Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-11-15

est ciZcI: ot postmasicfs, mail contractors h'''
agents, aud census Takers, covering the land win
government pamphl hnndbills, and extra cazetcs
auth cient ltead) sap the morals public aud pr
yate, Of an entire genetat,oul Of the custom house
metcena,lrs IN the large cities. living on the robc
! neglcctmg every duly Tor patly meetings "od the
polls. aad rendering power the most bf'be worthy
sefviccsl or District Attorneys aud Collectors
rambling missionaries, defending every abuse OF
oihce-thcir own the most indecent In Order 10
MAINTAIN powcr,n thu hands Of ther patron All
who have reelected On the foregoing iact' must be
ready to atim-that Etccutlre patronage has IN
creased. Is Increasing, and ought Ia be dlln'nshed
| hope, then, by an catly amendment oi the Con
stitution 10 see reduction Of the President We
! 10. J be regulation u patronage would probably
tal'ow.
| There be good reason VIII, the veto should
not he overcome ty bate m atny IN each House "'
Congress OF all the members elected 10 t--sh, lof
The benrd ui reelection, AT the end ol Ten days rom
the return 81 the bill An.nmend'neni 10 'l'' ell G.
would s leave the P,csi1tnt-the general repre-
sentative OF every Safe aud j.sitct-armcd with the
votes ot all the members absent NJ the moment ho'"
! the respective Houses. and there will always be
some members ahsenl from both.
Rotation m .0ce. The iuqnty under this head,
~ not d finite any lrttc, before me. 1t however,
Is Presumed 10 ,cet-i To governors and seeic
ailes OF teft,olies N some oi the Judges therein
district attorneys, collectors, surveyors aud naval
officers III The customs, nlhrshals, post masters,
whose commlssots amount 10 u thousand dollars
per annum navy agents registers aud receivers
Of land uites Surveyors general OF lands aud lndi-
! an apcn's--al OF whom are by law sprointed Tor n
term Il four years but subject by express enact
mrni Except the jndgcs) tube removed al peasoie'
-. To n high class al civil officers I ext 10 TIE
| chiels) IN the executive departments III Washing
ton, other high iunctonatles-ioreign minister's
secretaries OF legatioh at ennsuls; post masters.
| whose commas IONS amount 10 less than a thousinu
dollns per anuum supe,nlendents oi Indian aita-,
/ Indian sub agents, Re, Nc.--nli apponied without
limitation rs TO term yet subject IN p,Rctice-no'
b, tipren la"-to be also removed NJ rlea.nte; and
). To til assistants lowed ~ law 10 very many
oi the principals included ahove-"heh assistants
generally called cicrkS- some II them deputies,
"eghrIs gaugcts, sub iuspecfois, store keeper,
Ilghl house keepers, &c. &e.--all appointed aud
subject TO removal. nndcr the second head.
an nsked-mhelhe, On my poor oplnlon) all
those dictionaries amounting 10 many thausands,)
81 any OF them, ought 10 be periodically superseded
by otIglnal appointments II yes hen J Aud #
| part only IIhichf
We have seen that n great number OF Offices ntc
filed Tor aterm"i wears, and mo,o without any tni-
ialion AS 10 tenn. |, however, can dt n" line OF
just distinction between the claims OF the Two
classes upon the favour # county or government
Promising, that regular periodical changes III lhe
suboi d'nae servants oi the county, merely lof the
Ne Of change, would necessarily swell executive
patronage, already too muth swollen,-l am obig' d
to add that more than doubt, on other grounds
The policy aad jusice OF such changes. / Be
cause, for Tie able aud prompt execution 81 phblIc
business, much official experience, IN brei' mum
ben OF particular stations Is known to b. necessary
=. Because, many flee holders, appointed under
reckts, administrations (snCh rs we have seen)
WI always. after time, be FUND oi iffd nlfguy
aud Of equal industry aud abiltlles; ) because, =
gam, may be found III state Of honorable oV-
cry, the result less OF stem mlegnty ihan o
long and exclusive devotion 10 the interests u III"
public, and 4. Because, 10 iemoyc such servants, ~
n q tIrm "A The end uI "A would
| NOT only discourage successors IN faithful DIS
charge Of duty, but could not fail 10 outrage the
moral sense Of entire commn ,,ties speak on ms
head, from what Witnessed, IN 1929 80, OF the GU
81 experiment. u large scale, then made upon me
sensIbies Of the conntiy, and the mischief 10 the
public interest which early cnsucd
, What ! would, Therefore, hnmby advise ~ tins !:
| To tnrn out, not only on CT ango OF PItsd'n but
any and every week OF the year, all Office shooters
known be deficient IN either honesty, capacns, OF
industry aud to appoint, IN then stead, men known
To possess these qualities. Without an anxousat-
tcnuon TO hs rule, government OF the people, les
ting virlue and intelligence, cannot long be sue
cessiully maintained for blind or vicious dIs'tI-
button of enormous patronage would soon-by the
force Of The highest exam, le-be down all tnal IS
! taught in the Church, the Sehooi-liousc aud the
College.
One Presidential Tcrm.--Of The eight chIel ma
glsfates that preceded General llanhon-"hom
nation yet mourns-lhe first, lhiId, fourth. hllh aud
seventh, presided over tins union, tcsptclNeN, TWO
successive ie,nis the Other thtec but inur y ans
each +; aud every one oil the eight, WhdSt an .Utte,
became a candidate l,f second teiin.
! cons der the sublime example, sci by ne Jdiher
Of has country IN declining ihnd elccnon-"h,eh
has been duy followed by four popular Presidents,
AID would doubt have been observed with equal
good faith ~ The ohe, three under like cIfcunislan-
ces-as establishing a barrier gdius aMird term, as
impossible rs # II were embodied ~ the constitution
itself But ! do not consider II respectful u The
people, nor otherwise proper IN IA Candidate to So
hcu favor pledge, that u elected, lie VIII not
accept # a second nomlnaror. II looks 100 much
like II batgaia rendered TO other aspiranis,-yied to
H0tO, shat SO0a be out Of your Wdy too much
like lie interest that sonnet u.s governs the CafdI-
nails n the choice ul Pope--many voting Tor
themselves FIST, and, II without success hhaiJ io'
the most supeIannudied-in order that the election
may he sooner come around again. am, howeV-
en- IN favor Il IN amendne "l the eousi'iili'n Ia
one OF the forms pteserlbed-Jecarng mat no cit'-
shall be egibl e To re election IN The Pesideh
and also, Of extension ol The term to that vi
senator-a period OF SIX yeas.
dgency Of he President IN leeisldtion.-l am per
suaded 'ha this should be slnciy hmued. !. 10
the veto, and qualified as suggested above; :. o
! the commandment Of the Cunstiiuiion--"be SHALL
front to time, give 10 the Congress Information
OF the state oiIhe Union, and recommend 10 their
consideration such measures as he shall Judge ne
cessary and pedenl; and 3, To iurnishiug,though
the appropriate executive de, ailments, such deiais
Tor Balls the committees OF enher House OF Con-
gress may call for.
Lcddng measures Of The late e1tra session 81 Con-
gees. had had the honor oil avoIe ON the oeca-
IA a Inl