The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-06-17
Mr.. he!ier's replu.
WASHINGTON. June IL 1910

WASHINGTON June IL, ls49
DEAR In the inquiries contained in yonrs
whole time OF your the Patent Office ali
proper aces Tor the transaction of the business of my
clients before the Patent Office extended 10 by
Yourself and the subordnates the Office and take
granted that all who acquainted with IN the least
preston oil my POLITICAL sentiments am Tree 10 that
lhave never seen any disposition on your part to throw
any obstacle in the way of any having business
transact in the Patent Office.
AT tue time presented my resignation OF the Office Of
expressed the strongest assurance that my opposition
TO the administration would be regarded oblec.
uon as was your intention to administer the office ire
have ever elr the importance of keeping. the Patent
fed that such Influences would be entirely rue o
the objects Tor which ii established and in view of
ms, am tree TO say, that observed your appointments
with and have been able lind that you
swayed by party politics. many Of those you did APP
point were, and ever have been, wings.
''''' CHS NJ Keller
To the Hon. EDMUND BURKE.
In view OF the Overwhelming testimony from wings
and democats-men of character and holding high posi-
tons IN the Patent Office and out of (which we have
given above, shall be justified before the world in
pronouncng the charges of the National Wing to be
wanton, unprncped, and base lbels, without justtca
ton apology, and concoced for the spirited and
desmcable purpose of inurng political standing with
the American people
The statement of the Wig that Mr. BUCHANAN, then
al the head of the State Department which the Patent
ohce was attached controlled appointments and
acuon as Commissioner, equally untrue. Mr. Buchanan
had no power over appointments except that of
hrnahon or rejection the Senate has those OF
General Taylor He could neither appoint nor remove
acierk or other person in the Patent Office. And while
we were Commissioner he required do one or
the other and he rejected of our nominations
With delcacy which absent from the true gen
ueman, he scrupuousy refrained from interfering in any
manner with the administration of the Patent Office
uT;her than to advise when consulted him-holdng
always that we responsible to the President Con-
gess, and the country, for the manner in which we dis
charged our official duties
Our removals very few in number) were made for
cause, not involving the private character except in one
or two instances of those removed and our appoint
ments were from both wings and democrats. Indeed we
fear that in this did do Justice TO our own
party OF the eight examiners all were appointed by us
except one, and majority of them wings We also
appointed wings to other paces, carefully avoiding any
ACT which would give political character to the Office
OF the twenty six examiners clerks and other employees
except the aborers, who in the office when
removed, believe thirteen were democrats and thirteen
wings, nearly all of whom held their appointments from
us-the wings holding the Offices having the best saa-
ties, an injustice which not Of doing to
our political friends until attention has been called tc
by the calumnies OF the FhIg
And in addition to the proofs we have given of the
wanton fasehood of the charges made against u.s. we
confidently appeal to the inventors and to the country
large TO say whether not administration OF the
Patent Office strictly and scrupulously impartial and