Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-05-21
POLITICS..
From the Baltimore Republican.

see it. some Il hone none but those who wanted mr.
place. have been glad, and some indifferent had no
right to expect il wonld be otherwise. come not be-
fore you now therefore, to ask your sympathes your
assistance The sympathy of my friends already
nave-that of strangers or enemies (f have any
do not care for, and thank God can help myself Bat
come before you, my feow-ctzens, 10 do my duty
10 my family and to you-to my family, by vindcaling
my character from any mpuaton which dismissal from
otnce may have cast upon ito you by exposing the
falsehood, the hypocrisy and shutting meanness OF
some OF those, who, by accident hold high places in
the Government. | am an obscure individual whose
lot has been cast in the humber walks of life, and
am well aware that there those who Will sheer at
mig undertaking to address the public, and presumtae
to talk about tiny betters." ! am as Indifferent u
such as they can possibly be 10 ME. In this land
ol Republican political equality, the right, the feel
ngs and the character Of the humblest Of her citizens
and dear TO her those Of her most <
alted sons-and the honest, unbought and disnerest
the person Of an humble inspector as in that Of Sc
cretary of the Treasury collector OF port In my
.phere Of life, have sustained as good character
either Of hem perhaps better for, with the exception
of my dismissal from Office by them, there has been
imputaton mins-while, independent of their con
duct (Which am about to eSpose) 10 me, there
ruus imputations on theirs. Yet there are persons
who have used their 'tle brief authority to turn me
out Of The humble office of Inspector Of the Customs
and for what have asked the question of the
Collector | have asked il OF the Secretary-neltlei
would answer. They have had the meanness 10 d.
the act, but have not the manlness 10 avow it, They
shulled and equivocaed-and one or the other proba
bly both, did more-l-d
On the dag of It's date, Ircccivcd The following note
from Collector Williams:
CoLLEcroR's OFFICE,
Baltimore, April %, ISL.
Sir Your services as an Inspector at this port, will
not be required after the Both inst
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
~ +. WILLIAMS, Col.
To Mr. Thos S Williams
] called upon Mr.. Williams, and made the following
inquiries and received the following answers; elias
my character a citizen been impeached:' "No!"-
"Am charged with being incompetent 10 discharge
the du,ies Of nv Office" 1No,' cam charged with
discharged from Office; 81 do not know! only ex-
ecuted the order received from Washington; was
compelled to do It, or be discharged myself.
told ilr Williams that | thought had claims on
the patronage Of the Government, on the ground Of
the services Of my father in the Revolution and the
last war; that my father had served five years in The
war oil the Revolution, and, though nearly seventy
years old, had turned out in defence Of the country
during the Of 1872 that the anxious lesson which
my father had taught his sons, was devotion to their
country and the proof that this early lesson had not
been thrown away on them, to be found III the fact
that all Of them, five in number, out in support
Of their conntry's dnrng the last war; That !
and Of my brothers had been members of the
BALTIMORE VOLUNTEERS, and marched To Ca
NADIA. where served our tour, and suffered much
that had been in the battles of York and Fort George,
and for my conduct those occasions, had been pro-
NOTED to the Office of FlRST SERGEANT Of the coir-
pany and had received the appreciation Of my officers;
that on my return 10 Baltimore, received commits
sion in the 39ih regiment Of Maryland militia and was
in the battle Of North Point, where again received the
fattering appreciation of my commander Tor my con-
duet.
Late al Ia IN nd
when il was concluded, declared lie regretted my die
missal very much, but that he had no hand in It,,
except 10 execute the order from Washington. told
him / would 20 Washington md endeavor 10 ascertain
there what sin had committed, and requested hun
In give me Il written declaration that there was no
charge or complaint against me. This he declined,
on the ground that if he gave il to me he would be
called on by Others but authorized me TO use his name
and say there was charge whatever against me IN
his Office | accordingly repaired 10 Washington
and, in company with Colonel BENJAMIN FOW-
LER, under whom had served at North Point, call
ed on MIR. EWING, Tie Secretary Of the Treasury, and
related to him all that passed between Collector WI
liams and myself The Secretary assured me that
he had given order for my removal, and that there
were no charges there against me. expressed my ma
tural establishment, and asked what was to think oil
it, that the Collector said there were no charges against
Inc in Baltimore and that he, the Secretary, told me
there were charges agains, ME III Washlngton-yet
was certainly turned OUT That the Collector told me the
order for my removal came from Washington, and ne
the Secretary told me il did not was to mpeach the
yeracity Of Collector Williams, asked: lie repeated,
that he had given order for my removal that he dd NJ
know me- and did mt remember ever Ia have heard my
name that he was the head Of the department. but that IT
had many hranches-thc Colieciorship was one-and
that he could not interfere with the duties OF the Colec-
Tor in Baltimore told him that il had been said IN Bal
t;more that if had been as we'll known in Washington
as was there would not have been turned out and
then began TO tell him Of my services and claims
what have already stated had told the Collector
lie quite pet,ishly told me, "A this has nothing to DO
with it can I listen to IT, told hun u NAT some
thing to do with H. that when Paul was about to be ex-
ecuted BY the Jews he claimed TO be Roman citizen,
and claimed the protection of Cnsa and that Paul nor
anv on. else was ever prouder of being Roman than
was OF being an .7mtrtcan eh1tn, and that II ne
would nj listen 10 me- must appeal TO Cesar; that Nlr
Tyler Cesar, and would appeal 10 lnl. Coi.
Fowler then urged my claims 10 be heard and the Sc
cretary condescended TO hear them. then said to MI
Ewing as you and the Collector state that there are
no charges against me, why not give me an order 70
he reinstated He said he could mt interfere with Inc
Collector duties; but if Mr. Williams would send down
NV name there would be no difficulty in my appoint
ment
On nv return to Baltimore, called on the Collector,
and told him that had been TO Washington that The
Secretary said there were no charges against me thefe,
and that he had given no order for my remoVa! ano
thai If ms name were sent down BY nm, there
Collector Williams stammered and looked confused,
shuied and equiv ocaed and said he must postpone It
for a while-whether till after the election or not lie
didn't say; but he must put it off while told hum
could mt be put off, that must be doing something
for my family which consists of wife and seven chill
dren He asked ME what supposed the Secretary
neant-whether lie that he should turn out the
man he had put in my place and put ME back told
him did mt know what he meant, but had told HIN
wla, he said. lie said if would wait TIL Monday,
yesterday he would give positive answer !
waited TIL yesterday and called for his answer. And
what do you think the agreed upon by the Col
ector and Secretary or they had been corresponding
about it in the mcantme,) was: Why, this: 81 have
written the Secretary and have his answer this morn
ing He says, he can't increase the expense o The 90
ccrnmeaG and you can't be rensta,ed at this time. =
The poor spirited charla,ans! they couldn muster up
the ,nanlincss to tell right out like men, like no
nest men, that they did mt mean to lensiae mr. Oa9
such lame, contemplate, put-of as this Double
dealing to the last You can't be reinsa'ed at this
time, meaning to fool me into the 0eaei , ,a,
after while, by and by, before long, some i June
or other. they would put me back. ! told Mr. WI