Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-06-08
AN APPOINTMENT DIRECTED BY PER-
SONAL REVENGE

A late number OF that perfectly respectable paper.
tho Lynehburg Yirginian-not better known for II.
general ability than for its strict editorial inesrv
and ruih-speaks in the following manner of an
appointment which recently occurred there. ami Of
Inc history OF which we can speak, from personal
Knowledge OF the iacts aud the parties.
"RsnOr, which we apprehend speak, trulv "a.
forms US that the nomination Of Lilbntn "A. T,;..
Esq, as postmaster OF this place. in lien of John m
Murre'i, Esq, removed, removed not oniv mn
out complaint, but without tho shades of !. cs,,..
Of compliant, rom any quar'er,-was on Monday
last eonhrmed by the Senate. On that very dsv =
Memorial, s'soed by nearly 500 OF our eliz,,s
comprising hvesixths. or more, OF those Interested
IN the matter, was forwarded TO Washington r.
mons'ratrg against the confirmation Of Mr. Tr,y,.
nominaton-out u seems that the movement was
made TOO late. Mr. Tyler, however, had in his
possession the evidence that MIR Tfiys was mo-,
anu that another gentlemen was, the choice OF
an overwhelming majority of the citizens of ynch.
burg. That with this manifestation of tho Wishes
OF our ei'zens before him, he has chosen not only
10 disregard but 10 trea; them nth contemp, fur
nishes only another exempli6ca,ion of a ,rn,b. nm
fortunately rendered too frequently obvious of Ia,a
years that no form of government xe,Il.nt
can protect the people from the dsspolism OF their
rulers, though they be clothed only with "a ,i,le
bret auiho ity," and that Obtained oy ari6ce a,d
accident. We shall await, however, the Confirms
Ton OF the Rtmor, before we mako any further
comment-tnkng occasion, the mean while 10 dis
c,a'm Sny personal ~ will TO Mr. Trisg, whose
character as gentleman, every way worthy Of res.
pec', no one will more cheerfully endorse than our
selves. Our objection to this appointment has no
application TO hImself individually. We o,sriI the
appointing power,-nnd we assail il because L has
been guilty Of contemptuous disregard II the
Wishes OF this place, and verify believe for
political reasons. We must, however, brin, our
remarks to close for the present. with a promise
hereafter TO add word Of two.D
We know, from sources OF information that ad-
NIT OF no doubt and which wo cnnno, think that
any body about the President will dispute, three
main facts, all grossly discre1i tahle to the Presi-
dent; that he obtained pledge Of personal adhe,
500 from the gentleman appointed: that he urs cd
the friends who solicited for the pers N preferrea
oy the town, TO procure and send TO him like de-
einration OF adhesion TO him: and that the on rea.
son on which, TO those persons, the Prcsd, nj put
his violent dlsnc,ination appoint the latter person
was the fact that his nomination had been presented
to the Postmaster General, by a distinguished Sc.
nator, who had handled the President very roughly
IN one OF his speeches, while the appointment, was
pending. That Senator was, besides a remote
knsman oil the very mefiiorious gentleman N ques-
uon-a man as universally esteemed by hi towns
men as any individual there. We aver, from tho
coheurring statements OF several persons who took
great interest in the matter, and who had tepeated
interviews with MIR Tyler, with whom they are
very intimately that it was personal resentment
against the Senator only, which governed the Pre-
sideni, IN this appointment; and Pt itrer piece of
personal raneor has never come TO our knowledge.
What the VHgnian says of tho good qualities of
MIR Trgg is perfectly just. He had, however, been
only some six months a resident OF town.
We may add, that both the Viz nia Senators
concurred IN the nomination OF the pes thus put
aside; and that neither OF the Memosrs from the
contiguous districts, any other from Virginia,
except one from remote quarter Of the State, and
a democrat, recommended the nomination made
against the wishes Of the population.
Independent.