The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-24

exception of yourself and possibly the writer OF
the articles knew to be false, not deemed wor-
Thy of notice As, however perceive that these
communications are extensively cited by the demo-
cratic presses, justifyng the removal of officers
| by the government they have become invested with
an Importance, and power Of inhic,ing injury on
others which will, | trust excuse my coming for
ward, thus publicly, TO give them an unqualified
denial.
| The first of the communications referred to APP
peared in the "Union" Of the gath ultmo, and con-
tanned the following statement:
eve have another apt illustration Of federal consistency
here-st home-in the uniform spirit OF tolention with
Which he smGso party ARE treated By the
(Mayor seaton) at their head Commencing with the
orally and going down through all the different offices
under the municipal lava not one Is held by democrat For
this total exclusion OF republicans from public employ
In truth call ough but vile and ruthless prescription
This was succeeded two days after, by another
communication, giving list OF the nominations, ac-
companled by sundry comments, from which the
following is an extract:
please publish the following list Of the persons
mated by w W. Seaion esq mayor OF this city, on Mon
day last the asd instant I'LL the various situations under
the corporation for the year next ensuing These we are
gift of the authorities OF Washingon and further
informed that 6m one person named among the sixty IS
friend and supporter Of the present administrations and that
the post filed by him only worth about fifty dollars per
annum,"
Now Mr. Editor, after giving currency to these
confident assertions you may be surprised to learn,
that the nominations referred to, instead of having
been selected on any principle OF prescription or ta-
voltsm, embrace, almost without exception, the
same persons that the mayor found in Office at the
time of his election five years ago. and nearly all of
whom were continued in, or appointed to office by
democratic mayor;--that the mayor has made but
four removals during his administrations of
which were for intemperance, and two for ncoms
petency;hat the whole four were, to the best of his
knowledge wligs;-that two Of the four who
ceeded them, as he has since learned, were demo-
crats;--that he does not to this day. know the poll
tics of one-half of the persons he found in Office
and has continued in Office to the present time;that
he has never excluded man from Office, or APP
pointed one to Office on account of his pocs-that
instead of there being, is alleged, but democrat
in Office, the mayor has democratic authority for sta
ting that considerable number Incorporation officers
are democras;-that, so far from holding the cruel
and an-republiean doctrine of prescription for opn-
ions sake, the mayor disavows and detests i--that
far from regarding the Offices placed at his dis
posal as being his property, to be given or taken
away, according to his caprice, the indulgence of
party favor, he looks upon himself simply as the
foreman of the public 10 see that his fellow-servanls
perform their duties faithfully, with the power and
the obligation to remove them if they do not;-and
that 80 long officer is faithful, competent, and
exemplary in the discharge of his duties, the
mayor would as soon think of going, and thinks he
would have just as much right 10 go, into his
house and take the bread from his hearth, as to
take away his office. Whether this be democratic
doctrine you can hes, tell; but it has been the
doctrine out of Office, and the practice in office, of
your obedient and very humble servant
w. w. SEATON.
WASHINGTON, July "a, lS45.