Southern patriot. (Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-08-08


unlimited appointing power in their
Departments.
What then hos been the course or
policy Of Gen. Taylof's agents! ltI
was their duty as faithful agents, 10 |
observe and rigidly carry out The pro
misses Of their principal. Have they
donoil? Have they proven them
selves to be the cabinet Of a no-Par-
ty President Or have they not given
incontcstablc proof orthoir malina
blc devotion TO the most dlngcrous-l
most bigotcd, and most reckless Of
all parties, the Free Soil party! ia.
cob Collamcr, the arch deacon Of
New England abolilionist-thc most
abominable and ntolcrant Of all tb-
oli.ionist, has been made Post Master
General. At his disposal there are
moro than twenty thousand Post
Masters scattered in every neighbor-
hood throughout the length and
breadth of the land. Entertaining
those hostile o, .inions TO the South.
and having the audaci,y in the Con-
grcss Of the United States; TO pro-
claim them, can you doubt that he
viii use the mails, and not only the
mails, but the appointing power, to
! the dissCmcnation Of his peculiar
doctrines! Already has that dcvlish
work began, and like an mdaunted
General; the strongest oftho enemies
battlcmcnts las been attacked.
South Carolina has been flooded with
inccndiary documents. They have
been sent to every District in the
State, with no post mark-bcaring
nothing upon them to tell from
whence they camc-no postage col
lectcd upon them, and the villianous
scheme so skilfully managed, as to
cludo the detection Of The most vigi-
lent watching.
Mr. Collamcr was doubtless aware
when he accepted the appointment
that to carry out the purpose Of the
Free Sellers, it would be necessary
to have many plant tools in Office, to
cooperate with each other, and exc
cute any design 10 poison the mind Of
| the ignorant, or impose upon the
crcdulity of the credulous, or bolster
up the prejudice oflanatics, or mfuso
insurroctionary notions into our
slaves, by circulating ncendiary doc
uments. 1t was an important matter
to have a second assistant-thc nom
inal appointing officer that would
fully serve him. 1t seems that he
was not willing to risk a man Of in
tegrity and character. His sense of
right and justice might revolt at the
misdcods Of his master, and cause
some trouble in his camp. II would
best suit the purpose 10 have a man
after his own heart politically, and
one so stepped in iniquiiy, and crime
as to rebel at nothing however I'M
holy and unrightcrous. Who is the
man TO meet the emergency of the
case. lie is readily found; and a
ready trucking, subscryicnt tool is
he. Fitz Henry Warren is the cG-
cicm officer, who is to be honored
with the dignitics and rcsponsibili-
ties of the assistant-ship, in the Post
Office Department. To inform our rca
dors who this Fitz Henry Warren is,
we make the following extract:
Scarcely half a dozen years ago,
there was in the un-pretending town
OF Brimleld, in the county Of Hamp-
den, in Massachusetts, business
/ firm known in the region about as P.
| Warren 4 Sons Their business was
we believe, that of manulacturs of
leather boots, shoes, &c: and the
outdoor transactions was conducted
by the youngest son, Fitz Henry.
Things went on largely, until one
morning tho firm ofP. Waeren and
Sons, and several othcrin the vicinity
woke up and found themselves bank.
rupts, and Fitz Henry gone To
he turned up afterwards, as Colonel