The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-17
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When JAcoH coLLAmEa OF Vermont was select ID
| for Postmaster General und FiTz HESay NAMES
of Iowa placed al the head Of the Appointment Blu
reau OF the Post-Ofice Department. we felt confident
that the prosecution Of salutary reform In that
branch OF the public service was certain. Two
OF more inqnesliuncd devotion 10 the principles Of
the great party which triumphed hast November
could not be found md while Judge Collamer
would doubtless prefer 10 proscribe prescription.
he snot The man 10 be duped into believing that this
Is 10 be done by leaving the public offices entirely
inonopolized by the party of which Prescription is
the boast and aiiment. Called 10 the head Of De-
partnient which has some fifteen thousand appoint
menis In lis Git, every one worth having IN me
hands oil the defeated party he is the last man TO be
convinced that justice, principle or sound policy re-
qnircd the continuance of oil that army In office 70
The exclusion Of those who have been systematically
prescribed and excluded for nearly the whole OF the
last twenty years. We infer this from the charac-
ter and acts of the new Postmaster General who is
man Of few words, but whose views are indicated
by his deeds. Somewhat abrupt in manner and de-
cded in opinion, Judge C0llamer brought 10 the
counirys service an integrity which malice never
vcntuted 10 doubt rare vig0r of intellect and nc
qlaintance with the Legislation and business OF the
Government such as few have been enabled 10 nc
quire combined with habits Of industry and npplica-
ton are seldom equaed and hardly ever snrpass-
| ed. He may or may not be popular with those
whose business conslrains them TO make draitsupon
his time and attention, but that his Department will
be conducted with signal and generally conceded e-
| iiclency we cannot doubt
Col. Warren the new Second Assistant has been
hitherto less widely known than his CHIEF ana some
OF the malignity which II would be simply absurd 10
vent upon Judge Collaner has been freely showered
| upon him. Itamounis to about this--that Col War
rem was once unfortunate In business IN Massachu-
scls and has been a sore trouble to the Loco Focos
Of Iowa since he removed lhther Thus stripped Of
their fnse gloss the charges may very likely be true
We understood some time since that the party which
has finally obtined control Of Iowa could have done
Il earlier and with much less difficulty If Col War
ren had not been among their Leading opponents -
Had all those adverslries been selEforgeu as he,
| Iowa would not now be represented in Congress BY
enemies olthenew Administration, nor she the only
free State whose Legislature has not passed reso-
lnlions III favor Of freedom in the new Territories.
And If the Wing who received majority Of The votes
cast the last election for Congress in her Western
district shall be admitted 10 the seat doubtless a
large share of the credit Of that result viii be due 10
| the exertions Of Col Warren.
| The Wings Of the Union need no other assurance
! than the names Of the Postmaster General and his
Second Assistant that justice will be done them In
| The appointment Of Posimasters; and II they did
need any the lists OF new Postmaslers in this and
our last would be testimony in point We trust
there will be no constrained haste no wan, Of DELHI
Grafton, no ndiscrimnaie prescription, and tina,
| those who solici, changes viii have sense enough to
realize that the proper and necessary changes
cannot be made In n month or two. In due time all
will be made rght.-N y. Tribune, 18Th inst. ..--
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