The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-13

ncumbents of Federal Offices in this State that hold
their appointments from Locofoco administrations.
are friends of Col Benton in the conflict heis waging
in this State with his own party. The impression
has been made, and that too to some extent by these
Locofoco ofhce-holders themselves, that they were
not 10 be removed, no matter how much thew
abused the President and his administration, owing
TO the personal intercesson Of Colonel Benton in
their behalf; and thai the Administration, with a
view Of appeasing Benton had consented to CRAFTY
him by the retention OF all the INSCRIPTIONS Loco
foco offce-hoders in Missouri In confirmation of
this, have only TO refer you to the metropolitan, of
Jefferson city, the leading Locofoco organ in that
section, which, after stating this TO be the fact and
abiding TO the appointment Of both of Colonel Ben
toms s0ns-ln-law TO lucrative offices under the Ad-
mnistration, says:
g. Whilst in nearly all of the States that are de-
cidedly Democntlc-decidedly anti-Tay lorsh--the
guillotine of prescription has decapaed every De-
mocralic office-hOlder, how stands Missouri in this
proscriptive reckonngi With two or three excep-
tons, the lncumbents still in Office. The post
MASTER the hemp agent, the subtreasurer the regis
ter and receiver, and recorder Of land titles all of
81. Louis, and know not how many others in the
State, still basking in the sunshine of Executive
or Benton favors. All of these incumbents, | be-
lieve, are Incorporating friends of Colonel Ben
ton.
The holiness of these assertions, and the reten.
ton Of these important Offices by our potcal ene-
mics, against the expressed will and wishes Of our
friends, have caused great many Wings to take up
the same idea. Ii of course caused not only UNI
pleasant feelings, but great lukewarmness, on the
part OF hundreds of the best Wings of the State, all
OF whom concurred in the opinion that, if even
Colonel Benton could be secured at any such price,
II would be paying at least four times as much for
HIM as, under any circumstances, he could possibly
be worth. The removal of the Locofoco surveyor
of the port fSt Louis has consequently been hailed
with qualification, and regarded as omen of what
is to follow, in regard to the sub-Ueasurer, the
hemp agent, postmaster, receiver of public MONEYS
and recorder of land titles. II the hands of our
friends are strengthened as they should be by the
Administration, Missouri is far from being beyond
the pale OF political redemption. But, on the con-
trary, If our opponents to be kept in power TO
mock at our calamity" and TO Cypress us by the
influence OF their official patronage, then the effort
To disenthrall ourselves is not worth the making
Benton Is compelled TO play conspicuous part in
working out the destruction Of his own party in
Missouri, whether the Locofoco ofice-holders are
retained in this State or dismissed. His personal
salvation depends upon his reelection, hence his
appeal TO the 'whoie people" Of Missouri Ii is for
his interest to wage the conflict he is carrying on or
rest assured he never would do it, He is endowed
with no greater degree Of amor parie" than you
or l. and there is neither rhyme nor reason in keep
ing Locofoco in Office, in this State, simply be-
cause he from personal interest also, enroIs himself
under the banner of Colonel Benton in preference
to following the lead of Calhoun.
have spoken both freely and plainly, because, as
friend Of the Administration, knosc that the re-
tenton of all these Locofocos in Office will have
greater tendency towards keeping this State under
Locofoco dominion and misrule, than every thing
else combined that our opponents can accomplish.
There is also no good reason on earth why this
State should be made an exception 10 the reforming
process that all the other States in the Union have
undergone since this Administration came into
power. If the same opportunity is given to the
Wings OF Missouri that has properly and judicous-
ly been extended to other States, at the next cleo
ton we can make good report of ourselves.
And for this, well sundry other good and suf-
6cient that could enumerate, fondly trust
We shall no longer be made the victims of procras-
tinaton, but that the busy-body Locofoco Office
holders in this city, who ridicule the Wings al
their want of influence to get any of them removed
will be made to give place to other and to better
men. SPARTACUS