The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-05-06

ranks for their own men generally asking and
seldom yielding; and now some of their citi-
zcns are complaining Of Northern domination
and aggression" Men sometimes complain to
obtain more than their rights. Sir, am re-
uctant to bring myself tn believe that our
Southern friends are actuated by similar pol
icy.
Several of the important places have been
filed as follows up to March 4tb, lS49
From the Month From thr South
Presidents l2 years AZ years.
Chief Justices II AS
Secretaries of State 90 " 40
Attorneys General - % " 30
Speakers of the House % e ~
With about onehalf the white population,
the slavcholdng States have had if ! am not
in error. II majority of the Cabinet, of the MEM
bers of the Judiciary, Of the Foreign Legations,
and of the officers of the Army and Navy.
They have now the President of the Senate,
the Speaker of the House, the Commanding
General of the Army the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, and a majority OF the Cabinet
officers There have been from the South
twenty-one Presidents pro tempOre OF the Sen
ate and from the North thirteen. These are
the facts, and this is the answer to the charge
of Northern aggression, that is forever sound
ing in our years. ! ask attention to these
facts, and ask gentlemen to remember that
there are 100000 of white people at the
North, and only about 100000 at the South
have alluded, sir, to the first places under
the Government. have not mentioned second
and subordinate Offices. Now, | ask, what
justification can there be for the complaints OF
a distinguished Senator, made in the late CON
vention of Southern Rights Association held
at Charleston Hear him:
"The Southern States can no longer be the
nurse of great statesmen. The ambition OF
the eagles flight will be no longer seen--we
may have crows and ducklmgs who will be
ready to be satisfied with the crumbs and gar
bage of Office There are those who will be
willing to make an easy transition To degrade
ton 10y being candidates for the secondary and
subordinate Offices. suppose there were pro
vision in the Constitution that no man from
| the South Atlantic States should he eligible
to the Presidency; it would not change the
present state Of things, Such a clause might
rs well be in the Constitution for all practical
purposes.
"The young men of The South, hrowing Of
the ties Of trained politicians. should took 10 then
own deStiny T'hey need look 10 no Federal pre-
fermentS that are worthy Of their ambition.
Third and fourth places they might attain, uhea
"
their righyul position
These extracts were cut from the newspapers,
and ! suppose them to be correct
This able and ardent champion of what
regard as Fictitious grievances, modestly claims
that the rightful positions of the young men OF
the South are the first positions under the
Government But sir, | cannot understand
how they have any exclusive right to be on the
Ia Oe.. Hlnxf huu r.f,hf ~
an equality of condition under the Government
and nothing more. But admitting what seems
to be the modest claim of the distinguished
Senator, and the facts show that their names
have remained on the first pages of the Blue
Book, first, last, and all the time
Why, sir they have not only had the first
places,r but their crows and ducklings" have
been well cared for Here is list taken from
Official tables:
q From these tables it appears that of fifty
DE principal officers Of Government, heads of
&apartpents, bureaus, chief clerks, &c, there
21H24 born in free States, and 25 in slave
49, I nine of the former being born in Penn
aylvapis, and eleven of the latter in Virginia
Two aro foreigners, namely, the Commissioner
of the Patent Office, and one Of the Assistant
Postmaster Generals.
@Of 1893 clerks and other officers, mot in
GLIDING custom houses) I,442 were natives of
the United States, 80 foreigners and 100
whose place Of birth was unknown. OF the
I ,442 Americans $50 were born in free States,
and $40 ia slave States; 275 were born in Nir-
ginia, which is 10 more than from any other
State Maryland has 1876 Pennsylvania III
New York l44; District Of Columbia 1928;
SO; Kentucky Al North Car
DINA "A :. Maine AZ; New jersey Al Con-
necticut 80, &c.
"Of the / SO foreigners "a were born in Ire
land 10 in England; ~ in Germany; IN
France; 7 in Scotland in Spain; in
Canada; in Wales, and 20 in other foreign
countries
"In the table showing the number appoint
ed from each State we have excluded the Gus
tom houses, as those employed in them are
always appointed from the States in which
they are located This table shows that of
I sos persons, 63l were appointed from the
free and $50 from the slave States the DIFF
ference in favor Of the latter being 299. OF
these, LII were employed in the city of
Washington, 1863 being from free and 729
rom slave States, showing that in that city
here are $50 more Government officers from
'aveholding States than from the free. The
,umbcr employed in Washington city, appoint
ID from each State, is as follows: From
Maine 30, New Hampshire 10, Vermont ~,
80, Rhode Island 5 Connecticut
10, New York 81, New Jersey IS, Pennsylvania
100, Ohio 40 Indiana IS, Illinois ~, Michigan
3, Iowa 4. WISCONSIN 5, California total from
free States, Gal. Appointed from Delaware Q,
MARYLAND So District of Columbia 326, vr-
ginia 1863, North Carolina 25, South Carolina
TO- Georgia 49, Alabama ~, Mississippi II,
louisiana 3. Texas 3, Florida 6, Kentucky ID,
Tennessee rs, Missouri 10, Arkansas total
from slave States 1923 Not reported 49,"
Let me say here that the idea Of fling list
# the offices in the local custom-houses ut the
North ms a set off to these places is simply
.idiculous. -,
The people of the South are entitled to I'LL
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