Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-07-04

worn proScrPhoi ana Is dehned by Wei
stert IN this wise: !. The=act of proscr
bins or booming 10 death: among the RI
mans, the public offer Of d reward ior ii,
head off, political enemy -. A putin
out Of tire protection Of tw; condemfin
10 exile. 8. CenSure and ceidemna.iol
utter rejection. s ~
II has been the custom of all govern
melits, from time inlmemorid, for thos
who are in power 10 appoint no one b
Office except those who.afe in favor.of nd
ministering the goSernmcntupon the prit
eiples which they: approve. Thus, ii
Great Britain, whichever there is know
to be a inajolityin the House of Commons
/ Opposed to the Ministry, they always re,
sign, and q new Ministry is formed. EN-
/ bodying the political: sentiment, Of tic
=. majority" IN our Government, which is
T re representative Do mocracyr I'VE Away,
change the Offices and otliee-bolders in
compliance with the will Of the people, as
expressed by them through the ballot.
box When The Democrats have ma
prty in the National Pr State government,
i, Is by the expressed arilI Of majority
,of the people that the government should
be administered On De dcratic principles;
and in ordcrto do 50, Iit is absolutely ne.
cessary for the Executive to hare3no' one
% ill the offices under bis. contioi except
those who approx Of His views in|poIiti-
cal matters, and whom it is supposed
would use eyery Honorable meang TO ad-
vance them, This is as il should be, for
if there should be, any one, who forgets..
his duty and proves rccEcant 70 his trust
by squandering tllc public money, rob-
bling the post-ofices, or using his position
to,cripplc tie Administration and throw
obstacles IN It's way to ldwer tin die .es-4
tInrstion Of the people ii ld1rcnder il OBJ
noxIous, (and experience proves that there
are. plenty of men mean enough 10 do
such things the administration is.a!ways
held responsible for ii by those Of The OPP
position, and if the excusc is offered that
he il Khis, and not a Democrat, who
has done these things, it will not be re-
ccivcd as valid, and the reply will be, lie
held Office under an Adj inistratiou, al. /
though he professed to be opposed 70 it;
and this very fact should render Kim
suspicious character and then the partly
III power has to suffer for the acts Of its
adyelrssrles, and we think Justly too; there
fore, il is:not prescription in any Of its de,
ilnf tlo as given by Webs ter fora political
party, whenit goes into office IN this coun.
try BY the expresse Cd will Of a majority of
the people, to turn those Jut of Office who I
are opposed to the will of that majority, +
and put others in their places who ap.
prove Of it. This self: preservation viii,
compel:eyer. Administration TO do, and
the people should then hold them to "a :,
strict accountability for til acts of their
subordina.es. -" /,
The Democratic party has always acted /,
upon this principle; they always take the t
liberty to appoint men to office who APP. i
prove Of their principles, al nd turn those i
'us VINO condemn them; and they have al n
Ways been sustained by majority of the 9
'eople,, for the simple reasq N that com y
non sense that it is right, and that no v
Obey Of government could be carried I,
ut without resorting 10 such means to ddI q,
: bur, on the other hand, the Wing W
arty always oppose such things; and il i d
he burthen Of their song in every election n,
the prescription ofthe Denloc ratio mar. d.
1T is a miserable thing to turn men dc
1t Of office for opinion sake; we will ney. !,
do. that This was their CRY in 1910 "a
id '48, when they succeeded in elcctinp t,l
arrison and Taylor. The chief charge ~
'A'hs' ' h buren, was the: Proscriptive> 500
IS of his administration, and the: plum. o.,
ring propensities Of his officers, when -
truth, there were more Wings retained n -,
hce during his administration, than nm =.
= any previous one, and the record -
u prove it; and more than three. four,bs -
the rascality that was done, was done q,
them; yet Van Burcn had d suffer for Z.
air conduct, and justly, too, f5r he ought !
have turned them out; and Ills defcat " Y
be mainly attributable to that fact /,
ell, Harrison was elected, and in ono = /
ort month there were more men turned :.
Of Office than there had been before !: ]
ring the whole administrations Of Jack. ="
and Van Buren,; and many Of the men @e'
Q were held up to the public by the -, ~
hiss during the canvass as unworthy Of =
Sc were retained by them after thew d. D..
into power; thus proving thes had !. NJ
d their Offices forthe purpose ofbreak. ~
down the administration under which r., r
y held It. Thus, the only d;f.,anoa -"