Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-05-13
From the Lyaehbrg Republican.
THE DEMOCRATIC POSTMASTER OF
LYNCHBURG GONE BY THE BOARD


LYNCHBURG GONE BY THE BOARD.
ROBERT CAwruoN, Esq, the faithful and POD.
ular Postmaster at this place, has Just shared
the fate OF Friend, the Democratic Postmaster at
Petersburg. He has gone by the board and il
to be succeeded by VIM M. Blackford, ESQ,
late Editor of the Lynchburg Virginian
The removal Of Mr.. Cawthon is one of the
most outrageous and heartless acts Of proscrp-
ton of the ten thousand of which this admins
tration has been guilty. The relation which We
hold towards Mr. C. would incline us TO silence
on this occasion, but the duty we owe to the
democratic party will not permit us to pass by
this act of prescription unrebuked, but compels
us to state the unyaFnished facts in the case
from which the public may draw their own con-
illusions.
| On the present administrations coming into
power. some Of MIR. Cawthon's numerous Wing
| friends got up very large memorial to the
President, embracing the great mass of the tall
ent and worth OF the town, asking that Mr. c.
should not be removed from office, the duties of
which he had discharged to the entire saiisfac-
ton OF every citizen, save perhaps two or three
who could not be pleased except bya Wing
This memorial, which was signed by at least
fye eighths of the Wings OF the town, was back
ed by numerous letters to the different heads of
the Departments at Washington, from our lead
| ing and influential Wing citizens, and bv edito.
!
urging in the strongest language the retention
OF Mr.. T.. Thus things rested until two or three
months since, the people of the town in the
meantime, resting satisfied that their almost u
unanimous wishes would be respected by a Pres
ident who declared before his election that he
had "no friends to reward" and that his great
object would be to bow in everything to the
! "will OF the people" Wishing the matter def.
nitely settled, however, and the apprehensons
pfth eAf r,ite
| the matter, some of MIR. C's influential Wing
friends visited Washington, and sought of Mr.
| Collamer definite response to the declared
! wishes OF the Wings of the town. The Post
master Generals answer was, that he desired 10
respect the wishes Of the people upon the sub
lect, and that as the first memorial of Mr.. Cav,
thou's did not ask for his ne appointment, bur
only that he should moi be removed, it would be
best Tor him to get up second memorial asking
the renewal Of his conmission-lhe clear infer
| ence from W hich was, that in the event of his
procuring such second memorial the wishes
OF the people would be respected. This was to
say the least OF H. a most contemplate bubble,
wholly unworthy the dignity of the most con.
temptible administration MIR. Collamer knew
full well, that the first memorial was for the re,
tention OF Mr.. Cawlhon in Office during the adj
tnlnistraton The memorial itself expressed
! nothing TO the contrary, and lie was repeatedly
| informed by the first Wings, both personally and
! by letter, that such was the design Of the me-
| nora He only wanted an excuse for proscrib,
| ing Mr.. Cawthon. He had doubtless had soma
lntlmation, perhaps from those who sought Mr.,
C's shoes, that the first memorial had been got.
ten up Immediately after the election Of General
| Taylor, and while his pledges and professions OF
| ''no-partyism" were fresh in their reeoleetion,
and had some controlling influence upon their
action and he was assured, no doubt, that if a
second memorial was required, Mr.. c. would fail
| to get 1t, from which change in public senti-
ment and wish on the part of the people 10
get rid OF him; would be inferred. This was
doubtless the secret of Mr.. Collamer's resortn,g
to the bubble he did. But he was mistaken,
Mr. Cawthon's Wing friends forthwith drew up
another memorial asking the renewal of his
commission, and expressing their unshaken con-
hdence in his qualifications 1t was headed by
the Wing Elector Of has District, and was more
numerously signed, Exclusively by Wigs, than
| the first, Mr., Blackboard the successor of MIR.
Cawthon, being in good faith upon the list. Mr.
e. beat his Wing competitor three or four to
one, while OF course the democratic party were
unanimously for him. Thus did MIR. c. have in
his favor at least seven eighths of the people of
Lynchburg, of both parties and sects. And even
the memorial gotten upin opposition to him,
was only in the alternative that the department
should be determined TO remove him.
Such are some of the prime facts in the case,
and we submit it to the people to say whether
the removal of MIR. Cawthon, under the circum-
stances, is not one of the most outrageous in
stances OF prescription upon record, and the
/ greatest insult ever offered to any community
Of people! What becomes of Gen Taylor's
pledges of 1'no- partyasm?"