Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-11-28

portion Of the Locofoco party in this town
had recently held meeting at the Nara
ganseu House, for the purpose Of talking
over their misfortunes, and devising some
mode Of revenge. Several of these meet
ings were held, and at the last one the
three gentlemen whom we previously
named were appointed Committee to pre-
pare Protest and obtain signatures to it,
against tho Confirmation Of tho Govern
ment Officers in this town, and also of the
Custom House officers through the District.
We have not been ablo to get q sight AZ
tho Protest, bu, we are informed ,ha, i, is
well.drawn." Whether this means that
as 4 literary production i, is written in
polished and scholastic style, or, that it
abounds with cogen, and strong reasons
Why their moa nings should be listened to,
and their requests complied with we are
unable to cay (; We are very certain, howev-
or, tha, it is not tho latter, because no such
reasons exist.
Rotation in Office has ever been one Of
the pretended cardinal principles Of Loco
focoism. The so-claimed great embodi-
ment Of all the virtues of the party, Gen.
Jackson, SC, the example. His predsces-
sor, Mr.. Adams, made but four removals
during his administration, and those were
for the mos, urgon, and unquestionable eau
ses. Gen. Jackson swept, with a few ex-
ceptions, every man from office who had
not voted for him, or been speedily convert
cd 10 his faith, within a few months Of his
Inauguration. This has been their fixed
policy since that time, although they have
had no occasion for its general exercise un-
Ill after the election Of Polk, who removed
every man from Office who had been ap-
pointed by Gen. Harrison, and also remov.
ed most Of those who received their ap-
pointments from Tyler. 1t is now twenty
years since this system was adopted, snd
one would think that this was sufficient
length of time to give it a legal strength
of character. The very ground Of the Lo-
cofoco complaint is that one Of their pre'en
ded principles, rotation in Office" is
now being acted on; it was something
that answered very we'll to talk about when
they were coming Into Office, but now that
their day of judgment has arrived, and
their own doctrines are used against them,
it nauseates them beyond endurance. The
whole truth of the matter is just this, -
they have held all the Offices under the
General Government SO long, that they ac-
tually feel a. if they belonged to them, and
their removal operates like taking from 4
man a long and valued friend.
10 answer to this i, is contended by the
Locofoco press tha, Gen. Taylor, previous
TO his election, said that he had no enc.
mics to punish and no friends to reward"
and that he would no, remove a man from
Office merely because he was opposed to
him in politics. lie, us for moment care.
fully examine these two points, and SEQ if
Gen. Taylor has departed ono single iota
from his previous declarations. He had no
enemies to punish and no friends TO reward.
Has single man in this State been sp-
pointed TO Office in consequence of his e
pecial friendship for Gen. Taylor No,
on the contrary we question whsthsr there
were three men in the State who enjoyed
even his acquaintance previous to his elec-
Gon, and therefore no one could possibly
have been appointed from motives OF friend
ship, or removed BY feelings Of enmity.-
The sppoin,ees are his political friends, be.
cause they are Of the same party which ell
ec,ed him. Then again, rs to what he
said about not removing officers merely be.
cause they we're opposed to him in politics.
We, in Rhode Island, can only speak Of
the removals in our own State, where we
are acquainted with the men AMI their po.
litical characters. Will any disin,erested
man pretend to say ths, there was not tho
most ample cause for removals here! We
contend that in no State in the Union was
the demand 60 imperative. When Polk
came io,o Office, he took especial pains to
insult the character Of Rhode Island, by
appointing to ofico those very men who
had made themselves most Objectionable to
the law. loving and lsw-sustsining portion
ofthe commonwealth. The Post Master
IN this town wac DORIS General Treasurer;
r -. a.
vas Representative to tho Foundry Leg.
islsiure the Poet Master in Providence
vas Speaker Of the Legislature the U. 6.
District Attorney was Representative, or
Attorney General, We forget which the
U. s. Marshall was DORIS Sberla for
Providence County and many ofihs low
Or officers had been DORIS prominsn, men
end officials. All these men uere indicted