Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-07-02

that eagle which wheels up toworl. -.
displaying his breast. giitlering " iIb .,. Hara.
stripes of scarlet and silver, rsd;an, 'tars and
traced by the hand of Gpd. Non. n'ta'ly
his eye m the sum- and now be =. nc PgrI6e,
broad Wings IN symbolic light In ,La p' rr hi,
I'll lost 10 the prophetic eve Of Jant " est IN.
the bow OF splendors set that doy e'l'' under
Gods covenant with man o. Tie cloud
how of covenant between MS he may The
that the waters of this food shall neae To-day
threaten our beloved land. never agan
ITO The VrcToRs BELONG rup
Col. William A. Talbot has been ra
from the little office of Route Agen, ~,
Post Office Department on the Y. &, p me
Railroad, between This place and sa,ov. 'enn.
Mr.. Geo. A. Kinnier appointed in Ii. ~, and
This prescription with vengeancal ",
not suppose there is a citizen of T.ou.r, 10
who he's heard syllable of complain, ~. o
against the manner in which the off, ,e'eu
of Col Talbot have been discharged. o. 9a''e'
contrary.we believe the agency could M, ~ tue
been confded to more popular ,neroa,;o'
reliable officer 'N d"u
Then why has he been removed, ~,
has The defiant aim ofthe Federal Gove-na,
been again thrust In our midst, to crush
fcer approved by nineteen twen,o,b. r.
people e,and along the line of the R.;,..,~
Was he unIaihfu, inca pable-disbona..o
| he question was never asked He b.l,,
misfortune to differ in political senliner, u.;I
the Peoples Seroam at Washington. and ,t''
was enough He is wing; his success.
democra-pethaps Secession democra, al
this is the essential qualification
And shalt we attribute to The same cou..u
increase of the salary, to the amount Of sIoo
which the Department proposes to piva NJ,
Kinnier -? The duties of the Office were mr.
formed, an satisfactorily performed, BY cor
Talbot for salary of $500. He was stillwl
ling 10 perform them for that comneo.,
ton. But Mr. Kinnier is allowed sir h..
dred dollars for the same service Nav
we enquire, by what authority, or f.,
what reason, has this been donc1 Is there M
restraint of principle, or of public sentimep
if not of law, applicable to the case Is III.
Federal Government licensed to reward IT,,
creatures ad Hbitum2 1t ere Outrage sniff.
cient to violate the will of the people in the
prescription ola faithful local officer but here
We see such an oficer,perfectly satisfied with
his salary, net OILY unceremoniously kicked
out. but his place filled by political parlizan,
ard his salary increased one hundred dollars,
to reward that partizanship.
1t is, we confess a small affair-almost too
contemplate for comment Bot the sting of
the lnsdious asp is as ia al as the coil of the
constructor.
When the late postmaster at this place was
removed, the Republican defended the act On
the ground that complaints had been made
has that journal heard ofany against this Off
cers7 Mr.. Pierce gave US reason, in bis inaugu.
raj, to believe that no removals would be made
in the minor offices, for political causes what
then, we challengr TIE friends Of the admitis.
tration TO say, was the motive for Major Tai
bots removal Was it that he had the mis-.
fortune to be a born citizen of the county,
while his competitor had the good luck first to
have seen the light in another country Was
it that, when our flag vas unfured in MEXICO
Col. Talbot raised company Of volunteers
and fastened without taimt'ng or falling to
lis succor and defence-whle his competitor
Remained quietly at home! Was it because
every postmaster along the line recommended
his retention in Officer Why in the name of all
that is just. we ask, was this miserable act of
petty tyranny performed VIII the organ Of
the administration here enlighten US
On Monday last an order was made by the
County-Court of Augusta, authorisng polstO