Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-02-25

'"id re'ned, the evil would he To change the ssan
iraiion We therefore considered IL better 70 iak.
'od oitlesr. and enscTrass hisa Nv opy<.lsoa Ii
eehns even went 10 FAR that onay high sniiscd
essons were hind To acru~s a. cf Supporting the
pfoniineai because "a we~-ls give -osae hun.ir,d
o'larS year in ajvess-ns ,ss~ hsss s,'yss,es.
:. by the way. and never ss.'i) We'll. two year,
ave passed. AMI corsci. niasiroo- snl assumn,o
iaiins has lac be~n. offrrs that We kao.s nine
s''slis ~ ,he wsrnost Nhg- in Ibis ciiy would any
i'ne have signed petition continue him IN Office
We do not know in fact. sf one who would not wish
Am continued il The administration sAoald be chan
sod' though he essagcs warmly in poli,ic. in opPo>:-
iiOn 10 themselves.
We give his concise history 20 show tha, however
@oeh the Wings OF Ibis city may be opposed to the
e'srrse OF executive patronage by paFzaa appoint.
ncnis, 'hey areye, ready and willing to conccde to an
oheer all that is due. that they cordially approve o.
and respect upright and conscientious officer who
'her lac Is a Van Buren, not. and that they do
not prescribe for opinions sake.
He however. and he is a public ofirer we have
the Fgh. it, did great wrong to his office
and his reputation BY taking the field at the discussion
at Ellzabeihown Saturday last. We were not
present and do not know what lac said except from the
sketches We have heard by flying reports; but We
erccrn % wrong Cor HIM 20 have spoken at alive
think IL fact much better that neither he nor any
other public officer should attend political meeting
read talk politics Much less do We think il is
within the bounds has duty 10 endeavor to excite
public prejudice against men who do not appear in
public capacity. and who have ever checrfully wei.
coined ri.n to their tables and their frc,idcs or To
npb A IL
and daughters froCks sgmatize their public in.
stitu,ions corrupt and rotten.
Tic Send Of iii al dlcaiion W II say that VIC wi
to deprive IN, officer Of has right, a citizen We
hink under present circum.sncos II is necessary
% remedy deep aud serious evil Tie late admins
ration and the present have both pursued the plan OF
making appointments solely Of their political parizans
They justify the ground that il is proper that the
executive should appoint its friends and ask US if We
had job Of work do. IL would not sooner give
It to friend than enomyl We do not admit that
the comparison is just one except TO show the effect
that such admission have They say TO us thai
the Nhgs would pursue the same course that they |
nave done, If they had the power The Wings did not
pursue that under Monroe and Adams-il never
was pursued except by the present party but provided
the Wings would pursue The same course if they were
m power. there Is a very strong furnished why
the public officer should engage in peliIics II
lac expects To be removed from a salary of two thou
sand by change Of the administrator. he Of course, in
la5or!ng for the Perpeiuiy Of the party labors for
compensation, FOR pay he labors keep has Office
Where ihe individual ia private life have but one
motive in endeayoring In enforce upon the public
tain principles, elevate certain men, that Of the
general interest Of his country the holder ia excl
ted 10y hs love Of salary md his desire preserve it,
keen OF honor would therefore We should sup
rose. make Pubc officer shrink from placing hum
rs spnngng from mercenary feelings. An officer un.
der the expectation that he Will be removed if the ad.
n'ns'ration is changed becomes when he places him
self before the Puble political orator, in the same
situation an attorney Is whose fees are PAID him
lie considers 1t his duty every thing that will
initiate against h,s coni. and put forth every thing
that will advance his cause. II the Lawyer is not
very scrupnluus he viii deviae from the uuh to ad.
The interests OF has client II the officer is no,
80 he viii do the same. Again Ii public officer
Knows he IL .---naenl for his Office upon the success
of his political party is lnc,C not strong o,..-iion
presented for him 10 his ciioe for p5nical purpe
ses. 10 sustain that party aud pcrpeluae its power
There Is further reason why we think he man hold
ing an ufiice under the government should never come
n contact with. bu should hold himself aloof from par
" politics Its this IL he reads them TALK OF tletp
or speaks upon them in any way. he will probably he
must inevitably become OF less excited lie car
rics that feeling into has Office to the performance of
impartial duties. The Postmaster for instance When
he comes into his Office he finds a bundle Of ybip
4 ..tsf. u
70 b. the ensuing mail, only one Of which. from the
sic Of the mail can 60. Which will he be likely 10
sond' He finds Wing paper with the envelope par.
tally gone. and direction partially dcfaccd wiI he
pr bly, take the pains secure the safe arr,
Of that at It's destination he would if IL were Of the
other pCuyl We DO hesitate TO say that we have
tie Uo-t unlimited confidence in Col. Thompson ms a
public officer; but by engaging politics he places
temptation in lds way. lie has clerks, too. who
may not be proof against these partianies and which
h.s engagement IN politics fosters and Increases
There other Post Offices also throughout the coun
Try, where the office is Of flr Ices cmoluincnt the
incumbent one Of less responsibility lie. BY the cr
isiing state % tngs has the same temptation placed
before him.
Is o ih.n night. Is It honorable d. it diguifed nnI
?airout io5 public officer 10 engage in the political
affairs Of the country We appeal every INNS sens,
Of right and ProPrieiy to answer the question
HARRisoS MEEuyG There viii be a Tippccanoc
Meeting Of Bellair. Belmont County, Ohio. on Fridoy
the 1874 March next. at 10 O'Clock Several speakers
fom abroat are expected 10 addrc-, the meeting.
Ma CLsY.-A gentleman Of tbis city who was re-
Gently ut Washington heard one Of NJ Cisy's efforts
co. he Senate chamber lie has often heard him be
ore We asked him Mr c. bad fitted during the las,
year or two. a. was asserted b. The Van Blrcu,t,s
iias he tightening failed since you wss a boz wa
hB Characteristic reply.
luore "as Tremendous meeting u Harrison men
Iu Washington "a on the ITu inst n il said tb,s