Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-18

the Loaves and Fishes.
"We deliberately assert that set Of. young
men in this city have already very foolishly d.
vided among themselves all the important Offices
in the city under Mr.. Claws Administration!
A greater insult to the great leader Of the wing
party could not have been perpetrated; and re
shall shortly gire the precise arrangement to the
Public, in order that they may hereafter Judge
Mr.. Clay is one who can thus be
into doing the bidding Of an irrespon-
sible and self-constituted club Of would -be.dic-
tators."-N. y. Cour. aad Eaq.
Quarreling In advance, eh! about the
Offices. This is exhibiting the clovcn foot
q little sooner than We expected to see it,
However, as evincing disposition on the
part Of the wings to abandon their decep-
tive and dishonest system Of dealing with
the people. the indication is a good one
During their brief reign Under Harrison
in lS4l they SO completely falsified their
pledge to prescribe prescriptions" that
any further attempt to entrap the people
with professions Of that kind they know
would be useless; and hence, among the
banners and badges that are to be used in
the present campaign, the one above quot.
ed, which figured SO conspicuously foui
years ago, will probably be denied place
Apropos of the assertion of the whia
Courier and Enquirer. that set Of young
men of New York shave foolishly DIVIDED
among themselves all the important Offices
in the city under Mr.. Clay's administra-
tion." The same remark, we doubt not
might truly be made of most other places
not even emitting our own Territory
Although we may not, like the Courier
be able to give the "precise arrangement
at present, it is well understood that we
have here amorg us ga set of young men,
TIA self-constituted club of would-be-
dictators'' -who, in anticipation Of Mr.,
Clay's election, have already appropriated
to themselves the spoils of office in Iowa.
We rather think it probable, that owing to
the disproportion between the posts tina,
will have to be filled and the number d
expectants, it has been thought inexpedi-
ent to make any positive allotment of the
various places at present; but that an un-
derstanding prevails that they are to be
distributed among these gentlemen, finally,
wehave little doubt. 1t is not a little anus
ing to witness each one of them, with the
view Of enhancing his special claim, striv-
ing to Guido the other in displays Of zeal
and attachment to whiggery and its idol.
A, with the hope of getting the start Of
ms fellow Office seekers, makes an exhibi-
ton of his friendship for Mr.. Clay by
forcing him into correspondence, and BY
volunteering to represent Territory in
the wing Baltimore conventions; B POUNDS
his claims upon the fact of having been
removed from an unimportant post by
President Tyler; C's expectations are
based upon services rendered at an early
day in perfecting an efficient organization
Of his party; D claims reward for his de-
clamation on the stump; E for the free use
OF his pen, &c. &c.; and thus, among
them, they monopclize everything, and
leave the balance of their party to hold the
bag.
An old stager, residing in Lee county
a disappointed applicant for office in lS41
was wont to complain of the rule of "a
few boys about Burlington" This sssame
old coon," we learn, is again upon the
tapis, doubtless with the hope of faring
better than he did before; but we tell him,
now, in advance, that he cannot SWIM
even should Mr.. Clay succeed. ssThe
boys" who defeated him before will defeat
him again. They look upon him as a
spawned and worn out horse, incapable of
doing either good or harm, and will treat
him accordingly.
But supposing, for arguments sake, Mr..
Clay to be elected, how can his friends
approach him and ask him to do that which
he has repeatedly declared to be viola
tion Of that constitution which he takes an
oath to support We hope they will an
swer this question. Mr.. Clay, it is well
known, has repeatly, in his speeches, ut
terly denied the power Of the President to
make removals, and has denounced the cx-
ercise of such power as arbitrary and un-
warrantable. On the 10th of March.
1884, he offered the following resolution in
the Senate.
"Rssolced, That the constitution Of the United
States DOES NOT vest II. the President power
to remove at his pleasure officers under the gov
eminent Of the United States, whose Offices have
been established by law.n
Here Mr.. Clay takes the broadest
ground that can be assumed; and after
planting himself upon it, how can his SUM-
porters, who maintain that he is an honest
and consistent man, ask him to abandon
it?
The Season,
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