Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-04-13

tional SYSTEM We should be delighted with the anti
cipation, how highly would he deserve to be no.
nored! We say with distinguished correspondent
whose letter is before U.S. "What glorious chahce
has Tyler now to honor himself and save MS country
Freemen of Virginia We come before you, 10 give
our vews--to state the acs--to exhibit our oouols
and to conjure you to go to the Polls on tue "'a
Trust yourseves--watch the men III power. wen a'e
changeabe. Principles are eternal. Nevcl Mus "
more important for you to carry out yuu' s' P
dies than at the coming election. we repeat again
and again. it would carry an immense moran power oss
the Legislative and Executive DePaFimeh.Sa ~ ASH
nrton in lime next--and il will spread It's sauary m
fuence all over the Union As IN iooo' SO IN i04i'
let Virginia be the sandard.oearer.
TIE ,pn 1Fls% s or PRyEsiDENT TYLER.
.Iyo onnv ths paper from the National lntellgcncer
..am;d,t the generalities, in which all concur when
,,,d .bstracy two exciting topics touched, which
hive an immediate bearing interests deeply affect
inr individuals and The puoiic.
s,The President expresses his determination first IN
regard 10 removals from Office II would seem his pur
nose 10 bring this power under sautary restraint
!" .The right to remove from office, Che says0 while
subjected to no just restraint is inevitably destined to
produce spirit of crouching servllity with the Official
corps which in order to uphold the hand which feeds
them. would lead to direct and active interference in
the elections both State and Federal, thereby subject
ing the of State legislation to the dctaon othe
Chief Executive officer, and making the will of that
officer absolute and supreme.
], a.. will remove no incumbent from office who has
faithfully and honestly acquitted himself of the duties
of his office, except in such where such officer
has been guilty of active partnership, or by secret
means-the less manly, and therefore the more obec-
,iopabe-has given his official influences to the purpo
+ ses of party.
ITO us appears that the active excrtion of this
power upon present ncumbents for supposed and un-
defined offences for acts only now declared TO be Of
fences by this inaugural not calculated TO restrain
but to e1tend the power complained of and make pro-
scrption universal and systematic on every change OF
the Head of the Government What IS "aet'ne Par
ti:anship in an election Every officer OF the United
States, of both parties must II he exercised 'ne rs
of an American citizen, have taken an actire part IN
every election Every frank and independent spirit
of either party has openly expressed his sentiments
in regard to questions affecting his own and The ME
rests of his country. Every spirit Of eroneh'ng scr
riity has "bg secret means, endearored to exert an
influence in favor of his opinion and his party 1t IS
impossible, in u free country, where the popular sui
frage controls every thing, for any man, who has
principles and feelings and interests at stake, not TO be
acuated BY them when called by his duty TO partc-
pate in giving direction the Government, upon which
all depends The character of the individual, not the
i side he takes, WILL for the most part, give complex
ion 10 his conduct, in exerting the rights which are
comprised in that Of suffrage "the active partisan
shin consist in honest and patriotic efforts to en-
tighten the public mind for the public good, may moi,
the individual exerting his rights as citizen, stlll
come within the qualification Of an officer under the
test laid down by Mr. Tyler before the election: VS.
. was the only test 10 which he then said ewoud SUD-
iect any man The inaugural proposes new test,
which puts the vanquished party wholly at the mercy
of the conouerors The offence which IS now to rem
der men incapable Of office not defined in the Con-
e stitution-n any lawn any edict. 1t is not de-
fined this address itself, as to enable any one 10
: decide what specific acts amount to disquaiiicauoh 10
hold office 1t is like the crime of constructive trsa
son. practised upon IN that dangerous time wnen Tue
nnkeeper was hung and drawn, and quartered Tor say
mo he would make his "her TO the Crown; mean
ing his own tavern, of which the Crown was the sign
and the name AT this time, If Senator oil the u s.
an office which blends the power OF the Executive, Ju-
dicia and Legislative functions together IN their hSh-
es, attrbutes-traverses the Unonmakes political ha-
ranguespubshcs partzan documents at vast expense
franks them TO individual partzans III every quarter
}, -concentraes immense moneyed means to influence
e the election, and draws together vast muttndes from
all sections catch enthusiasm from his party appeals,
and propagate par,zanship by national agitation and
it sympathy-such acts, although "gving official nilu.
ence TO the purposes of party may n"s DC construed
being active partnership if in favor Of the success
= full party but it certainly would be 1t against IT.
So Of the minor officers if has acted on his OPP.
Mons in any FORM whether by open declaration or Sc
cret whispers, TO influence the result OF an election
, against the conquerng party construction makes HIM
: parzan and he is removed. ii his friends triumph,
he has exered simply the rights Of an American free
! man, and SO far from being removed is promoted
"Under the doctrine of underlined pavtsansliP as the
law of removals. where the restraint OIL the Execu
: tive officer, high low, to whom the duty OF deciding
il may be conided; His own arbitrary construction
makes the law of every and under It's workings,
We already find that every officer removed is Demo
crat and solitary Fedcralst has been called IN
b question. There were FederalIss IN office
throughout the late than Democrats; and does
any believe they less partisans: Look back
at Captain Stockton displays, and hundreds OF others
Of the high tone and violent temperament LOOK
at tho letters put abroad by posnasters insulting mem
bers of the Government here and circulated through
the Federal prints make lights against the late Ad
minstraton. Have any Of these paid the forfeiture oil
l parlisanshp;
We think that the conduct Of citizens in exercising
the right of suffrage whether officers ohers) should
be regulated by the Constitution and aws-not by Ex
ecntive edicts that the greatest berallty should be
extended TO all in constituting the rights connected with
its exercise and that the liberty of Speech touching all
subjects which the eecor is called to decide should
be held sacred freedom ofopinion. An abuse of
the right of suffrage fraud-or an offence of any
kind, violating any of the mutarous laws by which
its privilege guarded should be punished officer
as on all Others and forfeiture of office would be pro-
per additional penalty, nasmuch the violation of laws
would prove the incumbent unworthy OF trust IN their
execution. But forfeiture of office for simply exercising
the rights Of an American citizen, is new doctrine
, which hope the Executive does not intend to de-
cree.
"Ifremovals are however, to go upon the grounds
laid down by the Address, ought not the same oppor-
tunity to be afforded to those accused and to be re-
moved for cause as is afforded the class embraced
in Mr.. Websters circular? They granted a hear
ing before new tribunal of very unlimited powers,
because defined by no laws but any sort of hearing
is better than none All who hereafter removed,
must he SO under the solemn sanction of the lnaugu-
raj Address, for and dsparagng to their
official character The parties, therefore, ought to be
apprized of the imputed offence which decides their
fate-the evidence supporting 1.-THE accuser alleging
it, and allowed the privilege of defence From the cha
racter of the present Chief we are led to
hope that he will not permit any to suffer the hea-
w penalty of loss of character and station, and, as
must be the with many their own and their fam'-
lies livelihood, without hearing, and upon the secret
declaration of nformers, who aim at their places.
"The main pivot which the policy of the new Ad-
mnistation works, is embraced in the following pas
sage of the address:
tThe public interest also demands that, if any war
has existed between the Government and the currency
shall cease Measures of financial character, now
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