Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-10-08

says 1t is tie duty of every citizen to pro-
mote peace. What backing out! smoothing
over! begging of! Recollect this article is
from Mr.. Reid himself, and he SAYS to you, the
people, should hush it up-shoud not inquire
into the conduct Of your servants-you have
nothing to do, when an officer acts contrary
to fundamental principles ofyour government.
but TO promote peace.
The next article which, claims our atten-
TOMS signed ".Anti.HypocrACy, man
spells well to be full grown.) and knowing the
author TO possess more gdNontr-y than sense,
we shall be brief. He inquiries why we did
not ask Messrs. Reid and Borden. priratelu.
What contemplate opinions these men must
have of the public. We must not speak
publicly, but must speak lo,r for fear the poo
pie will hear. Now. sir, this is no private
subject. We arc all alike interested in it,
And if Mr.. 'Anti-HypocrACy" and Mr..
Borden had given all they are worth for the
office, and had agreed to divide the spells, we
must speak privately about it. This is Van
Burenlsm: but men who love their country,
and yieid an honest support to it, have dit
ferent doctrine. They know that there is
something ''rotten in Denmark and they
WiH speak of it fearlessly, and not prirafely
This gentleman is also convinced Of the truth
OF the accusation, and not knowing but that
he may be guilty of the same thing, he tries
to laugh u oi;-but, sir, a hyena might as
well attempt to laugh over a boiled lobster as
this under writer to ridicule the fact of cor
ruption in the post Office. 1t wont do. You
had better cmigrate back to New York, and
there learn to Gicat your native language
BAA! before you dictate to people in the
west! And as you find some difficulty in
spelling your name correctly, allow us to dub
you Timothy Sheepface. you having an en-
DIpin OF II IDp.lf IfS
orthography. As to our mo iestg, re1acity.
&c, we have only to say, that we have lived
IN this community. longer than either Mr..
/ Reid or any of his coadjutors, and take plea
sure In leaving the decision to the public.
! Fellow citizens, we thank you for your in
dulSence, and cannot close this article with
J out, again. requesting you 10 improve every
opportunity between this and the election, to
become acquainted with the conduct Of the
office holders. We would refer you to their
dissracetui intri que in apportioning the mcnl-
bers OF the Ohio legs!ature-t!ieir recent re-
7 sIstance TO obey the laws of Maryland. where
! by they have abolished all lac. and have rem
Idered themselves guilty of nothing short OF
treason against their country. If such things
are tolerated for eight years to come shall
indeed be ashamed to call myself
ONE OF THE PEOPLE
! Mr.. EDfroR.-I have been much surprised
by the perusal of several essays on the sub
ject of the Post Office, in not finding the
statement of '.One of the People, contradic-
ted. have had but hasty glance at the
5 communications and as the paper is rot now
before me, shall request you to overlook any
error that may be made in regard to them.
The communication of d. Reid has the an.
: pearance of candor, but am at a loss to find
sufficient reason for his not giving a more
full statement of s'the thing as it ISL Let
, me review 1t. In the first part he saws the
), statements are incorrect, and informs us that
y. w. Borden paid 17OC dollars for the prop
Ierty, yet does not say but tina: he RECEIVED
, the remaining eight hundred, thereby br:cr-
ing the amount to 9, 500 dollars. Now if this
was the case. 1t IS wrong thing, and if it
was not, how very easy it would be for ID.
Reid to have given that information, and his
silence on this head leaves room for surmise.
i The conduct of d. Reid as Postmaster, in
other respects, has as far as my knowledge
extends been correct, and for the sake o. our
country wish that it will still prove so. He
also informs US that it was his intention to
resign before he left home on his visit to
! Washington City. Now a query has arisen
with me, why did he keep it so very still ?
} From the confession Of one of his protested
trends ''it was because another person would
have applied, and thereby the appointment of
J. w. Borden would have been attended with
more difficulty And in boasting manner
further says, ''That the plans Of ]. w. Bor-
den were SO well laid that he q. w. By
would have been appointed if Daniel Reid
had opposed, for they could not be shaken
unless the states of New York and South
! Carolina could be shaken and not then.n
/ Now what Specification are we to put on
! this! Has it come to such crisis that in
trigue and entreaty the qualifications re-
1uisite for office holding? Is South Carolina
and New York TO place officers over the peo-
pie of Indiana! Friends and feliow-citizens.
descendants of the defenders of this our
dearest country. charge you by the ties of