Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-08-27
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Mn. EDlroR:
In the "Repabliran" Of the
ll,h inst. l find laborci Article upon the
injustice of retaining the present Marshal
Of the Western District Of Virginia, The
doctrine of rotation in office is a good one,
bu, like many others, it is only good when
tits 10 be applied 10 certain clique OF
party, The professions Of The sell.called
democracy of the present day are, THAI
they subscribe 10 The doctrine Of rotation,
but when practically carried Out BY them,
it is 10 rotate from one office into unc.
Their and better one. There is a great
flourish Of trumpels and terrible threaten.
ing manifested in the article alluded 10,
and one would suppose that unless the
present incumbent is ousled, and one Of
the unterriied is appointed in his place,
The whole Western District will shortly
be up in arms, and for ausht | know,
will proceed TO Washington, with the
little 'un' at the head Of The forces, and
will compel the Brigadier 10 satisfy their
wolGsh appetite in relation 10 this posi-.
ton
It is useless for me 10 enter into the
history Of this office. or rather Of lis In
cumbents, for the last twenty.thrce years,
for presume that The whole community
are familiar with it. But will merely
mention that the predecessor Of MIR. Am
tlsr was appointed BY Gen. Jackson, not
because lie was better officer than his
predecessor, but because lie was strong
par,izan. This man was retained i'll OF.
flee until lie died, and his term included
TWO Wing administrations. He could not
he touched with ten.foot pole. In the
eyes Of The modern self.stYled democracy
he doctrine OF rotation was miserable
one, aud should not be carried out when
an officer was faithful. 0, no? it would
be an outrage, and the voice Of whining
sycophancy reached even The appointing
power at Washington during the late
Wing term, and like The unsuspecling
fowl which attempted 10 conciliate with
the rapacious aud unprincipled fox, soon
astettained that he might as well have at
tempted cancellation with the untameable
hyena, as the Democratic party, or great
majority Of them.
"To the victors belong tie spoils," is
now a doctrine openly avowed by the
dominan, party, and unless the "powers
that bc" carry i, out 10 its fullest pEacll-
cal extent, di.afecliun and discorl are the
consequences, What "Sandy. Stewart
had in view in the appointment Of Mr.
Amber, I know not. Il certainly could
not have been for the benefit Of the wing
party, as it is well known that his appoint
ments would number almost as many de.
mocrats as wings, during his brief and
silly reign at Washington.
tlearn from the little 'un's" article
also, that none but .,hose who have rem
dered aid to the party' are qualified for
the performance. Of amy duty which might
be conferred. He refersto The alnquisi-
torial Tribunal, whose dutyit is to ex.
anime the qualifications Of applicants
and then goes on 10 say that none but those
who are aconnected with some Grand vi.
sier Of the partyr can succeed, it matters
not however meritofious they may be o.
,herwise. The reader will perceive that
this remark is intended 10 apply to the
case Of Amber, and not in general terms,
because il he intended il otherwise, he
would be tscondetanel out Of his own
mou,h.p Whit are The facls In relation
to this principlet Every body recollecls
the provisions Of MI. Hunters bill, pass
ed al the last session Of Congress. This
bill provided that all the Clerks a. Wash.
ing,ons should undergo an examination
prior 10 the Both Of June last, and il moi
found competent, they should be dismiss
ed. Well, what Was the profess! An
examining board was formed, and wings
and democrats had to Withstand the Or
deal, perhaps month beforedhe time set
apart by MIR. Hunters bill. Things went
on very well Until that time. Nine.ienihs
of both whig, and democrats passed The
i.,qutii,i,Or,ul tritunal.n But what do
we .ee when the soih Of June arrives p
Notwithstanding nine-lenths of the wings
PASSED honorably The inquatoriaI tribe
nal,n cight.,en,hs were dismissed, and
"lusy idters' Of the democratic party
were retained and appointed TO office in
their stead. The statement therefore,
vol will perceive, Of the 'llllle 'un.' that
t,ibunul mots invariably decidesin favor
of the oilers, at the deiriment Of merit
and Qualifications is true, il he never
states another truth. There are other IN
tima,ions in this would.be smart editorial
/. article, which would like to notice, such
as assigning certain late appointees (some
f,om this region) 10 mental POSITIONS but