Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-11
OPPRESSION IN TIE pEpAarxESrs.-so. a.

10 tie Editov Of To WAig;
Really dssrous only 70 make the discussion Of the CASE
70 which asksd the attention OF your readers, on last
Saturday, promedvs OF . great principle Of justice,
shall con6ne myself In the exposition shall make,
through your columns, nesr. Is possible 70
statement Of the leading facts Of the considered
abstracng, far my feelings will permit me- tbs In.
jury done me a. individual, In the discussion Of
matter Of very great importance To large class Of irtel
gsnt and honorable gentlemen wno 90 ,upy clerical e
css In the several Departments. For the determined,
that an irresponsible and incapable bureau ser, how'
honest and well meaning required by the funo.
aouary set over him, only to assigr-nos provs-the
causes for removal thsn and In that case hundreds OF
good and efficient Gen may bs treated with the sossest
Injustice BY persons who, psrchsnesm be their infs'
ors In capacity, education and breeding.
honesty believe that In falling To grant me hssriss
on the charges assigned against me By hr. Rhodes hs
Commissioners Of P4tent0 Mr.. Benjamin, the Attorney
General has vol.ssd greet ,sAt, which every confed'
crate citizen has, 10 be heard any sccusitoo, BY
competent tribunal and distinctly state il a. my legal
opinion With al Difference to that Of the eminent At.
tornsy Gsnsra) that an appeal to Head Of Depart.
msnt in cas-, Of removal, come. quite near being no
appeal at all when, without investg auon, and Without
hearing to the accused the fat Of the Inferior officer
Is affirmed. hr. Benjamin, in bis letter to me- states
that my appeal "was well founded" In tho letter,
be informs me, that the Commissioners socrs,don,
"must DO approved" as be (ths Commissouer "Alone
must be the judge In suoh matters"
I Wonderful virtue Of appeal The accused Il allowed
to 20 into the Court Of Errors and-bave the indic.
m.nt reread to him
We evidently have an Attorney General In this Con.
federacy
but, these remarks not yet pertinent; ccmne nj
will come more appropriately when shal have pub
hsd the correspondence 10 this CASE including theet
ter Of the Attorney General
proceed now to subn to the public three Letters
The second Of thees vas rOughdraft epy writ BY my
sioner.
The third vai written, with grea, regard to grsnms..
iosl g aceuracy" and In view Of prospective battle
"knss,0 BY the accomplished Commissioner himself
Il was the alleged iusucleroy and naceuscy OF the SEQ
ond letter which cost my situation; bu that point,
will only say at this time, that never having been Ct
gagged 10 the advertising Of Patent Medicines or their
sognstes Of glue, oils etc. wss utterly incompetent 70
set out Efficiently, the great ddpantdgss offered BY "iba
Office" to pstentess who Wished 10 be sqre thst lps,s
drafts would be "s,l right In fact never could wrts
~ advertisement in the true oAatham.Itrsst st,s.
Here are the letters:
MARION, PFRRY CoUsrY. Ala
0ctober 10, 1851.
To tie 0onsaissionsr Of Patents, Confederate States Of
America, Richmond, Va.
SIR: The undersigned, pstentee Of an Improvement
in Double Acting force Pumps granted BY the q. Q,
on The llth Sept, 1885, and also cer'sn msnts
97th Oct, 1857 also certain improvements IN Pows,
grsn cd above, to the undersigned the l0.a May,
1889 sends the present nunicaton TO Ike irqu
~ ~ 10 the proper steps to b. tiken TO secure ITO
Rights granted py the Undersigned TO them In tie
Southern Ccnederacy would rst that be isa
ident of Ala and native Of the State Of Georgia bss
never resided as ciiz North Of the Confedeiae Sas
line The Letters Patent for the Pump nd Cotlon Pfe-I
In possession Of the undergned s this time, has ne
Lettsrs Patent 70, tie rloy COO and i % nos i'm
possible 10 procures copy Of the same from Washington.
Dan Only refer yeu 70 the description and dayrau
OF the Piow published Ia the published reports OF tho
Patent Office, for tie year 1852 for the evidence ouy
claim.
What the writer wants to knows whether the propca.
ed evidence - to the claim on the improvement In
Pous granted him before stated, viii be sufi ,ient
to secure bis rights or not, II pTop:rly presented
Also the probAbs cost OF registering the wbt three
Patents az 70 secure bis rights thereto In the CoGiede
rate States Of American
address the undersigned, Marion, Perry Co., Ala
Your obj servant,
I'll pI YAx,xr1.
w y.
Os.Prxsr orIros,
Marion, Perry County, IA.
Sra The patents granted 10 y01 by TIE Government,
Of the United Stsee, an5 Ia your pcssession ei
satsd In your letter Of the lsh ihst be conrrued
In force for the term for which they we're granted yet
une tpired, on the payment OF duty Of twenty dol
ns Tor each patent revived aud by having the ssiss