Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-07-18

gagged IN, was whllst ] was IN Engianu, hnO
then at the particular and pressing invitation
of my Lord -. | nevertheless, SEQ the
force of your illustration. You may assure
our Democratic friends, that nm as keen Tor
prescription as they are, and always have
been. You know led the way at the COM
mencemcnt OF Gen. Jackson's administration.
The old man was little qnalmsh at first !;
but soon convinced him that the Albany
Regency policy was the only one to keep
down opposition to his administration. Alter
the General once got taste, ] found II Il
difficult matter to keep him from slaughter
ing some of my personal friends. lie made
grab at my friend Pauldng, and would have
had his neck of in short order, if had not
diverted his attention by requiring the re-
moval of others in the vicinity, and thus
gave Paulding time to make his peace, by
publishing several articles in the New YORK
papers highly falterng TO the Generals
vanity. You know PauIding was friend
and supporter of Mr.. Adans-wth regard to
the removals you propose, the only question
that presents itself is, when ought they to
be made? 1t seems 10 me, that it would be
well to postpone them till after your August
election. In the meantime, all the candidates
will compete with each other in their efforts
ItOI tnC party, uHu TIC " :"
make desperate efforts to recommend them.
selves 10 our favor-nor do think 1t would
be well TO make oil our removals at the same
time. We must treat the Democracy with
great skill. We must coax them along, by
always holding out great prospects of spoils
ahead, and occasionally giving them bite
Again, if we exhaust all our store no,r, what
capital shall we have to trade upon when my
election comes on.
Mr.. Pcarce.-Yonr views are admirable,
fox, you had taken some lessons from that
cunning animal. 1t will not be safe, however,
to rely too much upon the creduliiy OF the
loco tocos. They too are looking out tor
themselves and the occasional bites you pro-
between, as to disgust them and make them
think that you only design to use them for
your own purpose.
Mr.. Tan Buen-I hope none of our dem.
ocra,ic friends will, for one moment, doubt
my entire devotion TO their interests and
wishes. The work Of decaptation shall go
on but let us practice a little caution in the
manner Of doing it. For instance, il would
be well, if tie officers you wish removed,
have been faithful to the public interest, and
charges against them; you can always find
loafers enough TO certify any thing you may
want: could get certificates and aihdavlls
sufficient 10 hang the best officer under the
Government, and presume you are provided
with such men in your State-ifyou are not.
it is time you werc-no party can get along
without such appendages. AS General
Jackson used to say, only want names to-
refer tot matters not who they are. i
shall only use them prvately-givc the sub.
stance of them TO our leadng prints, 50 that
they may always be ready with reasons for
our acts. The friends of the complaining
party can be told that charges and proofs are
in hand, which will deter them from making
any camor about the matter-and again it is
such Il salvo to our conscience to have what
we can persuade ourselves is a justification.
.W. Ptdee.-You not only delight but
astonish me; wish had counselled with
you at the time | got up the conspiracy
against cid Pondexlcr. We should then
have put the scat upon top ofhim."
.W. Fan Buren.-I thank you kindly for
your compliments, have had great many
delicate matters to manage since have been
IN this Office, and have often to recur to our
old Albany Regency tricks to help inc out.
AS remarked to you just now, always have
some one about me to do what ! would not
be seen in myself. When Mr. b was
here, mover found any difficulty. lis rcpu-
lation for great piety, &c. made him exceed.
Ingiy useful. Since he left us, l find some
other friends excellent substitutes. II ]
wanted to act upon the Clerk Of the House
of Representatives in favor of "my two iaI-
ented young ffends"-arrangc a bargain be-
tween them and some other friends about the
Department printing, &C., or irdicatc the
Executive candidate for the Vice Presidency,
it is only necessary to hint it, and it is done.
w. Pcarce.-l am pleased to hear thut you
have matters so well arranged here. With
your corporation, we shall be pretty well
organized in our State by-and bye. There
are no class Of officers, however, who EN-
barrass us more than the Pos,mastcrs, some
of thcm noU that they are in Office, seem to
forget that they had been put in by "thc
party" Talk to them Of lending q hand to
carry an election and they tell US they are
willing to vote or give money, that they can
not prostitute their Offices, and all such silky
milky excuses. We want all such fellows
out of the way, and good and true men sub
s,itutcd.
.@Ir. Van Bwen-T understand you. You
know have removed o good many already,
and Mr.. Kendall is busi!y engaged in pre-
pairing the papers for many moro. The first
Postmaster of any note removed by me, was
Col. DIbble, p. NJ. at Buffalo. There were
some circumstances about him that made his
removal rather perplcxng matter knew
he was good officer and very popular. ],
however first let it be known among few
friends in his town, that had resolved OF his
dismissal right or wrong, but kept 1t n pro.
found secret who was to be his successor
by this expedcnt, put very strong inter-
est in actual operation against him-many
who never thought of, or desired, his removal
became candidates in n very short time. i
had charges, specifications, &C., all prepared
To my hand. This man was originally ap.
pointed by Gen. Jackson contrary to my
advice, and such was my modification and
disappointment at the time, that | made
solcnn vow, that if ! ever reached the Exc.
cn,ivc chair would be rcycngcd upon him
only think ofthe arrogance and mpudcncc
of him and his friends TO persist in urging his
claims after my wishes and those of our
Albany friends had been made known. The
moment the Generals back was turned,
executed my long cherished purpose, not
withstanding a Baptist preacher came on
with protest signed by nearly all the cti.
zens of Buffalo. II may seem strange TO you,
al. L..