The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-04-28
ROTATION IN OFFICE.


ROTATION IN OFFICE.
We understand that some of our wing friends
are making great complaints because movement
has been made to render unto Caesar the things
which are Caesars in other words, because
some gentlemen who, like Jsshuran's asses, have
waxed fat" at the democratic crib, and are made
to give place to good and true democrats, the cry
prescription is raised We have not one word
to say in COMMUNICATION of their grievances. We
recollect the rapid gullotne descent upon our own
neck, when Tppecanoe was elected, we re-
collect the star chamber commission, that was
appointed to rake the purlieus of detraction in this
town. we recollect the 100 that fell beneath the
ban of Granger. which would have been extended
to some 5000 more if honest John Tyler had not
struck off his official head-we recollect that Mr..
HART, the present efficient and gentlemanly Con-
structor of this Yard, was :. rudely - severed
from his friends by the rapacious behess of party,
and we now have great deal of sympathy for
those who have long suffered from that policy
which was proclaimed TO be the settled wing poll
cy, by MIR. Clay himself, in Lexington, if he
should be elected, and we say $50 mote it be'
Whlggery exercises its own power to strengthen
good reason why democracy should not take ex-
ample, in this particular, and sustain those who
strengthen and support the Government. While
writing on this subject the following Apostle
views from the Harrisburg Union was brought to
our notice -
PHILADELPHIA CUSTOM HOUSE.
G. In the office of the Collector of Customs al
Philadelphia, a very considerable number of the
individuals holding responsible stations arc and
have been bitter opponents of the Democratic
party-and of the Deputies and Clerks employed
by the Naval Officer of the same Port, portion
at least. if not aAajority of the same political
kidney. In lS4Q, they hurraed loudly for Tip
pecanoe and Tyler too" and in 1874. shouted
hosannas 10 their glorious Harry Of the West :"
and yet "cruet, oppressive, tyrannicaL De-
nlocracy" has "persecuted % them SO much as
to permit them to keep their places for a year un-
der another Democratic administration, with
prospect, according to present Appearances of con-
tinuing throughout the whole term, so as to be
able to enter, with zeal and animation into the
support of the Wing candidate at the next Presi-
dental election. Verify, prescription has been
prescribed, though not precisely in the day and
generation when we were told such things should
take place.
We copy the foregoing article from the Norris
town Register. Its present editor holds lucra-
tive office under the General Government, and of
course speaks by the card. We confess we are
surprised as well astonished that such state
of things should exist as is averred in the article
above. If Messrs. Horn or Welsh have Wings
in their employ, it is their bounden duty to dis
miss them. A failure to apply the rule which
brought themselves into office, would be derelc-
ton of duty, we can scarcely believe them capa-
BILE of. In 1910, when Jonathan Roberts was
appointed Collector of the Port of Philadelphia,
forty hours after he was installed he re-
moved upwards of ONE HUNDRED DEMO
GRATIS from the Custom House
The Naval Officer removed his deputy, Mr..
PERRY, e'of the editors of the Pennsy lvanian
who had discharged the duties of the office of De-
putty Naval Officer with great fidelity but he had
committed the objectionable crime of having voted
for Martin Van Buren, for the Presidency. In
sober seriousness, if there are Wings in the Phil
adelphia Custom House within the reach of the
Collector or Naval Officer, they should be re-
moved, and good Democrats substituted in their
place. They would be rendering unto +" Caesar
the things that Cesar's," as we'll as CARRYING
out one of the cardinal principles of the Democratic
party.