The North-Carolina standard., 1849-03-21

The GREAT TOPIC OF THE Day. Removals and
appointments still continue the order of the day in
Washington More anxious faces we have not seen
for long time past in streetS-as well OF those
who hold as those who seek Office. The town is
somewhat thinned of the crowd-many OF them gone
home, crest-allen, disappointed, and anathemazIng
the powers that be, for turning deaf ear to their
imporunate applications. The town IS rife with an
ecdotes of interviews between the applicants and the
Executive. The Presidents rule of receiving no
personal applications but of turning them over to his
Secretaries, has cut off many man who trusted to
his personal services to the General Tor his reward
The number who remain behind, haunting the public
departments and wooing the ear of power, Is suf-
ciently great to create swarm around the Secreta-
ries' doors.
| The vane of the weathercock now points to some
beraty in the dispensation of patronage. 1t is said
that many appointments will not be made until the
Senate have adjourned and we have distant reports
that the President manfests yet no decidedly pro-
scfiptive spirit. The danger is, that he may be
Ii-advised by those who themselves importuned
for Office, and know not how to supply the eager de-
mand. The swarm will press the Secretaries, and
they will press on the President; and it will require
more moral courage than belongs to most men to
sist the impetuosity of the foaming current. .-E
We repeat, over and over, that this patronage is
not the thing which it has been cracked up be.'
1t weakens the Executive more than it strengthens
him. ho it that sad that for one you appoint
you offend ninetynine others and that this hundredth
man, too, is apt to be ungateul? Certain it is that
for one who IS appointed, there are many more who
are OlSdppOlnIeQ. e near OF many complaints and
murmurs already from the wings, who have been
sOured by their unavailing applications for themselves
or their friends. Some of the North Carolina wings
have been offended by MIR. Warrens appointment as
Second Assistant Postmaster General, because re-
commendaton, strongly subscribed, in favor of Col
onel Paine of orth Carolina for the very Office
has not succeeded. The Postmaster General preferred
the Iowan to the North Carolinian-or, as has been
said, had not read the application. ;s
The present President of the United States NAV
take some consolation from the history of his prede
cessor. We satisfied that Mr. Polk suffered more
by the loss of friends in consequence of disappointed
office seekers than from any other cause. 1t is our
firm impression that he would have been more popu-
lar at this moment, if he had never had fish or
loaf to give to the hungry expectant The President
OF the United States need not expect to evade re-
sponsbility or to avoid discontent by shifting upon
his Secretaries the direct reception of petitions for
office. 1t seems to be pretty plausible thing to
throw upon Congress the sole enactment of laws,
(waiving the atogether and upon the Judiciary
the Interpretation of the constitution, (athough the
President swears to preserve the constitution him
self and upon the Secretaries the labor and care of
removals and appointments. But such a theory will
not hold good under our constitution. The President
of the United States stands responsible for discharg
ing the Executive duties and we have not vet arri-
we'd at that perfection of the British monarchy which
declares that the King do wrong but that the
ministers of the Grown alone responsible for his
acts. as.a .t-f.. Washsngfon Union