Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-09-02
VOL. XXVI.--.yO.
EFERRED
From The ~. Y. Courier aud Enov;r,r

f" tH ' !. COUlef ana Ed0Que1of,
Under the head Of prescription IN adrance, the Ws.h-
inglon Inion, calling the Richmond Enquirer 10 i,s sun.
port, undertakes 10 charge The Wings with pre,nedi,u,ed
prescription, because. If they obtain. AZ nov undoub,edlv
they viii. a majority IN the next House Of Representa-
l,yes' they have been urged, in some quarters. to chooss n
Wing Tor their clerk.
This the uninnealls prescription, and descants At lsrue
upon the contradiction which. II alleges, exists in spifit
betwrcn such prescription and the no pariy profpssio,,s Of
Gen. Taylor, whom yet the " higs are willing 10 SUD.
port as theif candidate.
Tho Galon ls not deceived. but a uilfnl d cs;ve, /,
this matter.
II IL QUO Thing TO vacale an ofice filled by an opponep,.
because he Is an OPPONENT 1t Is quite a different thing
To Ill a vacant office with a friend, because he is !
ilicnd.
The first would he prescription. the second is com.
mon sonse, and, IN certain cases, Necessary 5 If preserya-
li1n.
llis Is precisely the case in point. We quote from
The Richmond Enquirer as copied in the Uniun
~ clerk is 10 be elected. aud. us the office is nm i'm
poriant one. The country was led 10 expecl that on This &C.
casion the W hlps would prove their sincerlly by thcir
works. The late i%ncnnben' CD. B. French. E.sq. is nc.
kno"legod by all 10 have beon faithful aud honest in IN.
discharge 81 his high duties. viii he be retained nv
the Wings. should they have a majority. in other 10 ron.
s'ctaio Tho principle oi prescribing proscfiption2',
This single cNlIaci tells the whole story, and ansvers
al, the objection and olJurgaiIons Of the Union and il.
Richmond coadiutor.
"A clerk Is To be elected ."Of course. then there il,
vacancy and what them The Wings. in order to Prove
Their abhoIreneoo II "Proscrip lion > are 10 proscrile all
the 9ualined men oil th.lf o"n par, and ~. elect a political
OPP, nent
Can any thing be more feeble in argument, or mole i'm.
prudent IN pfetonslon J
lle hole talk about "oustieg nm excellent public oi-
Ger, and about prescribing Mr.. French, - /. deliberate
misrepresentation, since n man that Ia out, canpo, In
'ohsled, . nor can he he prescribed Tho has no actual ns-
session Of Office, and certainly 10 vested rinht in its ~.
version.
II is a new appointment To which The II. of Reprcse,-
ta''Vfs VIII come onlra,nelled by any pledges to lis latest
iuctlnhont, and the choice they will make, " hatey,r il h.
can by no Just use Of language, be 10 med n proscrip,i,n n
The iornor incumbent II that choice should uut l.l
upon him. -"
We argue this matter wholly ON theory. We have
not The most relhotc knowledge Of what is designed 10
be done by the Wings IN The premises. Certainly. wa
pave no III VIII oi any sort apaius, the late clerk--nor
do We oven know who, II any one, il talked of as l,.
"ueeesspr--but when we see n paper, itself The pr.sluce
al PRESIDENTIAL patronage-a mere creature of pariv cor-
l,np'ion, talking %il'ppanily about party prescription, and
llasranlly mlsreprescnting facts 81 as to produce the i'm
pression that once 10 have held office, contcrs n srt If in
doie'slble tile to continued possession when. too. ,bis
pare protesting to be democrats, forgets 50 conveniently
all about the democratic rule Of .'roiation in oficev-wc
are 'rreslslibly provoked To sxposo its hypocrisy and its
sial owhess, aud 10 roctlty tho ruth as To he matter il pro-
[ ,s's 10 discuss.
question, without suggestion Or Interference on our part. 10
the W Wig House of Representatives that VIII be installed
AT Washington in December next.