Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15
REMOVAL OF DIR. RELFE.

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TYLER, for removing DIR. RELFE from the
Office of Marshal of this State, and ap-
pointing Col. RUSSELL in his stead. Much
is said upon the doctrine of prescription,
as connected with profession and practice,
but the burthen of the article demands the
reasons which operated on the mind of the
President to produce the result complained
of. We do not know, at this distance, any
thing Of the nature of the charges filed
against DR.. Relfe, or of the recommended
tons in favor of Col Russell, but we know
something of public rumor in relation to
the official conduct Of one, and private and
public character of the other, which it may
be proper to state.
DR.. Relfe, in his official capacity, had
charge of the census last year, and his ap-
pointment of deputies in the various coun-
ties was confined to the most bitter and
efficient partisans;-his underlings, in most
cases, considering it part of their duty to
circulate villainous and slanderous docu-
ments in opposition to Gen. Harrison and
MS principles, and particularly to notify
their friends of election days, and the i'm
portance of attending. Whether the Or
ders requiring this service eminated direct
ly from Washington, or from Col. Benton
through their chief in this State, or was the
result of conception and execution on the
part Of the deputies themselves, we are not
informed, but the offence was q most grev-
Gus one against decency and propriety, and
was distinctly charged in every part OF
the State last summer, and we have seen
no authorized or printed denial. In addi-
ton to this, his disappointment was vulgar
ly forced upon the new administration on
the Sd of March last, in the face of CON-
mon honesty and universal usage;-yet our
neighbor, in despite of these glaring facts,
raises its hypocritical eyes, and wonders
why President Tyler would not permit DIR.
Relfe to continue his electioneering for Van
Buren,, Benton, & Co., and opposition to
the true interests and principles of the
people.
Our neighbor will not deny, either, that
DR.. RcIfc was himself most active parti-
san, giving his attention to county and
State conventions, and in every wav
bringing the influence and patronage of
his office into conflict with the freedom of
eicctions"-and if the editor would dscon-
meet himself from Interior partisan objects,
and avow the truth, he would at once ad-
NIT that the administration was bound to
remove DR.. Relfe, or falsify all its profess
slons and principles on the doctrine of re-
form.
Col Russell, who was very properly APP
pointed his successor, is also complained of,
and written down a violent wing partisan.
This loco-foco game is we'll understood,
and will moi deter the administration from
making all just and proper removals-and
most certainly cannot induce the President
to select his agents in this State from the
drones in our political hive.
Col. Russell, who may not be generally
known to the people in remote parts of the
State, maintains the highest possible stand
in all the private relations of life-has
represented the people of Nicholas, in Ken
lucky, and Galloway, in this State-is a
lawyer of eminence and ability-and as
some compensation for his distinguished
services in Florida, was invited bv Mr.
Van Buren's Secretary of War, upon the