The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-27
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lence from SIR Edward Coke, the great high Priest
OF the Common Law 10 the thoughtful consideration
Of those 81 W ashiDstOn, no are charged Win ,be
weighy responsibility Of dispensing The ofhees 81
Government, though with small hope OF any saluar.
effect the existing state of things They may re-
member too, the parting msiedioton OF Jusurtha,
when be had bribed his release from captivity oi Inc
yensl Senators OF me. Farewell, ihod nefce-
nary commonwealth '-.o1 VIII fef'sh ute %. YOU
find purch aser,
by the Law Of EngIand, says Sir Edward { Ike,
" provided that eGier or minissr q the h'ns
s4A Be ordained made for gut or srocagt Jaror
eGee Nor thai any other cho pnrsueih BY hHi-
self or any oer yririiy or openly Dc ia any
81 oes, xhaA Be put IA tie office or "a any oer,
b. all such officers shall be Bade Of the des and naod
iaicj,si and SUFFICIENT A Law worthy TO be writ
ten in letters of gold, but more worthy 10 be put IN
due execution Charleston Mercury.
The Mercury occasionally delights 10 indulge
in such eratuitous ungenerous, and unjust re-
marks as the above; and we deem IT duty
TO set the editor right on the subject.
In the first place, IL is a matter OF fact, and no
truthful uan will deny it, iha, President Tyler
has SO far punished fever malignant political
enemies by removals from office, and rewarded
fewer friends by comforting appoint upon
them, Than any former President, under similar
circumstances, would and ought TO have done
We deem ii an imperative duty 10 The country,
for the head OF the Government 10 remove such
obstacles out of The way as calculated to re-
aId and embarrass the course of The Admins
TaIion. A noisy politician IN office, who i con-
stanty irving TO render the President of tie
United States odious TO the People, and to de-
fcal the measu res OF his Administration, should
be removed from Cffiee without comrunc,o
or hesitation. AID il the place OF such an IN
worthy officer be not filed with friend 10 The
President and his Administration, the Presi-
dent would be most unjust TO his own interests,
and negleclful Of The interests Of the country.
One day a Mr. Burke charges the President
with appointing Clay men and "Hdl aPos-
appointing Webster men; the next, b, mon man
charges him with apron ing none but Calhoun
men and finally, Cslh Tn paper charges him
with appointing only Van Buren, men to Office ,
Surely, surely, If there b. AM truth in all these
charges,the PEoPLE will acqull the President Of
any de,ign 10 secure the support Of any parlcu-
lar party by corrupt means.
viii not the People attribute such charges az
the Mercury makes, to a desire TO monupolize
everything rather than to a well-ioundrd con
victicn that the iavors Of the Administration are
not mpatially distributed among the true Re-
publicans Of the county, without regard 10 the
selfish interests II this or that prominent indivi-
dual For patriotic disintcrestednrss, and mag
unanimous forb 'arance, in the disposi ion Of the
patronage Of the Government, we glory ia the
consciousness that President Tylers conduct
has never been e1cced by that Of any other
President
We think il would be violation Of duty TO
place United States Bank Clay Wing in po-
sltion which would enable him 10 lhwart the
policy of the Administration but then, in the
wide range Of the great Republican family.
which is now triumphantly in the asccndency,
we insist that The President is left perfectly free
TO pick his officers without consulting the wish
es or prejudices OF any particular Rcpubl can
leader
The President has appointed friends Of Mr..
Van Buren, TO Office. Mr.. Van Buren, is not
an Aaron Burr, nor are hi, friends outlaw
Mr. Tyler has made appointments Of Bucha-
nan men, Cass meu, Johnson men, Webster
m n, and Calhoun men; or rather the
friends and admirers Of each and al Of the
aboye-named statesmen-and we doubt not no
will continue TO make selection. among them.
But II does not follow. because the President Sc
lecls an admirtr Of Mr.. Van Buren, or any
other gen leman, 10 Gil an Office OF honor and
profit, that the one so selected cannot be an ar
dent and efficient supporter OF the Admini,tra.
ton, or that he mus, 10 consequence Of his ap-
polnlment, thenceforward revile Mr.. Van b.
rem or any ether Republican statesman whom
he may have admired.
In brief, we think the Mercury does not well
IN reading such lie, sons 10 the President as that
at the head Of these remarks. He Is doubtless
already quite as deeply road in such maxim, oil
duty as the sslute editor himself