Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-18

House Of Delegates. was postponed until TIN
evening o'clock when all the wings of th'
CITY are requested 10 meet at the Court H1us'
for that purpose.
we have not chosen 10 cucumber our col
umns with the long lists of removals and ap
pointmcnts that hive daily met our cye-bu
If any reader has been led thereby TO conclud,
that Gen. Pierce, mindful of his assurance IL
the country that he had "no rewards TO besow
no resentments 10 remember and no persona
wishes to consult in selections for official STA
tion," has fallen back upon the practice of The
earlier Presidents, in looking only to the
honesty, capacity and fidelity of incumbents
and applicants, be has been most egregiously
deceived Almost from the very hour in which
the words we have quoted were uttered, the
political guilloline has been in motion. The
mild and womany spirit ofthe Brigadier seems
all ola sujden 10 have received hardening
and heroic stamp. His heart no longer sick
ems at the sound Of groans-we have no more
fainting or falling, but with an Indifference,
If not delight, that lIaynau never surpassed,
he DenOlus dUu uIHtHOH llls "OTh VI Sdlbhbt.
Thus far no discrimination OF age, or condi-
ton, or patriotic service, or slowly acqoirel
experience seems to have been made. The
only thing necessary TO be known is that the
holder''of an office is wing, 10 insure bis de-
cepitation. Nor in the appointments have
we been able discover that any special fitness
for the public service has been deemed requi.
site in the applicant provided his party vouch.
ers are unqucslionabIe. | may he altogether
accident that he who had 40 rescntmenis TO
remember" has deprived OF their places only
those who opposed his clection-an1 that
having mo rewards 10 beslow" he should have
dealt out oiiiciil iayors exclusively 10 those
who aided in his eleeton-ths may, We re-
peat be entirely aecidental--but crnsorious
world will lie very apt 10 conclude that there
is some design IN it, aud that there cor
responding amount Of CANNON and deception
in the pledge of the inaugural 1t has been
remarked as rather striking circumstance, TOO.
that while Gen. Pierce had mo personal feel
ings 10 CRAFTY" several very pleasant and
lucrative posts have fallen to his personal
friends and relatives. Bur this, also We sup.
pose will be recorded in tie chapter Of con,.
dences
Some twelve years ago, Gen Pierce, then
Senator in Congress, made speech rcproba-
ing in the most Indignantly solemn manner
the allcdged proscrlptiveness Of President IIar
rison. The reign of terror-tho bridge OF
sighs-the black hole in Calcutta and other
equally horrifying memories We're suggested
as the only parallels in history to the atrocities
ofthat time. SO intense was his anhorrence Of
the system, that he did not hesitate to frown at
the old Lion of the Hermitage aud dare to a
vow disapprobation of his conduct in regard
to it. But the Brigadier is sadly changed
since that timel The monster that he so much
hated then, has grown familiar, been endured
pitied and embraced
We note one peculiarly in the bearing o
the victims. When Harrison and Taylor un
dertook,a different periods, to restore something
like equality in the distribution of the govern
ment patronage betweenthe parties-the how
ling and shriekng OF the doomed filled III,
whole country. The pictured agonics of tn,
Inferno scarcely exceeded the yels and groan'
that every where rent the air. Now all is 81
lent, as the shadowy throng on the hither bant
ofthe Styx. The victim receives hasty mott
fcation, and forthwith sets himself about qui
ct and decent preparation for the ceremonial
Anatural tear or two may steal down his face
but there isno sobbing or praying, and with
christian composure he takes his seat in the ia
tai cart The well oiled machine moves with
out the click Of a wheel-the head falls into
the basket, the blood sinks into the earth and
all is quiet as quaker funerall And thus day
after day and hour after hour goes on this work
of death and deceit.
a late Paris letter says:-"Thc Americana
cannot help noticing and admirng the rapidity
with which the French feet went to sea-
THIRTY Sly hours fer tho ,1icna, oh 4. la,J