Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-05-15

The Court Journal eulogi:iag tie Court,
Prefaced by rng assurances Of lhrr Independence.
and exemption from all improper nl ience (Which would
have been unnecessary if their position did no, subject
their motives to SUSPICION The editors Of the Washing
ton "Union," jus, zone week" after they had entered
upon their career, and uf course with very limited
opportunities of 'sceng the machinery If Executive
Power" in lis vast and nrmberlrss notifications come
with studied and elaborate eulpgy up1n the Pres
ldeni and the several Heads Of Department each Of
whom Is represented as diligently and ahorosy ensa-
ged in the ardnous duties apperianing their respec
tive stations This may all be So ani probably is-Er
according 10 the old poverb. new broms sweep cean
and. in of The term this proyeb will doubtless
he verified by Mr.. Polk aud his Cabinc--lha, is u say
they will make clean sweep Of most of their po,ca
opponents from Office, from the highest to the humbles
But We do mol know, even ifn be true in lis enlarged
and better meaning. that they entitled tn any spe
cal praise from the Poet Laureate therefH They have
certain duties to perform. 70, dung which they are in
vested with powers equal To their ambl,ior and paid
salaries in some equal to their avarice-us us, as
the 'Ofganst' himself, when he tunes his y pes in
their praise. fr which doubtless he expects to be well
paid hkewlsel IL 'meaey ma kes the go,'' il
ought not TO be expected that either the Executive or its
Organ should be long idle The ruth is as we have
had occasion heretofore 10 remark the Orean" having
not only its origin, but its existence in the ",cu of
the Executive, is compelled. noens roea to defend and
exol The Power in which il Gives moves and has its
being" The editors may refuse do this but if ,hey
do the consequences, as they well know, will be the
transfer Of this duty to those who wll-just as we have
recently seen Messrs. Blair s. Rives, not roluntarilv
selling their property, bul forced agsins, their wishes
to relnqulsh il into other hands, because the Erecrc
required ae cha"ge! Ifihat Executive should become
dissatisfied with Messrs. Richie & He,s is il not obv
Gus that they would be compelled 10 make like trans
fer to some other individuals. better adapted, from su
perlor pllancy, 10 the position? No doub, it,
They may boasi, therefore, Of their ''indepeadencs
much as they please-lhey may declare often they
please that they do not "wear the livery of parasites p
bat before they can expect others repse fall faith in
declarations Ut this sor they will have give some proof
oil their superiority 10 those potent influences which the
strongest and most honorable minds have been here
tofore able 10 resist Station, Rank, WeaLh Po,ver!
All these-tor which men struggle. from their first en-
trance upon the duties Of active life until its closing
scene-are involved in the course which the Official
Editors may pursue. So long they suit the purposes
OF the Executive, they lie within their grasp but let
them offend the powers that be" by condennng their
faults, even by falling To vindcae their errors and
these gilded baubles fade away before their vision
One word can unmake, as easily it made them,
With influences such as these to pervert and control
the Judgment, the most independent" minds will lose
their power To act with freedotn, and will sometimes
nsensby to themselves sink int the mere parasites Of
the Power, whose smile own is them life or death
Hence the eulogies of the Ogan upon the Presiden,
aud his chief Executive officers, however sincere on
cum grano sails. single weeks examination coul
hardly justify 50 pompous panegyric; and the public
generally therefore will regard of those pre-
determined things which, falling within the line Of the
Court Journals duty, lad well been Pronounced then
as at any oher time. II, for example, lis scrutiny Of
the conduct OF the Executive tunctonares, the Union
had found them all idle, and their various departments
IN confusion, who believes that it would have proclaimed
that fact to the American people, and demanded
domination of their faithless public I, might,
indeed, have been SILENT but shall never hear the
voice of condemnation from that quarter until its Edi-
tors prepared TO relnqush the lucrative position they
hold, by the precarcus tenure VI the Executive wil"
Never As should expect to hear lawyer plea.
ding against t. client who paid him lavish iees-or
what is more germsne 10 the matter, that the poet
Wordsworth in his last Annual Ode To The Queen of
sing the obles Of Her Majesty instead Of as in duty
bound. celebrating her imaginary exceencies, as of all
women. and particularly Of all soveregns
"l'he wisest virtuousesl, discreetest, oest!"