The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-07

The President with great forbeArance, and unwii-
ling prsss DIR. Roberts on this subject Of hs own
feelings and sense Of delicaey and proIrety wouo
not induce him 70 act, leaves him himself for up
wards Of four months longer. Then Mr.. H. hears Of
contemplated removals IN Philadelphia and soon al
ter receives from the Secretary Of the Treasury
letter, with list Of such changes in The Custom
House as the President and himself desired should be
made. Instead OF comp ing with this joint request
or resigning Zone Of which he was, a man Of ho-
nor, bound to dog he proceeded immediate TO
Washington At an interview with the President ON
the 9Th Of May. the request was repeated Roberts
replied hat he could not conscenotisiy do what he
desired 20 The President answered, 'then, sir, you
know what as Of honor, you ought to do"-
The reply was, 'sMr. President, / cannot wi hdraw
from my duty y Wuhdraic 4 ON his duty las \ II
were duty for 10 insist on keeping an oflce,
when I proper authority desired him to leave i,
Nonsense! This "duiy" was in fact only love oil
the ofice
Notwithstanding these plain acquisitions, with one
Of which he was, and had long been, bound 10 com
ply, he goes home, meaDly and dishonorabiy ciings
to his place, and basely retains in Office men detri-
mental to the public service, and the open enemies
and yilifers Of his patron The latter, with an as
tonshng forbearancc, permits this state oil things 10
exist till the 10th Of September, lS42-more than
four months longer On that day notice Is sent by
Mr. Forward to Mr. Roberts, that another person had
been appointed in his place
At The last interview with the President, Roberts,
| on taking leave, and VIII expecting an immediate
should ever be mindful of the kindness he (the Pre-
sideni) had manifested in appointing him TO office,
and should never entertain rndictue feelings towards
| him." Yet, in direct violation Of this pledge, he,
Immediately after his removal, out before the
public, publishes the private letters Of the President,
and details his private conversation with him, all
without any necessity, and for the sole purpose of
induging his .'yndictiye feelings towards him. and
| of inuring him in the public estimation After so
| important fav r. voluntarily conferred on bmself-
after such Unprecedented forbearance, and long
diligence Of his opposition and disatfection-after
such opportunities given him him to comply with a
proper, reasonable, and usual request-aiter long
space, f unwilling TO comply given him to tender
| his resgpation-after all this friendship and favor,
and federation of his boobyish ob,tinacy, this same
ungrateful, uDdeservng Jonathan Roberts, having
forced The President uariUingiy to remove him. turns
like The fostered serpent upon his benefactor, and,
viperke, stings the hand which had loaded him with
benefits.
Who is there that can read this abstra Of his
statement but must be filled with the deepest scorn
Such base ingratitude-such feDd-likc m ,lice-such
| a low return for undeserved favors, are sell
dom anilested in respectable life. Even those Clay
| Wings who willing to avail themselves Of the
baseness of such person, order to promote their
party purposes and their ambitious designs, must
| wardly scorn and detest the individual whom they
have thus made their degraded tool.
| 1t may be well to notice one sentence in MIR. Iy-
ler's first letter TO Roberts, comforting the appoint
ment. He says-''You will, | doubt not by some
what equal distribution of your avors, reconcile the
friends Of all parties" Did Roberts act con-
formally 10 this suggestion' How many Of the
one hundred places in the Custom House were,
| when he removed, filled by Democrats Will
some one of the Philadelphia editors answer this
question: