Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-03-11
Grace J,fore and aftr The Election!

aid 81. was The remark Of Consul in an early rfn
h ~ ,hr conduct ul candidates offices Of power anu irs
obtaining theu,-hcy se,n"i G IN. truth
latter case The pledges aud promises made ~ ne N.Y. If me
=, ~, ,.mak has hecn sgnaly exenpited III Tue ,"u "
Pre- ,idcn, friends, and we presume WE hnslf no, Ia
il rxemplifed in whole caresr- re peus nr and
49, any one whom he might reer rs hls surceso', anu
that he would the Pfes'den, o. 'n ,a,y towards
MI Marty feeling would act with rriito ~ now
NJ py ncons And vel hs WAS scarcely maue hho"
before he red Mr. clay was Ms " r nd IN his
nan in The country for that .re, anu ha y, i 10 in
i,x, he wuuld Willingly would DC nPnss'he ~ Nv
been look upon The candidate 81 The party
throughout country The nanh'I a n.y., -, n.r,, l,s
Himself -. j.; h sc,,cou Of the individuals 10 compose NJ
al net Had III searched the country "e. ' 'e pp.
..uiu nor H. ~ has selected We told that man was
10 BE- removed appointed 70 'ec o ~ ' ,,
~, anns. bt such scranhlins ioi Offices upon mere pan!
nd On account paizan services has never before beef
Witnessed Truly, the truth Of .e ,I ~ ,npnss" ~ nv
n'm ,o"s'' 49, Ba,imcrs Republican,"
Th. are variety Of other cases which The Pre-
dnt. prnetiec is destined 10 differ with the proes'
inns NJ ms friends Every day viii add to their NUN
her Every development will show how completely
The n.dyes which contributed to his elevation, WIZ ne
ne gecel in the course OF his administrator Already
indeed we see how very different The professions aso"
d bfore the Election from the laid down
af,s, tho Election The President seems to be amh
,,us in his Inaugural Address oi rctrencing The Exc
cut;ve mower But critical eye seeks IN VAN IN ina
n, fr of the principles, winch were vaun'
ed forth the progress oil tn, campaign. OF 'hs'a'.
on for opinions sake against removals tor Inc pur
pose of ewasding his needy and greedy Partzans
What pledges have against appointments from he
bers of Congress Office, after the various
which we heard from his partizans IN the neat Oh tux
battle THIS practice, indeed carried out 10 the ex
,snt which s now Swallowed by the rumors OF the
day is better calculated enlarge the Executive
power, tina many Of the other practices oil when ne
complains
.ga,o-Mr. Clay in his Junction Speech enumeraes
ha iuI
the Administration Among these, was the idea INA
M removal was to be made without assigning the
reasons for H. In 1884 Mr.. Clay carried this doctrine
further: for, in resolutions he Submitted !" .it
Senate he states that the Constitution OF the ned
States does not vest in the President power to remove
a, his pleasure officers under the Government Of the
United States, where Offices have been established oy
law" During the last year too, MIR. Webster declared
from the Porco of the Capitol, under an octoEer sun
that Mr. Madisons practice was, IN TINS respect, IN
consistent with the Constitution u reel t'ays '''
uto an opinion BY him, that the power OF
removal from Office does the Constitution rs an
,nd,n.ndenl power in the hands OF the President
without the consent OF the Senate w'sh ne mac
taken different view of Il The old General, how
ever seems TO have friueIed down these professions o.
his friends to single point. For, what dues ms lhaa
unre declares 81 have determined never 10 remove
Secretary Of the Treasury without communicating al
The circumstances, attending such removal, to ooi
Houses Of Congress Thus he now confines his proPo
ston single oihcer, instead Of taxing tue "hoie
sweep of the horizon.
What too are we TO understand of his views about the
Press, Dies he recommend, that II should be d.
vorced from the offices Of the Government; Does he
declare that he will appoint no Editor 10 Office: fa
from II. In few days, wc shall probably see the pa
,ronaye OF The Government employed 10 reward his
oar,yans Does he declare that the Public Printing
Al WASHINGTON should not he conferred on ! public
Journal, Far from it. What then becomes Of his
lsbored penagyr,c upon the liberty Of the Press, He
only tests the sincerity Of his professions by simply
stating that "the presses in the employment
Of The Government should be used TO clear the
guilty or TO varnish cr,mcs decent and mani,
examination Of the acts OF the Government should be
not only tolerated, but encouraged. That Is TO say
that the National lnelgencer is first TO be rewarded
with the Public Printing, at the expense too OF AZ
OUTRAGE perpe,ruted upon Blair 4 Rves-and then il
NAV f j, peases show lis independence by "a decent
and manly examination of the acts Of the Government
But dos Gen Harrison expect from such an obsequion
Journal any thing like 81 decent and manly exaalna
lion of has acts
Not only however, is the tone of the professions
chanrpd since he Ecction hut the practice of the Al
mnis,ratun VIII vary essentially from the professions
of lis friends before the Election. The Baltimore NJ
publican has spec fled several variations, IN the article
we have quoted above. Who ever saw, for instance
such shameless scramble for the spols OF Office, In
our own CITY, the question seems 10 be, not whether
the Postmaster is to be removed land removed too with
with the universal admission indeed OF friend and Toe
that the office never was we and could not be bet
ter cnnducled)-but the only enquiry appears I" be
which Of the many candidates, who have started IN
the pursuit to receive the vacant slippers ne scene
at Washington the crowd of oicehunter who darken
ITS streets the masses of certificates of recommended
ton which swell their pockets-the anxiety OF the outs
10 obtain the places of the ms unparalleled as ~ Is
disgusting Removals must be made 10 CRAFTY import
innate parzans Victims must be sacrificed Ia gorge t'
Vullures How many may be made; how many apP!I'
Giants nav be put of until the Virginia Elections are
over cannot even be conrciuerd--bn see nndouht
ed signs IN the Heavens that all the past professions OF
Cen Harrison will be sacrificed the practice Of his
Administration.
3oaia-whal humbus was more insidiousiy employ.
ed during the canvass, than the "rega equipments %
the Pres dent House: We heard Of tabnnrets and gold
spoons-of mirrors and carpets-oi beds Of down and
sophas Of satin. Oge's infamous Speech was cifcu.
lated by thousands aud tens of thousands. Every
device employed to create clamor, Suspicion
and discomfort The President represented to be
monarcll-the White House described Il Palace
the furniture gorgeous and prn'use beyond all
description. But how completely has tine tone been
chan ed since the election The Infamous Ogle has
done his dirty work-and he has disappeared from the
cnnvassand he may receive some fat job as the reward
Of his hubumgerv. But the friends olhe President
have begun to make complain. Of the poverty Of
the White House. \ letter appears in the last " Gin
cnati Republican,, and probably from the pen of Col.
Tod who its Editor, and has been in The suite Of
Gen. flarr son.-lle draws rather uncomfortable
picture Of The White House i'll the following letter
from Washington, Feb. u
exception rooms
the hnn>s comfortably furnished many of the farm
III OHIO This statement anahg alter al We have
heard "i hr expenditures Tor furniture presume The
rari # the money has been sGnandrcd III purchasing 10
drrk 'w rooms N splendid stsc AID
incy dngy aprrararc, while the Ia
ir u III" h:sr said I" be am",i a naked rs harn am
Int beds IN the whole unc. and that
af hrd clothes enough 10 make these cuni,alr
blankets HI hugh. Many hcr ntccs>arics SAID
-gIalv What has brromc ui all the article, that,
have during the last year. inhra conjecture
These gather from report few days will
hope aisy. full inventory will lie
made uf NIL the furniture after tho ih Of March,
The Presidents friends did not content themselves
with complaints of the furniture, brt they claimed
appropriation-and the 24;h Of February, they sub
m:tted an amendment TO the appropriation bill, which
adopted i'll the following words BY vote Of 30 to
So
ro for the Presidents Iloue, American manfao
;r psc ;cale aud eApccni, be expended
Under If tine President, G0n the ayais Of
the sales or drcaycd furniture, the sum OF SG,n00.
So different practice, and professions, after
and before the Election!
THE INAUGURAL AGAIN
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