Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-06-13
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REMOVALS


We exposed, last evening, The monsirons mis-
representation which has Just appeared in The
New York Herald. viz that in two days thirty.
seven removals had been made in this cty. We
stated that, il the Washington correspondent had
confined himself to sercA cases, he would have
come much nearer the truth.
Wehave since seen specific statement from
one Of the corr isponden,s OF the New York Her.
aid, viz: thai all The removals from office in
Washington city, since The llh Of March, 1915,
10 the 9Th instant (viz: thres months amount
only to fifty including six messcngeIs ami raini-
men, three or four who have TeSigud:a Two,
whose commissions had expired by lax; two,
whose services were necessarily dispensed with
under the law reducing the nnmber OF clerks 10
be hereafter employed in the General Land Office;
and one temporary clerk in the Patent Office,
for whom the commissioner could find nothing
more IL do. For what cause these fifty auditors,
clerks. posmaslers, &c, were removed--how
many for absolute incapacity-how many for
their brawlins, indecent, and improper PARTISAN
ship--and how many because they were Wings,
who had taken the place of the worthy Demo-
Gratis turned out during The Wing dynasty, does
not appear from the record but we are confident
that not as many have been superseded for OPT
MONS sake, in III sc three months as are attri-
hnted in the New York Herald 10 The work OF Two
days.
Pos,maslers and other officers, have been re-
moved, OF course, al other places; bu, how many,
and for what causes, we will not profess TO emu
lnerate but We will undertake 10 assert, not hall
as many as were made during the corresponding
period of the Granger administration. Upon this
subject however, we find in the Detroit Free
Press" Of the 9th instant, the following article,
which saves us from the necessity of any elabo-
rate statistics:
"PRoscsIprloN.-As some of the Wing papers
in this State are talking about the prescription of
Wing Postmaslers, we make the following ex-
tract from debate in Congress, between Mr..
Granger, Harrison's Postmaster General, and MIR.
Weller of Ohio:
"'The gentleman from New York (Mr. Gran
gerry stands by his principles = What were the
principles upon which that gentleman entered the
Cabinet OF General Harrison? Did he stand
pledged 10 put down prescription? He, roo talks
about the 'spos Will he be so good as to tell
me how many victims were gulllolincd whilst he
stood at the head OF the Post Office Department
Mr.. Granger. Does the gentleman from
Ohio desire an answer 10 his question
"'Mr Weller Certainly | do, and will I've
very much obliged 10 him if he will give it,
mir Granger said he would respond with
pleasure. There had been ahou, | 700.
"'Mr. Weller. SEVENTEEN HUNDRED.
And how many would have been turned out if
The gentleman had remained in Office Two weeks
longer2
"sMr. Granger said he would answer that too.
If he had remained in Office little longer, he
would have turned out 5000 more-making 4, 700
in ALL
"Here, then, is the acknowledgment from a
member OF General Harrisons Cabinet, that four
thousand and seven hundred Poslmas,ers were
marked for prescription, by party who were
Pledged 10 prescribe prescription. OF This num-
5er seventeen hundred we're hurled from office ia
lie short space Of six months, Tor The crime OF