Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-08-03
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PRESCRIPTION FOR OPINIONS SAKE.
BY the second bill reported by Thomas Hum
bug Benton to the U. S. Senate, May 4, ls26,-in
company with his report on executive patronage
it was provided that The President should report
10 The Senhc The reasons for remoUing public q6tcers
"Proscrplon for opinions sake" was then IA
vorilc theme for Benton's reproacbes; and not of
his only but of the whole party press. Well
they came into power and did they provide by
law against party prescription? No never!-
Have they prac according TO this promise
Never In this, as in the promise to reduce the
expenses and federal patronage, they have played
the part OF corrupt and hollow hearted hypocrltes'
Not only have they removed men from ohce Tor
opinions sake, and put parlzans in to be reward
ell for party services by SPOlLS, but they have
actually refused to give The victims of theirpower
and tyranny The reasons for their removal. We
are not in the habit of making assertions with
out proof at hand; aud we will therefore first
show up Thomas lIumbug Benton the author Of
the bill above alluded to, the coadJutor of Mr..
Van Buren, on the committee of executive patron
age in 1926, and his political coodutor through
the whole thirteen years which have since claps"
cd
During the past winter Mr.. Aull was reno
we'd from the post office at Lexington, Missouri.
The people protested, without distinction of par
~, against this exercise OF federal power, and
mong others, Mr.. RylHnd, who held the Office of
receiver of public money, dared TO express his
opinion of the matter. lie tcdS removed forihiOih;
and the following extract from letter will show
;; that he was removed solely because he dared to
express his opinions of Mr.. Aus removal:
"WAsnINGroN CITY, Feb. 18th 1910.
DR. Sir:
. The proceedings Of the meeting against the
q removal Of Ar Aull, and the appoinlnentor YOUR
S selito be Post Master at Lexington, with the pc
tltion to the Post Master General, and leerfrom
: MIR Ryand to ourselves, have arrived. On loo.
king over them, we have felt it to be our duty 10
C recommended the remorai Of .Nr Ryland from The
II Once, for the Incorporate and Unjusiifabie part
II tch,eh he has acted on This occasion. If the Presi-
o dent acts, on our recommendation, Mr. DANIEL
= ASHLEY will he the Receiver of Public Moneys mt
Lexington, long before you receive this letter-he
n being the person recommended by us to succeed
n MIR Ryland was very sorry TO act thus by Mr..
d Ryland, but after reviewing his violent Conduct in
1t the whole affair, could do no less than to rec
Y ommend his removal, nor did act alone in doing
n so. AS to Mr.. AulI, we recommended his relno-
re val. know nothing of the manner in which the
r. word resigned came to be used 1t is sufficient for
n me to know that we recommended his removal
}. and am so well satisfied with having done So
is that if there 10000 such in Office I would
r. recommend the removal Of them all. The De-
o mocracy Of The Stale may rest assured that there is
l. neither bargaining nor compromising IN me-and
II that iot will do them justice.
g [Signedl IHOS. II. BENTON"
y Here then, is your Tom Benton, the eloquent
c decaimer against prescription for opinions sake,
~ procuring the removal of officer for the sole
h reason that he had dared publicly to express his
r. opinion against one act Of federal power; and
p here he is too, announcing the infamous doclfne
a. that the appointing power shall be exercised with
Or view to crafty, not tie people, but particular
10 party in his state?
IL But to another case of recent date The fol-
lowing correspondence proves the other branch of
tn our charge, viz: that the dispensers of federal
4 tyranny refuse give even to the victims
D. of their power The individual named in this
-. case is said to he worthy mechanic and Whig
,g the last fact will probably enable yankees to guess
D. why lie was removed. But here is the correspon.
ne PauIding really thinks that officers and mechanics
l. OF navy yards are altogether beneath his notice.
he cory.
NAVY YARD, N. Y, April 3, 1910.
Sir:-By order of the Honorable the Secretary
On of the Navy, under date of the LIST inst, you are
'st no longer considered the Master Painter of this
sh yard.
he You will be paid up on the Rolls to this day in
IN elusive.
am, sir, respectfully, &c.
j. RENSHAW, Comdt
90 CORY,