Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-05-15
RICHMOND, VA.
Saturday Morning, May IL, 1919.
THE .rIMEs" AND APPOINTMENTS

The Tunes IdtntI uouSNS 'AN
saws tina, as the large Wing majority Oh o'a'e
officers in Virginia we're admittedly apPo,n'eu
,,,bou, auy reference TO political consiaeia'
TONS" Mr.. Jeffersons rule OF applying ~
soualizins principle to them is not peIliheh'
We do not agree with that paper as 10 Inc '"I'.
il would be strange accident, tfuiy' VIM,
should give lwo-hirds OF the ofnceS " ~ e
Wings. and nethird 10 The Democrats i"e
Times SAYS it agrees "with Mr. Jenefs0u' '"''
when on. party has prac,ised upon II Ia sVs'em
OF prescription for opinions sake) io' " ''
of wears. The only recourse Tor The opposing p''9
when il succeeds 10 power, is 10 pfosef'oe p'o-
scrip,on until something like Harness =
tanned liza Democratic Legislature ever chooses
10 turn ont N The Wing officers, and pu's III &c
mocra,s we shall undoubtedly urge The his' WING
LEGISLATURE 10 substitute at leasthali OF lheta WIN
Wings"
Wby then should that paper denouhce as
'sproscrip,on" the attempt Of The Democrats, nov
all) few winters since, 10 equalize me oli'ces'
a very large majority CT which, IN ms Del'O,
cratic S!a,e, has been Tor series oil years heiu
BY The Whissl The principle is e1ac"y 'ne
same.
The Times finally makes the following sum
gent point: .,;oro
"WilI the Enquirer answer one snoi. qurs g.
Does il approve, or disapprove, OF VI. -
sons prlueiple OF equal'zanonf hhu y
proves, will IL contend that MAJ IS WIZ ~
neral Tayllr which is right t1r MI 'ene's ~"
We reply that when party, as Inc 0o eue'
rslis,s did, had put their opponents completely
under The ban, and oslracizsd Them from all Puo-
lie employment it was just that pfoscf'p''on
should be prescribed, Ina, those who 'urned ou'
faithful officers should themselves De turned ou''
and The offices fairly distributed. we CONCEIVE
lurher lha, vacancies occasioned Dy DEAN VI 'e
siena,ion, might properly be filled by the parry
in power |, was upon The hrsi pfincipie We
commended that Mr.. Raleigh L. Daniel, VINO hau
eyicted faithful officer, should be himself iell
private iie 50 as 10 restore Colonel Ru'heflootu,
who was prescribed on purely parry erouhos
But. we contend, The necessity imposed upon "
Jefferson does not apply 10 General layio'' W.
nave already published authentic tables lno' ne
administrations The Democrats we're IN large
minority IN the Federal oiilces-Whiie uh0rf
some vi the Democratic Administrations 'he
Wings had majorily-and, al the END OF t'e
much abused "prcscriprive" administration oil
Mr.. Polk, the Wings had very large proper
lion (not very far from hali ol the ofhceIs.-
Nr. Teliersons role, therefor, does no; apply
10 Genera! Taylor.
But, admitting all the preceding Democratic
administrations to have been savagely proscrip-
tive, we contend that this urning out OF honest
aud faithful Democrats, this talk about Mr. Jel-
Persons equalzng principle" is an alter
thought, unworthy of General Taylor 1--WE tes
pardon. of his CABINET, for The Wing says Presl-
dent Taylor is moi at all responsible , and 10 d.
rect conflict with all the professions and pledges
OF the late campaign. General Taylor refused
to be run as the Wing candidate" he de-
clared, over and over again, that 1.-THE wings
must lake him on their own responsibility mat
he had "no enemies TO punish no party schemes
or purposes to subserve" He would have taken
the nomination OF the Democratic Convention
as readily as that of the Wing and was, beyond
doubt, elected by he vote of Democratic fenn-
sylyania. Mr. Crittenden and other organs OF
Taylorism said that General Taylor "loathed,
hated prescription for opinions sake" and thal
Democratic Office holders should not be modest
ed, because of their political sentiments. Even
General TAYLOR himself in his Inaugural said
nothing of equalization of Offices but made
"hones;y, capacity and fidelity the only tests.
but, let him continue 10 turn out honest aud
faithful Democrats, because they are Democrats,
TO put III Wings, because they are Wings, and
we shall continue 10 denounce Gen. Taylor I've
mean his Cabinetl for palpable and uneqnivo-
cal violation of the fair words of the late can
yass, words which the Mob lie Advertiser u lead
ing Wing paper, pronounces to have been "trum-
perry aud mere electioneering can't" But We
have explained this matter SO often, and The
hing is So plain, that we sha i say no more.
The Times seems recently to have changed
its ground No, long since il said:
"In reply TO evidence that they have no man.
Der Of right to talk oil General Taylors pro-
scription, since they have sanctioned far great
er extent Of il in General Jackson, Mr.. Van Blu.
rem and Mr.. Polk, Democratic reascners are
fond Of saying, no matter how that was Gen.
Tay lor has broken his pledges; he promised not
TO turn men oul for opinions sake, and yet he
has done it," We are not aware that single
case can be adduced, in which any officer, how
ever inconsderate his Office, has been removed
simply because of his beng Democrat"
The Raleigh IN. CO. Standard promptly re-
tons with pointed case. as follows:
eve bee Leave 70 assure he Times mat VI
tno,oa u ii !eas' "nc Gag 1. pfoscnpion-that
q Wesley Joaes, Esq lac Marshal OF this State.
tie was honest capable, and faithful, and did not
use his Office nor lis influence for his party; and
no respectable man in this community, where he
IS known will affirm 10 the contrary.
"Mr Jones, we understand. was removed By
Geuera Taylor on representations made 10 him
oy prominent Wing or Wings in this State.
Mr. Badger we presume, did the work. We
should like 10 know what sort OF lstier j, was
ne wrote 10 Gen. Taylor on the subject. Before
The election, and wais he was stumping tie Slate
Tor TAYLOR, CATER ne had deserted his friend
Henry Ciay,) he would have Indignantly repel-
led The idea hat Wesley Jones would be remov !
ed; but now II Is jus as far thing as ever
was"
SNOW BY ST. PAUL, THE WORK GOES BRAVE
LIZ On"
See how "Potomac" levcls in the music oil The |
guilloiiGe The spoiis" ne seems 10 regard as
the only GLORIOUS iruils" OF The victory OF lS4S
Correspondence # he Baltimore Pa'rio.l
MAsHiSGroH May s. 1919.
The list OF removals and appointments Official
ly published in the civ papers This morning, is
quite formidable. ooks t0,H in the eyes Of all |
good Wh,gs Lei n have more oil The whole
some Woik, anc ma; speedily. Sothe Wings all /
say-so say we a..
General Taylor commenced his part OF the (
work right. tie appo;n'ed s'raisht-oul Wings, ,