Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-03-21
A GOOD SIGN AT WASHINGTON!
Fruits ~ ETccairc Itcision


A Washington Correspondent olthe New York
Evening Post, writes on the 18th instant, that q"
is clearly understood that no removals will he
made except Tor cause. and that cause moi polili.
cal. Hence the efforts TO remove the Collector
Naval Officer, Postmaster &c, will prove abor.
live. unless some charge OF malieaSancc can bt
brought against them. Since ii has been made
known that no removals are 10 be made al pre-
sent, and that the presence of an applicant here
will rather relard than promote his preicnsions
The city is Trimmed OF visilers and the hotels and
boarding houses OF their inmates" /.
"The inlrigues and management OF personal fac
lions will not be very successful under the admin.
islration OF Mr. Polk, who is a clear-hcaded and
>insle-minied man, and will frown down all at
icmptS To make false issues, and will give every
one fair chance. The Cabinet was in session
I'LL late hour last night, and were closeied with
the President again Today. Its rumored, that The
Mexican question was before them. a II appre-
tensions respecting The course Mexico NAV pnr-
sue, are considered of no importance. We have
a Cabinet on whom The country can rely with
The greatest confidence, and nothing will be done
BY them without due reflection and the wse>t con-
sideration Mexico will be treated fairly-her
blusicrings will neither retard nor accelerate the
action of The Government. The Senate confirm
ed large number Of nominations to-day, among
which was that of William Parmenler, as naval
officer al the port of Boston. a better selection
could not have been made, as lie is sterling De-
inocrat and highly respectable and competent
man. Such appointments will Go honor TO the
administration"
Another leuer Gin the New York Evening Posi)
Of the 18th says:
"1hc visitors, as well as the permanent resi-
dents of Washington, by SOFT OF impulse, are
moved 10 draw a comparison between the gene
raj rush TO the city in 1910, and the band of pa
iriots, (cnough of them certainly who are here
now seeking office. am told by those who were
present both years, that the influx on Mr.. Folks
accession to power, even when il was al its great
est height, bears no comparison 10 The advent OF
Gen. Harrison, neither in point OF numbers, nor
in The unappeaseabe, almost tcrocious appetite
OF The applicants. In 1910. for weeks after The
inauguration, the halls the Closets the bedrooms,
The paroIs, the Kitchen and even the vestibue OF
the white house. were swarming with the most raw
eno,ls occ-seekers; and The poor old President as
is well known, was tormented ont OF life by this
hungry lhrong in one short month after he had as
s,imcd The reinS Of Government. And Is part OF
he strategy oil the Wing press 10 represent, and Ia
persist in saying, that similar slate of things ex-
ISIS here now nav, that The case is even more ag-
gravated than il was four years ago. Bni pledge
you nv word that il is not So Whatever
cause NAV have attracted them hither, il has ap.
parenlly ceased 10 operate, and we are now actu-
ally without as many strangers in town as are
usually here on business with The various depart
ments of Government. noe the circumstance
because | deem The comparison highly compli-
lnenlarY TO The Democratic pariy-complimenta-
~ not only in comparison OF the numbers, but in
The manifest and crcdllable moderation of those
who have now right 10 look for official favors. :