The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-11-14

Ola FoSles Ia new Territories. 80
Next, rs a nuisance, TO the nasty nepo
tis,n, which promotes TO Office, by federal
appointment, all the marriage aud blood
relatives of aa administration and Of-i;s
whole cabinet, Is the practice of appoini-
ing to offices of honor or profit, old political
hacks, who hobl,le off to the frontiers and
quarter themselves for few weeks in
new territory, expressly to get an appoint
meat from Washington.
Il may not be generally understood here,
how these things are brought about. II is
in this wise. The patronage of the admin
i<,ration, is parce!led out to the different
states und territories, SO as 10 make, or
seem 70. suaahe, a toleraLly fair aud equal
dstributi6&1f offices TO each section of the
Union. Whenever an appointment is made,
il is charged to the accoun. of the State or
territory, which the aPpoiniec claims as his
residence. Thus, if the Hon. Mr.. Funk
hollow of Virginia or Kentucky, who has
lived uron appointments for half century,
comes in too late to shave in the patronage
which is allorted TO his own state, he makes
s,raishtway for one ofthe new states or ter
ritories, where but few make politics their
tru.ie, publishes a law card, gets some
washing down, has paragraph inserted IN
a newspaper expressly to he copied, con-
tanning fuisone personal puff, and alleg-
ing that he has become a resident, with his
{. interesting family, Of the new and flourish
ing territory of Minnesota or Nebraska, as
the case may be-condoling with the state
he removed from (where he was always re-
garled as an old fungu~) for the loss of
citizen so valuable, and congratulating the
new territory upon the acquisition Of
gentleman of such distinguished abilities
and weight Of character. Al! this, is the
preliminary operation, for robbing the ter
ritory of some Apo intment Of bona
file, deserving citizen, to some Office of
profit. Before the Honorable Mr.. Funk
hollow, has become legal voter Ivy his new
residence, it is heralded in all the newspa-
pers from Maine 10 California, that the
Hon. MIR. FunkholIow Of Minnesota, is ap-
pointed Commissioner OF something,
somewhere; or an Inspector, " here there is
nothing. to inspect, or n Surveyor, where
there is nothing to survey, with pay, includ-
ing mildge, per dien, contingencies Sc.
amounting To about So 90 per day. Thus,
il appears by the record Of appointments,
that the Office in question has::been conferred
upon Minnesota, and this brings around the
chance for another appointment, perhaps
the next, To Virginia or Kentucky again
Old iosies Of u lower grade too, not only
claim preference and obtain preference, but
they also flood The new free States, and in
sariably put themselves forward for all
elective offices; and by ,i'at of superiatve
arrogance, they generally succeed. While
an Industrious farmer or mechanic from the
Eastern or Middle States, who is in the habit
Of attending to his own farm or workshop,
and who is really man of sense and intel
ligence, waits TO see suitable candidates
brought out i,y the people Of the Territory,
to. their support, your modest Col. or Mai.
or Gen. or Capt. somebody always from one
of the Slave States, saddles his sshorse
brute" and takes an electionecring tour ,hro'
the district and gets every thing packed for
his own election. If there is anything more
deteststble than another, in new territory,
full Of active, intelligent young men, who
really intend to live and die in it-whose
whole worldly interests and hopes are in it,
aud nowhere else, aud who ought TO enjoy
the honors and eInoluments of the offices
belonging TO the territory. that thing, most
detestable, is cold fogysm."