Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-12


be- Government and people; We pass into con-
quered nation and conquerlng faction, tina, seizes the
power and the forms of Government only for the graft
fca,on of cupidity and revenge"
VI protest against it; it is MT Wing ,cfrnc the
Administration coming into power reject nd repudate
the Infamous maxim, that to the vctors belong The
spoils. The spos What spols, The spoils Of our
common country! The spoils of brethren and fell
citizens! Is the country vanqushed countryf-
God forbid should think of making spoil out
OF the possessions of my own family
~ shall resist and den0unce all giving of office as
political reward, or turning out o! Office for poll
teal opinion !"
Now look at the other picure-hideous as it may be
showing what has been the impolen performance of
these specous promises.
attempts have recently been made 10 mslead the
public into belief that few no removals took place
under Gen. Harrison himself; and at all events tina,
most OF them occurred after the first Wing Cabinet re.
tired from power. But painful sense OF duty com.
pels US to invite special attention merous re movas
before the death of Gen. Harrison, we'll as since
though often, doubtless, against his better udg-
ment and wishes; and to still more numerous ones be.
fore the quarrel of the Wing leaders with Mr. TYLER in
August, 1871.
The first instance in which that party indicated how
prescription to be prescribed by Them occurred the
very day on which commenced their .ll-gotten power
With revolutionary speed on the 4th of March thew
introduced into the Senate resolution before referred
to, 10 remove the public printers II was in these sum.
mary words
"Nlr. Mangum submitted the following motion for
consideration:
"'Resolced. That Blair and Rives be dismissed as
printers OF The Senate for the 9th Congress See
Journal, 265
| Without notice trial, the work was speedily con.
summa'ed No mafeasance incopacty was pre-
tended as Jusication but most OF the country have
looked on it as shameless political partisan removal
IN order TO "pnnish opponent, and. by the appoint
ment of Wing successors, TO 're,card farorites
Inc next blow was struck tie ensuing day, at the
chief clerk in the State Department; and such the
indecent haste to remove him, that his dismissal
ordered TO give the spoils 10 the Secretary son.
before the Secretary himself had been into Office
or was qualified by law TO perform any official act what
ever. The hnmilating spectacle thus presented,
of the great Wing, styled defender of the Constitu-
ton and the laws, commencing his career by
violation OF BOTH and of his being compelled 10
his steps, and retain the Democratic clerk till his
authority became legalzed
These rash beginnings were. in the next thirty days
OF the brief power of the first Wing President follow
ed by removals removals, most of which must have
received his own signature and sanction they
removals Of heads of bureaus of collectors and land
officers of marshals and district attorneys all Of which
classes of officers cannot be appointed removed
without the action of the President himself And in
due time these succeeded by host of other e.
movas, such as postmasers, clerks, subordinate Gus
tom-house officers, lighthouse keepers, and persons in
every grade Of civil employment, TIL the heart sckens
AZ the recital The list below is extracted from official
documents, sent to Congress, and compiled by Wig
Secretaries. See the messages and reports in docu-
men's No i3 and its supplement, House Of Represen.
tatives, August eth and 30th, lS4l.
We detail the most imporIan, removals, going before
the Senate for approval, which bear date previous 10
General Harrisons death Those coming before
the Senate, though much the greatest IN number,
will soon be seen, not specified, because not gene
rally enumerated in the documents referred to-
any here specified, which happened after the Pres
dents funeral We have added the names, well the
dates, OF the principal officers removed during the first
month, IN order that the public who know full we'll the
excellent characters of many of them, that
thing but partisan intolerance could have led to the
hnsty and violent prescription OF most Of the number.
Let be recolIecled also, before looking at the dates
IN the list, that the Senate holding special SEES
son from the 9TH to the 18th Of March, inclusive
Now, if other causes than mere difference in opinion
led to these removals. they ought to have been made
forthwith and submitted 10 the Senate for their conr
nation But it will be SEEM that not victim in this
class OF cases was attempted to be offered up till after
their adjournment, which furnishes strong presumption
that no other causes existed and that the delay took
place in order to avoid immediate discussion and
posure IN the Senate Of the gross breaches of faith in
making removals merely to punish opponents and re
ward parsans
1t will be in the ls that this part of the drama
opened .he very day after the Senate quit by removing
Mr. Fagg, tie able Postmaster al Albany this was fol
lowed by another that day. by five The next thlr
teen others the next, and onward, Till the melancho
arrest of the Preslden, in this career, by fatal
lady. Read the whole:
SCHEDULE of removals during General Harrison life,
in Offices SO high as to come before the Senate for
conhrmaton-but without causes assigned for the
removal either to the Senate the public.
L. Az. G. Flagg, Postmaster, Albany, 10Th March.
| . NJ Crume, Receiver, Crawfordye, la 10Th March.
| B. Matthew Birchard, Solicitor of the ,-,t Mail.
| Treasury, from Ohio, ION 'a'1"'
a. G. X. Gardner, Auditor p o Dept, 18th March.
s'f at New A YORK; Receiver General 9Th March
| 6. A. b. Fann,n, Collector, Savannah 18th March
7. S. M Ginniss, Register, Chillicothe 18th March
s. Isaac Hill, Receiver Gen. at Boston, 18th March
9. J. Il. Livingston Navy Agent, N. Y, 18th March.
10. S. S. Rawson, Collector, Passama ! ,e,,, u,,,h
H. ho n g. 'a'''S' 10 ffsn'nn'a" 18th March.
l2. r Il BRIGHAM, do Penobs:ot, 18th March
! Is. VIM Brown, do Machias 18th March.
IA. N. NJ. Lowney, do Belfast, 18th March.
Is j. J. Morgan, do New York, 18th March.
10 VIM S Coe, Naval Officer, ~ York, 18th March.
H. Ezekiel Foster, Surveyor, Passport, 18th March.
IS. Stephen w. Eaton, DO. Portland, 18th March.
I ~. Eli Moore, do. n. York, 18th March.
~ jas c.. H. ne,'pson, ao low" 18th March
81. Hudson NJ. Garland Recorder, ! ,o,h M.,ch
Land Office,
% J. j. Singleton, Superintendent, of ! ,o.s Mail,
the Mint, Georgla,
% Robt X. Red Governor Of Florida, 10Th March.
a. Denuy mfo0'0' o0"ee'o'' "a''0' 10Th March
81 Jon. p Jenkins, Collector, York, 10Th Mare.
20 Jos. Sewa Collector, Bath, 10Th March.
81 Isaac o. Barnes, Naval Officer ] 1o,. N,,o,.
Boston,
2S Archibald w. Hyde, Collector, ! oo,t Mach
Vermont, w." ~"'
30 James W. Roach, Collector, ST. ! ooa Nav,
Marys,
30. John F Rocker, Collector, St ! ooa Mach
Marks, Florida,
81. Henry Whitley, Collector, Della ODD March
ware,
81. 'ohn Dement, receiver D'@on' 22d March.
j Illinois,
49, Godfrey J. Grosvenor, Postmaster, ord March.
/ Geneva,
"A. Jas Pace. Postmaster Philadelphia, 23d March.
IS l. s. Bear, Receiver, Green Bay, Odd March.
| (Wis)
80 +. van antwerp hece'e'' Du' Oath March.
3s Robt. Lucas, Governor of Iowa, 25,h March.
49, Jas Clark, Secretary Of Iowa, 18th March.
30 VIM Frck Collector, Baltimore, 25th March.
10 Francis Geion, Marshal Of Iowa, 25;h March.
Al WIN Fl. Ward Solicitor Of Land OCT u.t
Office,
AZ 1'oeon "e'''' 'o'''''''e'' 'iA'' Goth March.
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