New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-25
THE TRIBUNE.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE 2s. Is45.
Party Prescription.


nant camor No matter if the workman political
course were animated directed, governed by deadly
hostility TO his employers and such a. they mat
ter II the purpose As well the certain result OF IN
triumph would be their pros'ra,on and ruin. he mu-
not be discharged 10 make room for OF opposite
politics tina, would be most strocious Proscrsp-
f,on. But public functionary, dressed in q liite
brief authority, may do winh impuniiy that which
private citizen mus, not think of-not only ma
but virtually must eject from the public service hif
subordinates Of every degree though the business
the reward is no, his but the Countrys. He MAY
and often does remove clerks, tde-wsiier-' &c
whose politics can only be ascertained by dihgeni
inquiry and dexterous espionage; and IL some case'
it sufices that, though Of the night party, the victim
has attended 90 closely to his official duties as to Be
OF little service or account as a partisan Ou
political institutions make him voier-he has no
choice 90 iar-ye If be votes as he thinks night NJ
10 thence subjected TO severe punishineni-it ma!
be 10 an absolute privation Of subsistence Tor M
family The man who stsrves him IL not dong az
he likes with bis own he is using and periiinl
what is the whole Peoples 10 subserve his own ends
or at mos; those OF his party. II II were his own
Public Opinion would not tolerate such use Of il
but not being his, he may pervert i, to his sordio
purposes and scarce a murmur j. raised against hin
none by those who most vociicrous against 81
Prescription excep, by Office Holders Can il b
that this mons,rous anomaly and absurdity VII
continue
True there are certain posts connected with uov
eminent which require, for the proper discharge o
their duties, harmony Of sentiment between tn.
incumbent and the President The Cabinet Mime
ters the Foreign ENJOYS. the Chief Clerks IN tho
State Department, ought to be of the same party
with the President and 80 In the state Govern
ments But does not every upright man feel that u
IL Aaersnt abuse to remove Postmaster acceptable
TO three fouths Of the persons having any concern
IN the Office TO make room for one unacceptable 70
them but Of like politics with the Postmaster Gene
all Did Mr. Madison 60 too far, when, IN the Con.
yen,;on which framed the Federal Constitution, he
uphesi,a,ingy declared that such removal and sp
poin,nent as this should subject the high function
airy directing ii to impeachment
We Of the present generation, whose earlier years
were not passed amid the corruptions which Bur
and his coadjuiors early implanted in the Politics o.
this State, before they were ransplanted in 1929 t
the wider sphere Of the Union have little idea OF the
comparative purity and peace which prevailed un
der different auspices There are whole Countie'
in which a genuine Office seeker-that is, man
wanting an office mainly for what he could make
out Of it-bad not been known for twenty year
prior TO the election OF Jackson. And now wber
is the township the schooldistrct which this pest
ferrous brood has not polluted Not merely tho
genteel loafers who sure TO get living somehow
from the proceeds of other mems industry but once
useful though ignorant and incompetent persons
who ought to be serving their country at wood saw
ing and earthshovclng are smitien by the base lcl
for Office and go round with petitions which the
could no, write soliciting signatures To forify Their
claims The whole land is corrupted, poisoned by
office seeking. Notorious gamblers, pugilists and
rowdies not only ask for but obtain most responsible
stations; while patient plodding industry ~ dis
counteuanced and condemned Every year reveals
lower dceps Of this fatal abyss, which threatens ID
cneulf all that remains of earnes, patriotism or man
" purity in the land Shall this go on to the end
Nothing could be more unprovoked and wanior
than the commencement of this terrible mischief
When Gen jackson became President in 1929 he
found large proportion Of his avowed supporter
in Office Indeed, the most responsible and power
ful post ia the Government, tina, of Post Master Gen
eral. had been held through Mr. Adamss term by
Jackson man Mr.. Adams had never removed, III
less for neglect Of duty, any man during his Presl
Dental term-not half dozen in all He came in
finding the Office holders friends OF all the rival can
n III "A ~
himself All these he retained without inquiry into
their politics, making changes only where rendered
necessary By death resignation or default Repeat
cd efforts were made TO Gust obnoxious jackson
men. but Mr.. Adams met them with the blunt ques
ton" Have you any evidence OF incompe,ency
'unfaithialness on the part of this man If not.
cannot remove him" And tina, ended the matter.
But all this was changed when Gen. Jackson came
In I'VE presume, said IN anticipation. Duff
Greens Telegraph. then the jackson organ al
Washington, that Gen Jackson will REGARD his
friends and psa,sl his enemies Mr. Adamss nom
nations of unexccp,onsbc men to I'LL exalted sta
tons vacated by death laid on the table by the
jackson Senate Of ls2s-9, 50 that they might b.
withdrawn by the prospective President month
later John Mclean having refused TO be the ins,ru
ment of sweeping prescription OF Adams Posi-.
masters was shifted GU, of the Post Office Dcpar,
ment and a successor appointed who was ready
enough to so the whole hos. Mr.. Mclean was
excellen, officer This successor had no other qusl
i6cation for the post but Jacksonism In this City,
Mr. Adams had kept in the Crawford Collector be
cause he was a good officer though urged 10 remove
him; Gen. Jackson promptly turned him on, and
pu, San. swsrtwout in his place So it was else
where. 50 far as Offices desirable wherever
Adamsmen held them and Jacksonmen wanted them
A few old soldiers. &c. were KEEP, in but no more
Prescription was the order Of the day.
Twelve years thereafter. the Wings came into
power with Gen. Harrison What did Justice and
the Public Good require OF them Would i, have
been right to continue the monopoly OF Office by hos
who were now minority Of the People and
sainly could no, claim any prcponderance OF capaci
ty, integrity or merit Hor were we to "proscrbc
Prescription BY saying 10 lis conirivers and az
thors I'VE concede you a monopoly of the Office
forever; YOU have them now shall continue
them in your hands while re have the power and
when YOU triumph again Won will have them Of