Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-25
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icy that will control its management Of our
foreign relations. If The Republican viii in
dictate little more clearly the connection he
tween the subjects, we will better comprehend
the Iorce and Rtness of its commentary.
In an another portion of the same article
the Republican Describes the anti proscrip
tive speech of Gen Pierce delivered in The
Senate in 1871 as denouncing 'proscription.
moi in general terms. but practiced under the
administration of General Harrison" Let Us
see how this is! Among other things he
SAID
There is but one sensible, practical rule
upon this subject. II the discretion Of the of.
fee holders will not observe it. let tenn feel
the elfecs of it, 1t is this: When a public
officer neglects tie duties Of lbs QDfce far poiiH
cal purposes. prostitutes it for political ends,
or in any way abuses the trust con6dedto him,
10 promote the object OF party lie should be re-
mored j, and so far az know my party yield
to that principle their cordial assent But
when you transcend this, you assail the pub
lie officer in the free and nnembarrassed exer.
else of inaIlenable rights, secured 10 him by
the Constitution, as man and a citizen"
We think this is about as general" as Ian
guage could make it. 1t is a rule of action
applicable to all administrations, and to all
tlmcs,and Gen. Pierce himself says that it is the
only sensible and practicable one. If there.
fore he can be convicted of disregarding it,
and we need not go out of Lynchburg to do
ths-he stands selfcondemned OF having as
sailed public officers in the free and unem
barassed exercise of naenabc rights secur
ed TO them by the constitution. Another par
agraph in the same speech. referring to the
times Of Jackson, is in these words:
I'VE stood before the nation and the worll
on the naked, unqualified ground that we pre-
erred our friends to our opponents! That to
confer place was our privilege. which we chose
to exercise ought not to say zoe chose sir
for | will say what those friends best acqualnt.
ed with me know-that there was nothing in
the administration of General Jackson which
/ so un!)~mly failed 10 justify as the reno.
val of one worthy officer to give place to an.
other"
We don't think that sounds altogether like
denouncing only the "proscription pra ct ced
under the administration of Gen Harrison y
w h"' % !" TIE ilepuohCdn
The truth is there is no justification for the
'ndiscriminate and sweeping system of reno.
walls that has been resorted to. Nothing in The
known antecedents Of the President; nothing
in his public speeches or inaugural; nothing
IN the demands Of the public welfare; moth.
ing in reason Or humanity affords any excuse
for 1t. 1t IS wanton, unjust. at variance 18th
the principles of the government and the prac
tice of its founders, and ought 10 be discoun.
tenanced and reprobated by the American
people.
.,nas,ers who may happen 10 hive appointments
to political Conventions requested to note "the
phfaseology and mark tho application"
THESUccEssIoN.-As il is with many a mat
ter Of conjecture as TO the succession, in conse.
quence of the death of the Vice President. we
remark, says the Baltimore Sun, that no pro,
vision is made. as none is nocessary,in such an
event The duties of the Vice President are
limited to preside over the deliberations of the
Senate In his absence or upon his death, the
President pro tenn OF that body, who is elect
ed 10y the Senators, takes his place Mr. At.
Gibson, of Missouri, is now President pro tenn,
but does not assume the title of the Vice Pres.
dent. In case Of the death of both the Pres
ident and Vice President of the United States
the President of the Senate would become
President of the United States, until an cleo
ton could te held, according to the provisions
OF the act OF Congress of March l. 1892
ENGLAND AND AusTRALIA.-The ENGLISH
papers regret the democratic feeling which
Is steadily growing up in the colony of Aus
traha. The troops are insulted, and have lit
tie or no influence in the preservation of order
Everything done by the government seemed to
be unpopular The people at large were inn
patient at being trammeled by laws imposed
by authorities 10000 miles off; and it is men
toned as significant circumstance that por
traits OF Her Majesty were almost unsaleable
The soldiers too are beginning to desert from