Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-05-09


reliable. thai w feed SAT-, IN vonehing Tor every State
mcni contains. OF COURSE the Senate, in rejecting.
Tyson. Is fully slndeacd
Correspondence qfAe Udig.
puuApGt.ru,., April %, 1912
see thcfo il disposition 10 make good d. al OF fuss
about The rejection oi e. Nashin.lon Tyson az Com.
msly o Purchases for the Army. and am sonew hat
surprised lhaa potion OF the Wing Press should Join IN
Instrumentation 81 the Senate, for refusing conf
the nonlnalloni but am entirely confident, ihat Mher
all the acs oi the come To be borne IN mind. ihero
can be but one VOICE ct COMMUNICATION o the course OF tho
Senate.
1t Is stated in several Of The ,ading public j,urnas
thai there Objection 10 Mr. lyson save that OF
his being trend ol Mr. Tyler. Far far from the fact
There woe rcasona lu his rejection ol the anplts kind
such u II impossible ur the Senate 10 disregard.
In the irsl place, there were circumstances connected
with the appointment OF Mr.. T. which shocking 10
all moral feeling. On the day General Irvine. Mr..
T. predecessor, died, runnrrs. actually kept pas
sing and iro between the dying bed oi General Irvine
ana IL festive board of MI Tyson Cat which The latter
was pne. aiming Mr. Robert Tyler in order that tho
earliest idnp3 might be had o The lust breath Of the
dyug incumbent About 10 o'clock. ON Saturday night.
the messenger carried The (no doubI Welcome nie
gencc OF the d,nth OF General Irvine; and IN few
ments alter, Mr. Tyson, with letter IN his pocket fru,i
Mr. Robert lsor 10 his father, his way 10 Wash
neton arrived there lle following day (sundayD had
assurances thai he should have the posi-; q
O'Clock the ueNt morning received his commission; and
Irvine
These are HE circumstances Of indecent haste under
which Mr. Tyson was mp Observation-Disclosures nj
which il me, the moral OF the country J
lnus revolt II such ourngos upon all docency To le
tolerated. and The example Of their liberation be set by
body odgnilcd the Senate of the United States,
lhcn indeed the public taste yilined 10 dcgree Of
dePayltY which may well alarm every friend 81 virtue
Though The and
But there were other and yet more satisfactory objec-
lions. Tile Icnns, Iyanlan. warm Democratic paper
o tins place openly denounced the appointment OF Mr..
Tyson IA @mpoliuc and improper The reasons
signed Will doubt be reeolloeed. and will not releat
Them.
Bm upon .Er. 7glftS rne, the Senate could not
bui REJECT Mr. Tyson. Mr. Tyler had declared in 1910,
thai there was everywhere exhibited an active parsarf
ship. and that he should sustain Gen Harrison for the
Presidency. because this crying evil he would ap
ply the corrective In his first address 10 the people Of
The nIlrd States, he assured them that he shoni
r,temohonsly dismiss all public officers who had been
gully Of this 'aclIye pnrsanship,9 who had been
promoted 10 Office lor party service rendered and since
his accession the Ciei Maglstracy he has declared
that upon his officers, Those appointed by himself;
he should lnieylbly execute the rule. Exercise your
rpht of SUFFRAGE, Che said to the otliceholders of tho
country } =. Ut thus far and arther' These are h
yer, words aud there is. besides rule OF Executive
acments in force (nomnay only } requiring pub
lie officers abstain from all interference in politics,
the exercise ol The right Of suffrage.
Now. within this rule Mr. / ysen has clearly brought
himself and. therefore, he was neheously rejected
lie Is known here the most active politician in all
Philadelphia, and il is perfectly notorious with us, that
he dali, employing the patronage OF his station
(Which is very considerably for the political advantage
ii Alr Tyler He Was the nucleus around which ~
Ter party forming, Tor patronage was dispensed
hui with reference 10 this end. Nor IS this ALL MIR.
son the prime mover, the active geer up of the
eland Tyler dinner Tie End day If February last;
contributed largely the necessary expenditures boasted
publicly that lac had done H. and SAID he did net who
knew IL abused Mr. Clay like pick pocket, and decar
cd that if the Senate rejected him. every friend OF Mr..
Clay should be turned out of Offices snd was. indeed. the
very hero oi the miserable Tyler demonstration, by
which deseeated The birth day anniversary Of the
| Father II his country.
These facts were all in possession of the Senate
satisfactory proof The Senate, therefore, could not do
less than REJECT Mr. Tyson. Mr. Tyler cannot CONF
plain because lbs own rule, of which Mr.. Tyson was
fair subject ir Tic application" was but carried out III
practice
Tie Senate for their manly course in this and other
similar cases. entitled to, and doubt will receive
the hearty com nendalion of the country. They have
hut vindcated public morality, public honour, and
a principle cherished by the Wing party, and ac-
know lodged by Mr. Tyler hmse-notonly acknow ledg-
ed bat adopted rule Of conduct for all holding Of
flee under him, aud actually addressed, in the form Of as
Executive Circular TO the whole country.
If Mr. Tyler will persist in making exccptionablc sp-
pontmenls; using the patronage OF his office to buy
partisans for himself IN bringing the patronage Of ss
Government in conflict with the purity Of the elective
prnciple-the only hope the country is in the mainly
exercise by the Senate, of its concurrent function in ths
business oi appointments If they do not administer s
rebuke. they will themselves well merit the seyertss
apprehension of all the wise and good of the land.
It is true, A.r. Tyson had been confirmed for another
office by the same Senate that rejects him. But tho
reply s-that he had not then made himself obnuxone
to tie objections which exist against him. And -
to rejection causing any dissatisfaction here. entirely tho
reverse is the case No is obnoxious here. IN
all men Of all parties, than Mr. Tyson. His confirmation
would have excited strong indignation Throughout thu
City lie was talked Of as Collector ii This port.
bu, it very distinctly ntlina,ed to thsA Al head
quarters that such step would light flame IN fhiladel
pa which would not he easy 10 extnsu'sh; and intos
nation was communicated Mr.. Tyler, from a high