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any injustice or oppression TO or upon private ind.
vidualsf In short, any NAL administration or off ia
MISCONDUCT To all these inquiries there is a univer.
sally negative response. i Will no. dwell On VIVA,
he is an able and upright officer that he discharges
the arduous duties OF bis trust without impeachment
or exception and that there Is not a more efficient
Executive a1 eni under Government. Excuse me for
what may possibly be considered somewhat digres.
i've.
Well, then. l repeat, what are the reasons for this
removal7 Why, without %adverting to insignihcan,
triies and circumstances Of a personal character. and
Of no weight, he is, il is said, not sufficiently popular
in New York, whilst a little contemplate press, and
perhaps an expression furtive!y obtained from n col
lection OF n few individuals, intrieuely managed, te'
solve that he is not a genuine Democrat, lot Their
creed) whilst at the same time the genuine Democ'
racy Of the city and State TESTIFY to The contrary
The agltators are met and confronted on their own
ground. ut their meetings, outvoted, routed, and de-
feaied the mercantile md business community win
one acclaim pronounce the merit of the collector =
Still, you say, as guardian and conserva'or OF the pup
lie harmony, you are bound 10 compose the existing
agitation, assuming that the removal Of a faithful and
able officer, thus partially and facllously sought, WI
have the desired effect! If misstaie The case, l wish
to be corrected and adinonished.
Well, then, again, sir, here ls a member OF the true
Democratic stock If American patriots Ut is unneces-
sary TO retrospect in detail, for, however honorable
the inheritance may he when II does occur, ! am not
an advocate of the natural and necessary lineaI De.
scent of ancestral merit who, not referring To his ed
ucation and professional pursuits in the State OF New
York, has from his earliest manhood and entrance on
The stage of human action, been employed IN the pub.
lie service of his country who, after having removed
from New York to Vermont. held with great reputa.
ton the responsible office of Collector OF that State
during the late wal with Great Britain, when the hor-
der circumstances in the Canadian boundary region
were of n critical character, both in q military aud
commercial view who was afterwards chief Justice
of that respectable State, and had, lesides, an impOr-
tant agency in digcsting its Iurisprudential code who
was afterwards selected as the Comm. sioner Of the
United States, under treaty for establishing and then
running the central section Of the boundary line be.
tween us and the Canadas- q service which the hon
ored Albert t;alIatin told me himself had been per-
formed with " consummate ability" ns was fully de-
velopcd in the diplomatic agency which the great man
SUI seqnently conducted on our part, IN London on
that subject Task that venerable patriot himself,
now standing with one foot in his grave, in New
York, whether l belle or misrepresent him )-who
was after wards Governor of that State, (Nermoni,)
and actually revolu'ioniZed ii from a warm federal TO
n democratic State who was then appointed by the
immortal Jackson, Minister Plenipoientnry TO Spnin'
where, among many o'her important diplomatic ser
vices to his country, he opened and led The way TO
the final recognition, by the parent government ai
Madrid, an object of great interest 10 his country. OF
the Independence of the Spanish American countries
"a fact, which in special honor and compliment TO
him and his country, is rtcted or referred TO by the
Spanish government in the solemn instruments OF
recognition now on record in the archives OF the gov.
etn~menis-GnQuire, If yOn please, of your Minis ter in
Mexico, and he can ascertain and inform you of the
fact y who has since been unanimously Il was going
To say, appoinied) confirmed by the Senate Of the
United States TO The mos, Important office under our
government, (beow The Cabinet J the duties OF which
he has performed with admirable success ms above re.
cited and admlited-(one of the Cabinet lately stated
tina, in the Collectors appropriate duties, and his in
,ercourse with the Government every thing " wen
on like clock work ~ who has, in the recent cleo
tons, with an honorable and consistent fidelity to hi.
politics and party, had almost influential agency ir
! producing existing results; a man, IN fine, who, IN
career Of forty years past, in all his public employ
ments, and under all circumstances, has been an UNI
farm, md undayiatinU DpmocratIc DatrIOt.
ask, then again, is this man now To be thrust asld'
5 with coniunely and indigniiy-lo be nm object o
scorn and contempt, TO prntiy the sen ual hosiil''!
of n clique, one of whose main organs IS a little pres
r conducted BY two nnprincipled and other wise insig
nihcnnt, precOciou> young men, protegcs, and unde
D the guild nee and tuition of a oliiical Pharisee-meI
c who, now presuming wiih imp'ident faIsehaod TO al
tack the democracy of The Collector, were IN Their mo
r theirs wombs when he was in the full career OF Dem
cratic public service! Is all this now demanded I
crafty the personal disappointment and political hos
n iiiiy OF a corrupt and worthless few, or to subserv
Interior purposes, both selfish and ambitious or both
II But | repeat, these odious herelics--those pretender'
upstairs, and false prophets, say he IL not orthodox
he is not of The true THAT ls, our) Democracy WIN!
sir, if you were well acquainted IN New YORK, yo
=. would sec il is the base, corrupt misrepresentation
,s /" fo. c""'emptible tools, unworthy OF thu rospeet'
consideration Of a hugh minded and vlrtuous cotnnun
". Be assured, >r, the people OF The city and Stat
:, Of New York will not. for know something Of then
- tolerate the ignoble Islander. A. 10 the pretended az
ltaiion which is thought so important to compos
=. DesNles InnI me very Ttn1oVhl oI me cOlleCtOT NAV NJ
be unattended with agitation the other way, any ma
of intelligence and ohser vaion knows that if the Pres
llent had at any time announced his Discriminate
a not TO remove, in forty eight hours time, all woul
" have been quiet and composure. Upon the whole,
YOU are not already convinced, on The principal poinl
in this case, by the honorable and respectable indivit
unl representations and circumstances made TO yol
% others may peak Out in tones and flashes of thund,
u and lightning, thai may make the earth rremble und,
the very feet of those who occupy the pinnacle
Their counlry's constitutional eminence those vi
not be convulsons tending to ravage our political fal
rics, hut To puffy the political atmosphere about then
i, and thus 10 aid in restoring, improving, and preser'
ing the health of the free and protecting institution
Of a happy people. Should the Collector and h
friends from considerations different from their oblie
lions to you, think proper to prevent the actual con
moion Of stormy elements. the lowering cloud W
nevertheless not be dispersed. AT rest on your lof
perch, ! see you contemptuously regarding all III
from an humble individual beneath ; but, sir, yon ha
Vi not yet learned so much, that experience may n
teach you a little more.
sir, ! repea, tina, ] speak freely. Were l to be mu
or sycophant on this occasion, ] would consider m
self too degenerate, both rs a man and a citizen
that tree and exalted State over which you have I
honor of at present presiding.
] am, with high respect and consideration, vo