The native American., 1838-08-04
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
Amongst the signs of the times one of the most alarm
Ing and pregnant with matter for the anxious contempla
hon OF the Patriot, is the complete subsection in which
those who hold minor offices under the Government
seem TO have been reduced by those who have attained
to power and authority Instead of that manness and
independence of speech and action which should charac
terise eory American, whether in or out of office, we
have the modification to witness daily the most abject
and serve submission of the petty employees of the Go
vernment to those above them in authority. We see
them crouchng and trembling before the footsoos Of
power lest, by an open and manly expression OF their
opinions they should incur the dspeasure of some arro-
giant iordng whose will depends the daily bread OF
their wives and children The power 10 dispense the
oayes and fishes to of hungry expectanss is more
potent than standing armes-and freedom Of opinion is
as completely crushed amongst the employees Of this
Government by the system of petty tyranny established
in public Offices as it was or could be by Touches
terrible system Of Police in the city of Paris. These
things were not from the beginning. In the earlier
periods of yet brief as independent Ma
ton, our People artless and frank in every thing
They looked upon the Government as thing made by
themselves for their Every citizen, whether
in public employment out Of it, claimed and exercised
the right to the public acts of every public off
Ger, fearlessly and without disguse and all public Off
GERS recognised respected and bowed to this right
the inaienabe privilege Of the hnmblest member
ofthe Republic How sadly and fearfuIy is the case
altered Instead of Secretary of State or Of the Trea
sury, of any other Department. being held and
sldered as public seruan amenabe to public opinion,
we find them, each in his own Department, exercising
the powers of Autocra's, upon whose smiles or lowns
depends the life death of their humble dependents To
what are indebted for this change in Government?
To what secret to attribute such alarming
results? 10 what but to system of low, degrading and
debasng sycophancy that has gradually been introduced
amongst US, by those who have learnt to practice the
art Of awning in those countries where all the people
are saves Men, by natnre alike every where, and
low hypocrites and atterers welcome to super
clous Secretary of State in the United States,
Ministrc d. Iqterier in La Belle France. But few
months past We upsart Post Muster General, in
circular letter addressed to his trembling clerks tell
ing them that they buthieRags and he (their nigh
y mastery was the agent Of the Pblic with full power
to apply the bo1c string at pleasure That they, who had
been Heretofore treated gentemen no longer to
steal sheet Of paper, use public uaer to seal pr
vate letter. And saw, with shame and modification,
that not one, of ninety American citizens, to whom
the insulting epise addressed had the manly inde
pendence to dash i, in the petty tyrant's face
These remarks elected by the perusal Of the fol
lowing card in the GLOBE of Monday night
Mr. Dayton requests us to state that he signed the
ndation OF William b. Benson which appeared
.ip recent number Of The Native American solely
with virw TO aid HMM obtaining future employment
of which he represented himself to be greatly in need
and without any reference to his removal from his form
g situation, OF the for which Mr. d.
tirty ignorant and could therefore form opinion
The necessity, if there necessity for the publi
cation Of this card must be sought for in the
daton signed by Mr.. Dayton, with thirty -four others
which we re-publish.
WASHINGTON. jury IA, 1888.
We. the undersigned being well acquainted with
William b. Benson, late Watchman in the Northeast
Executive Building, hereby certify that have had the
station in declaring believe him to have been faith
| ful Waterman, and man in whom every confidence
may be placed.
A. @. Dayton, 4th Auditor.
| Jas. Whitcomb, Com. Gen. Land Office.
! Jno. NJ. Moore Chief Clerk Land Office.
| WIN. t. Steger, Chief Clerk Of Surveys
/ Chas. S. Frailey, Presumption Claims.
| Geo. w. Cambloss Comm. Bureau.
| ]. S. Wilson, Private Land Claims.
M. Fitzhugh Disbnrsing Agent
! Wm. Simmons, Head of Bureau.
/ l. G.. Smith, Do.
/ [The remaining are all Clerks in that Building.1
Rcld Coke. VIM Wood
/ Jos. J. Walker, f. w. Collins,
E. Gilman, w. P. Causin, Jr.
!. James M Morgan, w. M. Haxun,
! John P. Wingerd, John Y. Bryant,
i VIM. Davis, Lund Washington, Jr.
/ Benjamin Evens, j. H. Sherburne,
! H. Toler, A. s. H. White,
i T.. Evans, John Addison,
| Vim. Fl. Detz, w. G. Love,
Albert Grepnleaf. ID. III. Haskell,