The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-05-17

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eight years in which wa.Ainston presided. - iss, ~
hundreds which have been made In ne hfsi Ysss -
administration. But la every iassance wssh.nstoas
movas were made land s will not be s~aietl oaY ~tra
necessary for the public good. srsc. conflfias w 10
rule which had been esisblshsd In snnsuciss ssss
else OF this right the Senate he used thr asd s~y
seded instead Of 'rsnor.d' .ss.aissss' ~tieh
subsequently adopsed by his bot ~iisl A.
did or did not consider the removals rosis sod
pendent the future action OF the senate have a.
tinct Information On all occasions manifested ihs bi
est respect for its powers e basess IA
eeutve appointment, and prescribed duty ios . Pes.
dent which has any been regarded sueh b.
OF his ~hen in his OF s sh 81 F.b.
airy, $780, conia lining lew nominations ssptay
ces which had been temporarily hi~J IN the rrcss 10
these appointments Will expire with ptrsstt
session, and indeed ought endure longer sE
others be regularly made
'The gentleman from Tennessee informed Of txeu,.
three in which Mr. Jefferson had removed ssd
read, 10 Justify the immense prescription made. h
answer of the l2h July 1891 Of the
mi'ee of the merchants of New Haven the sptprni
OF Samuel Bishop the office of collector New tiav~n
then lately vacated by the death OF David Austin. That
letter was doubtless written under excitement caused
by the memorial itself; and the fame OF Mr. Jefferson
rescued IRON The mpuaton pied bc upon
II, 10y better evidence Yet in this he places
his removal upon the ground that IL for the public
good, and the necessary co operation with die
governments expressly stating too, that his general object
remedy the very evil planned Of During
the late administration he, the whole offices the
United States monopozed by sect lie trd
that the former ncumbents had been appointed merely t
pary and personal aggrandizement and for the pobe
welfare"
But Mr.. Clayton presently gives the additional ex
ampes of MIR. Madison and Mr.. Monroe, of whose ad.
mnistratons he thus speaks "The next President, whose
removals referred to by the gentleman from Ten.
nessee was Mr.. Madison, constitutional lawyer, un.
der whose opinions we have already there is no
shelter TO be found for this administration Then came
Mr. Monroe, who not only disayowed such policy as is
pursued but practised political tolerance in its widest
Specification Such, then. according to Mr. Clayton
the examples of the ''earlier Presidents"all of
them opposed to prescription, except John Adams The
first Washington removed only nine officers in eight
years. Why, such diminutyc list OF removals would
be half breakfast any morning for the hero Of Buena
Vista Second Washington indeed! But, then, should
be ecollected that the first Washington had such
executioners about him Ewing and Collamer Sucha
butcher Fz Warren could not have obtained nom.
nation from George Washington for constableship
A striking Picture. -umcs-han,ers.
Mr. Clayton the peroration of his speech which has
been so freely quoted FROM describes. in very glowing
language, the effects and consequences likely arise
from such system Of prescription for opinions sake
is going on and urges that such system, il not
seasonably coun,eaced, might be destructive of liberty
and the republic together. For, says he
Should one, possessed OF the temper and ability which
have consus chiefs of Other
republics, obtain the presdency-such a Napoleon
meant to describe when he spoke Of the Russian with
beard on his embarrassing, he may in the spirit Of
oriental despotism perfect command the army, the
navy, the press and OVERLOOKING reasurythe merest
m will
partridge the falcons CLUTCH The very our
freedom will be bribed by him, with gold and
many of those who have trnmphany borne aolt
the stripes and stars, amidst the hundes OF battle, will DO
compelled to beg bitter Bread the steel which
we have placed in their hands against bosoms.
He will readily gain to his purposes fock Of those
cons office hunters whom have brooding the
spos of victory after political contest, like many vu
after battle, perchea every dead bough about the
field shutting the breeze and eager for their prey that
the of the widow and the orphan drive
them from the 1t has been said, and believe truly,
that fall without srngge but in the con-
with such man. thus furnished by ourselves with all
appliances and to boot against must finally
sink For u time valleys will echo with the OF
tlery and mountaps will ring with the reports Of the
rifle The OF civil will howl fearfully through
land from the Atlantic order the widest Of
the West, covering with desoation every field which has
been crowned with verdure by the culture of freemen and
resonndns with the echoes Of happiness and in.
dusy But the tempest subside. and be succeeded
by the deep, cam and suIen gloom of despo,sm after
which, the voice OF freeman shall again be heard
within borders, unless in the fearful and Suppressed
whispers of the traveller from distant land who shall
the OF destruction gaze in the
melancholy ruin. -
May benignant Providence avert from our country
such horrors here eloquently predcted-horros
sure think. be realized unless the people rise in
their might and majesty, and hu their uneeing tyrans
from the seats of political power Thank Heaven, The
tokens of delverance already gliding the eastern
horizon; new Aurora of political regeneration is be-
ginning beam upon us; and ''RULERsp themselves
though cursed with judicial blindness will shortly
discover that they long retrace their steps, and
confess their manifold offences against the OF free
DOM or be cast into outer darkness forever and
The correspondent OF the Baltimore "Sun" processes
to give the key to many of the prominent appointments
of the administration. democrat of course, out oil
the question No such good luck falls to that prosecuted
race The choice then, is narrowed down to the wings
but they eager for every office, how does the Er
eculve contrve to select among ,hem They have mol
moral courage enough to meet the question fairly, and
appoint the worthiest wing to the public. Let
Ion" tell the secret of their policy:
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