentiments OF Livingston, McIane Cass and
woodbury.. They are far subordinate i'm active
influence to the Mimic Regency, who have the chs.
'ouy oi inc llero's body, the direction of his nm
oerslahdlng and the distribution of his PATRONAGE
INC AUDITORS, Registers, and Treasurer-Ken-
GALL Lewis, Thornton, Hayward, and Campbell.
lhese arc the Kings Jorortes-far more infuen-
tla as all tavortos are than the Ministers of State
Even those, (says the Telegraph,) who seek office
scarcely dclgn to ask the favor of the four Secre
tarieS' they sacrifice to Kendall, Lewis. g. Cc
"here the names of the Secretaries are heard
once those Of Kendall Lewis g. Co. are rcneatod
=" hundred tunes. These irresponsible Agents, con-
'rou' inc Executive will, and regulate Executive
power. The Telegraph proceeds:
Inc reader will see the full force of our oh.
serVatlon, when we tell them TINT tbrourb
me Auditors and Comptrollers, all the nc.
coorts against the government are allowed mr.
lelecteo-thut through the Treasury all the
money Is drawn-that through the Commits.
soner of the General Land once ,be
whole achlnery of immense land system
IS control ed--and that, through the Pos,
once Department., the entire CORES.
PGndence of the country is conducted -
inas thcse officers have al the frank
merous clerks, entirely dependent upon their
wilI-ahd that they must, of necessity.
nave the actual patronage of that large nort;on
OF me administration, Immediately CONNECTED
with their duties 'eo
Ji,. l: impossible not to see what a fatal and
uo'uiy influence such patronage, exercised nv
such irresponsible men, ACTING os oc,;vo nar,isa ~
may nave over public opinion. In truth notbino
couid DC more repugnant, in the nature of tbinos
than the spirit of partizan zeal, and the duties
WHICH tney nave to perform. The Comptrollers
ana Auditors, in particular, are not only high
accounting officers, but eminentIy judicial al
80. iheir decisions are final against the Uni
'eu states, and, for the most part, against the
p pa sr, whose accounts they have to set
tie. They pass annually i'm iudgment on
property amounting to manv millions:
iar greater than the entire amount of propertv
deeiued on by tho judicial department of the
General Government; and that not after argu-
ncnt by able counsel, not in the face of dav
but in the rccesscs of their ofices nnobsorvcd
ny u-o public eye. Who does not see that to
PIaco Partzans in such Offices; for them to be-
come the political managers, the writers of no.
,,I''a io'ters ana newspaper essays, dstrbut-
Gu uhuer thelr official frank, all over the United
ocates; TO have, in word, their fate their means
OF hving and political standing dependant on the
election or defeat of President is to corrupt our
system 10 It's very busis-to contamnate it in the
,ouhIan ana TO diiiuse disease and corruption over
the whole. Yet this is the state of tbinas for tLo
',fSI tlne under our government. With this view,
amos Kendall, William b. Lewis, Elisha HAYWARD
1 JD Campbell, Thomas L. Smith, and John
inorhtGn all either editors of newspapers, or ac
"'o politicians, extensively engaged in political
| correspondence, were brought into Office. with.
OUT regard to the principles, which ought TO-
govern in the administration. For this great
dangerous and corrupt change, are indebted to
Ilc introduction of the Neto VI school of ootice
wien we look to the probable consequences of
cho Prohigatc organization, we cannot but trcmble
Tor the fate Of our system"