The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-09-21
From the .4Lb. Foe. Journal.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.

This officer, who is devoling himself to The
duties Of his Depar ment with zeal, energy ard
intelliger which promise the most useful results
was bitterly assailed by Loco Focns in bot h
the speech Of Senator Clay, of Alabama, is taken
from the Gobe:-
Mr.. c. said as the bill stood, it proposed to
appropriate no less than S15O,O00 collars above
the amount Of the Departments debt, which
seemed TO be sort oi contingent fund for the dis
cretionary use Of lis chief Now, Mr.. C said
he was not disposed TO grant contingent fund
of this amount, 10 be used in the discretion OF
any head OF DepartneHI-much less was he dis
posed to pace SO large sum at The discretionary
disposal vi Frank Grang r. the present postmaster
General. How, and for what purposes might no.
this sum be used IL ,cas an md;sputdbLe tact
thai Mr.. Granger abolitioaist placed al The
head IF he Department, through ,chich The diaboi-
cal principles If that gang Of fanatics might be
brought into most dangerous conflict 1cith The safely
0fthe South, and eren the existence Of The Union
ltseJ. What assurance was ih;re that this coz
iingent fund appropriated without any defined OBJ
Ject, might not BE- used in aid of the Abolition
cause? MIR. &. sail, judging from newspaper
intelligence, Abolition postmasters had been aud
appointed and substituted for honest men who
were opposed to such principles; and, 10 doub!,
such appointments were still being made, and,
through their agency, incendiary tracts and other
publications were sent throughout the country,
abounding in all the falsehoods that could be
invented 10y bigotry ard malice combined, rem
derng insecure the homes and the firesides Of the
inhabitants of the South. Were gentlemen pre-
pared to commit to the discretion of such an Off
Ger tbs large contingent appropria ion L?
In regard TO removals of deputy postmasters.
MI. Z. said, it was represented, and so fan as he
knew, truly, that they amounted to about one
hundred and thirty per week. under the BENIN
administration ofthe present Postmaster General.
This, Mr.. G. thought, would alone be sufficient
employment for one man, if he bestowed any a.
teniion on the relative characters and qualiica
tons Of those rem we'd and those appointed. But
from the erkless haste with which this branch of
power was exercised, II was probable lie sci lom
went father than to ascertain that tie incumb ent
proposed 10 be removed was opponent
The fierce attacks Of Messrs. Wise, Glmer.
Cave Johnson, &C., in the House, and the de-
nunciatiDns of Benton, Calhoun Alabama CLAW,
&C.. in The Senate. are the highest testimonials
oil merit thai the PostmasterGencral could receive
They show that he has been doing his duty-a
duty in which we hope he wi not BE- arrested
More than haf the Post Offices in this State axe
yet in tie hands Of Loco Fucus The Postmas.
tiers in cities, who are commissi ned by the Pres
ident, cannot be reached. Presd mt TYLER, in
respect 10 appointments, is following in The foot
steps Of John Quincy Adams. who left cudgel>
in the hands of his enemies that his own lead
might be broken wit Them.