The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-24

For the Union.
Ma EDITOR : have no authority 10 speak Tor the
President, MOI 10 Judge al the rule motive BY which he
may have been governed in the selection of cadets for
West Point Academy; but, ia following the esab-
lshed ussges OF his wing and democratic predecessors
he has also followed the established Interpretation OF the
law under which they and he acted and if blam, IL due
at all is 10 The law, and not 10 those appointed TO adj
minister ii.
poraes IS calculated to convey the idea that these cadets
appointed Eat large" all and the only cadets who have
BEEN or are TO be, appointed 10 enter the Military Acade
my al the next ua period oil adms oil new cadets
June } and as his comments 10 my mind present moth.
ing calculated TO correct such dea IT NAV be
that they were written under impression that the sirc
lures OF another one OF your contemporaries were based on
full knowledge and impartial consideration of all the facts
II ~ not my purpose, however discuss The motives of
your colemporares nor TO insist that the mpre sson
made upon my mind by bis article is that which will
be generally conveyed to the minds of others desire
only that facts rather than opinions should be presented
as matter Of simple justice TO high public unconary,
when his Official acts are IN the ang uage of Complaint
presented to the public scrutiny
Now, what are the facts in reference TO the appoint.
ment oil cadets
The law under which these appointments are made ia
contained in proviso 10 The second section az an act nj
Congress OF LIST OF March, ls43 Omitted States Statutes
at Large, vol o., chap So page 6os) and is in the follow
ing words:
"Prouidcd, That hereafter in all case, Of .nooi,ma,
Of cadets ths West Point Academy the ndividna e.
eced shall be actual resident the
uict OF the State Territory or Dstrict of Co,n,bs
from which the appointment purports to be mad, dnJ
pooded f"fho, That the number of cadets by appont-
mens hereafter 10 be made shall be limited 10 the number
the representatives and delegates ia Congress and one
for the Disuio Of Columbia that each
and territorial district, and District of Columbia anil
be entitled 10 have cadet NJ said academy Popd,d
That nothing this section shall prevent the
OF an additional number Of cadets exceeding ten 10 he
appointed NJ larse without being confined TO n Selection
by congressional districts"
The practice under this is, and has been without
deviation IN single Instance as understand TO refer
The selection OF The cadets Tor the congressional districts
and Territories to the representatives and delegates II,
Congress from those districts and Territories and 10 ap-
point only such youths as they, with the best means OF
knowing the will OF their constituents, and with a fall
sense OF their accountability 10 them. may nominate
These appointments are, in point Of fact understand
made by the representatives and delegates
and have doubt that the o such awor,hy and
well-approved asplrans' Jonathan Furrow Philip
PoeghboS, Jetem,ah Jackplane, Rodsrck Lapsone and
Clement CrIst which your contemporary is aisappon,ed
and morlihed ~ not finding IN the list Of appointments
'a large" will be found quite conspicuous among the
names OF these appointments. But il may be asked IL
this gooa why such worthy aspranis should
not be found among the Presidents appontees also Not