Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-10-07
DAILY VIRGINIAN
SATURDAY MORNING. OCT. :, ios4
Appointment Of Inspectors at Lynohbuie
The Republican Of Monday morning contained


Appointm~nt Of inspectors at Lynohbuis.
The Republican of Monday morning contained
the following sovereign announcement;
I'VE understand that snme fuss il kicked up
about thu. appointment ct Mes-rs. Pettyjohu aud
Crenshaw in place Of Mcssrs. Wade and Salm"ns,
old inspectors, whose term of Office Ind expired.
We wish il understood that these appointments
are both proper and currect. and "a prevent mis-
apprehension, We add, that both these appoint
ments were in accordance with the wishe- of the
Democracy Of LyncLbuig aad t.'c Editors OF ths
paper included
Ii thus appeared thu "rssrs Waie aud al
mons were dtfunct-huue. drawn AMI quariercd
by the me,ciless fiat of our rednubtahle Govern.
or. and hat the act had received the solemn assent
of tn, embodied Democracy Of Lynchhurg. We
therefore said nothing on the subject. Our Jupi
tiers had shaken their ambrosial locks, and in res
pectfui silence WI bowed before the awful Judge
ment they had spoken. II l. tine we heard IN
tiu,atioas of dissatisfaction. only from the pro
prrfurs Of the warehouses from which the re-
movals had been made, but from large mn ori-
tv OF the tobac coasts of the mace, and from TINT
in. gnifcant body the whig majority + the peo-
pie Ut I.ynchburg. But 50 il was. The act was
done. Governor Joe had saug'terei ''cara-
bic, faithful and honest" ofie rs,. soel, because
they dared differ with him in political opnon
He had done 50 against the en;,eatas - we are
informed. e some who have bcen--if they are
not ncw-Suchems in the litto Democratic camp
of Lynchhurg-and what was the use Of altering
protests-kcking against the Prieks Was
il possible for ~ persuade his Excelleney
that freedom of opinion is no disqualification for
IA tobacco inspector, or that he. the said Exc
lenoy, was not di-ohsrgng the FREE finciioas ot
his high office, in hunting ont and Iii charging
from office citizens who yentured TO vote against
his election We could attempt such imros
sib.itv. Hence our silence.
Our neighbor therefore facetously infcrs,in his
Thursdays issue, that we approve Of the Propre-
~ Of Governor Johnson's course, and congrstu-
lates US on the sterling good sense e,nced by
not attempting to raise "a tempest in teapot
about mere matter of spoils." If indisp",ition
to raise a muss in the oogtaiions of Govern n Jo-
seph be the tempest to which our neighbor alludes.
we blu.hing confess 10 having neriiod the com
pliment bestowed. The Governor, for aught
know. may rot only believe it his special MISS
to ostracise Wings, but that Dc,nocrrts have
as inalienable rights to inspect peoples tobacco
as Jordan Hatcher had to his own privileges of life
and self protection. Hence, it might be cruel to
uIbraid him for acts sincerely performed,
however wrong per Sc And we may 60 further,
too, and confess to appreciation OF the "propriety
of the Governors course, in SO far as its propre
ty consists in consistency with Democratic prao-
tice rs. Democratic precepts."
We admire consistency. and in fact can scarcely
repress our admiration of the sterling 60 it-hlind
consistency of our Governor in the spells doc
trine whilst making official appointments
jefferson nnocently thought that honesty. en-.
pabhty and faithiupess sufficient qpal-
ifcations for ofico-but democracy having
changed all that in practice, the G'fcfnor
manfully stands up IL the change, and n.t only
prefers democrat for nfiiae hut the ghOsi of
one 10 any live Wing. In illustration OF lhis
fact, (and we arc estorihoa neg hoy hasu't
given the Governor credit tor it,) ii wi, b, found
that one of the Inspectors appointed II Friends
Warehouse has been dead only thre, Jour
years. and another, appointed AT Planters Ware
house, is non est inpentu5, (poss .biJ "ad) h~.tag
been frightened off SOMETIME ago by tina avg
ind vidual, the Cnmmonweaih's AttaI1ry. Nov
we ask it one could he eNpe,. 20 be- 50 very un-
reasonable as not To applaud the unfncbing de-
mocracy Of our Governor There il something
really sublime in It. lie found fi,e saucy wings
in Office in the Warehouses hcre-all of whom
he has decaptated, leaving, we learn sixteen live
democrats, one dead one--and another, Us atore.
said, chased of by "Wolf jim" The Governor
sb,si3 zee to it that the laitfrj- not caught but
if caught we trust he can console himself with the
reflection that Sparta has wortlie, sons"