Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-08-13
POLITICAL GUlLLOTlNE.

the discharge of his high duties. Will he be re.
tanned by The Wings, Should they have MAORI
". in order 10 consecraie The principle Of "pro'
scribing proscripion?" The first indication on
the subject came from "Polomsc" the famous
correspondent, of The Baltimore Patriot, paper
which warmly advocates the election upon "no
party" grounds OF General Taylor as wing,
We, as a candidate OF The whole people. Some
| weeks since, this correspondent gave The cue 10
his Wing associates-and while commanding the
ability OF MIR. French as clerk, boldly recon-
mends that he be superseded by some good Wh's'
solely upon political grounds. No fault was then
found with MIR. Frsnch's qualifications, in any
respect Seeing, however, The ridiculous position
in which his party would be placed, by turning
on, n blameess public officer on party grounds
alone. al the same time that the leaders prated
about the beauties of the "no party policy" this
same "Potomac" has recently written another
tier in which he announces his sudden DISCO
very ,ha, Mr.. French has all along been playing
the par,izan, and deserves for that reason 10 be
kicked GU, Of Office. What is The monslrous
sin OF which he has been guilly2 We shall lei
aPo,omac" tell his story in his own words:
"But nth al Mr. Fre,seh's ability and etscien-
ca as a clerk, he could not, when close party
question came up, disguise his partisan feelings:
Perhaps il would be 100 much 10 expect this oil
any political clerk, Wing or Locotoco Many
and many time have me mbers OF the House and
the reporters, or some Of them, observed .he ei-
fec, which close vote on parry quest,on-like
those Of amendments to the Tariff bill, The tax
on lea and coffee, and the bill Tor The Lieutenant
General would have upon The action OF Inc
clerk. In reading down the list OF The names oil
those who voted in The ffiTmative and negative,
where The vote locked like a he, or as II me
Wings had il BY one or two, he would cast aside
his rapid manner and become so slow, careful
and certain, that there would be lime for some oil
The absent Locoioco members to be sent for, or 10
come in oil their own instinct, and decide the
question as The party desired il 10 be decided
Whereupon, all In. clerks round the cesk-all
Locofocos-woud seem 10 breathe freer and
deeper' Il is quite possible that any Wing clerk
would be, on like occasion, equally Interested
and equally excited. Taking This for era led, il
is iair 10 presume that a Wing House, If II must
have an interested clerk, would prefer one who
would be interested in us behalf rather Than
against il. Looking al these things phiosoph-
cally. contend that II the House is Wing, no
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election OF any Locofoco clerk"
Can more absurd or more improbable pre-
tex, be- imagined for ousting an excellent public
| officer I? Who that has heard The race horse Ia
pidi,y with which MIR. French reads over The TWO
hundred names OF the ayes and noes, can for one
moment believe that he is enabled 10 make rea-
sonabe guess a, a lie or Wing majority BY zone
or TWO" so as to warn his parry friends 10 make
I'D The tally2 However credulous the Wings
may profess 10 be, we confess that we are by no
means ready TO copcede such marvellous tacul-
ties to MIR. French. Here is, indeed, potent
reason Tor elecing faithful officer, that al one
momcn, he reads rapidly and al the next, "where
the vote looks like lie" becomes more slow N
his u,,grance Much better, al once, throw on
The nimsy mask aud avow boldly, tha, b. b.
French is a "Locoioco," and for that reason
should be stripped Of power, and good Wing
substituted The country will respect such
manly reasons much more than the disinsenu-
| Gus, ridiculous preext here sci up.
| We must confess our surprise 10 see The Wing
seize upon this story with SO much avidity, and
advocate so warmly the prescription OF Mr..
French. Upon the naked assertion OF a news
paper scribber that MIR. French is III his read
ing a, one moment "rapid" and at another
"sow," in order To subserve party ends, The
Wing is for having him "lhrus out neck and
heels" II can scarcely conceive OF more grew
Gus offence than this, unless il be such an one a.
McNulty commitled." reinforcement of The pub
lie money! II goes on 10 declare that all future
clerks guilty OF such an offence, Wing or De-
mocIal should be punished; but il is evident that
the "Locofoco" French is a, presen, in It's eye
We repea, our surprise lba, such rank 'proscrip-
,ion," (for it is really nothing else,) should be
preached in Virginia, where The Democrats have
ever evnced the mosl magnanmous and gene
rous conduct towards their poitica opponents
II Mr. French be prescribed on so wreched pre-
text, we have one consolation, viz-lhat the
Wing party, by lis excuses and ulIfaisms, al
ways breaks itself down in a short time, and the
peope soon thrust 1, ncck and heels" out OF p01ceT