Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-04-30
POLITICS..
From the ~ j. Er. Post.
NDvAIS AND APPOINTMENTS.

niSnt since. The mails from washington 0rihg INTEL
gence Of four collectors Of the customs and one naval
olcer removed and many friends OF the present Adj
m'nstraton appointed in their place
One Of the appointments is that OF Bella Badger
Us naval officer of the port of Philadelphia Tins Bad
ger is one OF the verest party hacks in the country,
one OF the least scrupulos of his Glass; notorious even
to intamy, the Philadelphia associate of Glentworh in
The election frauds of 1888 and lo39-the man who re.
crnitea the rogues employed TO on TO New York
and vote at our elections, and who according to his
own confession, wrote the letters which appear IN the
Glen.worth papers, under the borrowed name OF Geo.
| w. Rhawn 1t will be recollected, that those letters
speak OF consignment Of hired voters as shipment of
yarn and that Badger admitted in his voluntary alda
Wit, that he had used this figure of speech avoid de-
lection, i the letter should happen fall into the hands
of the other party.
/ This fellow is rewarded for his services that
occasions by salaried office by Mr.. Tyler The next
mail will probably inform US that James Is. Gentworth
is appointed postmaster of the city of York. unless,
perhaps the fact Of his being rather the honestest man
of the two should be deemed disqualification
| The same mails which bring the news Of Bella Bad
gers appointment, furnish US with the proclamation OF
the Vice President, recommending solemn public fast
on the fourteenth Of May. That there is a certain
proprety in this step cheertully acknowledge, for
If the public offices TO be filled IN this manner with
party rogues of The basest class, shall be ready as
early as the fourteenth OF May 10 fast sackcloh and
ashes
II seems TO be admitted that many of the removals
from office made BY the cabinet in the last days of &C.
neral Harrisons life, without his knowledge
The assertion has been made in the Washington Globe
and has with contradiction, aud the illness OF
the President was received by the community SUI
ficent excupation, far as he was concerned But
the people will expect that Mr.. Tyler, man not yet
iniirm with age, and who comes before the public
with ample professions of fidelity, and attention to his
official duties shall understand what his Calumet are
doing, and shall scrutnize for himself the character OF
the men he appoints We hope that some explanation
may yet be made in behalf Of Mr.. Tyler, which will
diminish the odlum of this proceeding
/ COLLECTOR OF ALnASY.--Wc understand that Al
derman Thomas l.. McElroy has been appointed Col
eclor and Inspector of this port, IN the place OF MI
William Seymour, removed
Few men 90 out Of office with larger share Of the
general good viii than MIR. Seymour. To capacity
and assiduty he unes never varying courtesy, ana
prompt and ready attention both to the convenience
of individuals and the public interests lie makes no
complaint that he is removed Ior opinions sahe
Democrat from his earliest years. he has no DISCUSSES
to seek, or compromises to make on that subject;
though no say that he has perverted his ONCE
| to party purposes
The appointment of Mr.. McElroy was, are in
formed, unexpected to the city generally. It is said
that Mr. Kirk patrick, active and efficient pollti-
cian had been promised the office; and that ne and
| his friends had counted upon it confidently. Whe-
Their he had given offence TO the city arisocracy, or
whether Mr.. Curtis supposed that promise made
before HE charter election was only made TO be broken
is matter about which we give ourselves little trouble
! [.4rsus.
From the GlObe.l
Prescriptions FOR OPIsIos's SAKE.--Until the Pre-
sident of the U. S. laid upon the bed OF DEATH
little or nothing had been done by the new Admins
tratou besides the removal of men from Office Inc
law commissions most Of the officers tor limited Tune
all custom house officers, marshas, dstrIct-atorneys
all postmastcrs whose commissions exceed Slooo per
annum The receivers general, other receivers oil tae
public money registers of tile land offices, Ac receive
.ir amendments for four years. and their commissions
\ Pnft he OF
scribers was 90 great that they would not even wait
here from one month TO three months oil the Tune spe
Gifted by law remained Cen HARRISON held OH rom hs
nrccipitaon and haste we are credoy informed OUT
lie Secretaries Uebstcr and Ering, would brook no
| Jeay-thev worried him day and night, while those
who hung on their skirts remained IN the CITY oil wash
ington demanding their pay Tor partisan services,
To show that General Harrison himself had no hand
in this hasty work Of proscrptIon-that his reckless
| secre taries did all the work. it may be mentioned
that GOOD men were thrust out of office under the
,rc,on of his name after he was laid upon the bed OF
! death!
The people cannot at one view perceive how much
WINS done i the brief period Of thirty days in the pro-
sc,;n,ion of men for opinions sake. The following IS
\ case which we had seen i'll no paper up 10 the time
,f writing this article it is letter from dismissed
NJ postmaster al Lynn, Massachusetts:
"LYsy, Mass, April 6, ISL.
e1De,r SrI drop line 10 inform you that they, OF
tho .no prescription party have deemed me worthy 10
he removed from the little Office of Postmaster mus
early Stephen Oliver has been to washington, a"o
suc .eeded in obtaining my removal ana MS own ~
mi, mt notwithstanding all lheir PROMISES " Nv
reno val for opinions sake '--"nothng shor, Oh soou
aud sufficient cause, &c. have held The ONCE seven
ou,-te,s and appointed on the voluntary ies'sia
ton of j. c. Stckney, Esq. Nothing brought against
me in any official capacity and all they 90 cha's 10
th,, have dared to act and vote according to- own
notions Of right The Wings themselves, OF their own
accord not IN petition setting forth that the duties Of
The Office had been performed to their own perfect sa
tisfacton and that they strongly Tcmo"sTasea 0Snss
mn yemorGi This petition was sisnen " s St,I
h.,d,cd and twenty OF the first Wings (federais's)
- no ,Ioce-n,eti Of business-but all to no Puf-
nose. OF this, however, do not complain ! s'l"P,y
name the facts 10 show up &her no-proscrp',oh po'
cv One nricrous charge shat was MADE ana ~h'cn
=, ,n.s G,le amusing, was the sentiment gave
an ,hc ath of july last Ii was said that man "ho
I'D rive sucb = So uti,nent should be reformed out Of
office: and it was actually hunted up and carreu o
nv Oliver 10 Washington, as an evidence OF my P"".
cal deprarity. For your own aihesei'e"'' a''0" '
| insert IT, r No- u,mn
shire The ndcfatgable pioneer OF Democracy VI '.e
Granite State The intelligent farmers Of ,he gram" .L
hills have enshrouded him with aureis WORTHY ~.
statesman the marriott and honest man. lie VIII never
aThs s in the eyes IF the puro Wings. offence
n;sh.hle with removal The new appointment was
made April LIST, when several others were ,aue'
Alias saws for the purpose Of getting out OF the way
c ,.ho had been ssriolent and dbustre, during LIE
lots election But sir although the people have oeeh
cheated this time, nevertheless believe them honest,
and intelligent enough to visit upon the head, ol ne1I T
deceivers their just deserts day OF 'e'f'0u"'" "'''
como am sir, yours with respect,
co'ie ' THOMAS J. MARSH.
| Mopr READS orr Huntington Anthony has been
- ror Tho of5ce of Marshal for the District OF
Rhode Island, and Sylvester HarstOrn appointed to
FIJI his place Horace kimball has peen removed
from the Post Office at CAepachet Gloucester to
make room for Cyrus Cook. Whose turn mex. ,,
Otfce.holders, look Better have your halr cu'
short so az not to obstruct tie stroke OF the exc,
cu,ioners axe. One by one you doomed to DIE
endcaly at single blow than By on G9f rssIiagau i
stroke, to be 'urderea ~ .ne4 Esd xan the batch
s s s F6s'faE and and
fifty Of their to the faithful \, ve ourht for for.
blame them for selling The sPGlis INCH ,nonsrous fGs