The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-14

parent He may have no ambition to become
man Of fashion--a gentleman ofthe ton. He is
plain democrat, treating all who come IN coniac
with him with grea, courtesy and civility, and abb
and willing to do his duty, without fear favor,
God and his country. We think he is quite as like
ly to be a popular Postmaster General as Francis
Granger.
4 And as to Mr.. Crittenden, the attorney genera
under General Harrison, we concede his talents
and his chivaric character but we must also do jus
tce to the bland and eloquent Mason. Mr.. Critten.
den filed his place with great credit to himself and
il clear head, an earnest devotion to his duties
the pursuit of an honorable ambition, the desire tc
prepare himself for the arduous duties which he has
accepted, can qualify him to discharge them with
honor to himself and advantage to his country, SO
will Judge Mason.
Associated with this able gentleman Gin the State
Department. is the new Solicitor Of the Treasury
Seth Barton esq, whose legal attainments, whose
fine talents and general information, and whose SER
vices rendered to the great cause of Texns have de-
servedly secured him this important Office In the
government
| But the Express" finds fault with the appoint
ments of Mr.. Polk; and is particularly severe upon
him for appointing Mr.. Burke Commissioner OF
Patents, Mr. Bidlack charge to Peru, and Mr.. Jew
EFT, Of Maine, charge to Lima.
The Express" seems TO have reserved its most
poisonous arrow for. MIR. Burke 1t spoke of him
the other day as ga miserable anatomy of man.
and now it designates him as "scullion" There
must be some special provocalon to the bitterness
of these attacks; and accordingly correspondent
has furnished us key, in Mr.. Burkes declining to
employ brother-in-law Of one of the editors of the
Express" We have no confidence in any mans
Judgment who would thus speak Of Edmund Burke
He appears to us, in manners and address, second
to no one with whom it has been our fortune to
meet in Washington. He was Justly regarded, as
we are informed, among the most polished gentle
men in the last Congress- This same Mr.. Burke,
who is stgmatized by the Express" as "a misera-
BILE anatomy" and as ga sculIion," was a respected
representative from the State of New Hampshire
The citizens Of the Granite State have been in the
habit of changing their representatives in Congress
every four years. They have rarely relaxed this
rule-perhaps never, except in reference to Wood
bury, Hubbard, Atherton, and Burke; which cir
cums,ance, of itself, speaks sufficiently for Mr..
Burke's talents, his high standing at home,
(where he is best known) and of his own services
as public man. His great requirements, his
industry, and his abilities, are sufficient guaranty
to the scientific and industrial classes of the
country, that their interests have been committed to
proper hands. We do not mean to undevalue Mr..
Ellsworth, who resigned the Office which he so
honorably filed. We have no doubt, with such a
model before HIM, that Mr.. Burke will devote all
his energies to the public service and fll Mr.. Ellis
worth's place in the Patent Office with equal ability
and distinction.
| In relation to Mr.. Bidack, we need only to say
that he was an able member of Congress, to which
place he was twice elected by the people Of his dis.
trict. The Express" well knows tina: he was a
ready debater and during the session preceding the
late contest, made speech which caused the wings
more trouble in Pennsylvania than they cared about
having; and hence, probably, the abuse of the eek
press" upon him. 1t is enough to know that the
mission is con6ded to able hands, and that the de-
mocracy of Pennsylvania, who know Mr.. Bidlack
better than the editor of the Express, cordially APP
prove Of the appointment, and that many Intelligent
wings concurred in his recommendation.
L
some heavy blows upon the wing party in Ten
nessee during the late canvass, and very naturally
is entitled to the abuse of the Express" If he
represents his country abroad as ably as he has
castigated the enemies Of democratic principles at
home, we are of the opinion that the President will
not be censured very severely by the great body of
the people for appointing him. Mr.. Jewelt will prob
ably hear of the assaults of the puissan edi-
tors of the New York express" upon him; but he
doubtless knows that like Sir Peter Teazle in the
"School for Scandal" he has tsle his character be-
hind him." The epithets of "bgot," "hypocrte, !"
"barn-yard waiter" "scullion," &C., must have
been an aromatic flavor in the nostrils of the re-
spectacle wings who belong to party claiming "al
the decency;'' and they are particularly becoming
the columns Of journal, whose editors profess
to be gentlemen of high breeding, elevated senti-
ment, and great eloquence and scholarship.
Lastly, the Express charges the President
with violating the spirit of the closing para
graph of his inaugural address, in which he says,
thathe should "not be unmindful that my feow-cti-
zens, who have differed with me in opinion, are
entitled to the free exercise of their opinions and udg-
ments, and that the rights of all are entitled to
spect and regard" Has the President violated this
sentiment Has he removed men from office for
mere opinions sake' We do not believe that the
"Express" can point to single instance. That the
President has made few removals of persons be-
longing to the wing party, we are not disposed to de-
ny; but we do deny that they were removed from
mere ruthless spirit of prescription, such as marked
the era Of the wing dynasty Of lS4l.
| There are certain Offices which it is neither ex-
pedent nor safe to leave in the hands Of his political
opponents. These are necessary to oonsummste the
policy which he is elected to carry out. Another
reason justify certain removals is, that it is both
just and equitable that he should give to the party
by whom he was elected fair representation in the
Offices of the government. Mr.. Jefferson himself
had to act upon this principle in 1901. In his re-
ply to the merchants Of New Haven, he asks
ooes IL Violate their eoia riphfs (of the minority