The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-07-19

We take the following from the Richmond Whig
to show the system of misrepresentation with which
the opposition every where pursues the present AID.
ministration
| The Wing knows, and all the people of the State
know too, that General Peyton's appointment was
an act of prescription. Colonel Gooch was turned
out and General Peyton put in, not because Colo
mel Gooch was not capable, faithful, and honest,
| but because he was Democrat and would not
bend the supple hinges of the knee, that thrift
might follow fawning." Colonel Gooch, it is well
known, was General Harrson's aid-de-camp in
1912, on the northwestern frontier-was his pri
vate secretary and personal friend, and was
highly esteemed by General Harrison Nothing.
however, could shield him from the mercenary arts
of the offce-seekers.l His successor was more
palalable to Wing dynasty, and was graciously
installed after Colonel Gooch had been removed
When Mr.. Polk found General Peyton in his snug
gerry, he simply prescribed prescription, and turned
the General out So Of Mr. Trigg. He had been
appointed to one office, from which a more capable
officer had been elected. Mr.. Triggs predecessor
was Democrat. Mr.. Trigg was a Wing. That
was his merlt-we will not say his only merit-but
we will say that then, for that Office, as it
has been for his present Office, his chief and most
potent claim; and without being exactly particular,
we believe that nearly if not every one of the cases
alluded to by the Wing stand in the same precise
condition.
But the Wing would have its readers to infer.
because the valuable offices of this State under the
Federal Government were filed by Democrats,
that therefore the Democrats had prescribed the
Wings, yet the Whig knows this not to be the fact,
and we defy it to point to the removals Of Wings
that Democrats might be appointed except in such
instances as those given above.-Enquirer.
We copy the foregoing from the Enquirer 1t is
very Improbable to correct the errors of our con-
temporary-for it is manifest that it is predeter-
mined to make out a case to Justify the meditated
and longdesired prescription of the "basement-
story officers.''
Respecting Colonel Gooch's removal: That was
justified and demanded by the fact that the office
was sinscure in his hands. He resided in the
country; did not visit the city oftener than once a
week; sometimes he was absent month at a time,
and did pretend to attend to the duties of the Of
fice On every principle of justice he ought to have
been removed-and he was removed
As to Mr.. Trgg, the blunders of the Enquirer
are most remarkable. He did not turn out Demo-
crat. His predecessor was Wing, who desired
to retire from the ofice-and Mr.. Trgg was ap-
pointed by Mr.. Tyler, without being an applicant.
He made so good an officer that Mr.. Cave John
son, Postmaster General, urged Mr.. Polk to retain
him. but to his, and all other solicitations the Pre-
sident replied, "No; he is Whig and he shall not
stay in"
The Enquirer defes to point to a removal by
Mr.. Polk which was not to punish prescription
This case of Mr.. Trigg is in point. That of Dr.
Minge at Petersburg is another very striking one.
His predecessor Mr. Shore] resigned and moved
to Missouri When Mr.. Polk came in it was re-
ported to him that Dr. M IS wife and daughter had
urged him to vote for Mr.. Clay, saying they would
rather live bread and water than he should be
recreant to his principles. This sentiment worthy
of a Doric wife and daughter, only provoked cruel
jest from the petty despot-who replied, "As they
love bread and water, they may indulge their
taste"
Here are i,oo cases, when we are defed to show
one. It's useless to adduce more.-Riehmond Wing