The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-03-31
Is, comp,roller's office 2 Wings 10 Democrats

The ratio as shown by this exhibit is
sufficiently startlng,-but accurately ad-
justed, we think the proportion would be as
| to g.
Whenit is remembered that the appoint
ing power has been in the hands Of those
opposed to Wing men and measures for a
period of twenty years, it is natural to ex-
pect that there would be inequality in the
distribution Of the offices But the enor-
nous dsproportion shown in the above state
ment results from the cruel and merciless
prescription for opinions sake carried into
effect during the first year Of Mr. Folks ad-
ministraton and the exclusion OF Wings
from office ever since Certainly not less
than one hundred and twenty men Of I'M
questioned integrity and capacity were dis
missed from office during the time referred
to, for no other cause than their offensive
opinions, and many Of them men without the
means 10 provide food for their families for a
single week. But this was not all---suct
was the~rage Of party malice and revenge
that rule was adopted by which no retained
Wing should receive promotion.
"Mr Folks administration not proscrip.
tive !"-Surey contempt Of truth cannot be
carried farther Thanks to an overriding
Providence, that it has been rebuked by tn.
voice Of the people-that its days are mum.
bered and our Institutions have escaped
shipwreck; and especially thanks, that the
day has arrived when the prescribed ane
oppressed victims Of party tyranny may lool
for justice.
A word or two in regard to the office hol
ders and prescription hating gentry, who are
now trembling for their places. Surely suci
piteous wailings and AFFECT appeals to the
compassion Of Gen. Taylor and his Cabinet
are ridiculous and contemplate. They
strangely contrast with their former insolence
and denunciations. Now, they are perfect,
| ly horror-stricken that the thought Of pro-
scription for opinions sake, should be enter
tanned for a single moment--but before The
late election, il was cardinal maxim in the
political creed. Thoroughly indoctrinated in
the resolution Of the Pennsylvania Democ.
racy, which looked to the exclusion Of Wing,
from all the Offices Of the Government Al
Washington, adopted on the occasion o.
Gov. Shunk's nomination--and not satisfied
with the sweeping decapitation fthe bloody
era Of Mr.. Folks administration, they openl,
avowed that the prescription of wings shoul,
be universal--and that il would be so Oh
the advent Of Lewis Cass to the Presiden
/ tial chair. OF the truth Of this, there are
many witnesses.
Happily for the remnant Of honest men
and not less so Tor the country, their mallc,
has been checked, their power to Cypress
prosecute and prescribe for opinions sake
| is at an end. Hence their present lamb
like demeanor--their aversion TO party in
tolerance, and their desire that the remem.
brancc Of their past deeds may be buried in
oblivion. Let us not be deceived in their
professions, or believe that they are TO be
propitiated by forbearance. The snake i
only scotcbed-not killed. Let them again
get the power, and il requires no prophet Il
ioretel that indiscriminate Punishment will
be the fate Of all who have not bowed down
to their idol