Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-01-27
Appointments to Office.

We have no sort of objection 10 the Herald of this
place. anybody else in any other place, believing
and stating if they should think proper to do that
we feel ourselves at full liberty to comment upon
any appointment that the President may make, and
that we intend to avail ourselves of such liberty to
its fullest extent and this without any deviation from
the strctest rules of party fidelity, understood by
us What we have objected to- and still object to-
is the factous camor raised by disappointed aspi-
rans-not because of the lncapacity of those appon
ted, but because they themselves had not been cho
sen in preference to those who were. We have very
little doubt that the President himself is conscious of
the fact that Sanders appointment to London was a
bad one ; but whether he is or is not cannot alter
our own opinions upon the subject. Other bad ap-
Ontments, we presume, have been made because
pad appointments have been made under eUeyy Ad-
ministraton since the foundation of the Government
and must continue TO be made under every one, so
long as the Government lasts. To claim an exemp-
ton from this rule on behalf Of the present. would be
to pretend that President Pierce and his Cabinet pos
sess an nfallibility denied to all the rest of man.
kind.
But the factious opposition which is made to Cen
eral Pierces appointments contains of the most
conclusive acknowledgements of the impregnability
of his recommendations and measures-Of what, in
fact constitutes his policy since, if these latter
scented any vulnerable point, opposition would not
waste its energies upon the unmportant out
works
AS for MIR. Guthrie and the removal of Collector
Bronson it is proper to remember that it was Bron-
son, who, while holding appointment under the
United States. first meddled in State politics. After
the meeting of the Democratic Convention in the
State of New York, and the subsequent movements,
wi ich resulted in the nomination of two tickets the
Softs held meeting in New York and invited
Bronson to attend. Instead Of simply declining, Mr.
Bronson took occasion to write answer, for pu6lt
cation, denouncng the " Softs " in the bittereSt
terms, and avowing active partizanshp with the
Hards" This from the Immaculate Collector
Bronson 1t was after this, and after Bronson's pc,
cuIiarlv dscrminative coarse in the Custom House
had evinced disposition upon his part to use his
official position as engine for promoting the
Hards and REFRESHING the < Softs.' that Mr..
Guthrie wrote admonshing him against such inter-
ference The whole interference was on Bronson's
part; MIR. Guthrie simply rebuked it in words where,
as his first course ought 10 have been removal
In conclusion, repeat that no higher tribute can
be paid to any Administrator having the charge OF
such immense and complicated interests those OF
the Federal Government, than is contained in the
simple fact, that the violence of opponents, the
Indignantly of traitors can find only some palry APP
pointments upon which TO spend their fury.
oMMoN ScHooLs.-The attention of the citizens OF
New Hanover county, is respectfully called to the
Advertisement of S. D. Wallace Esq. Chairman Of
the Board of Superintendent, relative to the Common
School Districts of said county.