Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-05-20
From The IomsrHc Journal
SECRETARY EWING AND THE HOME DE
PARIAlFNE

The amount of low maligully exhibed Wy the Loco
Io"' ed tors and denagogues toward Mr.. Secretary Ew
Ing Truly surprising. We have never vet been able
to ascertain why he should he singled out for ber pois
oncd shafts. We have read the abusive tces IN the
Ioch co p1perS and the abusive speeches made IN Con
gress by ooioco demagngnes. hut have beer unable
understand the reason why Incloro eroclty should be-
come 81 inens ly rahd wheneyryer he IS the SUBJECT of
locoioco vltuperatlun.
MI Ewing Is man WHO deserves the hiphest'commen-
dalton. lie started IN life p1lr boy, who had neither
the assistance of nlnrnal friends the aid of
to help HIN along lie worked industfuusiy with his
own hands for the ofednraiine himself The fact
that he is what is GATED selfmade man ought to secure
for him the regard # all those who love superior merit
for had not Mr. Ewng's merits been vastly superior hc
would have remained uneducaled aud would never have
to distinction IN the councils Of his State anG n
Try In his career, every poor boy IN the natol may
find much 10 encourage him IN his efbus to brow down
the Obstacles that povery and unIavorabe circumstances
have placed in his plh
For many years, Mr. Ewing was a member of the L.
$ Senate from Ohio and whlo in that body he exhibited
all those great attributes Of mind and heart which have
won Tor him the respect and admiration of millions Of his
countrYmen. Among the many great men in thai bod
who opposed the measures of tho administration oJack
son. Nh Ewing occupied prominent plnce. lie then
secured that national reputation which he still enjoys
He prascr bed by the Lococos Of The Ohio Legs
latnfe at the close of one Senatorial term, and reed
his home and 10 the practice Of the profession of which
he was always considered foremost member,
Last year. the Lorof in Congress in favor Of
insu ing Home Department in accordance with the
recommendations of the Polk Cabinet Gen Taylor re-
eardng Mr. Ewing as peculiarly well qualified for the
duties OF that new Department. very udlcnuly confer
red the the office him Ever ,ioce he has occupied
It, the Locofpcos have been camorjus calling for the
adjustment of the Office. What particular there
existed fifteen months for such department which
have now ceased 10 exist these Locofocos have
informed uS If the Home Department was necessary
when MI. Polk was President, il certainly is necessary
now Indeed every who acquainted with the various
and heavy duties that appertan 10 The raj depart
mems, isaware that Department Of HE Interior is al
most abs luely necessary. The inter- Of the Govern
ment will suffer without it, The truth there
or common in lhepesen Ioeofcp against
that Department TIE opponents Of the Adm nisration
are acting tdctnnsly They wish to cnbarra,s aud Jnre
the Administrator and having no good ami sufficient
grounds g. On they have hit on the eXpedient of tear
ing down one Of the departments Of The Government in
The creation Of which they took great interest little
more than one short year ago If Cass had been elected
10 the Presidency should have heard no hing of his
Iocoforo canor against the Home Department. In
that case. the Iprufo,os all have greatly Admired
the recommendations of M'ssrs Polk and Walker Ia
whom the country indebted for The suggestion Of the
new department.
crpton that Mr. Ewing has praclced that the Iocoocos
are 50 furious IN the hostility toward him, We learn
from Mr. Truman Smiths speech recently delivered in
the Senate, that, IN the various bureaus comp SIM
me Impairment over which Nlf f4Wltg pTe~tdeF here
at the close Of the Polk administration one hundred
and twenty persons poy N whom ninety thres
were Locoflcos and only thirty four Wigs The
ocofocus received cor compensation $77 1877, while the
Wings received si5,l00. The m,Irlty of Locafocos
employed ffty-nine. and the balance of compensa
ton in their favor was a72 037 There are now in he
same Department one hundred and thirty eight persons
employed, of whom eighty Wings and fifty eight are
I,ocofocos The Wings receive compensation Of SIO5
$50 and the Iocofcos $jS4l7 The majority of Wings
employed Is twenty-five, and the balance Of compensa-
ton in their favor is t37 233 These facts show csncu
syey that Mr. Ewing has not prescribed LoclfDcos TO
The extent to which Wings were prescribe by the
Polk Administration in the bureaus. Ofcourse the
Loo focos cannot find, in any proscrpve conduct on
The part Of Mr. Ewing, for their hostility toward
him
The truth IS. they have got into the fashion Of heap
ing abuse the head of Mr. Ewing, and they pursue
him with hot abuse from sheer custom We pre-
sumo Mr. Ewing cares but LILLE for them for their an
imosy. Whenever they have been put to the proof Of
any of their fonl canmnes, they have uniformly failed.
And this will be The result Of the Richardson inveega-
ton and all other investigations. The Locofocos will be
likely TO learn that it is possible 10 carry The expedent
Of making charges that false as they foul
little too far The people are always generous enough
TO rise Up against those who persist in of
wreiched SANDER and TO put them down.
MI Ewing Is man Of enlarged abby and q! IGJusIi