The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-17
PEAsE AND THE POSTMASTER GENERAL

Hiram r. Pease, late United States sem
ator from Mississippi and the recently de-
capitated postmaster at jackson, is in
Washington and, like Nasty and number
of others we wot Of is seeking a postotlice.
The way in which be presents his case
leaves him and the head of the administra-
ton in anything but a creditable light. He
states that, prior to taking part in the Mis-
sissippi canvass and before he made any
opposition to Governor Anes, he took the
trouble to visit Washington, consult with
the postmaster general whether or not, by
opposing Ames, he would be in danger of
loosing the postof1ice, and that he was told,
by that officer, to Ego ahead and he would
" stand by him." He returned to Missis-
sippi, went into the canvass against Ames'
policy, succeeded in defeating it, and was
met by peremptory order from the presi-
dent removing him from the postofice. 1t
we understand the ex-senator and ex-rost-
master Alright, he claims that he was de-
ceived into dong patriotic action that
had it been intimated to him that his re-
moval would follow his opposition to
Ames, he should have favored his policy
that for the sake of postoflice he would
have pocketed principle. What humlli-
ating confession even for postmaster,
much more for one who has occupied a seat
in the senate of the United States, to
make, Could the demoralizing effect of
office seeking and Office holding be more
forcibly illustrated
We have the utmost confidence in the
truth of the ex-postmaster's story. We
doubt not that for the sake of retaining
the postofiice, he would have supported
Ames 'tooth and nail" We believe that
he received the assurance spoken of from
the postmaster-general, that it was made
In good faith, and that Governor Jewell
had the most excellent of reasons for be-
lieving that the president would redeem
his pledge. But just now, the postmaster
general seems to be out of favor with the
administration. Butler, and Ames, and
Morton, and Chandler, and Burt, and
Spencer seem to have gained the presi-
dents ear and confidence. Postmaster
General Jewell is altogether too popular in
the country. He has made himself so by
his persistent crusade against corruption,
by his determination to place the postal
service in the hands of honest, capable
men. Burt, him of the Boston postolilce,
Spencer, the Alabama statesman" Kinds,
the eX-United States marshal and fraudu.
lent mail contractor, united with all the
dishonest, incompetent, and "sloshing'
tractors, are making common cause with
Butler, Ames, Morton and the rest OF
them, against the postmaster-ge general, and
he must be got rid off. 1t were better, they
think, to procure his retirement by his
own seemingly voluntary act, and
so this affront is put upon him, in
the hopes that his self-respect will moi
allow of his continuance in the cabinet. L
this does not work, other means will bt
found to compass hi0 removal-for go hi
must. They expect to accomplish theil
end by this peremptory dismissal of Peast
and they, at the same time, warn postmas
tiers and other officials of the danger OF
thwarting the presidents will or of stand
ing in the way of the qualification of hii
ambition