Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-04-23

hplI
oo,n;no within The same principle. They say:
Il "Jhe first remorai made nhtch setutd me PrtnrPic
sos ,Lot Of The Collector If .Ne'o York, ,rhin
President Harrison concurred 'e'h erery member q IN
CnLnc'
,h,t mn nrinciule could be settled IN II which would
spport the grounds of removal put forward III the CIR
crar signed by Mr. Webster, nor those announced "
Mr. TYLER as President in his late Address. Accord
inc to these, the officer to be proscriped must nav
been san nctirc parti-an, as to bring the olcIa
na,ronare he enjoyed in conflict with the freedom
elections or not "honesf, eapabic md taMtnt 10 IN
, Cousf;fution" Mr. Morgan, the removed Collector o
New York could fall under the first rule because NJ
had not been in office pending any election lie ha'
been Amounted only week two before Gen tiarfi
, son was himself sworn in No man ever breathed
suspicon against his honesty, capacity, and hdey t
the Constitution The press and partIsans oil both sde
in New York bore testimony to this. Generai tiafri
son messed with him while IN Congress-knew ana es
teemed him friend. III would pe siahoei On TUE
living and the dead them 10 assert that Gen arrlsor
consented to turn out Mr. Morgan and put IN MI Cur
lis, by the application of Mr. Jefferson principle.
it were applied it must have been inverted, and Nor
gan put because he was honest and Curtis put ~
because he was the The truth Is, lhat ven
Harrison was urged By his friends to remove alr MOT
gan upon the ground that he was but the focn feneHs
an hour-that he had neither adapted self nor ms ou
siness to the new employmen-and that u wouu oe,
on his part, sacrifice TO surrender what ne mao
held only sort of vacancy during an interim OF
two weeks This was the ground OH which the prints
rr;endlv TO General HARRISON we'll as his personal
friends placed the removal of MIR. Morgan at the
time To borrow, then, the language OF the ohcal
expose we must say that 1t is all "Sheer inrenhon
u gross untruth, 10 say that SHE prnepte q actt0n
settled in the case of the Collector OF New ORR, IS al
all akin TO the professed principles OF action presented
in the Secretarys circular or the late Inaugural
If the PRoscRIgERs 10 say that the removal 81
Mr. Morgan an honest, capable and ialth vi Democrat,
who could not officially have incriered, and whose
moderation and probity had always avoided improper
interference in elections the primo pie on which
they yrartise the teeth OF their professions, wouia
be exactly true They profess to turn out no honest
CAPABLE man for opinions sake. In practice tney put
out honest men, and put IN men VIGOROUSLY dishonest
for opnon sake or parys sake, which, with them IS
the same thing The case of the New York Collector
shin furnishes fine precedent illustrate this "prn
cine of action" but we deny that Gen. Harrison, 1t
he approved OF the removal Of Mr. Morgan dio so WIN
design to settle any such "PrIncple Of acuoh as tha'
on which the functionaries left behind hun now insist
and by which they would render him responsible tor
the hearess prescription carried on by them before anc
since his death-a prescription at which he revoed' Us
we have shown, while IN health and oy winch lie was
| heart. stricken in the hours Of dissolution
There is no solution of the distressed state IN wh'ch
the President was paced-makng war upon his pledges
10 The people and every feeling Of his heart-but on the
suppositon first suggested. The majority OF zen
Harrsons Cabinet insisted on the right oil making re-
movas in their respective Departments, aGcoIons ~
their own will--or in other words, the Procrustean
bed prepared in the Premiers circular. The tact tat
the Presidents wishes thwarted BY the course de-
cded on and carried out, notorious HE impression
that he had yielded 10 Cabinet vote, ana mao us own
ncnations overrued, general-it was reported to
rs as fact and it is generally credited II was zorro
boraed by the circumstance that neither the Secretary
Of War of the Navy made removals IN either oil lhe
Departments while the blocks in the other Departments,
if they not daily stained with blood, were oy the
and
Harrison had given the order why not the proscrp
ton general and carried in all the Departments alike
No answer has been given TO tins TACT, or 10 Inc sun
more striking one that General HARRISON constantly
deprecated the odlous process which was carried Oh,
and which in several Instances, he IN VAIN interposed
to prevent The only solution Is, that he had been IN.
duced to leave the decision to vote oihe Cabinet anu
the majority had the hardhond TO stake their places on
the resolution sweep their dependencies OF every De-
nocrat The unhappy President acqnesced IN an unhap
nv hour and the remorscess filled up their earte
Lanchc with such Of victims, that lie was
at last driven 10 excaim he did in the presence OF
Mr. Thornton and others, "k ,cdt kiH me
We have heard Of which, If true, land we
have it from such that We do not doubt ~
will show to what extent the prescribing Secretaries
pushed the licence they obtained We understand
that Gen. Harrison, dropping in at Mr. Iayloe ;, on
Sunday, on his way from church, was there appneo
TO- through a friend Of young Mr.. Brent, (who acted
for his uncle, Daniel Brent, late Consul at Paris, and
still performed the duties to continue hun IN the
Office The President replied that 1t had been deter
mined TO discontinue the Office unnecessary Mr.
Draper (Mr. Glentworhs associate) mao, we are IN
formed on the day before Saurday exhibited the com
mission he had obtained for his brother IN Paris, VINO
was actually appointed Consul at the time that the
President fully believed that the place was not 10 be
filled all These facts we do not vouch Tor, although
we fully believe them. We have no right to call IN
Mr. Brent's friend as 4 witness; nor have we access
10 the State Department 10 ascertain the date o the
commission If the circumstances stated to US have
been misrepresented il will be easy Tor The Ohcia 10
correct them But supposng our informant to have
been himself correctly Informed, this case shows that
the Secretary not only made appointments without con-
sultinp the President but against his understanding,
and had commissions signed in blank to facilitate his
wishes
the Secretary 10 divert the attention of the President
for time by pretending the office would not be filled
MIR Walsh was pressed him for the appointing Mt
a man of high literary reputnon-for long time an
eminent editor supporting the main body OF the party
which brought Gen. Harrison into power lie 49, more
over resident in Paris, friend of resident Min
ser there and one who has been honored with respect
full attentions by the King, and his letters at this mo-
ncnt are the only matter of interest which now appears
in the columns of the National lnteliigencer.
Gen Fenwck, also had been presented Tor the place
His nomination by Mr. Van Buren, was on the table oi
the Senate, by which it postponed simply 10 know
Gen Ilarrlson's pleasure in regard TO it, Gen Fen
wick is distinguished veteran OF the late war. tie
,
fine scholar familiar with the French language fully
competent to The Office, which he wished 10 retire
from the service Of his regiment Of artillery, and open
the way the younger othce5o, who are Obliged TO
do the active duty for which the Generals wounds dis
; qualified him. ;,
Then there was the actual incumbent, young Mr..
Brent the relative Of of the Presidents best and
most active friends, and himself friend
Gen Harrison did net wish to disapppont any one
of these imposing applicants and put ,he place at the
disposal OF one who directly implicated by tfsti-
mony judicial record in the business of importing
fraudulent to carry the elections IN the city OF
New York in connection with Glentworth. His own
statement showed that he had correspondence with
Glentworth
1t could rot therefore, be proposed to General Har-
rson pass the highest military claims which a
life ofhard service and the prouse shedding of his
blood can purchase for the vctsran-o pass over high
literary merit employed in arduous political sriie-o
pass over the claims of honest and faithful and
friendly inc dmhent-to make way for the brother Of
a. Joc,rr nj nh MN