Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1845-11-06
CORRECTION.

Hon. Henry l., Ellsworth, the late Com
missioner of Patents, has, we learn from
good authority, received, Involuntary, a
high aod Justly mcrrited acknowledgement
of his great usefulness and ability, in be-
ing appointed to make out the report, for
this year pertaining to the Patent Office.
The government were obliged to call upon
the cx-officer, as they could find no one
else capable oflul6lIing the duties.
True SIN.
Here is another beautiful commentary
upon the propriely of removing Mr. Els
worth, and appointing Mr. Burke to the
Office Of Commissioner of Patents. Ii
proves all we said, at the time the change
was made, as 10 lis improperly and pub
lie injustice. The"Union took us TO task
Tor our animadversions, and placed them
upon the personal grounIs Of the removal
of friend from office. The public will
see, by more general consent, that we had
good reasons for comp loint at the change
made. The Commissioner Of Patents
Edmund Burke-recieyes three thousand
dollars a year for his services; while his
predecessor is in the employ of the Gov
ernment-at the same salary we presume
10 write out the commissioners report.
The parallel to this was the removal of
one of the clerks of the Patent Officer
by Mr. Burke who was afterwards solicit
ted--as we proved by allidayit-to come
and teach his successor. II seems now
that Mr. Burke requires teaching from his
predec and thus we have, practical
Iy, two Commissioners of Patents, at
salary of sin thousand dollmS!-N. Y.
Express, Oct. 10.
The libel contained in the above para
graphs upon the present Commissioner of
Patents, Edmund Burke, esq, we copy
from the "New York Express" of Mon
day last. The paragraph from the True
Sum-" we presume, is intended to assert
as a fact, only what It's editor supposed
he had good authority for asserting. The
comments by the express" are promp-
ted by the too malignant and mendacI Gus
spirit which has characterized the whole
course of the editors of that paper in refer
ence to Mr. Burke, and the motive OF which
is well understood, and which extracts
from the degraded editorials of that pa,
per all their venom. We would, on the
very best authority, assure the "True
Sun" that the government" were not NOR
was anybody else, obliged to call on Mr.
Ellsworth, or any other person except Mr.
Burke, to make out reports of the Patent
Office for this year; that Mr. Ellsworth
will have nothing to do with making out
those reports for this year; that if it were
even contemplated to permit Mr. Ellis
worth to have anything to do with making
out the agricultural report for this year. it
was no, because the government" were
Obliged to call upon him, nor that Mr.
Burke needed his services, but because
Mr. Ellsworth himself solicited the privl-
eye. We assure the editor ofthc "True
Sum-" the government has been obliged
to call upon nobody except Mr. Burke to
make out the reports from his office; that
it has full confidence in his ability and
capacity to perform any duties devolving
upon him in his new position; and that
Mr. Burke will do as much of the labor,
either mental or physical in preparing
the reports from his office, as any commits
sioner has done who has gone before him,
We say this, however, not to detract from
the Just merits of Mr. Ellsworth; who
we are gratifed in saying, was worthy
ard valuable office, and who would be
the last man TO ccuntenance the injustice
done to Mr. Burke in the paragraph of the
True Sun"
The express" may be at ease in rela-
ton to the Patent Office. We are will
ling to trust the reputation Of that office,
under the administration of its present
head, with the country, who will mot, in
that ungenerous and malicious spirit
which the Express" displays, judge MIR
Burke. The editors of that paper may
rely upon it, that there will be no "tNo
Commissioners of Patents, at a salary Of
six thousand dollars" while that Office is
under the control gifts present head
The statement is utterly ualounded, as is
also the statement put forth, some months
ago, in that paper and now reiterated,
that Mr. Burke attempted to procure; or
authorized any other person to attempt to
procure, the services Of removed clerk
TO instruct his successor in his dutles.-