Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-04
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Historical Remintscence.

dent. At the same time they adopted
resolution of thanks to Bishop ii. U. Tot
ter for his "just and earnest statement Oh
"the duty of the President in reference
"to the exercise by him OF the power Oh
appointment to office, contained IN the
"sermon delivered in st. Pauls Church |
con the Centennial Anniversary OF the
inauguration of George Washington
This was the sermon in which Bishop |
Potter resolved Jeffersonian simplicity
into Jacksonian vulgarity.
We will first say a few words as to Mr..
George William Curtis, the President oil
this pretentious 81 am holier than thou
league. In his early days Mr.. Curtis
was visionary aud enthusiast, and was
member Of the celebrated Brook Farm,
with such enthusiasts as Emerson,
Hawthorne, and other gentlemen whose
genius has dignified American literature
But he by no means remained true TO
the exalted ideals of his youth and early |
manhood. He soon developed lively |
appreciation of the feshpots OF office.
Roscoe Conkling described him, in his
celebrated Rochester speech, as that
IMAM milliner of politics." who had
more relatives in office than he (Conk-
ling), although powerful with the success
sive Republican administrations, had
asked for or obtained during his whole
Congressional career. The fact THAI
Curtis has this large family clientele in
office may perhaps explain his eagerness
to establish monarchical conditions OF
tenure in office in this country.
The brutal assault of Bishop Potter on
Jefferson and Jackson, invites to a retro
spect of the political history of the Uni
ted States. The opponents of the DEM
ocratic party have always dwelt upon the
eager Importantly OF its followers for Of
fee. They conveniently ignore their
own history, under whatsoever name
they have figured. We first strike them
as Federalists under the administration
of Washington and old John Adams.
When Mr.. Jefferson was about to sue
coed to that old political bigot there was
CONSERVATION in the Federalist camp.
They Immediately proceeded to add sew
eral judges to the Supreme Court of the
United States, and, with an indelicacy
perfectly in line with the history OF his
party, John Adams was busy signing
commissions to Office up to within an
hour of his retirement from the Presi-
dency. Mr.. Jefferson simply con-
tented himself with few contemptuous
references to the indecency of this per-
Torrance. Although his party controlled
all branches of the government CT the
United States, and his official life ex-
tended over two terms, he only made
about twenty-four removals from office.
His Democratic proteges, Madison and
Monroe, each of whom served for eight
years, were equally reserved in their
exercise of the Presidential power Of re-
moval. In the whole unbroken twenty
four years of Democratic ascendancy
which followed Jefferson's accession to
the Presidency, there were not one hum
dred removals from office.
Then came critical era in the political
history of the United States. In the cleo
ton of 1924 General Andrew Jackson was
the overwhelming choice of the people,
yet the electoral system was so compli-
Gated that there was no choice by
the people. Through dicker between
the followers of John Quincy Adams
and Henry Clay, the former was chosen
President. The bargain was charac-
terized by John Randolph, of Roanoke,
as "a union of the Puritan and the
blackleg," Adams standing for the
Puritan and Clay for the blackleg. 1t
was the ranking begotten OF this episode
that brought about the celebrated duel
between Clay and Randolph, in which,
after Clay had fired at the Virginian, the
latter, who was the deadest shot in
America, fired in the air, with the gallant
remark, "Mr. Clay, I don't want to make
your wife q widow" Randolph after
wards remarked that he had looked in
Clsy's eye, and that if he had seen any
deadly purpose in it he would have shot
to kill.
This defeat of the popular idol led to
| OtuCI duu BIoatSI dulluoeltl6b llau Guo
duel between Randolph and Clay. The
people of tie whole United States were
mad as hornets at the defeat of the
popular will. The old Federalists, not
withstanding twenty-four years of
Democratic administration, were sticking
to office with the tenacity OF Barnacles.
Probably in the annals of no monarchical
country had there ever been a more
offensive set of Barnacles. They had
= little sympathy with Democratic institu-
tons.
i When, in 1928, jackson came into
power, he at once made them walk the
plank. The people demanded it and
probably the perpetuity of American
institutions as we'll. The servant began
to take on the airs of the master. In
addition, great moneyed institution,
known as the United States Bank, which
had been created in a moment of ma
tional exigency, began to assume auto
cratic airs, and TO lord it over the people.
) Jackson hustled the insolent officials out
Of office, neck and crop, replacing them
with men devoted to American ins,itu-
tons, and throttled the Bank of the
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