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Domestic News
October 10, 1820
The Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
Southern newspapers demand the removal of Post Master General R. J. Meigs, jun., for his months-long absence in Kentucky, arguing against officials neglecting duties and sinecures.
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Sundry newspapers at the South are calling for the removal of the Post Master General, R. J. Meigs, jun. He is represented as having been absent to Kentucky for several months, and the Petersburg Intelligencer remarks that no man should be allowed to hold an office under Government, who for a week or a single day, should neglect personally to attend to the duties of his station. We want no "such, gentlemen officers" who can pass away their months at the watering places, while the public business is suffering for want of their attention. We can tolerate no sinecures—their very nature is at war with the spirit of our constitution.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Post Master General
R J Meigs
Removal Calls
Government Neglect
Sinecures
Petersburg Intelligencer
What entities or persons were involved?
R. J. Meigs, Jun.
Petersburg Intelligencer
Where did it happen?
The South
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
The South
Key Persons
R. J. Meigs, Jun.
Petersburg Intelligencer
Outcome
calls for removal of post master general due to neglect of duties
Event Details
Sundry newspapers at the South call for the removal of Post Master General R. J. Meigs, jun., who has been absent in Kentucky for several months. The Petersburg Intelligencer states no man should hold office if neglecting duties even for a day, opposing gentlemen officers at watering places and sinecures as against the constitution.