Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-09-21
From the Wisconsin Enquirer.
FACTS FOR THE

How loud and strong were the federal
whig professions Of regard for the dear
people before the party got into power:
not sing act was to be done, not a move
to be made, which was not known TO be
in accordance with their wishes and inte-
rests! Without abiding to the uniform Vi
oations of these professions which have
characterized the new administration in
its appointments, &C., in the States, let us
see what has been its course thus far with
reference TO our Territory:
Gov. Dodge was removed and Judge
Doly appointed in his stead. Was this
done in accordance with any expressed
wish Of the people? Had not President
Tyler, in the shape Of q memorial signed
almost unanimously by the representatives,
in The Territorial Assembly, without dis
tinc,on Of party, and in the shape of me-
MORALS from our citizens, evidence suili-
Gent before him TO indicate fully, and be-
vond question, that, while the general fee
ling Of the people was highly favorable to
Henry Dodge, and the general wish that
he should be retained in office, the appoint
ment Of James ID. Doty for sufficient rea-
sons would be highly obnoxious? He had;
and yet the change was made!
Was the appointment OF Secretary made
in accordance with petitions from the Ter
ritory? No! A man was appointed who
was unknown to the people, and in whose
favor not a single petition had been re-
ceived, while the claims Of those who had
been recommended by the citizens of Wis
consin were entirely disregarded.
How was it with reference to the ap-
pointment Of U. S. Attorney for the Ter
ritory! Here again the recommendations
of the people were set at naught, and an
individual selected whose youth and want
of experience rendered him unfit for SO i'm
portant station, and whose appointment
while it was just cause Of dissatisfaction
was entirely unlocked for.
In every appointment made for the Ter
ritory by the Executive of the U. States,
the wishes of our citizens have not only
not been consulted, but wherever expressed,
they have been utterly disregarded.
LIE; us now look at the course pursued
by another branch Of the Government
with reference to removals and appoint
mems III w lSCOIlSIu.
At the seat of government highly po-
pular and efficient officer was removed,
and his place supplied, not by enc who had
received any recommendation from the peo-
pie, but by one who was an applicant for
another office, and whose appointment to
the station he received was as much mat
ter of surprise TO himself as ii was to the
public.
At New Mexico, Greene county. post
master who had received his appointment
upon general recommendation Of the peo-
pie at public meeting was removed and
his place given TO another whose only re-
commentator was that he was a violent
whig partizan.
At Atzalan, Jefferson county, upon the
resignation Of the late postmaster, the peo-
pie sent on to the department a petition,
praying for the appointment OF Mr.. Os-
trander TO fill the vacancy. The express
sion Of their wish upon the subject was dis
regarded, and a man was appointed who
was not known to the citizens as an appi-
cant, and who had been removed from the
office a year before at their solicitation.
At Mineral Point, the removal Of Capt.
Henry. and the appointment of Mr.. Lathrop
we're far from meeting the approval of the
citizens of the place.
AT Plattevlle, Grant county, upon The
resignation of the late postmaster, Mr.,
Kendall, the people by memorial TO the
Postmaster General, designated the man
Of their choice as his successor; but the
appointment was conferred upon one who
had not been recommended by single CT
tizen of the town except himself, who was
not known to be an applicant, and who
was the most obnoxious individual that
could have been selected.
At Southport, in the language Of the Te