Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-08-09

the first oil the appointments made by Gener.
al Jackson, alter Diminishing the Senate in
lS29-an appointment, made upon the re-
moval Of aeompetent and faithful officer, for
the express Rurpose of rcwarding an active
aud devoteR BIPARTISAN. The question OF
ltrust-worthiness was not made the question
in that case. Ifit had been. Jonathan Thonp-
son would have been retained But no
partisan friendship and partisan services
outweighed all other considerations and
Thompson was removed and Swartwout APP
pointed.
That removalund appointment was fair
sample OF the great mass of removals and
appointments made under this dynasty; and
it will be found that the numerous cases oil
delalcation have been those ofmen who have
been thus appointed upon removals for opin-
ions sake. They have, as matter Of course,
been more soici.ous to serve the Executive
than 10 discharge their official duties and
have moreover, felt that they might expect
special indulgence from an Executive bound
to them by strong party ties. and reluctant.
from motives Of party pride, TO have them
exposed. 1t would have been miracle il
the public moneys had not been plundered,
undes such circumstances. The deialca.
tons, therefore, which have so startled the
country, have been the legitimate fruit OF the
corrupt use OF Executive patronage with
which il has been cursed for ten years under
the name Of reform" Ii, sir, this fruii
shall lead the People to consider The nature
| Of The tree which has produced it, and shall
beget determination 10 cut IL dorm and des-
troy Il, the nation may well afford to sustain
fhs,l oceoo To-. r. =. r..
a hundred millions and twice a hundred
millions could purchase for the country
perpetual exemption from that abuse OF Ex-
ecutiye power which have described; if it
could secure an indefinite succession of Ad-
ministralions, formed, in this respect, upon
the model of the "pure" Administration
which General Jackson "put down." il
would be richer purchase than two hun
dred or ten hundred millions ever made
But. SIR, what cannot be purchased with
money. the People may be reused to accom-
plish by their votes; and trust they are
preparing 10 accomplish it in manner
which will be long remembered by those who
have abused. their confidence and betrayed
their rights. They are beginning to feel
their strength. and put il forth upon the mas
sy pillars Of the temple Of corruption. Give
them one full and fair /" keare," and il shall
tumble into ruins.
Pretended reform Of 1929. really needed
IN 1889.
Ii is not little remarkable Mr. Chair.
man. that the abuses which the Wings are
now laborng 10 reform, by putting down the
Administration, are of the very same nature
with Inexperienced abuses whose reform was
promised by the leaders Of the present Ad.
minlstration party, ten years ago. Ii, sir,
were TO search for an exhibition of the prin-
ciples Of Wing reform, could find them
nowhere more clearly and fully set forth
than in General Jackson's letter TO Mr.. Mon.
roe. in 1885, in his Address to the Tennes.
see Legislature in 1925 in the Executive
Patronage Report Of 1896 in the Retrench.
ment Report OF 1928; and in General Jack.
sons Inaugural in 1922 What revolu.
ton would be effected in the administration
of this Government, ifihe principles contain
ed in those papers could be carried out for a
period Of a single administration of four
years. What qualification would il be to
every true Wing in the United States to see
elevated to The Presidencya man who would
stand up in this Hall, on the 4th of March,
1871, and put forth the very language used
by General Jackson on the 18th of March
1929; provided there could be reasonable
assurance that it would be honestly and
faithfully carried out in his administration.
How consonant to genuine Wing principles
and how appropriate TO the present state OF
things, would be the following portion OF
General Jackson's Inaugural, in the mouth
| OF q Wing President
"The recent demonstration OF public sent
iment inscribes on the list of Executive du-
ties, in characters too legible to be overlook
ed, the task of REFORM; which will require
particularly the correction of those abuses
that HAVE BROUGHT THE PATRONAGE OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INTO CON.
FLIoT WITH THE FREEDOM OF ELECTIONS,
and the counteraclion Of those causes which
HAVE DISTURBED THE RIeHTFUL COURSE
OF APPOINTMENT, and have placed or con-
tinued power in UNFAiTHFUL or INcoMPE-
TENT hands. la the performance of a task
thus generally deineaied, shall endeavor
to select men whose diligence and. talents
will ensure, in their respective stations, able
and faithful cooperation, depending, for the
advancement of THE PUBLIC SERVICE more
on the INTEGRITY and zeal of the public Of
6cers than on their NUMBERS. A difidence
perhaps too just in my own qualifications
will teach me 10 look with veneraiion
to the lights that flow from the mind that
founded aud the mind that reformed, our
system The same difiidence induces me
TO hope for instruction and aid from The CO.
ordinate branches Of The Government"