Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-07-04

1iftHiutHE WIN W ViHiobs B'iED'i
Tbs faiulina ,ylfa, il,s iHafbts IeaIl
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Tbs following letter from HE lion Ilos
w thinn ainl The accompanying doetwen's, We
liays been requested 10 publish In relation To .
pitt VI The letter speakiDg u applications fgt ibe
Office VI pDstii asltt, No arc authorized 10 state
that 10 petitions .ety ever sent on the par, Of NJ
s4oifplJ OF MIR Wlkoif Ifiysts letters nay
have bssn written ly tho ftlthd. Of "ns taf'y
10 f1sin6afA in Congress. All letters haso
lieen ytwafIsI run tins place siih the usual
J~s-pa,sh.
- WAsatsarp~ Cltr.
House ~ Heptestaiatttss, JqHs 15M 1910 }
lily Dpsfsir-i tsfi'e 10 espIain tic course
uLteii | tesk 10 felaIisa 10 MI. WaiIiIi. .nf
Pesllasstff. About ihtee mouths sgo, Col Nieii-
bolts, oHe If obr ssongtots il Cotgtes-, called on
/ aasglv knew WIN w"oi1 make a good Postmaster
at baton Hotge stating al 'hs sans titng, dot tis
~ssista1l f'osi.pas,es General h8l Informed him
Tie aay before, tia, Mr. WaJj,l lad been n De
~faaitef fbI near ono 5eat, and that lho dr Experiment
had eutiie 10 The seuei1sit u 10 ron owe him, and
dtsiffd 10 hhew who ought 10 ta eppoInted 10
lila place. AIIeplisd 10 Col hitlleiss. by spyihs,
that lhot aht tie people Of Butoh Rouge and
Vicinity ought ID baso the trl afiu1ry Of lssis
mating lte psrsob ho ihcy desired ,niJ ts
| appointed, and tIat Y euld wits 70 sgl.uDof ,htu'
ID otdpu hat they might do 50. And | E, wto's,
| think 10 tab or sites pstsbts. snd Of tie sane
tine | wrote H. tie POSTMASTER Gtneral, 10 su+-
pend lbu appointment Until the people Of E.ton
tsudgs could DO i,tatJ fsgn. IN duo time 10
! eeised Information that Mr. Wm&t koiI. end Mr.
satnl skoIfsla ta1 been reeommt adfd ty The
psnpl, of Baton Koage, md Col Nicholas IL.
formed ns ths, be haiIeceiseJ sopo le.icts utg.
Jog the apppiatmcnt Of Mr. skoIGelI.
Sons days after this ! chilled on The Postmaster
General, With A s,rw Of sreing .te recon,ip"nd"-
lions Which / supposed bud then bsen ffce.ysd.
aud upon sugulGing was told thai no rfcomnrn.
J.tiats had brrn reecived. IN favor Of either Nh
| Who'll ~ Mr. s~kcIfaId, btt that n piper hsb
i tlat Gas been received recommending u Mr.
White. Etoli the Postmaster General tha' ! DIR
Isslut ihink that was acquainted with Mr. Willie
at All, hut ,hs, ] was we'll acquainted With hoIh
| str W,A6fT and Mr. Sheffield, and that was well
i.sntisfsd II my own mind, that abe appointment
might be stfriy %sntfust Il u either Of THIN, bui
! tia. | should give The preference TO Mr W'koIT
for tho teaa1t ihs / knew hr'ana 81 FtpUeh sclol
m, md that D large portion Of tho ptop's who
used the office were Ftench.
W. Dutibg this conversation ! aisco~stfa Tint the
! ~ssstsiant Postmaster Eenetal-whoss drty ii Is
10 mike tiiese app irtmCrts-najifc"isd il f,sp"-
si,ion not ~ rrmovo Mr. WadJiti for Inc present.
: - 80. -. -, ,.n.o, ,lrg ly t4t,tatY,Y N w
n little longs, ~ drawing m him ngoin, he might
perhaps pay up. Alter this coDssTshiion ! isit
ahc Office aud returned TO my quarters. bu. IN
r~slecliug on the subject. | cans TO tie conclusion
that I'll might not be right; aad my reasons 'r
/ % eopeipdiar, were, first, tho sudden change IN
Il he mind Of the Postmaster General as to The re-
| luoyai, srconJ, TIE uon.appfarance here Il ihe
J ,ccor,pen latfons in favor Of Mr. Wr1oG ard M
skotscl'. witch ! aas induced to believe from
i4my letters from Baton Rouge, bad been sent. and
4 thirdly, and by 40 means 'esst 10 importance, III
| pfy aminh, the fact that Mr. Waddii had been no
minated "a i candidate for the Legislature by The
administration party.
Therefore set down Immediately aud .fote
the Postmaster General, tecapifui"tipg all The
facts aud circu rnstances Connected with the affair.
sofa a1s hid cbine within my knowledge, and
demanded that the department here, SHOULD car.
/ rYonl rs iifst Determination Of fsmo'ing Ar
EWaddiii, aud appointing either ht Wikoff or Mr.
ssolfelJ. To ibis COMMUNICATION iIece'Yd no
reply. Al ito end Of some six OF eigt days ! sa'
/ ~lrassei, areth4, letter 10 The dsparsrnent. soufh""
H8pasirong tcrn,s, urging t,en 10 action. to ~s''eh
III recciyeda reply saying, that the Department
! rad d avn on Mi Wad5;!i, AID INTENDED 10 awata
/ The result Jefre they took any action on the sub
| iect. Being then satisfied in my own mind, That
there was something wrong. ! offered resolution
III he House &C Representative, calling npoo TIE
postsnas,er General for all the facts in the case,
Rstasa particularly nr al the correspondence ths'
Lad OCCURRED With the Department. and all other
aers,ns i, relation thereto. THis resolution We
vatsd Down By the Administration parry, under
The rifles Of the house.. Some days thereafter
aale an attempt to dlI up the resolution, upon
which the Administration leaders began To think
that ..le- had goneioo far, and one OF them Offered
a sob-.i,gle for the resolution, oEIiiting the cor
sresrondenee which / hal most desired in order to
plsce myself in my true position, which WA adj
opted, and which ~prodaced the enclosed printed
sheets, : = hich 1 nav send with this ezplani.o-
~ry.Isi.er, in order that III may have justice; ana
/ pas1;cuiariy freqre-, that.ihis letter he 5mnreaI-
otefg psf,lisned in the Baton Rouge Gazete.
Iurits in he nniasfos a stormy teta'c on the
sua-TreasarY bill. and aus, be excused fo. Tie
esrors, if any, that nag he in this ls,se,,
Ycur friend. 81
TICS. Y. CHISS.
To John Puhler Esq