Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-12-15
Patronage md Prescription.

Judging from The tone Of the Dem"rr iif
Press. tho new Administration vii make a
clean sweep Of Wigs in office. when II sball
come into power. Il is true ihlt Gen. liere",
when in the Senate. made a saiye Ing AND n
gubrious speech on til, sulIeet--ia which be
talked Of the guilloline-he black hole IN
Calcutia-the bridge Of sigis and other mon
sra Fl koronda, hut If he were inflincd now
TO WITHHOLD his hand parry pressure would
compel him 10 it. Nothing. will content The
successful party. tut the possession Of every
office worth having. Besides prescription
first mildly nssased by Jefferson md alter
wards 'ehemendy praeliscd by Jackson. may
now be reckoned one Of the cardinal princi.
piles Of Locolocoism. ard We may expect il 10
be carried out in is most ruthless and revolt
ing shape by the powers that arc 10 lie.
Those OF the parry, who tim enough of
public seosiblry to attempt the Justification Of
such course. will doubtless urge the action
of the late and present Wing Presidents, but
The people will remember that Harrison and
Taylor and Fillmore have undertaken nothing
more Il an equalization OF official patronage
So indiscriminare and sweeping bad been The
prescription of Jackson and Van Buren,, and
afterwards Of Polk, that scarcely Wing
was to be found in office and the Wing Admin.
istratinns justly aud properly consde ing that "A
great party containing as much wisdom, pa
trotism. honesty and aptitude COR H. public
service as their opponents should not lac kept
under the obloqoy and injustice of total xeIu
sion from POSITIONS Oft trust and profit relic, e
them from the ofical disability under which
they " ere placed and commenced system of
restitution and equality. Its doubtful whether
even yet, an equitable distribution has been
attained Thousands of democrats hive been
left undisturbed in The possession of the Offices
to which they had been appointed by their
own party Administrations.
A letter in the New York Express Oppa-
rently from ono, who, knows the truth of what
he states, says "thc administrations Of Gen.
Taylor and Mr.. Fillmore huve been anything
but proscnpii,e There arr more Dlmocyats
IN office to-day in Washington. Than there o,e
Ways, and if Won except the Heads of De
partments, who must be changed, as a matter
of Course there has been, and Is, much more
money paid 10 them from the National Treasu-
ry than to The Wings There arc Bureaus
and Offices whore no removals have been
made since the 4lh Of Much, 1s4o. There
are other Bureaus and Offices " here t,erc are
many more Democrats in Office thnn Wings
The Comptroller of the Treasury. Elisha
Whittlesey, has thirteen clerks, NINE of whom
are d mocrats Not Democrat has been
removed by him, and not Wing appointed,
except to l a vacancy. In the office of Com
missioner Of Customs there are ms many Dem.
ocrais As Wings III office. Mr.. Meredith made
one removal in this Bureau for Supposed
cause The person charged with eng d,lun-
quent made out good cnsc for himself, and
was restored by Mr.. Corv in" In the office
of the Fourth Auditor there are seven demo
Gratis aud six wings, and so on.