Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-11-16

WHrGs IND1GNANT-The whig papers are chock
full of Indignation against the President and his
Cabinet, on account of the removal of Mr.. CoIlec-
with rage, and are pouring out the vals of their
virtuous indignation against Gen. PIERCE and his
Constitutional advisers. All manner of choice
epthets are lavishy showered upon their devoted
heads. Now what is all this pother about! What
is the occasion of this fierce onslaught upon the
Administration! Has it beled the principles or
abandoned the policy so distinctly proclaimed by
the Presiednt the 4th of March last from the
steps Of the Capitol and which met with such5a
hearty response from the great mass Of the people
in all sections of the Union! Has it disappointed
the hopes which distinct avowal of its policy in-
spired! Nothing of he kind is claimed. No at
tempt is made to show that the President or his
Cabinet has been false to the principles to which
he stood pledged before his election, or the policy
avowed upon his accession to power. What,
then has "ired with indignation" the hearts Of his
opponents, and filled their mouths with maledc-
tons! 1t is simply because the administration has
seen fit to remove from office man who refused
carry out its policy and views in reference to ap-
pontments to office. 1t is this alone which has
excited their ire towards the President and call
ed forth its sympathy in behalf Of the pitated
Collector. But these professions ofsympathy are
utterly bypocritcal. The wings care no more for
Mr.. Bronson than they do for the king of the
Cannibas. They hope to use him to promote dis
cord and division in the Democratic ranks, that
they may profit thereby. The result of the recent
elections, as we'll as all those held since the COM
ing in of the Administration can afford but little
ground for such hope.
The New York Times, independent paper,
makes tina following sensible observations upon
the subject of the removal of the Mr.. Bronson:
"It has come to be an established rule, univer-
sally recognized and accepted,-if not proper
as yet of inevitable necessity,-that the Collector
of New York shall be a friend of the Administers
ton that appoints him,--holding its sentiments
and cooperating with its policy. Jackson, Van
Buren,, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor and Fill
more all acted upon that principle, and were each
sustained by their partisans and censured by their
opponents. What reason was there for expect
ing that General Pierce would disregard the pre-
cedent, or, in following it, meet with different
fate! What Democratic paper censured him fcl
removing Mr.. Maxwell! And yet Mr.. Maxwell
discharged the duties Of the office to the entire sat
sfaction of the Government and the public. He
was removed because he was opposed to the Ad
ministration,- he would not appoint its
party adherents to ofice,--becausc he did moi
agree with its system policy, and would not ait
in its establishment. Precisely the same cause.
led to Judge Bronson's removal. He had placed
himself, clearly and undenyably, in an attitude o
hustility to the Administration. He had ostenta
tiously and defan!ly declared his purpose to sup
port State ticket the leading candidates of which
had denounced the Administration in the stronges
terms. Under such circumstances, if the Presi
dent had not removed him, every paper in tht
Union, Wing and Democrat, would have said
was because he dared not.''