New-York daily tribune., 1843-05-25

e 20, another number Of Political History see Last
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rndiscrimins4c Party Prescription.
Alb Hrpsox.s7., Friday May l9.
To The Editor Of TIE Tribune :
l., as stated by you to-day, there IS cieaF
conviction" existing somewhere, that ''the system
of turning out all political opponents indiscrmn-
aseIv on change of parties" is ln:crHal' ana VIII
vet destroy the Liberties Of the country oosn'
not clear. conclusive evidence Of the ruin 10 oo
snread out and spread out until slmllar clear con
,c,on f;nds lodgernent in the mind OF crery17ght-
thinking righ.-fceling citizen The wtl'er en'''S
.,,s, ,,;fb his own. you have already the full ap
,robation of many Of the good, for the decIded
st.rd vcu nave taken on the side oi truth; and
,bopoh he feels this is no adequate reason for your
continuing on the same right SIDE. yet you must
be aware, that "the good grateful ior past ia
yors. must wish for more that they "no are an1-
iously watching the progress ot Rght, relolce
when any of the Press boldly and prominently
sets forth the right and the wTong-the evl and
the cure. Now, in order TO bring about most
happy, and greatly TO be desired " concurrence oi
the yirtuous and intelligent Of all parties" the ne
cessitv of it, and the benefits to result from IT.
must be set forth clear as the SUM- that alI may
understand and feci. The writer hesitatcs not 10
saw that such union however full OF good Ii
might be, will ncvcr be witnessed until that be
done A small beginning has been made, but the
people have not perceived 1t: every fact tina, mas
not the magnetic influence Of a bearing on the
pocket, or selfntcrest," must bc reiterated again
and again, before it will be acknowledged. no
will come up to the help OF the weak against thc
mighty? The ueQk, did say 2 No, the sfrong
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ery document, every speech every paper, that
contains Truth which will make the People hap.
pier and wiser, should be circulated the country
through. This is but briefs and imperfect scrap,
but your columns are limited, and the writer only
aims to wake some gifted mind and iron pen to
s,r;ke at thinos as they deserve Truth.
Remarks by tie Editor.
That q disease exists does not always afford
sufficient reason for resortng to the most vigorous
measures of counteraction. We believe this poltl-
cal vice Of turning out all opponents from office,
wherever you have power, and putting IN the
main the most noisy and ravcnous partlsans IN
their places, will yet explode-wc trust 1t Will
ruin itself before it ruins the country AT present,
it would be imprachcable to arouse the country
to clear conception of its enormity and It's dan
gers; after hundred two moro Collectors,
Sheriffs, Receivers, &c. have away with all
they can lay their hands upon, we hope some
startling abuse will transpire, which will enable
us to assail the monster with some hope OF sue
cess Till then, we prefer to direct our batteries
mainly against the abuses that we can make some
impression upon.
The matter is not so easily adjusted as our cor
respondent appears to imagine. 1t involves con-
siderations of salutary retrbution well as of
fundamental principle. For instance John
Quincy Adams was elected President in jumble
of parties, and came into power with considera-
bic portion of the ofiice-holdcrs against him. He
continued all of them in Office. He rendered the
Treasury Department to his formidable rival, MIR.
Crawford. He continued John M'Lean, an
nvowcd Jackson man, in the most important sta
ton of Postmaster General,-and So throughout.
MIR. Clay took the publishing OF the Laws from a
few of the Editors who accused him of the
grossest dishonor and wugcd the blacklist personal
warfare upon him but Mr.. Adams removed no
political opponent whatever. But when Genera.
jackson came in, four years after, the Adams
men were removed from every desirable office,
and jackson men appointed instead. Even John
M'Lcan, a jackson man, was taken out OF the
Post Office because he would not sanction IN
discriminate prescription among his subordnates.
Twelve years thus passed, when the Wing
party camc for brief period, into power, finding
all tho Offices in the hands OF their opponents
What was now their duty Ought they, If con-
sis,cndy and fundamentally opposed to Jackson.
ian prescription, to have continued the twelve.
year incumben,s in office? Would this be re-
buking o, encouraging prescription Would not
justice be outraged by keeping in thus set who had
got in by Prescription and KEEP; IN so long already I
Wo think SO. And vet the moment they began
10 remove the cry was raiscd-" Halo we
thought YOU were opposed 10 Prescription, and
yet YOU prescribe as much as Your opponents -
Our freud will here sec The difficulty Of pro
scribing Prescription" until there shall be a more
clear-sighted intelligence, more Wholesome pub
lie sentiment than there has been We thinh the
truo course in such Il case would be that suggest
cd by Jefferson--to remove part--taking care
10 selec, the worst part-of the incumbents, until
the Offices We're about equally divided between the
two parties and then establish an iniicxble rule
that no man should be removed or appointed on
party grounds, hu, only III consideration OF his
worth or unwoythinesS. When the wise aad good
regardless OF party. shall concur IN styenuonsly
insisting on the adoption and enforcement Of some
rule like tins, shall hope to see II established,
and no, before.
Herald AccusAcr.-The following extyac; Of
a letter from an officer in The l. S. Navy TO a
friend in this City, exhibits The characteristic ac-
curacy of the Herald
Our mess had harry lan h ever The ,ainC astele in