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in the land. Shall this go on tli1the end!
Nothing could be more unprovoked and
wanton than the commencement of this
oterrible mischief When General Jackson
became President in 1929, he found large
proportion Of his avowed supporters in Of
Lice. Indeed, the most responsible and
powerful post in the government, that oI
Postmaster General, lad been held through
Mr.. Adams's term by Jackson man. MIR.
Adams had never removed, unless for neg
lectoE duty, any man during his Presiden-
tial term-not half dozen in all. He
came in, finding the Office holders friends
Of all the rival candidates for President
4 Jackson, Craw ford, Clay and himself All
these herpmned without inqHiryinto their
politics, making changes only where rem
dered necessary by death, resignation or
default. Repeated efforts were made to
oust obnoxious Jackson men, but Mr. Ad-
ans met them with the blunt question:
"Have you any evidence OF incompetency
or unfaithtulness on the part Of this man?
II not, ] cannot remove HING" And that
Fended the matter.
But all this was changed when General
Jackson came in. "We rresEme, it was
! said, in anticipation, in Duff Green's Tel
egraph, then The Jackson organ at Wash
ingion, "that General Jackson will retOard
his friends and pmtsk his enemies" Mr..
| Adams nominations Of uneXceptionabIe
men 10 gill exalted stations, vacated by
death, were laid On the table by the jack
son Senate ofl823-9 SO that they might
be Withdrawn by the pros bective President !
A month later, John Mclean, having re- |
fGsed to be the instrumental asWeeping |
prescription Of Adams Postmastets, was
shifted cut Of the Post Office Department,
and a Successor appointed, vino was rea-
dy enough to go the whole hog. Mr. Nc
Lean was an excellent officer. This sac
ces7or had no other qualification for the |
pest but JacksonisR. In this city Mr..
Adams had keptin the Crawford Collector,
because he was good officer, ',hough hurg-
ed to remove him; Gen.JacksOn promptly |
turned him cut and put Samuel SWar-
won't in his place. So twas elsewhere,
50 tarOs Offices were desirable, wherever
Adamsmen held them and Jacksonmen
wanted them. A few old soldiers, &c.
were kept in, bat no more. Prescription
was the Crderofthe day.
Twelve years thereafter, the Wings |
came into power with Gen. Hawison.-
What did Justice and the Public Good re-
quire Of them? Would it have been right
to continue the monopoly 8, office by'those
who were row a minority of the people,
and cettainiycouId not caim any prepon-
derance Of capacity, integrity, or merit!
How were we to "proscribe proscriplIon?'
By saying to its Contrivrrs and authors,
ave concede you amOnopoIy OF the offices
forever you have them new5 we Shall con-
tinue them in your hands while we have
the power, and when you triumph again
you will have them of course?" VIII any
man say that this was the proper course to
he taken! Would it not have been q Sc
were trial for poor Human Nature! Pess-
bIy the Wings might havc sobeneftted the
country by inevitably sacrificing Them
selves. But they chosa rather to follow
the precept and example OF Mr.. Jefferson, /
who Raid in substance, on coming into oI-
fee, 81 shonId have heen eatSfed, had |
found part Of the offices in The hands OF
the majority, bat find all monopoHzeu for
years by the Federaiss, Of whom few die,
none resign. shall therefore make
changes till bring the parties nearly to
an equality; after which shall only ask oT
an incumbent or candidate, SIS he honesG
Is he capabel Is be faithful to the Con-
The treachcry Of Tyler soon neotrajzod
and at last nulIifed the Wing ascendcncy;
and those wfo had elected him were turn
ed QUITO make room for his former reVi-
crs. Mr. PoIk,on coming IN, iound'a large
majority Of the desirabeoflices thaAanda
of zeuIous, effective supporters ofhjs cleo
tion. Yet he has turned and is forming
out, not merely the few scattering Wbigs
left in by Tyler, hut these also Friends
and foes are alike swept by his unsperng
edicts.
Where is the remedy for the great evil
and wrong! Is there none! For the vic
tins we have little sympathy; our concern
is for the countryand its morals. bat'us
see theway out Of this labyrinth Of infinite
corruption and mental slavery, and we
follow it Whoever may lead. There must
be escapesomthow if the Republic is not
doomed 10 sDeedy peratfOn