Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-12-21

be prescription does the ADMINISTRATOR 49,
no party President for nine short months ieh
victims afford sad illustrations OF PRESIDENT i'.
ing prescription. The Senate alone possesses ."e -.
constutionay checking the continuation u '''s
fraud upon the people Can more dehiorah"i'e mi
conceived OF than that Of the present Administrators
;noor, and weak are in Republics but too apt 10 aaop' 'e
s.nmen,s Of their political leaders-vicous po-
u,,r rulers very often have corrupt agents ana LOUIS
,s should al least have decent respect LOT 'iose
a which men in ordinary intercourse, expec 10 see i
specied 49,, ,re;,dices Of
Nothing is so we'll calculated 10 excite Tue pie1uu'o'' =
sn,e .,,.;ns, representative form OF Government as
The reckless disregard by the representative VI
lodoes made 10 the constituent before an elec'oh
When the pledge of the representative is not sucen -
hind him when nc promises the people OUT u ue'e' 49,
,bev cannot be expected TO believe in iorm oi
ho excellence. Of which annually exhibited 10 'hen'
only in The broken promises of those VINO aainis' " ~
in addition TO the broken promises Of the Wing party
81 Tho infamous scramble office during the present
Administration the necessity for some Juoicous -
,on the mar, of the Senate becomes still more appa"
there is no decency respect for the m'einsee wv
I'D h character of our Government, either in the RE-
;den, or his advisers the Democratic members Vi e "
,,e should give them lesson not speedily 10 pe ioiso
II ,be nominations of improper men TO onicc oy 'e
.~o M, Objected 10 by the Democratic Senators, they
l,piil hpcOm
sident and his Cabinet =, 49,, -,
| ~ onas of the many honest men, cruelty removed oy
-. .e,, Administration without just cause, are not CT"
into ,hc members of the Democratic party VIII nave
@ disonnoinedin the anticipated action OF their rePe
tatives in the Senate o. ,ho nro
Tho course of the administration with regard 10 'e pi'
crntion of honest men, has completely released every
If The Senate from the slightest feelings Oh oeh
cocv upon the subject of Directing to the appointment"
FT.. nd
removals which have been made. Inc stern anu 'p
demands of retributive justice are no" only ~ De
cred by the representatives, in the senae' oi a'
injured party. -, ean.,o That
.L; bor., fgiMhh and capable hare been remofeo
fon mfr, dishonest incompetent. unpr'ncpfed me" "aee
t uto their places by he present administrators mus
,yi; illustration of double violation OF one Oh Tue
,rncin,l pedqes of the Presidents inaugural aau'e'
half of what we hear is true, about the chaacei "
Tavlors appointments they would ornament ie ''' pa
IN about as much they do the places OF hohor anu
,h,oh hev now hold We doubt very much whether the
character and qualifications Of Fz-Henry warren couiu
s,ond The test of a very close examination we enter lam
suspons as 10 the reputation which the Secretary Oh INC
Home Department would win by iuii anu e'iife g
of the Douglas and other affairs
Prominent among the outrageous appointments OF the re
;dn stands tina, of James Watson Webb, our new minis
m ~ be Court of Austria Ofhe many mercenary rnprn-
ciped politicians with which the Northern States are n'es
ed none has acquired greater noorey than this same man.
Webb His course has been of union and deseroh rom
every party He has been active participant III AFFAIRS
which have been regarded dsgracefu BY all honest
men, He is the buge of the lowest class oil Daghcilys
the bases, of all nercenary followers of the political camp
In nyae az in political honesty and morals he has been de-
nounced by Wing editors the most unpnncpled man
alive In the descon and betrayal OF Henry Clay In 1915
he was the Judas scaot We might we had time to enter
into particulars mention hundred things proving his utter
un6tness for the diplomatic post which he has been APP
pointed But his notorious proaigacy as politician IS
known to every reader of the political papers OF the country
James Watson Webb has been sent as Charge d Afalre
10 Austria country Of all Others detescd BY the lovers Of
liberty and independcnce The nhuman butchees OF Aus
a are to be sanctioned by this country in the presence and
person of such man Watson Webb! The appointment
has been received with chilling silence by the Wing press
generally and with severe denunciations
Of the President for sanconng such appointment No
one can doubt that the Senate will refuse 10 confirm the
appointment of such We could cite other Instances
of appointments OF persons equally unworthy but that this
article has already been extended by much greater
length than had anticipated, when it was commenced