Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1849-09-19
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A DlGNIFIED REPRESENTATIVE
The Boston Transcript, wing pa
per, speaking Of the appointment OF
young man from that city as the
secretary of one of our foreign min
listers, says, very complimentary to
the person and to those who appoint
ed him
/ If the object we're to select an in
voice of kid gloves, or to decide
upon the merits Of an opera dancer,
or a prima donna, this gentleman
might be sent, on his own pre-em-
inent qualifications for the mission.
But the object being to represent
American republicanism, with due
regard to the fitness and claims of
the individual, few appointments
more Objectionable could have been
made: His claims were. attibda t nad
some great man for his hacker. Men
with obvious, substantial claims,
both on account Of their political ex-
perience and services and their con-
tributions to the literary reputation
of the country, were given the go-by
in his favor, on such grounds Such
appointments are neither. credtable
to the persons who urge them, nor
to the administration which yields to
their opportunities. The true system
in republic should be to appoint
every man on has oaC,a conspicuous
merits, Independent of family or per-
sonal influence, of the accident of
birth, or the favor Of a member of
Congress.
We copy the following from the
N. Y. Sunday Atlas
A FELoN1N OrF1cE..-A man nam
ed Goldsmith, who was recently ap-
pointed an Inspector of the Customs
by Mr.. Maxwell, was arrested on
Monday last, whilst discharging a
ship, on charge of burglary, and
committed to prison,to await his trial.
Report says that he has been as a
felon, and that the evidence in the
present case, is full and complete.
ANOTHER BRIGHr OME.-We have
been informed that F. w. Thomas,
the gentleman who acted as asso-
ciate editor of the ssLouisville Lit
erary Chronicle during the past
winter, has been appointed to clerk
ship in the "Home Department. by
Mr.. Secretary Ewing. We suppose
that this is another example of car
rying ont tie principles and prac-
tees Of the earlier Presidents.
Our information is, that Mr.. Tho
mas came to Kentucky last winter
as poor student of divinity-be-
came associate editor of the Literary
Chronicle, and as such collected a
large number of advance subscrip-
tons, for ,chich he nerer accounted.
He visited Frankfort during the
sitting of the Legislature--gave
pious lectures on the character Of
Wesley, and other leading Method
ists-was toasted and feasted with
true Kentucky hospitality-and then
abused our misplaced generosity by
getting beastly drunk and rolling in
the gutter like brute-from which
detachable situation he was carried,
at has oacm request, TO A HOUSE OF
ILL FAME.
Of course Kentucky was no Ion
ger fitting residence for such a
hypocritical scamp, and he was
therefore transferred to a clerkship
in Washington city, at a salary of
from $1,000 to $500 year, in order
that General Taylor's c.binet might
give the American people demon
strable evidence of their determine
ton TO CARRY OUT THE PRIN-
CIPLES AND PRACTICES OF
THE EARLIER PRESIDENTS!
1t is unnecessary to add that Tho
mas is Ca Wing though not an ultra
Wing"
Well, we suppose the people will
get their eyes open after while
Louisville Chronicle