Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-12-14
Thc Appointing Power.

pretext for the measure IL the interest winch
the State has as a stakeholder, but the unques
tionabie object is 10 give 10 the Democratic
Party the control of these institutions, the use
and The dispensation of tie pecuniary and
business faoiliiics-for which they were estab
lished.
In the election Of Directors 10y tic stock.
holders. We moi aware that political oonsid
eraiinns have ever been suspected TO have Ind
an influence; but the appointments made by
the Executive have, ol late years almost
invariably, been of the party in power If the
measure now pending be adopted as a party
movemeni--thc Governor. In obedience 10 the
obligations II willimpose, will not fail TO make
bis selections from his own political friends
and they being chosen because Of their party
association and tn serve panty ends, vii be
sure to use the power conferred upon them,
with view to the causes aud Objects Of their
appointment. Let tho movement be carried
out and we shall expect To sec men refused
accommodation at the banks for tho sole reason
that they are Wings, and others favored for
the sole reason that they are Democrats
w HtH iHlb sHdll be NHti u
rule of practice so narrow aud paltry and
insulting as this shall be adoptcd-sooner than
submit TO it, would see every bonking
institution in the State, with their vaults and
Golfers, and their party directors and officers,
blazing in general bonfire. thai their ashes
might be lram2led on hy every honest an1
independent man.
To the watchful observer of party move
ments in this State, it has been evident Ior
some time that there is settled purpose with
the leaders OF the dominant party 10 got into
their owl hands every particle of patronage,
emolumen and Pc YER, incident 10 the form
and operation of our Governments. MOI
trusting To reason, or coutent with The results
oil experience, they would appeal 10 he basesl
human principle, aud make IT tie interest of
every man 10 enrol himself under the b,nner
OF their party. Ii was for this purpose thai
the appointment of Inspectors was taken
from the nagsttacy and conferred upon the
Executive In ninety nine cases o4t Of n
hundred the county Courts would b, ef.er
Informed more intefe sted IN acting discreolly.
"hb itFS nbiJ'tt VI IMPROPER liiHHpHCfS IN
making these appointments than tie Exeeu.
tive but no consideration of propriety or pub
lie good will avail against the memorable and
sovereign behesls of party dcra,ion and az
grandzemept.
Ever since the formation of the TWO great
parties which have divided this country since
the days OF Westinghouse contest, sometimes
invisible sometimes checked, - but never
ended, has been going on, between those who
seek to make the Executive departments.
whether in the States or general Government,
the repositories ofall power and patronage
and those who strive to maintain the co orti.
nate power and the constitutional prerogarivcs
of the Legislative departments This was The
main Issue between the Republicans under
Jefferson and the Federalists under thc elder
between those two great leaders, aud the histo-
ry of that time. The Republican party. repre-.
scented in our day by The Wings. odhercs 10
its early doctlipe-the federal party, from
whom the sel(-stylod Democrats of this era
are legitlmaiely descended remains true to lis
original faith
we cannot conceive a theory more fatal To
repu5licanlsm and popular. liberty than ,ha,
which makes one man, or one branch of the
government, the representative OF the eniir,
sovereignty. and yet this Is the conclusion to
which ral-locofocosm tends Because the
Governor of Virginia is elected directly by
the people of the State, he is held to he the
Immediate representative of the rights of the
people and the true organ and agent of their
Will and power; and the President of the
United States, though not chosen so directly
ny popular suffrage. is upon the same hypoih-
sought to he invested with the like mo-
ana dangerous functions. The The.
49,, ' a' make the parliamentary branches,
""eie alone open and unrestra;ped ,,.o,s.;,,
/ Practlced, and upon which n,a '. ''',u'S'o"
always rests, looking into all ,he;r ,np,,e
and COMPETENT to correct nv n ''