Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-05-14
Ashamed of their Acts!

The National Wing, the Taylor organ at
that paper will remain mann on the subject of
remorals, or speak enly,by permission of its mas
tiers; so that the public will not be favored with
much from this quarter. Itwere well enough if
the Wings could be made ashamed of Mr. Fitz
Henry Warren but to be ashamed of his acts.
so long as Wings are the recipients of his boun-
ty, we can hardly suppose a possible case But
what commentary is this upon the honesty Of
this no-party administraion-upo this paras on
President Who has s.ne friends to reward ard no
enemies to punish" and who, although it ma,
not appear in print, are turning out oflice-hold-
ers by the score, every day in the week! We ask
attention to the following frank avowal made by
the Mobile Advertiser, Taylor paper, in Ala
bama
If we know anything of the character orGen
Taylor and the men: by whom he is surrounded
| they must view with decided Misrepresentation. il
not disgust, the course it Uhe National " hio) is
! pursuing. We hesitate not TO say for cur own
| part and we hope the W hole Wing press of the
country will speak out ON this ubiecl)-that the
position assumed by the National Wing III re-
latlon to the removals and appointments, meets
our decided condemnation Ii is calculated, we
| think; to bring disgrace ON the Administration.
and the.gooner it is repudiated the better We
agree with the Register entirely, in its estimate
Of thu excuses put FORTH by Tie National WIG
for removals from Office, but the Register has no
right TO make the Administration responsible for
those excuses. When the Wing .grayely asserts
that mot single removal of an incumbent not
| aS!ngle refusal to rG-aTrOlnt a Democrat has
been dictated by the fact that the incumbent or
applicant was Democrat" and that the @Ad-
minisration proceeds i'll all its consultations and
decisions i'll respect to appointments 10 office,
upon the sole ground OF capacity fidelity to the
constitution, land honesty" we know that it is
slmpiy,NoT True. We knor, and so doc every
man. that political considerations have influenced
the Administration III many removals, and it is
right and proper that they should. 1t is utterly
absurd, ridiculous and disreputable to pretend to
the contrary. The doctrine of the Wing leads
to the inevitable conclusion, that every man re-
moved by General Taylor was either incompc-
tent or dishonest, and hence removal carries
with it personal insult and disgrace We are
not prepared TO coasert to any ~such doctrine
rather, we enter ouf solemn protest against it.
Probably, as general rule, the gentlemen re
moved are as encreeptionQLle, morally and social
ly, as competent and al much beloved in all the
private relations Of life, their succe ssors Sst
|
the last man who would admit any doctrine that
could be construed into an assault on their char
acter and reputation IS gentlemen. They were
removed purely and exclusively en- political
grounds. There is Ito mistake about it, and it is
utterly useless for any one to pretend to the con-
trary They We're removed on political consid-
erations, and on that ground, and that alone, we
are prepared to defend the act of removal. We
want nothing better. We despise all these eor-
ardly subterfuges. Why attempt to dodge and
evade the real point and true Issue in this mat
ter of,reneval} There is but one honest and
correct view for wings to take, and that is, that
1t IS the duty Of 1he Administration TO re,noee Dem
osrats end put Wings IN their stead, and why
qulbble about 1t, and try to dodge it? Let us
be honest to ourselves and Just to our opponents
Mobile Adrertiser
| Er We presume the editor Of the Advertiser
concluded that Truth was the best policy and
therefore he determined to ttllit