Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-11-10

and poftentious inaugural Of Gen. Jackson
that. to SO happy and prosperous state and
condition, was to be implied the task OF re.
form" Under such condition OF things,
1.-The kind OF reformation intended could not
be predetermined. Aud we have had It.
This pretended "taslS of reform" 30 ,gra'
ltuitousy and insullngly put forth, was such
la thin, hypocritical disguise, Tor the execra-
Bile operation meditated, and with savage,
| unrelentipg appetite for revenge carried in
10 almost universal effect that II is difficult to
speak of i in terms sufficiently severe to
characterize It's cold and nneeling duplIcny
and wickedness. With The sting OF Insult
added TO the wounds oil injury, the veterans
Iof the revolution, appointed TO office by
Washington, and with ability, fidelity and
patriotism executing their official trusts from
the day OF their appointment down TO this
strange inaugural nnnunciaton, with an air
OF bitter conlumely. scorn and revenge were
turned from their places 10 roam desolate
and pennyless, depending on the cold hand OF
charity in that country which their personal
sacrifices and valor bad contributed 10 place
ia condition so flourishing; condemned TO
The additional humiliation OF seeing their
places filled by cormofants fresh from the
executive palace, where they had been con.
gregated for the occasions screaming as they
\ came on 10 seize their ll-goiten places. the
inaugural echoes The task oil reform IS IN
scrihed on the list oil executive duiIes
We cannot here stop to consider The per.
sonal qualifications oil those men so reformed
into Office The unworthy manner ana mo
tive OF their appointment WI best illustrate
their moral and political Illness. Nor WIZ
the limits prescribed to TINS paper permit us
to give IN detail theinnumernb'ed elalcuiions'
from petty cheating upto gross swindiing
and open robbery, practised by these reform
ed and rewarded agents and officers OF gov
eminent upon The public business and the
public money entrusted to their charge
The books, even OF the public bureaus, shew
an amount OF un'nnhiu'ness ana knavery IN
these particulars, u IS believed before unpar-
e'elled ~ tue annals Of human depraviiy.
Indeed the acknowledged bankruptcy oil the
treasury. anu inc inao'ii'y OF the govern
ment 70 oolain tne pnoiic deposnes from us
onicers ana agents, II Is admitted by The prin-
cipais themselves, mas been produced by the
incompe'ency' uniai'hininess ana dlshonesty
OF Their officers ana agents. AN these mon
strous abuses are the natural iruit oil this
usutped task OF REFORM or, 10 other words,
ms settled system q retcdrds and paHish-
meM!
But whence, II may be asked, Goes the
president derive the power TO execute at
pleasure tins monstrous task OF reform. for
the purpose oil rewarding his favoriies and
punishing ms oPposers- what night has he,
from the mere impulses OF acaprieious viii.
to remove faithful public officer who has
been appointed not oy the power OF the pres
Ident alone, but by the advice and approba-
uon oil the Senator Every otfcer thus up
pointed holds his oftice. not by the power OF
the president, butby write OF the constitotion
aud Is. within his sphere OF duty, as indie
Penden' OF the president as The prrsiden, Is
OF nun. 10 remove such officer, then, Tor
ihe purpose oil creating a vacancy, 10 be III
leo ad 'nfer'm by himself because such off,
Ger rs not MS personal or political iIiend,-
OF because such oineer is too fearless and
uPright TO execute has iyrannicai will and
p'e"sore'-or because such removal would
cause rotation IN Office IN obedience
70 some WIG vague ana underlined "repnbli-
can greco eAis'ing neither IN wiring nor
oy 'radh'on'--or oecausesuch removal would
give The executive the opportunity to oil the
vacancy WIN some needy, pliant. crlneing
,oo' oil MS own whose narrow means for a
i'ing would render his honor. his virtue,
anu ms PATRIOTISM cheap commodities, cast |
~ purchased ior all these. or any such ca
ses, to remove an honorable. capable person.
holding his ofiice by consent and approba-