Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-04-01
saIaries) belonging to the different

receiving salaries) belonging 70 inc o'le'e"'
States in this Union.
was induced 10 examine into the matter, as
sec Virginia stands charged with having IA o.
her citizens in this Category nunDci Id
ihan from any other STATE. Ihave heard mucn Of
lale Of Virginia having larger NUMBER Oh nef
citizens in The employ OF the Generai uovein.
ment than she is entitled TO- know an d'leinp'
is being made to induce that belief 70 DC eeheiai'
also am aware that the published data, 'he ON.
ca register, is calculated 10 favor ms idea. ou'
when We ascertain the true facts, "hich Is Ssiy
easily done by examining the records OF Inc uli-
lerent offices from whence The appointments ema-
nate i, will be shown, that large majority OF ap;
poin,ments charged 10 Virginia, should oechaiSeu
10 other States In the official register Inc place
OF nativity, not of residence, when the apPo'hl-
ment is made, is stated and in that way this er-
ror has originated.
looked into the register TO see the numoeI OF
persons EMPLOYED in the War Department, ana IN
several of lis bureaus said TO belong 10 Virginia.
The number is fifteen; upon careful inquiry
there are but three who really belonged 10 vlr-
einia that we're citizens of that State, when they
received their appointments. This shows clearly
how we are msled upon this subject. person
born in Virginia, but who emigraied and lived IN
another Stale twenty years, is published in the re-
IL
10 MARYLAND and this District. The Register OF
the Treasury is put down as a Virsinian ne has
not lived in Virginia for thirty years The Sc
cond Auditor is charged 10 Virginia. lie emil
GRATED TO Tennessee al an early age, ana llVed
there many years before he received his appoint
men. -
A full investigation of this subject will show |
have no doubt, that Virginia has not more man
her due proportion. -
That there are a great many native-born vlr-
ginians, in the public service, is true. What
State in The Union is it in which Virsinlans are
mol 10 be found. In all the Western and Sonlh-
western States, Virginians will be found holding
the highest places in the confidence OF me citizeh,
of those States. In the Senate OF lhe Cni'ea
STATES, al one time, there were twenty-five sHsi-
mans. In the House of Representatives, al one
session, there were seventy OF lis members StSf-
mans. Were these Senators and members OF .Es
House of Representatives representatives oil 'if-
oinia !? respectfully rcques, a place in your
paper for this article, fearing that The communlca-
lion in The Globe OF Thursday may, il not cor
reced operate 10 The prejudice OF my iellow-c!ti-
zcns of Virginia. VlRGlNlhN.
"The number Of appointments BY the fecefal
Government, throughout the Union, amount TO
some twenty thousand, OF which none can be SAID
with propriety to be local. Those who admins
Ter the Federal Government cam without viola
ton Of right, Of law or precedent, appoint 10 any
one Of those twenty thousand Offices in any State
non resident of the Stale in which the particular
Office may be located In this point OF view,
then, in computing the Federal appointments OF
each State, reference should be had TO the post
masters, land officers. army and navy officers,
custom-house officers and every variety OF OH
GERS holding appointment under The Federal Go
urh ba;p tbn rh,p
ing The patronage bestowed on Massachusetts, all
the custom house officers at Boston should be
comprehended; so, with the six hundred custom
house and posi-oiIice appointments in New York
city, which are portion Of the patronage be-
slowed on the State OF New Yolk. There is one
thing cerlain-thai, OF those ninety-nine born in
this District, who hold place in the Executive de-
panments, about onc-half were appointed from
the States and nine-ienlhs Of them are Wings