The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-23

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From the eeorretown Advocate, 2ist Inasnt z tl
~ a"PROScRIPTIORp s
In speaking some days ago, 10 The Advocate, upon
tina subject ofproscription, and the like we stated
that although Il might not be proper for me Admin
is,rsion 10 pursue proscrpiive course, ~ ,mae,
4 hardly meet the expectations Of those BY whom II
had been elevated into powell did no, redress The
iuluTy which had been before done 70 the public ser
vice ~ the remoyul OF good and efficient officers,
! upon The slightest pretextr, and the hng OF their
1 places onendmes with inferior men and with the
loudssi political broilers and pariizans
AS an evidence Of the fact that removals had often
4 been made for independent exercise Of political
| opinion on the grounds OF rotation, without any
sufficient and profitable cause we alluded to The fact
that II had been currently reported thai gentleman
! Of Georgetown had been removed, and, upon his
calling upon the Secretary (by error in our article
we said Presidcnt) for the cause Of his removal
was answered that II was because Mr. ----------
| had desired II - or something 10 that effect.
We did not mention any Names though the indiyi-
dual parties alluded were distinctly In our mind
and The sources Of our information were such as TO
preclude the idea Of their being any doubt Of the
1 tncI.
A few days after the publication Of the article
alluded 10, We received the following note through
| the Post Office
:. 4 statement appears in the Georgetown Advo-
cate that clerk wns turned out by MIR. Polk, and
when called upon 10 know why he was removed
was answered." because Mr. ----- desired il this
blank eaIn was intended for me, and that \! II 40
reported in Georgetown. This report, which one
would suppose carried its absurdity on its face, is
grayey oised In leading article under the editorial
head, and deserves passing notice. have, there
fore, declare the statement an unprincpled SLAM
der and falsehood. never on any OCCASION directly
| or indirectly requested The removal Of MIR. SinsDu
(he person am told alluded TO- and to this hour
| nave no kind Of knowledge Of Mr. Vinson, his pub
lie OF private relations; Mr. Polk can also If desired
&c. r. sENGsTACK.p
Upon the receipt OF this epstle from Mr. s. We
/ Immediately addressed note 10 Mr.. Yinson, who
we had understood, was'one of the gentlemen re-
mo, ed al the instance Of the club, which with ia
| cobnical rage exercised the ngtiRofininF poifer
during the darker days Of the Polk tyranny, and re.
quesied df him 10 state 10 the facts In regard 10
his removal; and also. whether (aa we had heard
| from most reliable source TO which We Ind the
privilege Of rtierring) IL had not been openly
knowlfdgei 10 him by The Secretary, ihii il was
done at the instance 0f an active partisan Of the
guillotine. TO this inquiry we received an answer
Of which the following II an extract: fss
| NEAR RocKvILLE,
April H. l949
/ Eselia Huehts Esq Dear Sir; Your letter Of
the iith did MOI reach me until to-day, In cnnse.
quence Of its direction 10 an Office through which
my h,iers do not usually pass In answer 70 your re-
GueaI 10 b. furnished with statement in reference
| 10 my removal from Office will remark, thai upon
The receipt Of Mr. Walkers note Of removal, dated
Il May 1896 felt Il due 10 myself 10 ascertnin per
\
stances which led 10 II; accordingly obtained an
interview, and desired 10 be informed, whether any
charges or allegations had been PREFERRED impllca
| ting my character or efficiency In The discharge Of
4 the duties pertaining 10 my yocaton,' The Score
tary courtrously andfranky responded "None what
| ever, except that | lind been reported 10 him Wing
and that my rfnordi had been requesiedby Mr.. Seag-
stuck 1pon more than one occasion" You may read
ly imagine, Mr. Editor, my surprise and mortified.
| ton al the Acknowledgement of gentleman, holding
a Lish aud honorable station 10 allow himself TO be
influenced 10 an act OF personal Injury, land one not
promoliye, perhaps, Of the public interest," coming
too ns il did, from source humble and obscure,
and one entirely unknown 10 me But, Mr., Editor,
the secret Of many u the removals In the bureaus,
! under Mr. Walkers control, We're have no doubt,
| made at the nstance OF this Mr. Sengsack he, IL
understood was the master spirit OF the Hicko-
1 ry Club Of Washington, and his mark upon the back
of any gentleman was the sgnnl consgning the
individual, 10 tho euillolne,
/ As 10 his denial Of ever having directly or iidi
reedy sought my removal, II la what do not be-
| lieve. | have Mr.. Walkers word tor H. and | am
unwilling TO believe thai gentleman holding high
station in public life would knowingly state an I'M
ruth but the injury as regards myself has been
done; lei II pass,
4 | am very respectfully
Your obedient servant,
| CHARLES VISsos.
| From The above, IL will be seen that Mr.. vnson)
(whose yeracity we presume will not be questioned,
distinclly asserts 10 the truth Of the Tumor which
| prevailed os 10 the cause Of his removal. But need
alludo TO the active interference Of these clubs
during those days OF general prescription in the fer
reting out of the names Of the Wing office holders
and In the hanging up OF the tablets under the very
eyes of the Secretaries, and the requiring and the
demanding Of their removal Are not these things
Of general and Of public nolorety2 Were they not
the common every daytalk Of the people during the
days when the gulo,ine was daily In operation and
red with blood streaming In all quarters, from the
victims sacrificed at the shrine Of Locofocoism 2
We appeal to these things matters Of record, and
have not the time now 10 hunt out the evidence to
be found every where In the history of those times
to sustain them But there Is one fact 10 which
would call the reaiers attention. and that Is, that Mr.
Walker distinctly admits that in Mr.. Wilson'S case
the cause of removal was the netigaon Of this club
What shall We say Of sucha Secretary We as
ser, that the tablets OF Prescription were notorious
ly hung up under the very eyes of the Secretaries
during The Locofoco dynastes We deem II but me-
cessay 10 refer 10 one authority In regard to the mat
ter, in support of this assertion In the Richmond
Enquirer of May 3lst 1893 It Is stated that petition
! is in circulation In Washington praying the removal
| of all "immornl, drunken and incapable ofhcehol-
ders." To this lis, appended the names of those
deemed immoral drunken and incapable" before i
was prescne 10 the President Amos Kendall, 1t
seems in those days the friend, and lived in the
| family Of Thomas b, Reilly Esq,
| The very list furnished in those paimy days Of
Prescription by Thonas r. Reilly ESQ, TO be ncor
Iporated In the Sequel Of the memorial Of sundry
citizens" can be published If desired. showing thai
even thus early The Guillotining Club had marked
out l50 OFFICE HOLDERS By their Nance for de-
caEp g !. ...,. ..,,., 1.
fore ns, but We have mol the room for It's insertion
We merely alude 10 II in this hasty article
It's curious now 10 look back on these old memo
riils. But we mnsl irnw closa.
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The very papers which now complain that the n
moval Of officers Is violation Of The pledges made
by Gen Taylor before the election were particularly
careful 10 warn their readers that there was nothing
| in those general declarations which would forbid
Gen. TnyIur placing The administration OF the
government In the hands OF his own friends. They
declared, continually, that whatever might have been
The Independence of Gen. Taylors original positiop
h. had, by accepting the Wing nomination, placed
\ himself fatty within the Wing party and thai from
the necessity Of his new position, his administration
mIaI he d Mhia ndminisrl ion. They even eaid