The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-01-16
The Miners Express VS.. the Post Office
Department.

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In the Dubuque Tribune of the 4th inst, we
find a communication under the above caption,
which is designed as reply to certain assertions
made in an article of ours, of preceding date,
and which has reference to removals from office
in the Post Office Department In our article
we stated that 2, l03 post-masters had been ap-
pointed in consequence of removals duriug the
first three months of the reig of Colamer This
'sRight & Justice does not deny. That fact is
established ssRight & JUSTICE however, is
not SO willing that his party should be Judged by
their own deeds as by the acts of another, and
in order to screen the present administration
from that punishment which their deeds deserve,
sRight & Justice" asks that they be judged by
the acts of the late administration. Had the facts
in the case been fairly stated by bright & JUS
tica," no reply from us would have been neces-
sary, either to object to the argument, which was
illogical, or to the inference of "Right & JUS
tice,' which was not true. Waving for the
present our right plaintiff, will, for the sake
of ssRight g. Justice, assume the defence, and
put ourselves upon the comparison which ''Right
figures show? ~
1st That up to the Both June, 1S49, Mr.. Col
lamer removed from Office 2,lO3 deputy post
masters, and during the corresponding time of a
former administration, 753 removals were made
making difference of $50 against the pres.
ent administration. This is the inference from
the first fact upon which the comparison is based
I'd. As an offset to this evident and bitter con.
clusion, s.Right & Justice unrighteously, un.
justly and illogically adds to the 1853 removals
ofMr. Cave johnson, ] 1897 appointments, which
were made in consequence of deaths and rcsig.
nations, and triump!lantly concludes that 547
more removals took place under the former ad.
ninistration in the same space of time, than have
taken place under the present
We will meet Alright & Justice" on his own
comparison once more, and with more reason
and right and justice, add to the 2,lO3 actual re-
movals under Mr.. Collamer, the 1882 appoint
ments which took place in consequence of FOR
cED designations during his first quarter, or, tt
be precise about it, during his first four months
Following the example of "Right g. Justice
in order to meet him, or them, on their owl
ground, we must add 1873 appointments in con
sequence Of death, and we shall have total o.
1895 appointments in consequence of rcsigna
tons forced at that) and deaths; whereas, in the
corresponding time, and under the same circum.
stance, deaths and resignatons) only 1897 ap.
pointments took place under Mr.. Johnson; leav-
ing an excess ofremODaLs by Mr.. Collamer, ac-
cording to the logic forced upon us by .Right
s. Justice, of LOGS. These added to the ac-
tual excess of removals will amount to 2,41s a..
gainst the four first months of the present reign:
Where now are are the ebare-faced false
hoods the s.pleasure Of miss-stating facts'"--
We cast them back where they belong, and with
hem we hurl 4 brand ofinamy upon their guilty
erpetrator. IL the Tribune endorses the state
tent Of his correspondent, we defy him to prove
d conclusion TO be correct;--if no does nat, we
II upon him, . one Of the public, to say wheth-
o. not the statement Of his correspondent was
Jsrcct Anignorsnce Of fact, oT wilful design
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