Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-07-14

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to exclusive possession of the emoluments of
office, that they regarded removal, in the
same light as an interference with vested
rights. Time passed on. No one COM
planned of the new administration of affairs
here, but most people thought the change SAL
utary. The chief died, and was succeeded
by a thing elected with him for the same
purposc-that is, TO carry on, in his sphere,
Wing principles. The folly of tins chance
elevated compound Of the ass, the jackall and
the cat, taught HIM to believe that summer
set would make him inherently, as well as
officially a great man. OF course, cunning
fellows (and Locos) we're not wanting to
tickle his ribs with their digits at the SUCCESS
ton Of this idea, for therein lay all their
hopes. They had just been knocked down
by the People like nine pins, without much
hope OF being set up again, and to find, all
OF a sudden, a setter up in the ball that had
been used to bowl them down, was like a
fountain in the desert to these souls ,hirsting
for d%raughts of Treasury pap. In due time
the result of these dlsinlcrcsted c%ounsels be-
came visible here, and John Tyler of Vir-
GINA, lately elected Wing Vice President
through one of the fcrcest personal as we'll
as political struggles ever witnessed, is seen,
here an Vermont, at the beck too, of that
broken down hack c. p. Van Ness, turning
out the men who supported him, and rcpla-
eng the lazy, useless and universally detest-
ed dynasty which besides being obnoxious
to the Wings, had become a stencil in the
nostrils of democracy itself, as recent events
abundantly prove. After this event, the
word consistency should be expelled the Ian
guage. But let us see what this immaculate
contemner of all political corruption has done
in Vermont. He has restored a Collector
who is VIGOROUSLY unacceptable to his own
political party, and who has squatted on bis
post for twelve years, receiving the pay him
seJ, but doing tie duties of his office, Jy
deputy. He has appointed as a Post Mas
ter here, the Editor of a paper, in the face
OF his own protestations against any conncc-
ton between the Press and public office. A
man, too, who, politically, is abundantlv
proven by circumstances not TO be doubted.
to possess the confidence Of nobody. Heb
restored to the Light House, a "brave old
soldier" whose virtues IN that behalf were
wondrously trumpetted at the time he was
"pulled off the tcat " in 1871, but whose
military exploitsare rather amusing when de-
scribed by an eye witncss. This man has
also adhered like a leech, until he is pretty
well filled, while poor Jones who has been
kicked out after wo years service, is as
worthy, honest and capable a man as ever
filed the place, and in addition 10 having a
large family, is poor. But what is that to the
merits of a man who has sucked twelve or
iiteen years at the %oil-can, and who romifed
with terror at the first fire at Bridgewa,er ?
Nothing Of course. Heroes must be proyi.
ded for. Then let us see what iudiclous
changes have been made in the Revenue De-
partment. We learn that that old pensioner
George w. Hill who has been vepeta,inp
among the bushes somewhere up in Lowell
or Whereabouts, has emerged from his hole and
resumed his sinecure Of $500 a year. Then
a very green parsnip, said to be a brother
in-law TO a certain Senator in this region,
has a sinecure at Troy, in addition TO the old
officer re-instated. THIS man lives at the
of road, which temples in " at one
end to the main road, and in order to pay du-
ties to him, or get caught by him, people are
obliged to travel up this "side cut" which, is
a mile long, and then come RIGHT back again
to go on their way. Isn't that nice?
OF course the old tender at St. Adams is
re-instaicd, and the appointment at HYDE
Park, which was substituted for that at ST.
by Mr.. Briggs, is still conlinucd-and
changed of course. Then a new Revenue
Boat establishment has been organized at
East Alburgh, making plenty of good places
tor the hangers on. Our distinguished towns
man Chief Justice Parsons " has been bill
letted upon Richiord, whereat the Democra-
cy there are awfully mcensed. A gentle
man Of very exemplary character takes the
oiiice at Swanton, and another from this
County goes to Alburgh. None have esca-
ped the bosom of reform except the REM
of the old dynasty, who were permit
ted 10y Judge Briggs to remain. Even Mr..
a gentleman of unimpeachable char
acter, appointed at Derby on the resignation
OF Mr.. Prentiss, and who was himselfa demo-
crat, was dismissed to make way for the an
Of days. So completely Is the old re-
s'me returned upon US, that the former IN
are every where re-instated, ex-
cept here where a personal difficulty has sep
'rated the Collector de jure, from his guon
lam Collector de tdcto, and in a few other