Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-12-17
RICHMOND isNlUEssEgss
THURSDAY MoRSISG, DECEMBER iG 1859
THE TRUTH COMING OUT.

The Presidential election is over the veil Of Policy is re
asunder and the for the overwhelming defeat o III
Whe party thick forest leaves proclaimed to the wofi
by Whg leaders and organs themselves. The seeds OF disco
luton broadcast in the Wing party. In The Ian
guage Of such leading Wings Gentry Toombs CaheiI an
others, the nomination Of General Scott dcmotaizsd an
denationalzed the Whg party and forced 10 a &c
fore the pressure of public opinion Alhnis Tl3F 10 III
election, the brilliant calculations Of Tie swtePin
power of military "ayaabIity" sent forth upon III
wings of the press the subsequent revelations OF Wing eX
ponents show the hollowness Of Wing boastingS
We have cited the scalhng articles cf The ~ Y. Ttibun
upon the inCficency and Of Tie present Wh
organization. But have much remarkable lndi
cation in the December No. of the Whg Review the regular
y anontcd organ Of the late Wing party striking article
that periodical fureshadows The future OF the leader
of the party. The writer is tired and dsguscd viii th
name OF "Nhig" and recommends Convention 10 deter
mine upon new style Of lille. lie says:
citizen of New York gave lis the lille of Whig The
party have regouSy preserved and vencraed H. UP TO ht
third of November But The vision OF Constantine
wanting Mr. Pnilp Hone No bright imagc appeared
him, inscribed with the legend sin hoe signo rnces The
word not suggested 10 him by inspiration. We have
supported il manuly, but has not supported US Tbs
word in itself meaningless Many Of the great men with
whose glory ii associated, ana in whose lie il would
have been trial 10 abandon it, have gone. They have
LETT US their neinory but they can no longer give Us Their
labus and their strength Meantime emergencies have
arisen great duties press themselves us; We need
the cooperation Of all classes o Citizens; every vote Is OF
value and dearly be priced Why should endure the
slightest disability uf which it is in power to rid our
selves? Why should fear change OF title, when Il
change can be made so much Tor the better !!
The writer like Greeley appears 10 be devnul believer
Free Sosn. He contends that the Wha party Of 5ii
was Frce-sol party, headed by Free soe and
possessed of adherents throughout the length and
breadth of The sllretoing Stalss and now in 1884,
ma, nd DeSti hF ia heinz
regularly accredited Wing policy that party at the South
can never again rally.
But we have daily revelations from Whg organs, which
show that the Wing party entirely unworthy Of conf
dence and most Justly rcbnked by intelligent and viz
uous people Moreover, in making his appointments. Gen.
Pierce will be relieved of all decacy by The testimony which
Wings bear the mode which offices have been filled by
Whig administrations. The Albany Evening Journal Whg
while doing gross injustice 10 Mr.. Tyler, says:
Emissaries ol the pos-Oice Department and from the
Custom House have been constantly travelling through The
State sowing dissensiuns The New York Custom House
has been, literally, refuge for political Lazzaroni. No
man, however eEceptionabs in character or loafrth IN
habits who had sgnazcd himself by actious hostility 10
The Nhig State Administration refused place Never,
under JOHN Tyler there such lo1taSome pros
utiOn Of the patronage OF the New York Custom House
under The prcfgdtc miSTule Of Maxwell, King Bochte
HuAie Il Co.
But such abuses Of The appointing power were not con-
fined to III. State of New York. The Lancaster Q'a)
Hhig thus exposes The kind Of appointed official
ruets in Pennsylvania
The Custom Houses and Post Offices and various De-
parments of the Government will be cleansed and Some
will have tick, 10 absent themselves from
the scenes 0! their disgracefui ircdcherJ.
The corruption was not contnel 10 cttice but extended
20 the press the Albany Evening Journal also again bears
witness:
Organs discod established in different parts the
Stale and as in days Tyler he Departments al as-
designed expressly divide the Wing party II these
cernGd in establishing o these organs TO be believed
that udate enterprise alone has cost hry thousand collars
The N. a. Times, Whlg paper, conirssrs that hore
seems be growing disposition Washington, to
ride and noueh the checks and balances provided hy
the Constitution and the laws guard the public Treasury
and the puoc monies 10 legitimate use There is
strong necessity Immediate earnest and decisive
action in the premises by Congress"
The Times cites the of the appointment, OF Humphrey
Marshall member OF Congress from Kentucky? to full
mission China raised By the last Congress with 50 600
M in violation ii contends of The following provision OF
the U. S. Constitution:
No Senator Representative shall during the time for
which he is elected appoin any civil office under the
authority Of the United States which shall have been
ed or the eoumens whereof shall have been inc rcased
during sucn time.
The Auditor refused p.y the outfit demanded by Mar
shall The Secretary Of the Treasury directs him percmpo
riy 10 pay the Attorney General insists that tho Auditor
must obey such directions md MI Marshall receives his
outfit, The n. Y. Times concludes as follows:
We do know that the President determined not 10 be
,hwared in his design Of rewading the gentleman from
Kentucky; and lha Mr.. Marshall pocetsd his outfit
I,onsIiuon 10 the contrary notwithstanding pcrernito
RI ordr Of the Secretary who claimed be Judge well
as executor Of The law This case Is only one oi hos;
and If robbery of the orernment IS not become the rH;
instead of the ercepon action by Congress neccs
sary 10 provide checks upon public officers which shnl liz
their hands that they get them into the Treasury
more than elbow Deep The Constitution has failed 10 an
purpose must DC explained by explanatory or
uoEiblory statutes specific in their terms that legal
iuen and enterprise find which TO
hang doubt.
But have another instance of Wing NAL appoint
ment The N. Y. Tribune publishes the following attack
President Fillmore
"Bu Mr.. Ewbank has been removed b. President just
retiring from Office, and wiCa there remains probability
that either Mr. f. would, his will if in office
on the It OF March next be retained month beyond that
imc. Why was il deemed advisable 10 appoint new Co.'s
missioner the last five or six months OF the present ad
mnisration7 Had Mr. f. proved uniahful? Was there
apprehension that the public interests committed 10 his
charge would suffer by his conInuance2 Was nc in any
especl less qualified hold the Office during these closing
months than during Mr. FImo!cs twenty eight months
precedng7 Nothing of the sort is pretended Why then
vas he removed? Weanswer Because he woud not con-
sent crsh The Public money in his charge personal
arorte Of the President in riotaon Of the ao. This state
nept we shall proceed 10 subsantlaie"
The ~ y Express Hhig denies the truth Of the above,
petenl and unpopular"
The TriSune's burhcn of complaint is the avshng OF
money upon Dr. Lee Of GCorgaa "pcrsonal iuyo:; and
this same Dr. Lee duwn upon Ewbauk free.soer,
Sewardite, &C.
The following letter OF Whig who could not swallow
Sewardsm throws considerable light upon the character OF
Whig appontecs:
New YoRK, Dec. 10. 1852.
To the Editors of The " Y. Empress:
Yesterday the organ of VIM H. Seward, Tho Rappers'
The nrlooncrs etc. accused of .writing and dissent
election exho,ng people TO do their best for Pierce and
King and TO "crush Gov. Seward" This time. at least
Greeley has told the truth did do my best 10 erposc and
crush Lhat Demogoguc and glory in 1rhat dt, ami
thank God he is crushed and n such way too II will not
have TO be done again.
OF the removal ofhis creature Ewbank Commissioner OF
Patenrs) Greeley says:
"Why was deemed advisable 10 appoint new Commits
soner for the last five six months Of the present Admin
isation7 Had Mr. E. proved unfaithfu2 Was there ap
prebenson that the public interests committed to his charge
would suffer BY his continuance? Was ne in any respect
less qualified TO hold the Office during these closing months
,hon during Mr. Flmores twentveight months preceding
Nothing OF the sort pretended. Why then was Ee re-
moved2'
Something 'o the sorl pretended over year ago,
when and many other parties publicly charged Ewbans
with The p1osses malieusance in office; "of that sor there
,raa enonah in all roason Those charges specific