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SJSiSftftiM discpntifloed bnt at the on- I-y ti.fJEiS"!ess;iH arrears ar paid t 1.1 larivri ill lilt jviivfi utua uo iuii ! otbue thcyiil certainly not beat- mtweffof- Cttdyptr square for each in Hajari ..j-v v..e'!-i . r rt'-'tliiaWKHtooTe rates. A deduction of ljiirerihiteiit jbe inserted for less ij ttertHeniefti8Wllbe continaed until orders si'JUit ifd'n:!thihi'.l. where no directions t;1 I., a .: MiIitS'BURY.- .ion,';Eia:;IO jl f jjeachJl-Sala 90: Iri peril M Gi j ! - j: -.' Cents. ' Molasses, 55 a 60 Nails, r r:r 8 a 9 ' Oats j 25 a 30 Pork, $0: Sugar, br. 10 a 12 I loaf, 18a 20 Salt, i"$l 62J Tallow, . laa I2i Tobacco, 1 8 a20 Tow-linen, 16 a 20 Wheat, (bushel) $1 II! ' . MA Whiskey, 45 Wool, (clean) TEVILLE. too a 50 40 Tatrt,! f.Sar Molasses, 35 a 42 Nails, cat, . -74 Sagar brown, 8 a 12 Lump, 1 ( 1 131 Loaf, " "18 a 20 a llLSalt. 85 a AO 20 V3O i Sack. ft3 ': mm Tobacco leaf . 6 a 7 fllil lS 20 Cotton barr. 16 a 20 Male rope, . 8a 124 Wheat I 35 a 1 40 Whiskey 00 a 60 Wool,; 20 a 25 f : . ' " r ' i : : ' r trip H 9 -20 rfvA-k-iiu. L-rt ft jSTNails cut assor. 7? a 9 if)l4f i .! wroughtilG a; 18 y a2 O Oats bushel a 50 il:&K3&Oil pal f-lhc Ibiishittji i bil niers:i ?es .. r 75 a $1 125 110 a 125 H;a mPork lOOIbs i 6a 8 J a la ivice 1UUI03 992 a $ju$ upijugar lb' la 12 SaSalt sack- $3j a $3J 45 .bush- $1 a$l efSteelAmer. 10 a 12J 25 ; (English i . 14 50 v iGerman -12 a 14 Tea iinpe. 1 a Sl 37 4u; Ti4: -4io Hi 2 1 R1JSJAWAY. f mCQNDED aboot the last of :ycJt6tx5rt from the subscriber . at9, that i.ti-'-li 3Tr-ii. L- ic-. . L ' t "WciPSioiog in pioKts county, ijjja;m iegro man It M i. Trsof agcyand of a rery bright Itflfsla Shoemaker tv trade, has !M - H i$M -:of' hair, a thin tisagej is f NigtiS Ifrooj 135 to 140 pounds. 3? icar on ' one of his legs .1 Wf?ed" to be' on the right leg. Jtl each- armi irtat holnw itiA Alhnt rw. Wed eic armlwst below the elbow oc !4jUrrvJ ITto hoolo hatfn Koon f rnf Art psf-ftsarsiipon them. Cole a3.f!( fee woman) i.ear Blakely, -,4V' F " no may oe ireWS iotigh many persons believe a srEECll OP Mr PRENTISS, On lhe defalcations of the Government. Concluded,' ; v,, December 28, 1833. . I j But to onrj task. The next defaulter whom I slia I mention was Boyd, the sue- cessor of Hrr)s, a follower in" the toot steps.' Iq little better than six months af ter he had beei in office we fiod the, lolj lowing accout of bis fidelity. It is exlrac- ted from the report of one V. M. Garescbe who was sent our b the Secretary to ezam-j ine the condition of the land offices., ft is dated j 14th June, 1837. Id relation to Boyd,1 he says . y-1 (. . 'The accoont jof the receirer, which. 1 have made out and -transmit herewith pre-4 sents against! him a balance of 55,965v 54 ; His own account makes it $53,272 73 ; it is also annexed. His assets, of which 1 al so send you be list, amount to $61,549 98,1 rating the land at $125 only but might pro bably realize! double the amount The man seems really penitent; and I am enclined to think, in common With his friends, thatht ts Aonesfand has been led away from his duty by the example of his predecessor, and a certain looseness in the code of morality tehich here does not move ti so limited a circle as it does icith us at home Another receiver would probably follow in the foot steps of the two You will not, therefore, be surprised xfl recommend his being re? tainedf in preference to another appoint ment; for he has his hands full now, and will not be disposed to speculate any more. He will have his bond signed by the same sureties, and: forwarded in a few days to Washington; this speaks favorably. He has, moreover, pledged his word that, if retain ed, he will strictly obey the law, imtf receive nothing but specie in payment for lands. He tells me that he is about selling a great portion of his! lands; that and soma other negotiation will enable him to discharge a large portion of his debt to the United States before the expiration of the present quar ter. Lenity towards him, therefore, ; mitfht stimulate himllo exertions which severity might jpaialyzd rJ tiac, in the mean, time, enjoined the chsinjg of the land office un til the bend ijr tonipleted and returned No land has been sold since the 29 tk ulti mo? : Sirwho but a profligate pander could hayo written the above ) Who but a politi cal bawd could Jiave received it without in-1 dignation and ( contempt? 'Vouwill not be surprised t( recommend hiSp beink retained 'for he has hh hands full now? -;. tl. : , 1 - . -ji - - No; I: presMmti the Secretary was not surprised, though any honext man Would have been, at the corrupt and wicked pro position ; The licentious familiarity of this, as welt as other of the jf ports and letters tb I be Secretary cannot fail of arousing in lhe breast of every pure-minded man sentimeuts of scorn and disgust. : ; j But, says tiii3 polypus feeler of Levi ; Woodjbury, 'lhe roan 'seems really penitent; and I am inclinedrto think, in common with his friends, that he is honest, and has been led away from his dotv by the example of uis prcuecessor, , ana aceriatn looseness in Vi ic code of morality which here does not !VWer , T1 . ore in so limited a circle asit dots with WfMe Mr Woodnirrj still r at home? Now, sir, a more mfamous m fi LT fallur? io, dePus,u hrimmmionlbv a white man. nmid f W Ief?.the neighborhood about MP1-1!! -give a re S'llMbrs to any one who will 'da- ! l mini -tvP Yt i "yv utoi in uuiu- MJ wnieonfioe him id VHrflMApn OVGRSTEET. if. ItvvFH M'SU STO! for these Yarns. WiMM?? UnaBHly f'tbemifrooi fOWMro;F Will, warrant it, tfari1 -Iv are wiIllno leaye it m -i.K :-fs:"gcpe.-ior ihmstTPs: 'm !.1(CA it': 3wMlVon.l,f2 inches sizes, : l. i i ioll.feg?rod stones. V ices, 1- Pi? 7? !rWfWfBetttdSalt.Li;- t 'i : mot us slander was never promulgated against an intelligent and moral community ; for . a more upright, intelligent, and moral com munity cannot j be found in the Republic than that which ial the subject of this vile .libel' Wnyj sir 1 do not believe there is a citizen of that commuhitv. who would not spurn, '.with honest and indignant scorn, the prorogate sentiments of this self constituted 'censormorumZll !: . No, sir; it wasihat looseness of politi cal morality which marks the party in pow er, which more especially illustrates the of ficial conduct of i the Secretary of the Trea sury, that induced Boyd to embezzle the public; property, i And he did it with a vengeance. His ac counts exhibit his? defalcation as of some $50,000 br $60,000 in monejr. But it was more splendid robbery than this :. it was of some 28,000 acres of the public domain, which, by virtue of his office, . he transfer red to himself; without ev.en paying for it a single aouar. stir, mis wasa ooid opera tion; most of the appropnators of other people's property prefer personal chattels something which can be concealed, arid if necessary, taken facross the waters. But Hhere be land rats as well as water rats;' and Boyd, it seems, was a land rat. What a huge slice he' cut from the public loaf ! 28.000 acrts'of land! -Why it is more than a German princfpality. irThe Norman rob ber, when he divided out the broad lands of merry England, gave not his haughty barons such wide extent 6f wood and field. 1 Who woold not be thefecdatory of this Adminis tration, when'the tenure is so. easy, and the reward would constitute materials for a dukedoiri? ,. ,!:! I.-. Sir, the Secretary deserves impeachment ibr this case alo'no- Why has he not pro ceeded to set aside lhariliezal and false tt ties to these lands? Tho receiver neter had a shadow of nht to them J Yet bis pretended title has been recognised, and portions of the land ate now being;: sold by t be officers of the Government as the !prbp erly of thedelinqarot. j . ; ;; : r' j ; After this extensive land-piracy, what does the Secretary 'do ?(.. Docsjhwith fir tiious indignation, turnj him otjtbcjffice ? Not sir. He permits him to resign !at his leisure. Two months after Garesches re- ppriu he writes him as follows:' If! !f I rT - - .1- - i - n ' tmm -) Treasunj Department, 2ur. 8, 1837. I - . !'- i i Nyi X 'Sir: . f am happy to bear of the jra,nc and honorable course proposed in y our letter of the S4ih ultimo. It would be r convenient ta jhave the: bond: and resign atlodf arrite iiete oy ine ear ly pan oi aepie I If ' '' I am, tacz !! irtrt wnnnoimv1 p ,! j. ' G. D Bpyd, Esq. ' Jlji j' .; I I&ceivcrio&Publii Money. Coldmhus, Jtft. Tes, sir ; according to lhe morality of the Secretary, resigning, after robbing thejGov ernment of 20,000 or 30,000 acres of land, is fiery ' frank and honorable . It j I t will give yua one case inore and then I am done. It is the case of Linh, receiver pf public money at Vandaha ! !J j j As early as June 23, j 1834, jtfr Taney wrote to hfur, admonishing bim of bip ne glect in depositing the public money i and warhinghim of the indispensable duty of doing so. . ' I Qn the 20th of October; 1834, Mr $ood bury writes him on the subject ; calls to his mind his -continued neglect and violation of thisjjduty, and tells him that if he failal any longer , io its performance, it will be ray painful duty to submit the case for ; the! aci tiorjjof the Executive, and to recommend the appointment of mother person as your suclessor. ' ' '! 1 j f Again, under date of December 4thi the Secretary jrenews the complaint off neglect in the deposite, j and non-c6mpliance with tbeipositive directions of the Department Instead, however, of being removed! for His continued contumacy, Linn receives the following letter from" the Secretary ; J j Treasury Department Feb, 12, lSp. ! ,3ir : Although it has pleased the f Pfesi deot under the explanations given, nUwtthr starjuing ye-ur past neglect in some cases to deposite the public moneys as rrqtire4 by la w and the instructions ol the Department, to renominate you for the office of lecelveij of eublrc money at Vandalia, arad your nomination has been-Confirmed, yet it is not to be! inferred, from this evidence of hisre-i garj,;that any future omission in this respect canj be overlooked. Once - for al) thert, I, would inform you that a strict observance of the regulations of the Department, for the 'periodical deposite of the public money. and the transmission of your accounts and return?, are paramount duties, the neglect oi which will be reported for the action ol the Executive. I; : j s - I am, &c i ! I M LEV! WOODBURY,! Secretary of Hit Treasury William Lixn, E?q. ' ' ! I Receiver of Public Money Vandnlia III. tit it seems Mr Linn thought differenilj; came to the conclusion; that, 'ham this evidence of the President's regard,' 'fulpre 7 would be overlooked. And u seems his opinion on the subject turned out to be t nor o correct than that of lhe Secretary; fof linderdate of July 20. 1836, wefibd'lhe complain- Jte the: mn- f I" . . - - , - L neys on band ; yet he does i not have him dismissed. . 1 ' 1 allowed ta resisd and retire a defaulter for r- But the Secretary ays heVas oof bound ttf notice these defalcations ; thaUt sim possible for him to scent them oqt.fl After reading the foregoing letters andexlrits-i felegant extracts' tbeyj may be caltedIIam inclined ltd think Mr iSeCTCtai Wocdbur has taken his coe in this matter !from the following table, which:, if ray! .friend from Virginia (Mr WisewiII do me ibe favor to read, will afford a robment'a relief bdthjd jle House ,anI royseiV Here jilrtjWisS read, with much humor, from a paper hand pe;b.m Mr P4;:-v4--,1i;::.;;j. f lAr.6 how. did it happen, Pat, ihzl Mittht yfan jiuren always kept lnritli iheluld gineial, as he did V j .j jil W hy, I'm thinking. Murphy, i wis be cause he always had such a bad couldjistl t 'And what had his having could lo do with the matter at alQat all? , ;j . Why did ye never near, Murphy, my boy; of the fox lha had a could ? Then Hi tell ye. Once thsre was"a lion that wanted to know how polite ail the bastes were. So he made a great smeillin his den with brim stone, or sobething elseI don't mind what jist but it smelt enough to knocl you down ent rely ; and then be called in the bear, and says he, God morning Sir Dear and what d'yff4hiok of the smell here this morning?' and says the bear, says he, Wby, in smells bad? What's that you isay?' says the lion; Hake that,' says he, (ating 'bim up altogether!) Hake that, and see it will Cache ye politeness, ye unmannerly son of a cubl' Now, when the bear was ate up, ' the lion called n the monkey asked him; t(ie same question precisely. Now, the monkey see ing the bear that the lion had swallowed, lying dead in the corner, says he, fMav it the best argument was the pistol, and the only law was dob law. It was the time wben'Hor rah for Jackson' constituted the 'Open Sesame f f power, wkicb gaioed at once admitunce into the robbeiTs eave, and participatioa ia the elan-1 Then Gn.' Jickson had trot to wbisltejand " Instact from copse and heath arose . Bonnets, andapears, aad bended bows. IDs fjllowers, like those of Roderick Dhu started up in evety direction, ready and eager to perform bis bidding. He had but in point his finger and his fierce blood hounds jborieti their muzzles in tho unfor tunate victim of his wrath. i 4 Then were the saturnalia of the office- the whole institutions of the, country thus prostituted to the , uses J of party. I express my candid opinion when 1 that I do not believe a single ome of im portance withit the control of the Excre tive baa, for thle lasfivo years, been f;!!r : with any other; f tew, or upon any ctl.rr coniideration, than that of party eflVct; C if good appoinimenta have in any Instinccj been made, and bene&t accrued to t? country, it baa been an accidental, and net a voluntary reault. Office is conferred r :. the reward of partisan service ; and whit is the consequence f Why, the otTicc-hcI- dera are not content with the pitiful s-!i- he4drarand,UikV the loco 41 ofEgypt, whiehr afierrd only small compensaticn they plagqed the landj Few dared to whis per of corruptions and defalcations; and a bold man was he who proposed to inves tigate them9 for it was sure to bring down uponrhis head: the rage which never relen ted, and the anger which nothing but furi ous persecution coulq assuage. ' cThere was j one ban, howefer, who blenched not before Gen. Jackson's frown, tor present laoors, out ao not, in tticir esti mation, conautate any adequate reward for their previous political services. This re ward, they, persuade themselves, it is rcr- feclfy right to retain from whatever pas-50 3 through their hinds. Being tanghtthat til money in tbeirj possession belong not ta the People, but to the party, it requires but small exertion of casuistry to bring them ! B and and who dared4 to propose an investigation 1 10 lne conclusion that they have a right t i 1 v .at u ntiat u way GUIWI'IIC UJ UU lii C t f .1 ?I t; .' . . . . iuc vi lueir political services ; just as a lawyer hords back his commissions. The Administration Countenances all this; winks at it as long as! possible; and when pub lic exposure is inevitable, generally givcj institutions his talents and renins are the bloated plunderer full warning and ihly impressed The political history lime 10 escape with his spoils USepiember 21g36, he tells him,:withas much gravity as if u were for the firM time: ; fTfi Department trusts ynur deposes willj hereafter be promptly niade, and trat no exchanges whatever oif money -will take place, on any terms, as they opcri a doot to improper practices and unfounded imputations.' 1 ' ' ' 1 ' December, 8, 1837, he says: " it;. , "" 1 ' ' fAgain it becomes my duly to call your attention to the subject of my . former let tergfiin refeience to the deposite of thepub lie:money, and to inform you that, if by te rn o: man evidence is not received of your having complied with tae requisition of my letters of lGtb-August and 3d No- vembar, it will be my unpleasant duty to re port your negfect to the President, and flo recommend your removal from office. f M Vell, sir, instead of being removed, lie is permitted, like Boyd and Harris, to retire witbj honor, upon bis own voluntary resiz- twiiort, as appears by the following and is&t eiier pi wie iniamous series: i I i'Tfyasury Department Jan. 2C, 1838.! Sip I Your letter of the 7th instant isfe- cieved, and your resignation is accepted by the Prwident. 1 regret that so large a bal ance stands unadjusted m your hands(: and iruk lertificstes of deposite for the amount vvith the Bank of Missouri will, without de lay, be forwarded here. I 1 ; :; 1 am, &e. ? LEVI WOODBURV: Secretary of the Treasury! OW. how f?rA lh PrMldvnl.inil Rsam. tary to say that defalcation deserves . to be punished with the penitentiary, when thev did pot consider it deserr iog eveo of renjo-1 i f ai worn oraco in ine case ot unn, who was please ver maiesty,' faavs he,) Mt's itst the most delightful smell 1 ever smelt in all my life, at all, at all.' Si it is, said toe jion, (patting bun on the hlad, easy like,! so s to bate the breath clane utof his body) so it is,' (said he,) and niw you'll not tell an-, other lie soon, I'm thinking ' H 1 ' 1 i Now, when lb lion had kilH She) bear! and 1 he monkey, be called in the fox to j hlm and sajs lie. (looking tery savagp, and read to! ate him up, if he should make the laste fox paw at till) GMid morning, Fox? ? says he, How does my parlor smell to-day ? 1 And says the fox, (Wiping his nose with the brush oi his tkilVfantl pulling down his eye-IFd fwhh his paw, as much as to say, D'ye see any green there,1 ;my I ho ney ?') Faiih, says' h'e, may it please your majesty, 1 've a very badoid& ibis morningj and ifs me that can't smtili ft all, at alllf So the (ion laughed, and tould the fox he ras; a .Verv flifjver DJisiie and that hefmighl tread in hi foot steps ync could straddleivnde enough, aitd .lint all the o;her bastes should mind him jor He-Would ate i hem up as he had done the bear. ! j ! j Mr P, resumed. Thf Secretary, though in Mther respecis he resembles a much larger 3 and Usi canning animal, yet, in this onaiier, 1 U& certainly taken a lesson tromfihe fbx.j lie's had tf very bad eovld,' ahd ' could' nt. smell a.t (iW, at all.1 fSo, sir ; lhe stench uf c;rruption, which bus been sosteamthsT up from his Depart iTMnt, ha;i not, U seetr)?, yet. .offended his olfacio ries. Besides all this, his friends excose him by say ing that the GovernirJeal will probably p rm ultimately lot any ihingby thsse defalcations ; that the money will he recovered back, either from the Wefauliers r iher sureties. jji ' Sir, if a thief is leteetd, and compelled to disgorge lhe subject ufhjs larceny, docs itj re lieve lhe rugae and his accumplice from guilt ? ihips it exlingoish the crirjiie ? Ujxjn ibe answer to i his quesiiun depends the validity of he Se . eretary's ex-use. j ; ; j . It is also urged in his aTor, that defa cations have ocourrtd under other AJministritions ; that the public money has beeit stolen before, 'fhis plea I feel compelled to aljow to its whole ex ifent Brave men lived before Aja meni oon iand great rogues before Levi )Vodbury. In jostiee Io the Secretary, I :cannodeny thai his : jkiare hotj lhe first thieves on record ; and I grrefiijn joy -of the able defence wHich his friends have extracted from this; remarkable ckcumstanceL And now, .Mr Chairman, what do you think 'of "this -Secretary of the Treasury t ofhisj epis tolary talent ? of his capariiy and fitness for the Station he occupies ? He! resembles much1, both to manner and morality, that worthy old lady who lived at ' The Mug, in -Bulwer's !- Paul GlilFord,' and rejoiced in the name, of 'Mrs Margery Lobkins,1 more familiarly called ' Peg gy LA. :. 1 ' ; ! ' i '.I '; ; His correspondence with his subalterns can not fail of ealling to your recollection the exqui site admonitions of nonest Jreggy1 to Lee tie Paul.' 5 4 Thus moralized, not Levi, but the kiod-beart-ed dame : i' ; MM thy kittychismchfld, and revererice old age. Never steal 'specially when anxi One be in the way. Be modest, Paul, and slick to your siiiva Hon in life. Read your bible and talk a pious'un. Peoplejes by jour words more than your actions. I If you wants Shai is not your own, trjr and dd without it.; and, if you cannot do without it, take it away bv insin m m 4 - S I tvaiwn, not bluster. They as swindles dtea snore and risks less than tkey as robs,1 lj Yes, sir ; people goes more by your words than by your actions. Well has the President Studied ibis maxim, and cunningly did he prac tise upon it when he recommended that defalca-! lion should be made a penitentiary offence. ! Peg gy LpS placed in leeile Paal's hand the sum ! of five half peoea and one farthing. 'There, iboy.' qaom she, and sue stroked his bead fondly when she spoke, (jost as Levi caresses 'his Subordio ates, ' you does right not to play oothingi it's' loss of time ! bal play witbjtbose as be less: than yourself, and then jou eon go for to beat cni if tbey aays yoo gofur to cheat. s f i U j 1 1 Ay, and it has not been Ion? since this Was the doctrine of those in poWer ; and ' to gO'fpr to Deal those who say you go for to cheats, be came the watchword of the -pariy. 1 recollect into frauds and corruptions which had be come so palpable and gross as to be an of fence! in the nostrils of the community He .occupied, at that time, a seat in the other end oT. this building, as Senator from ray own Stale ; a State upon whose laws and idei of Mississippi 'is illustrated by his name, from its very cdmmencement. He served her in all her departments ; and as legist a tor, udge, and Governor, advanced her prosperity, added to her character. What he was as Seriator you .all know. He stood proudly among; the proud ahd lofty among the loftiest, at! a time I when-the Senate Chamber contained the garnered talent of the" country; when its intellectual giants shook the whole nation with their mighty strue 5 wnen, sir, it enclosed within its walls ; the most transcendent deliberative body that ever was assembled- upon this earthj iThe floor of that bodr was bis proper arena. iTo a correctness of judg menU which would have giveh,bim repu tation even without the capicily of expres sion, he joined a power of debate, which, for parliamentary strength and effect, was unsurpassea. io an mis was auaeu a (ieni, unyielding attachment to his politi cal principles, and an indomitable boldness in expiessKig and sustaining them. Do you not recollect, sir, when General Jackson; like Charles I, strode to the legis lative chamber,! and thrust among the Sen ators a despotic! edict, more insulting than if he had cast at -tjieir lest a naked sword? It was that fierce message which commenced with breaking iiown the independence and characteroPthe Senate, and finally result ed in that worse than felon act, the dese cration of its records. But the 'mandate pa?sed not unopposed or unrebuked. When it burst, like a wild beast from his lair, upon the astonished Body whose degradation. it contemplated,and in the end accomplished, most of the distinguished Senators were absent ; bnt heol whoml speak was at his post. Single-handed,and 'alt m i ..i a a . a i alone,! ike uncles at me neau oi me Driuge. he held at bay the Executive squadrons, and for a wholetday drove back the Mame lukes of power,! till at the solind of his voire, as at the sound of a trumpet, his gallant compeers, the champions, of free dom, the knight? nol of the black lines, but of ;the Cnnstituiion -came flocking to the rescue, btr it was a noble scene, and worthy nt the best times ol the tioraan re public 1 A Senator of the United States, in bold and manly pride, trampling under foot 'Executive insult, and protecting, at the same time, the honor of his country and the dignity of his high station. There was a moral ehivaHy abmiiit, far above hero Ism of the, field. Even now; the contem- Do yon not see the eagerness with which even Governors, Senators, and Hepresen- -.t. r I ' . . :. . . nvc in congress, grasp at ine most triv ial appointmeiUethe most; insignificant emoluments? Well do these sons of tha horse-leech know that there is more blood in the. body thin what minlles in tho cheek,! are more profit in an ofice than is exhibited by the Sir, i 1 have four case? of salary. given you but three cr defalcations; t would timo permit, I could give you a hundred.. Like the fair Sultana, of the Oriental legends, I could go on for a thousand ahd one nights; and even as in those Eastern stories, to in the chronicles of the office-holders, tlia tale would ever be of heaps of gold, 13-2- aive ingots, uncounted riches. Why, sir, seem to possess the identical cap of Forlu- natus ; some wish for SoO.OOO, some for $100,000, some for a million ; and behold, itjlies in guttering heaps before them. Not even i ;:r ; The gorgeous east, with richest hand. Showers on her kings barbaric pear) and gold " in soeh lavish abundance as does this Adminis tration upon its followers. Pizaro held not for:': more dazzling lores' to his robber band when I.-) led them to the conquest of the Childreo cf tLs Sun. -; i y ;;: j-1 And now, Mr.,Chairman,hayeI not redeomci my promise? Have I not shown that the Pres ident is but a hypocrite in his pretended horror at defalcation ; that; the Secretary is much wore a a conniver, a weak, imbecile partieeps cm.i. inisf Let his defenders reconcile bis conduct in the case of Harris with his . official doty wiih the dictates of common honesty, if they can ; I dare them to the trial. Let them reconcile hi 3 licentiocs correspondence with Spencer, Hen dricks, and more especially uaresche, with tho principles of common f ecency. ; ; -Mr Chairman, it is not my intention to exam ine minutely the case of Swarlwout. 1 know not why tbe Pre6idest should have selects J it out of so many as the subject of special commu nication. Theriis.j however, one curious mat ter connected with pis subject, which I shall notice. The President, the Secretary, and tha party all profess to Unite io the belief that tho defalcations of owariwout, r rice, and otiierj afford the best possible argument In -favor cf the sub Treasury av;heaie. Most of these defalca tions, say they, occurred under the deposrte sys tem ; and, therefore to that system ; these loss es are attributable. Now, sir, if you will look over this document 297, you will find that, out of the 265 letters to receivers and col lector s, nearly 200 contain complaints that the public - . i. . . t money had not been dfpostieo in oanic, dqi re tained in the hands of tbe officer. If you will platiori pf it makes the blood thrill through 9ee Uie;r defalcalI0M cU not have taktn ptare the veins, andJliish the forehead to the ve- had the Secretary not indulged tbem in a con- ty temples I 1 need not George! and hon 1 tell that man's name was linued and habitoal periodical deposites. Poindexter; aame that Will long Ji"JJ' oVably live among the loves of in- violation of t this duty cf But the pronation itself is It araoonls to this that tho sub treasurers with lare a- miniiimnni I nrwii fir in dependence .andj haters of tyranny. But tJ thegUb-Treasury system; io other word?. lie uared to propose an investigation into 1 stealios b proof of honesty, It is the holding the frauds and corruptions of the Govern- of the money in the Hands of lhe officer, which roent, and from that moment bis doom was produces ine lemptawon w specoiaie. y caT- sealed, The deep, tnrpid, and resistless current of Jacksomsm swep; him from the tate in whose service the best of his life had been expended : and, ostracized from ing it in custody, by continual viewing and count ing, becomes, at length, to look upon and use it as bis own. 1 " - . H ,j l. -" '.-" The system is corrupt in its tendency all her councils, he became an exile 10 other expenencs says ao. ne nqsi suo-ireaaurer. janj, i since the Christian era, was Judat Iscariot; te , . i xeameaine oag; ana u wu owujur wuwu Sir, tbe PiTirerholders in this countiy joy disposition to appropriate its coaieots to form an ' oligarchy too powerful to be re- his own private uses as by ths thirty piece tf sisted. Why was not Spencer 'removed J J silver, that he was tempted to betray nis ma?- Why was not Harris ? V hy not Linn and ter. Boyd? j 1 wiliflLyfia ? The Admin istra- Bol 0Dderstasd tb linn did; not dare to remove them, even I fnnhr ; and. boiniinz to those ;very kl ;i ;.hAi in rln tn: like nachas. thev I iion. demands ao additional band cf officers IIOU I ww V' v w " - - " S m a " Exscatire goes still defilca- to j well, and my hooorable friend wbo sits oeif l r&e (Mr Wise) reculiecu still better, than I do, those days of terror, when be hao4 to legislate, as he told us the other day, with I haruess on when had become too powerful for the Sultan, & would not have hesitated in twisting the bowstring round ;the neck of the messen ger wbo; presentee it. 1 Since the avowal cf that unprincipled and barbarian motto, that io the victors belong the spoils," office, which was in- j tended for the use and benefit of the Peo ple, has become but the plunder of the bariv. Patronage is waved like a huge magnet over the land, and demagogoes,like iron filings, attracted br a law of tbeir na ture, rather and cluster around kits poles Never yet lived the demagogue who would not take office. Tbe whole frame of our Government, ur.trh the rest, and prevent them from wallilc in the fooistepsof tbeir predecessors. So Pisu traius gasbed timself j with noaeemly wounds, and, telling the people they bad been inflicted by his enemies, asked, for an additional guard to protect bim. His request wasranted ; fifty men were given bim, with whom he imoedhte ly seized 0 poo the citadel, and became trract cf Athens Let tbe lessioa not be lost when yoa are asked to increase the number cf the cJT.cc holders. .; 1-' j -vy No, sir; these defalcations teach another lesson, and one weltfworth the et, if we will but profit by its admonitions. s , They teach that the eab-Treasory sysiemjs but tie bet bed oUempUtbo and, crime Tbey ttach that v- nnKiirt trMaara cannot be safely cenhu J UIS wwav - 1 . w to.tndiridoal custody. il-t I:-m 1:1. I !.
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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March 1, 1839, edition 1
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