Gazette Of The United States, & Daily Advertiser

We have already noticed the dismissal of Mr. Bullock, from being Clerk to the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania. For his discharge no other reason could be urged, than to make room for a Man of their own politics. This unprovoked act on the part of the lower house, was expected to produce, on the part of the Senate, a system of retaliation, and the retaining of their old Clerk, Mr. Matlack, astonished every person. We at that time observed that the candor and liberality of the Senate, formed a striking contrast with the lower house, and the retaining of Mr. Matlack, was an evidence that mere difference in political opinion was no crime in the eyes of Federal Republicans. Had Mr. M. confined himself to a decent and proper exercise of his opinion, we doubt not he might still have remained in office; but cogent reasons have at length urged the Senate to make him vacate his place, and they have filled it with Mr. Bullock, who was turned out by the lower house. If Mr. M. should ask "what have I been dismissed for," let him read the fable of the Man and the Snake and apply the moral.