Richland beacon., 1885-06-06
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.

Senator Walthall, of Mississippi ha.
addressed the following letter to the
Young Mems Democratic Club OF
Nicksburg:
GENADA, Miss. May 23, 1885
Mr. NJ Hornthal, Secretary, Nicks-
burg, Miss:
Dear SRI have Just received voul
letter enclosing me II copy of the reso-
lutions passed by the Young Mem
Democratic club of your city on tie
10Th inst. | think it is safe To- say
that the Republican Federal office
holders throughout Mississippi, is a
rule, with rare exceptions, are subject
to removal under a fair construction
of the Civil Service regulation.
share your regret that removals have
not been made i'll Your district, but
| see 40 cause for alarm" and none
indeed for your criticism of the al
ministration, when we consider the
immense task the president has before
him, and to act advisedly he must
proceed with deliberatiOn.
Yesterdays dispatches from Wash
inGton show that the work of remov-
ing partisans from Office has already
begun in Virginia, and | accept this
as in earnest of what is to come in
Mississippi, at an early day, and if
| can contribute i'll any degree to this
result | viii gladly do 50. ! can
assure you, the fact that the post
master at any such point as Vicks-
burg, is IAN active candidate for
Sheriff is, | think, Of itself sufficient
grounds for his removal, as presum-
ably his attention will, in some
degree at least, be directed from the
important duties which he owes the
government, and | will do all in nv
power to have this matter considered
by the department in connection with
the charges which the resolutions
state are pending. Yours very truly,
f. c. WALTHALL.
We have been waiting for some
Southern Senator to give an express
ion of confidence i'll the Democratic
uprightness of Mr.. Cleveland, and in
some such terms as those employed
by Senator Walthall. We are graf
fed to have the assurance given by
Gen. Walthall, whose gallant con-
duct we witnessed more than once
during the war, and whose course
since as a Southern Democrat We
have watched with both vigilance
and admiration.
Mr.. Cleveland has not run with the
speed in making appointments, the
eager would have him, and has given
offence to Democrats not few on thai
account. But it should be remem-
bered that he is not even yet familiar
with the duties of his Office, still less
with his impOrtunate host of appli-
rants for Office, e,and that he is terribly
handicapped with the civil service
law, Il hostile Senate and the ell
ormous accretion Of 25 years of cor
rupt misrule. Had he devoted all OF
Iis time, night and day, thus borne
Town, to turning the rascals out,
giving each case its proper consid-
eration. he would yet have hardly
reached the first quarter, as indeed
ne has not by halt.
Then there are other matters
besides removals from Office to which
he Executive is bound each day 20 !
give serious thought and corsidera-
self-iusgestive here,
md hence not necessary to enume-
ate. Who, then, we might inquire,
,Ould have, within less than three
months, accomplished more than Mr.. |
cleveland has, unacquainted as he |
vas with his duties, the demands
made upon him, and the men and !
measures he has had to meet and
Is it fair in reason, or
ustifiable in charity, or are we act
ne with becoming manliness within
ourselves or justice to the man whom
We have elected to bear our burthens,
hus SO soon to increase his perplexi-
les and troubles and uphold the
lands of his enemies, with our too
'ager longing for place and too /
eady censure forlack of recognition? |
We unhesitatingly say nay, nay.