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THE sEsATE HAS AD.ouRSED.

The special session Of The Senate Of the United
States was closed on Friday last Only such APP
poinimeb,s were presented for confirmation By the
President a. seemed Indispensable 10 supply en-
pinng terms, and 10 put the new Administrative in
mosioi. Great tiberaIity has been eyiDced towards
khc opposing party, and several Of their most pro
miocns men have been re-appointed to their respec-
tive Offices. Still the Democratic presses are not
satisfied. Nobody expected them to be 50. No
fhing short Of the retention Of every officer no mat
Ter how busy pariizan, would suit fatir taste.
Bur the liberal and rejecting portion of the COM
mrinity will see nothing in the course Of the Presi
aelit lIrus far 10 deserve condemnation The part-
zan editors whewere mute during the sreign Of ter
rorR Of Jackson. Van Buren,, Polk s. Co, may now
raise Glamour about pyescription-a word not
known in their vocabulary heretofore-but IN equal
i-iag the Offices between the parties just cause Of
complaint will be afforded The President, in such
course. viii prove their sincerity Of his decara-
ton that he pi be the head Of The nation and Of
4 party. As things now stand, the proportion Of
Wings to Democrats in Office Is very small In the
departments at w ashington as leo 660, and allo
scr the country in the same proportion Can there be
any injustice 10 displacing sueh brawling partizans
as supplanied quiet citizens or in putting such
officers ~ are totally Incompetent
But here should be an end 10 prescription as
syslem There never was a more appropriate time
for taking stand on This subject. Notwiihstand-
Ing Mr. Polk brought to The "guilloine, in the four
first months OF his reign, AHadred and tiirfy-sx
victims in the City of Washington alone (he names
OF whom are furnished BY correspondent Of the
Norfolk Herad9 still we should not like to see the
same yindicliye spiri, eyinced, even 10 correct
wrongs done
But to test the sincerity Of the grumblers, let us
beg OF them 10 petmit US with single instance in
which any one OF them condemned a removal by
Mr. Polk or his predecessors. Ii would be refresh
ing Just Al this moment 10 read such an article II
would give sample Of the best style Of con-
demnation v ''Spoils System; for we can as
sure our Democratic friends tha, zoe do not intend
TO approve the doctrine--no matter by whom prac.
tiscd. We have waTred againktit for twenty years
and hostility 10 II Is article Of orr political creed
ball only justify il 10 such cases as Mr. Jefer.
= eferred 10 "a bis circular TO the Office holders
when be warned them against Interfering with The
freedom Of elections, or lin cases where the ainso-
lcnce Of Office has been palpably manifested-
Such eases were clearly presented in the persons
Of several promineh, men lately supereeded-and
the candid portion Of the Democracy themselves
2 admit the prcpriety Of such removals When a
vacancy occurs, all things being equal we would
prefer political fficnd--and sowould the very sum-
patlistrs who are now for the time shedding tears
over the fate Of such ''maryrss as w. j. Brown and
J. nj. McCalia, both of whom took the field in the
late canvass.
In an instance like that Of the Postmaster at
Richmond, NC feel peculiar qualification. There
( x n
Il is true, he was put in originally upon party
groEs1s, but so was his predecessor-and we were
glad to see that Gen Taylor found stopping point
in the case Of so es,imatle gentleman as Col.
Bigger.
We are confident therefore that although there
will be many changes in the offices Of the country,
to bring about something like equality still the Ad-
ministration Of Gen Taylor will prove to be libcr-
al tolerant, and just enc. Many disappointments
must occur to gentlemen ready to serve the public
nut the great body OF the people who expect no ia
rors, viii b, satisfied with the magnanimoos spirit
4ikey % be the leading feature in the career Of the
Peoples President
But as the Democrats Of the presen, day profess
10 be the genuine disciples Of Thomas Jefferson we
give an extract from letter OF his while President
dated July II, 1901, and ask how they can have the
soldness 10 open their mouths upon the subject of
prescription and more especially, too after their
intoerant course for the last 20 years. But TO the
extract:
rs il palitca iniolraacf 70 claim proportionate
share in the direction of the public atiairs Can
they not Aarsai<e in society unless they have eve
ry hing in their own hands Ii the win Of the ma
hon. manifested BY their various elections, calls for
an administration Of government according with
the opinions f those elected; II for the ful6lmeni
uf that will dsplaeements necessary, with whom
can they 50 Justly begin a with persons appointed
in the last moments Of an administration. not for
its own aid but 10 begin career at the same time
with their successors BY whom they had never been
approred, and who could scarcely expect from them
= ,enrlial et,-onerafion r.