New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-30
OMcial Intcrfereuce in Elections.

Constant Reader wishes 10 be informed
whether the Circular issued by the State Depart
ment, shortly after the accession of the lameIted
HARRISON, strictly forbidding, under pain Of dis
mssal, all officers of the General Government from
any the least interference in popular elections has
been repealed or is yet in full operation. Tie
also wishes to know whether President TYLER has
recently found reason to believe that the following
extract from his Inaugural Address embodies doc
trincs which are unconstitutional and which he
cannot therefore conScieatiously enforce;
" The unres,rained power exerted by selfshiy
ambitious man, in order either to perpetuote his
authority or to hand it to some iavorte as his
successor, may lead to the employment of all the
means within his control to accomplish his OBJ
jcct The right to remove from office, subjected
to no Just restraint, is inevitably destined to pro-
duce spirit Of croUching serr'lity with the Off
cial corps, which, in order 10 uphold the hand
Vhsck feeds them, would lie ad to direct and active
interference in the elections, both State and Fcdc
rat thereby subjecting the OF State Legsla-
ture TO the dcta,ion of the Chief Executive Off
GERS aud making the will OF that officer absolute
and supreme. will, at prorcr time, invoke the
action Of Congress upon the subject, and shall read
lily acquescc in the adoption of all proper mea
which are calculated to arrest these evils.
full OF danger in their tendencies. will
remove incumbent from office who has faithfully
acquitted himself Of the duties OF his office except
IN cases where such officer has been guilty oi an
active partizanship, or by secret means-the less
manly aud therefore the more oblectionable-hds
girsn his official infpence 10 The purposes Of PARTY
hereby bran gang The patronage ctUe government
sR conflict ruth The freedom reflections. Numerous
removals may become necessary under this rule
These will he made by me through no acerbity OF
feeling. | have no 10 cherish indulge
unkind feeling towards any one, but my conduct
will be regulated by profound sense Of what i.
due 10 the country and its institutions nor SMALL
| NEGLECT To APPLY THE sAME vNBENDISG RULE
TO THOSE OF MY own AProISTMENT. Freedom of
opinion will be tolerated, the full enjoyment of the
right of suiii age will be maintained IS the birth
right of every American citizen, but | say empha-
ticaly t. tho official corps " thus far and lao far
thcr." have dwelt the longer upon this subject
because removals from office are likely often TO
arise, and would have my countrymen to Under
STAND he principle Of tie BrecHtire action.
JoRN TYLER.
we are not aware that either of these excellent
documents has ever been formally repealed ;
though we are inclined to believe thai sub.eopc,,
reflection has led the Executive to regard their
provisions, not as mandatory but only as recon.
men}atory; and it may be that the reasons Car
this belief have been, with certain others, 6iel
IN ne State Department" That the doctrines
contained in them are regarded mere a6strac-
ttoas-to which no practical force is to be allowed
we infer from the fact, that, on Friday evening
last, as we informed, private caucus held at
Constitution Hall for the purpose OF organizing a
Tyler Party in this city, was attended by Edward
Curtis, Collector. Barnabas Bates. Messurer. DR..
John 5. Bowron Weigh master--all of the Custom
Hoase-and by Redwood Fisher of the Lower
Pos, Office. None OF these gentlemen. We think,
would have thus exposed themselves to the cen.ure
Of their superiors-if these Official regulations were
still in full force We learn farther, that the
deliberations of the Caucus resulted in the publ
cation in the official organ for this city, of a call
for a meeting ia the Seventeenth Ward. The
meeting was held and was attended by Redwood
Fisher and the following Custom-Ilouse officers:
Neigs ID. Benjamin. Appraiser; DR.. Jehn 5. Bow
ron. Weghmsster and Son; Barnabas Bates and
Thomas Wiswall, recently turned out of the Gus
courthouse by Mr.. Curtis for Interfering in Flee.