Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-05-07

brother-in lac to Daniel Webster. Pee President
TYLER says in his address to the American peop,e'
that he will remove no officer who has not been suy
of "actire partsanshp,'' or "by secret means @oi
his official influence to the purposes q P"eycc ud
Lane has been an open and manly poii''ea"' h,, ,hn
a,orn,ne3 in the expression of his views OUT inc
ohsrre meyer has been made from any respectaoie
that he has ever brought the patronage OF the
Government into conflict with the freedom OF cleo
tious" He would not be guilty OF "crouching serVhi-
~" TO the powers Washington, and has been reno
we'd that the office may be filled by relaticc to Da.
MEL Webster The rule by which Tyler said ne should
be governed has application IN tins case. c0i
Lane has discharged the duties OF the oice ia'huy
and satisfactorily TO every body out we never sup
posed that fact would weigh feather with men whose
mouths are full of professions, and whose hands are
full of work which, day by day, gives the he to their
professions and exposes, as clearly as The sunlight
their hear,lessness and hypocrisy
1t will be seen also by the list OF appointments and
removals we have given this week. that John p. Hale,
the accomplished and eloquent District Attorney Tor
New Hampshire, has been removed. No fault, censo-
rous the Federalsts of this State have proved hem
selves to be in the most trivial matters has been found
with the manner in which Mr. Hale has performed the
duties of District Attorney His crime is that he is
a member of the Democratic party. Here again, II
would be ridiculous for Mr.. Tyler, accidentally the
acting President, to attempt to apply his rue rue,
Mr. Hale has been frank and hrm IN the aVo"ai ol
his political opinions, but when and where mas ne
interfered "wth the freedom of elections or brought
!" the patronage of the Government INTO conflict
with the freedom of elections: 1t cannot be pre-
tended that he has INDUCED IN other than what
Webster calls "proper expression of his political
views We note these facts 10 show the insn-
cerity Of the Federal leaders. But Mr. Hale Is re-
moved to REGARD Joel Eastman, one OF the most furi
red hot brawlng partsans, Federalism ever boast
ed of in New Hampshire. Witness kis runnings up
and down. and haraneues filled with fierce and savage
Remuneration Of Democracy and Democratic men dur
ing the last four five years, and particularly during
the last Presidential campaign lie u.s. oesides o. tue
Webster family native Of Salisbury, ana Tdatee 70
Webster Here are two of Webster relatives provided
for in this State. In the necessary qualifications Tor
satisfactory performance Of the duties OF District At
torney presume that none OF Mr. Eastman person
oil friends are so blind would do snch violence TO
TRUTH as pretend that he is the equal 10 MIR. Hale
Every body always saving and excepting unscrupu
lous Federal parsans will at once acknoweds sc lha
he is vastly inferior Mr. Hale alawyer and man oil
ability In addition to nferiorty OF qualifications ne
has another thing to recommend him. he has twice
been a candidate for member OF Congress from TINS
State-at the March election Of 1889 and March cleo.
ton in l54 Twice has he roamed over the state So
Letting the suffrages Of our people 10 elevate MN 70
the office Of member of Congress, and twice have
they rejected him, pronouncing him unit and unwor-
thy. The majority against him last March was much
greater than when he first candidate REJECT
ed by the people, he caught up ana deciarea 10 o
the more fit for responsible office How consistent
with the preachngs Of Federal orators in regard TO he
b
CARNATIONS upon that subject: They said in the u B
Senate that the refusal OF the people OF Connecticut 10
elect him Governor made sufficient cause 70 lese'
his nomination for Postmaster General ana they de-
nounced his nomination IN the harshest d
contrary to the voice of the people, &c In tins point
we see more Of their consistency. Mr. Eastman pos
sesses another qualification, which Mr. Webster, DOUBT
less informed Mr. Tyler Of Eastman is as furious an
Abolitonist walks SOIL His reply 10 the inter-
rogatores of the Aboltoniss shows him to be an out
and out straightom follower of Garrison and Iappan
He is resistant NONRESIDENT, icOman or anti looan
human gorcrnment or antt-hnman governments P"e"ea
authority ntiyarentai authority, for the immediate
abolition of slavery in the District and IN the lerrto
rios AGAINST the admission Of new States toeratlng
slavery against Pattons similar resolutions, and IN
fine every and any thing that the most raving ana dis
tacted of that class require The South can see
in this appointment the hand of Daniel Webster ! lie
Democracy of the North are fighting for the consttu
tonal rights of the South; and al the same Time
Southern man, acting as President, commissions as
District Attorney in this State rabld Aboltonist
Will not such conduct excite the warmest Indignation
in the South: 1t is not to be supposed that Mr. Tyler
would have lent his aid and the arm OF The General
Government to fan the flames, lit up by AbolitionlsS,
without being imposed upon. The South owe 1t TO
themselves to demand that the " Achan in the camp
should be exposed and discarded.
IN. Hampshire PARROT.
(e) "BY THEIR FRUITS We SHALL Ksow THEM.'-
Among the appointments made by Acting President
Tyler. we notice that of James Duane Doty, Go
vernon of Wisconsin Territory. 10 make room for
this gentleman we'll known throughout the West
as Judge and Financisr, it was necessary to remove
that distinguished parsonage, Gen Henry Dodge the
hero Of the Black Hawk war; and the gallant otcer to
whom the merit of closing it justly belongs. Cen ID.
was the Colonel of the lst Reg iment of Dragons, in
the army of the U. S.; and at the earnest soliclta-
tions of Gen Jackson, gave up his COMMISSION to ac-
cept of the appointment Of Governor of Wisconsin.
was urged the strongest terms that upon hun de-
pended the keeping in subsection OF the Northwestern
Indians and, indeed, there no man more eminent
ly qualified to do so, living as he had done for so many
years in that region, and known both to the whites and
the Indians. His sufficient TO strike ter
ror into the fierce tribes Of Wnnebagoes and Sioux,
Sacs and Foxes. The Governor of this Territory is
also exofico Superintendent of Indian Affairs, thus
giving TO him the control Of tine Indians within his
district But to make away for James Duane Doty,
who has been politician of all hues, for the last thr
teen years, this distinguished man must be removed.
And who is James ID. Doty, and why is he entrusted
with this responsible station' What his merits
and qualifications for this important post, daily becom-
ing to that section of the Union' When &C.
neral Jackson came into office, he was one of the
Judges Of the u. s. Court for the Territory of Mchi-
gan; his commission expired in 1881. Why he not
7e-appointed2 Charges imputed to him Judge,
to the honest and conscientious discharge of the
high duties of his office, conduct Of the darkest dye,
and Of the most dishonest character, were made and
proven against him. This was the cause OF his not being
reappointed Since then he has been land Spectator
wild cat banker, and concerned IN all other transactions
attendant thereon. lie has been alternately in his seat
as Delegate Congress- the friend and the bitter
opponent Of the last administration Never long one
thing or the other And is 10 make room for such
man, that the gallant Dodge has been removed The
rank he held the army for life, and his emolu-
meuts much su perior to those of Governor
of Wisconsin. Having the good of his country
at heart lie yielded to the solicitations of General
Jackson, and his nomination met with the unani-
nous concurrence of the Senate of the United
States lie could not have been removed for his
interference in elections, in Territory they have
nothing to do with the great political questions OF the
day No: it was merely to reward Judge Do,y for his
having, during the last political campaign, made a
somerset, and thrown himself into the of the pre-
sent reigning dynasty. Mr. Tyler and his friends may
say what they please about prescription but we have
Dodge, and the appointment Of James Duane Doty, is
Of the most outrageous instances that has come to
our knowledge. Should the numerous tribes on our
Western frontier again take the tomahawk and scalp
inv knife in hand too late will this country know that