Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-02-19

has held the Office for thirty Years i, q, $40 900
= in that period amounts TO 'ile ] y, draw from the
i;c crib The doctrine OF rotation III JIM 80 m, Wings
'uo +, yos the doctrine Of General JACKSON anu ,hev
one. - II into their political creed If l7iu w WI Ia,b
incorporate ono term system But do not think M e
nbt to complain if he loses ms oio 10 him
,ic,i grounds for il would only DC n;nstered TO
M e,7ne sort of medicine which lie 'iu . cot unon
Inc sa Thre ia gentleman occupying sea, w.,
80; soor who was member OF the Le9si.u. no ,ho,
red Mr. Heath over Mr. Bnroonu ha ne resujt was tina,
,ae Heath was then Democrat, and Mr. Bufioo'
rais .,.;,n or the Eederalists of his IN: hold
In; Office said that few die, and none resign, % ia az
III never fell from the lips of that great man, e,tle
n;6ed in part by the before US Heie - Sri,tcd
who, for the long period Of ,nr s holds on 10 them
% death grpe; and his friends go into convuslu ,,t
b hare idea OF his losng them Now II seems nJ rive
M Heath ought TO be willing quietly to retire anu s' No
Mace 10 another If has prnctised wise @ hsnd
n saved enough from his earnings 10 support nm naa
mas IN rreen old age 1.-The has not the pro1ctpss
Sng Zachary can provide for him. by The reovhi u.
in the way of equali,ng the offices. ana WHICH
h.ro more than once been told is 10 be done Is h;s
The gentleman from Elizabeth City, in the course VI n s
,s declared that prescription originated WIN tue
mocrasand says that it does not the1eoIe, ~ General
ou,hs 10 charge prescription upon Gen layio re- the
Jackson he tells removed from ONCE every ad in
shno NJ n Whg and that Martin Van buren, i9,io" 49,
tho bloody work have heard my friend from J ;5
n bon point beyond the last extremity, ana leao -
b message of the model President that we were a. ;,
Il he III,
ih i've ssf of mankind !" but must confess, una, NV,
n gentleman made this assertion, felt puzzlea Wh
hi, vas that after Gen. Jackson removed al 1ie ~
ron office Martin Van Buren,, VINO WAS 'i'
found go many more 10 remove ~, ;, ba referred
Wr SEGAR asked leave explain He sad ne
- sgn ministers and persons holding important "tie'S
under General Jackson -, to,,,n,s eY-
lnation: but does think relieve nun rom e
Guilty Who has forgotten Inc long iis' VI ] If IaI0
rrs who figured so conspicuousy IN the campaign u ~
~ having been decapated by Van Buren,! Van u W =
all thai camor gotten up BY hones ls however
few removals from unmportan onces - - ,, grounds
~ General Jackson did make removals upon parry TT
hm Il ever man was lustifabe in such case "ehe. d
son was that man. No was ever so aoustu' @ I've
and yiled by the ours and blood hoas ,b NJ psa mode
was and not conlentng themselves WIN .he rre and
Of noricai warfare they invaded the domesuc e'..,
drareed his family into the political arena ~
true that Martin Van Buren, mace le5fL hon rsmayed all
the Wings from office; the contrary very 'a's1 nm
of the Offices such post Offices ceIKsips' e. ~; AVON
dor al concentrations been held by Wings es sl'
% ,he administration of Mr. Polk, which has occupied
sch n considerable portion OF the speech VI 'i.e es; nd
yery large number of Wings were retained IN M ,
in the Treasury Department, It was ascerlaeu, h ert
General Tayor came into office thet majority oil 'e e
ships were held by wings. ,.,.a.io commenced
But deny that prescription or oiniom Il was COM
menced by the Federalsts the very formation "
and practced by them long as power leae s ali
hands In Virginia as every we,e han h memorable poll
coI revolution of 1900 placed the Republican parry IA IN
ascendancy The system OF prescription mus n mil
hv rho Eederasts was carried out by the hepuocas, UNI
~, ;noo Ecderois remained in Office as monument Oh
Republican clemency .;,,;o, into tho nrac.
propose now TO make short examination mo tS r
ri 90 NJ Inc modern Wing party in relation 10 proscrpo ~
onrion,s SAKE and in doing so shall institute comparison
their course and that Of the Democratic party IN
relation 10 this SUBJECT In the first place permit NE 70
500, ,b, neither Gen jackson, Martin Van Buren, nor VI
pol came into office under any pledges express or Psu
moi 10 make removals from office for opinions s'Ssr M
so much cannot be said Of Generals harrison anu
tDhli
skins and hard cider will ecoect that IN loiu one oi m
Wing principles enunciaed from every press inscribed upon
every banner and wabed from every yaeT Sfer was e
acrnton itself 10 be prescribed" But no sooner was 'e
Harrison seated in power than the political headsa axe
was SET in motion Day and night the bloody woh Meht vi
untiit suddenly arrested by the deatn OF zen;
And was the boast of his Postmaster General VT fancs
Granger made upon the floor of Congress some time aer
that in one month he had made seventeen hundred removals
and had the President lived another moh,n ne mou' nav
made seventeen hundred Now LEI us see now the &C.
stonds with General Taylor Are we IN the language
of the gentleman from Elizabeth City, esopped IRON
charging him with prescription and violation o n,s
nlcdgesl | aver that are not. ana now 10 Tue
nroof ! have now before the very interesting ePis-
las written by and that distinguished parsonage after
ne named in connexon WIN tue rresIc Tnor -
these documents intend 10 convict General !ayer OF
violation of solemn pledges as were ever mace ny any
candidate for office in America few extracts VIII sulice
for nv purpose In his Signal letter. the rs oil Tue SERIES
he 81 can and shall yield call that does not come
from the spontaneous action and free will OF the nation at
large In his letter citizen OF Lansingourg he says
should the nation al large seek 10 place me IN inc car OF
Chief Magstracy The good OF all parties and national g3oa
would be my great and absorbing aim In ms etler 70 VI
Dcluny he says "Should ever occupy the "hite mouse
il must be BY the spontaneous move OF the people, ana o
no act of mne that could go into the office unra!nmel
led and be the Chief Magistrate OF the nation oda no, 0
his opinions in relation TO protective tari ana hdtoai
bank he says As regards your second and tnrd inquiries
not prepared ansrsr sn e9uIa ony 40 30 a d
In his letter TO Peter Sken Smith, he speaks thus III hey
(the people) think fit 10 bring me before tnen ior
this office, through their legislatures massmeeuhgs
or conventions | cannot object 10 their desl5na-
ting those bodies Wing, Democratic or Naive
but being thus nominated must insist on The condi'ion-
and my position this point is mmutablc-that sa NOT
be brought forward by them the candidate OF their party
or considered exponent their party doctrines Ana
in the famous Allison letter. No. l. he says: II nave 10 pi
vate purposes accomplish no party projects to oud up
no enemies TO punish-noihng serve but my county,
could make many more extracts OF kindred characlei
but these will suffice for purpose These extracts prove
in the first place that General Taylor erected for himself
no party PLATFORM broad that Wings Democrats and Ma
tive Americans might all stand upon side BY slde III per
feet security They prove, in the second place hat On ,e
9th day of June 1877 General Taylor did not know what his
political principles were-tha he had not then found OUT
whether he was Wing Democrat They prove, IN me
third place. that he was willing to accept nomination rom
INV party with his "mmutdbts" condition annexed-that
he treated all parties alike In Short that he was Wiling 10
become the candidate Of the Democratic party upon exacy
the same terms that he would become the candidate Oh the
Wings
Now let US see the course pursued by his friends IN the
canvass Every one heard their harangues VIII re-
member the touching pahos with which they quoted nose
precious expressions have extracted from the Allison cef
i've all remember how they talked about their great Amerl
can PLATFORM which they declared broad enough Tor all par
ties 10 stand onhow they would hold forth by the hour TO
convince Democrats they could consistently and with
out any surrender of principle take their stand on that great
platform: and how they told that General Taylor IN his
very heart "loathed prescription Thousands OF honest
confding in the honor of soldier whom they
were assured violated PROMISE yielded him their sup
and without whose he could not have been elect
ed In his Inaugural Address quote from memory he de-
cared that "honesty capacity and fidelity would be the lest
by which appointments Office should be made and that
the want of either would be sufficient cause for removal
Now lei US see how these pledges have been redeemed The
first act of this nopary candidate was collect around him
bitter parzan Wing Cabinet and the principal business OF
this promse-redeeing Proscrptre loang old soldier has
been the removal of competent honest Democratic Office
holders and fill their places with partizan Wings shall
moi attempt the long list OF removals Tor
would take me till this time Tomorrow 10 get through IL
1t is admitted by the gentleman from Elizabeth City tna'
the number OF removals already exceeds those made during
the entire administration of Mr. Pokwhch Is all tc evil
dence desire the proscrptvc character Of This dnt
proscripre no-ary administration II is true that my IN
cenous friend ha apology at hand for all this One por
ton of these removals. he says made for canse-hich
admit 10 be e and il would be strange that ont OF me
large number Of there should have been found
no cause for the removal Of any Of them. only diier WIN
the gentleman the Of the removals for cause
In every case where valid could be assigned II mas
been done and how many of this character have oc