Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-16
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serable slang of the Wing Organ in this CITY 'sche p'o
or il, fl grossly mistakes tie means Incefn-i"r' u IS
fieoue nj remark "]ow hard Inc Il. w h'E Is 'I'' w. "
Mrs to ,efrud its Cause II makes up IN aopsr WHAT II
wnn, il resort 10 such ribr!cry TO c"atseness w,h"u,
viii, IN e,i,hes without taste or without )"stice: hpo
i, sgmn,ise the Judges OF The lar! as JIrRas*fS re-
e;,Iari ,f the Bank, AUS"ctai: NnnIu H. III the
ho has rs much energy any member ct The Oracle
or a.. Tr;ood n Grandmother, q. Granny: ms
ubnls bcIderdash however, whilst II fails OF ITS object
shows The extremity and desperation TO which thfy are
driven. :, ..--,-,:. -. .. ..l:ol
h esor, for tie purpose Of viIl'ying the AtmIns'in
lion are another evidence OF The eIcfsses into which y
nre ur,,d What, Cor Instance, can exceed inc sahE
hcn they lave promugaie IN relation TO the fnsl vi
Gca Removals, il was hui the other DAY hathr h'rh
ucrd Wing put forth the most outrageous pefV's'"nS "
recent removals: for The rintatlon ct which "" are II"
dPbred 10 the following article from me iasi t'n':
"Ea6ricatiOnS.-Thc Richmond Wing OF the VIE IEs'.
says
"Durng The week preceding The last, hiiy'ore post
masters were removed In every case "i r'In"va,
thorough stitched partisan of Ike Federal Executive is
installed The managers, il would seem, rrnp"sr,
through The rumenaIiiy Of the Post Office Depart
ment to establish system Of espionage uron Inc pee"
pie as perfect that Of F0uche unCer Napoleon. EVE
~ pest office and there is one IN almost every h''S-
hn,bnod - 10 he filed by who w eiecionerr oiiI-
oeptiv for those who employ him. will watch closely The
doings Of the people, and make prompt report 10 head.
quarters
"Hese is tissue of fubrica:ions.
al Il is not true Tia, during tie week preceding The
!.e, ffiy.one r"s'n::oees %e:c 'cIa:t The rer'ov'
ais that week, for all causes were but FIVE all TOLD
"2 II is no, that, in every case Of removal,
horouCh.stched partisan Of the Federal Executive Is
installed
"3 There are managers who propose, through
the fundamentally of the Post Office Department. TO
establish q system Of espionage, nc.
~ It is 10, true that 'rvrry post Office is 20 he filed
r. ia,
poy him; will watch closely the do"gs ct lie people,
and make prompt report tn headquarters.
"Such is the character of the tales By which Federal
WhiCgrry seeks TO deceive Tie people and mount ut"
power"
This subject Of Post Office removals has formed The
hurlhen Of many paragraph in the Wing papers
From North to South they have been raradIns table %.
The Removals in The seyera! States between inc 4lh o
March, 1887 and the Ist OF February ic39. .hey make
tim out e, be :t4 But the Worcester Palladium
irs,l, remarks when it is considered that there are
more than II GOO deputy posmas'rrs in the u States
n lie apoaten that not much q: rASiC can be raised
on the manag cement Of the Post Office Department.
Bot the beauty Of the thing IT, that the gs are repre-
sennr all these ''renovais fer opinions sake iiow
many of these for want nt capacity or 81 nVenti"a:
Non mi ricordp Say The Whgs) How many Tor driIn-
o.c-cy and hsiacalon? Non mi rio0rGo. D"yon know
how many ci ,::@se for ushabIe causes: The hgs
do care rtain they liberal enough 10 al
nit that there may re tie hes! reasons oI these removals
But they make c!amnr for lie purpose OF effect
ING their great u Pct Of going for change o rurts
and therefore hey raise the o! "rFmcVa Tor n'-
MONS sakc What proof is there OF there OF this build
allegation: The Postmaster of Concord was removed
for sickness which rendered him unable 10 discharge his
du;irs-and this for opinions sake: In The course
Of 81, 80 81. eleven Pos,masers have been remuTed
in Virginia NE:ch OF these have suffered Tor opinion 8
SAKE Il! there had been SOLITARY individual would not
the Vii. press mndp clam"r suicrn, to make The
whce we!kin ring: Did the Postmaster who has been
recen,y removed, suffer for 'urnon's sakr when he
,i,a III. nd pF tIp
We present, however, another view of the subject -
lh la, grace do these higs complain Of prescription,
when they practice it themselves with all It's vrrgelnar
in many of the Salcs they get the State pow
pr into their WI lanGs: " uh hat face they
plain Of the removal Of Postmaster in Albany. who Did
not actually attend 10 lis duties, WHEN they have swept
all The high officers OF Government from pace, and eve
~ officer upon the Canal for than GO mills =
When such is their iao, can they cumplaln ii IL were
sometimes visited on their heads? Look at rir almost
indscmiuae prescription III hlarynnd. In fcmnsy Iva
MA they have spared Democrat; scarcely c"I"mnr
larnplirler the OF PhIiadr piia They have
recently swept off every Democratic officer, high or low,
in the State OF ~ Jersry-alr. Moor told the Assembly {"
Maine the st January last o the prescription which
had been pracsed 10 that Stale when unfortunately ihf
hgs were in the ascendant. In Feb lc2i, Cove n"r
Linculn (the Republican Goyrrnor) nominated 10 IVA
tonal Republican Ccuncil eight Democratic Sheriff:
and Clerks 10 the cnuu,s aEd all were rejected tie
nominated at the session, equal nnrnhrr ut Ma
tinna Republicans Tor the rcts IN other counties
all Of whnm were confirmed by that council But The
con,ras, is accurately and nrcb'y drawn 10 haDC
by the Albany Argus Of the llth inst, that in justice to
the Republican Party and fur The purpose Of exposing
the Inconsistency Of the Wings the real Spells party
le lay tie following Estimates before our readers:
"1he whole number Of post offices in the Union is up.
wards Of ticScn kOESGnd The number of changes,
from whatever cause. in one year and eleven moths
is proclaimed to he 3C4 nearly 10 every 80 IL
this State. the whole number removed within nearly trrt
years. is az.
Nav mark the contrast, The removals by the &c
neral Government as toBA in renrly two years:
In this State and IN every State in which Federalism is
in the ascentant-reary trery Democrat. within III
power has been instantly thrust out Thus in less thar
sixty days. The present Federal dynasty have remo"ed
federal Te"oras IN Lie State u .ftr York
removals aeur,cd removal" by The Governor and
Canal BuurJ inoi including elci"s III the ofces) Ia
y, Fedora, renewals. j., 60 days. Oh
Again. IN Connecticut the 'proscriptive land o! Fe
dprais has been not less busy than ia this State tav
ing had the full puwer, far exceeds its extent
intolerance here. Thus have in The Hartford Times
list, Of which the following is summary, OF the Fe
deral removals for year:
RemOrois in enc yrar IN tie Fts,ro'is,s IF Ccnntetut
90 Judges Of County Cour',-aIl hut in TIE State
Il Judges OF Pfrbutc Cous-"i the Democrats within reach
Directors of the State Prison
600 Justices O the pcoce-cvery Democrat.
/ Quartz rma st Gruera!
so all the Democratic Auditors of AccCuni., State Directors
Banks, nnd the Bank Con m'ssio"crs
200 lat Commissioners OF Roads, Bridges, Ferries &c., &c
/ e2l removals in ono wear in single State.
% Aggregate Federal rtaOras in tuV StatY.
New York, 20 days, ~.
Connecticut, in one year, I2l
SO
"lf ii be outrageous prescription 10 change 3G4 of
Of aggregate Of 600 in two years, how sha
we characterize the removal Of go Democratic ncum.
tens in sixty days and year, oct of an aggregate
scarcely greater than the actual number OF such
vas?"
Not word, however, Of the outrageous prescriptions
Of its party escapes the lips Of the Wing Ora
cles Of Virginia. They magnify the number OF remov
OILS in this State beyond the reality. They declare,
in contradiction Of the truth every removal made
10 put in one of The PRESIDENTS crea,u'es-They camor
about the removals in the other States without knowing
the reasons which have impeied chunge-but not a
word about the prosc pve abuses Of their friends!
No. no People Of Virginia, you will scarcely hear
The truth from these Organs particularly al this time.
They have too important game to play They are too
anxious TO carry the State. at The approaching Election.
10 pc rmit YOU TO hear the truth They play off all