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this grat effort J intellectual reform , ' wilfoelo commanding iLiWficeirf proper school iiuler.; '1 he districts Living been Uid fflj designated bouodartra, a school -Uwvm i iu-ihe ncit fUce to bo-erected, at - proper place, of so jutd Jiatei ial . nl u the ioot judicious plan.. -A the . rising "generation it tfif"il a tliejtf important, iuleieUing.atvd the inest leu .... irctible Dortioo of tile is three lene- luvntf, the toode of eoostrocliwii is mailer of no smell moment. " Indeed much uf efficacy and access of the i whole system, will depend' upon the, model which shall be selected, tad the manner of id titration. Tow much attention cannot be ttowed up on either. ;. The edifices should be pleasantly situated: should be aat and roiiifortabU, and a they mar, on an average, afford the only vupporteaites of instruction lo IftS children, they must be spscioas. la no community, however, will the whole, or nearly the whole number of children, vcr bear at loerhool at theaame lime... -"The accompany inx report af the Serretary-nf the l'-.anl of Kducation of Matsacusetta, r the subject of jehool heaae-, contain all the inforiiintion on this head that can be desired, and obti. ate the e)rerty of farther remarr, here 'J "he district haiug been de kiMeteoV, SmI the. rrqtwiiie school hnuse rrrcifd. the difficult ajsesiion r . urns m pn u ho ware i nt ru.rf eif .to. ... .11 v. --..-i.i. ..i- ing Correct oantn4nHi the sabjcct, and conversant wii-b the' state of Ijiitig . around a a, ran suppose fur a moment that we ran Bad iwelvo hundred and fifty, properly qualified instructers, in North Cerelio. or any considerable proportion oi isnsoeiniuer. ineycan-f not be Had from the North, n it were ieairabla to employ others 4,lia those reared in our own Stair, for the tUfti celty of btainins them is mack more leajfly complained of in Ohio, Fen nayf vawa. New Vork, and even ia Massa cliuaetta than here.-. ..V hat llien Mate be done We will be compelled to a dopt the coorao crowned with each , perfect success at - Hofwyll, ia 8wit zertand, ia Prussia, and Uermany, and . hkhjajiow iuihe progrrjn .jdCsmUI ce ul ul experiment in Netnf ork, n nd about 'tab adopted in Ohio, Peotisyl vania and Massachusetts. A scheme. pressed-witli su much earjteatnva and ahilitr on the attention of the citiz-na of tbia State, bv Kreaideiit Caldwell.in i a. . - - -. f 1 -. . r i a a ' -a - "a - . aia troittine . oj. lene a . itamuhea in 1834, a'nd which indeed, constituted kia only idan aadbope Car the improve- nria ui itn ivoaiui Pii h.wuuim t C ... ? - - --- I a a : neen enieiiaiueaiio- nope tt accom- pltahing the favorite olajad ol the Stale ... in any oiner wsy. ; ' New Yoi k has endeavored (o sene rate department in eacli-of her ten dig trict academies- for the instruction of common school : teachers. It has had the effect already of giving increased reputation to the least appreciated, but most useful uf all the learned profes sions, and promises a radical , change for the better in the schools throughout that State. r The graduates of these Normal schools are sought for with the greatest avidity, and ; notwithstanding all the effort that have been made to jive efficacy o tlveae departments, the supply is by no means commensurate with tlie demand. The aaperindent of common schools sn Fennaylvsnia, advises the' establish- ment oi tour practical iiiart aiea nu forcnt sections of the State, the pro' cerement of suitable libraries and ap- aratas, and sfacalty of six professors (Wr each, involving an annual expense . ofa.tHKI. '.-. -:''" y If these view needeal the confirms tion, either of argument or . authority, . thry, would find outli in- Jhol. subjoined extract from the repoi t. of the Board of KJucation of Massachusetts, made on , the 20 ih of April last. (Soveraur Ev erett is Clvairman of fin's Board, and it is almost soperflaout to remark - that there is no rndiviJual, whose opinions are enlitlfd to more weighton alt sub jects connected with education. Tha auSject af the "hIucsiIihi ef teachan la pf Uia very bighM ioiponwiea ia oauoeetioa artth tha Improvement of oor.hoola. Tbat there ary (legreea of akill and -euceeee ea, tha part of teaaWt, U S matter of too familiar ab aervatioM W need repaUen; and that tbeaa moat depend, iu aa em til dec raw, ma the eiperienc f tba tvaeher, and 1o ' bis-form alion o ridar a good dietiplin and tnetned of doatauetiiMi in early tile, may ba attained Without delegating In any m eaaara from the importance of natural aifU and anUlu J lu TJUiiii iueoTo lUk is tor tba other duties of eociety. . Nor can it be deereeJ uaeale to ineist, that while oetupalioua fequlrioga vary bambla degree of inteUertua! oilort and attainment, demand a long and eon tiaoad paining, it canaot ba that the arduoua and nanifnld.ilutiM nf tha instructor of-yoadt abould be aa well pai formed -without aa with be admitted aa tba auiea of acaaao aod eiperi. - oooa, that ioe&Hafleoe for tba (atatun of teachera aagat ba eeublUhed among aa, brfora ' tba all important work of forming tha mindaf ur aejldrae, caa ba parfBrmed in lha beat poa. etulemaanef, tad axuti tUe greatest aUaiaaliU .aweaV, '.fi. ''V". tA-y,- Xaane who has bean a witnaea of the use v, aod tflect with which instruction ia Imparted : , ' by one toucher, and the tedious pains taking t.-. and enaauafaclory progTeaa which' aaark the Ja--bara of aaelher ef equal ability ami knowledge . and operating aa winds equally good, can enter '. tarn doubt that ihete ia a mastery in teaching aa h every anner an. eras at leea obvMoa. that withia reaaonable biarta, tbia akill and Ikie aaeetery may themee!ea ba made tha aobjecte of ioetoeuoe asd ba coin muuica led la others. ..fWearo not left to tha deductions of reaaon ." - am Ibis subject' In thow foreipu coontriea Where tba greatest attention baa been paid to "the) work of education, achoota for teachers have fnraaed an imnnrlunl fniitr Sn thai. - lama d with the happiest reaolta. . Tlit art of impart'nijf inttroct'.on haabiteN found pit twtj uttM art to MBprova Itf cuaivauaa w w xiiauMM nuUtubad for thM apaetfie ahjeet. Tirw iwporUne Wa aUacba4 U the aU lag of iba iiKbuctor, bj public opiaioo. from die cawaaii-ibmlwvoartiimaaaaoaoatam el ooa tcquiriae tvaiAnalic prepaatioo. ami ndv lara. t Tbe do tie wbidi aevolva npoo the ttiehwr even of Sareomnaao aetMok, par licuUlr arbM atwnilnl by larga .ooatbera of how am ' and of advaneol yaara, tot laaroara, (as i of Ma Iba caac) ara variooa ami dUSeak f oerfennarer: for Ibait bilhful aieutioo, no tkgow t Uiettl aad . mialihcatmo 1 a .anavi and wbca wa rrfled ia Uf nature af triinf, taai. onlr k eioileraU portion of both caa, W ordioa ry eaww b expaetad lor Iba aiamlet eoapaaov tiaa aifunlcd ma Waebw, w aaio a aw viaw of iba namait v af brinciuf u hw dutiaa, Uia adraa tags of pravMoa uaininf in Iba beat mode af dia eharfluf Uipi " - A ary cooawafaWo part at tba baoeut wolca mom wUa altcod our achoota might deriva boat ibna. ia arwuaitiooaiily ioat br tba want of mora kill ia Iba Immom of iuatructioa on tba part of Iba laocber. Tbu blla oilb tpaeial bardnm oo lliat part oi yootbful pojSutalioa who ara abla to rnji.y, buffor a aaaall porlioa of Iba year, tba ad vantage of lb school. K.K lbas it ia of paa bar importafica, tbat from tba moment of eater, iiig tba aebaul, every boor abould be employed to tba greater adaataga, and every facility ia acquiring knowledge, aod every btean of ak-eniug-and guiding Le mind be put into utaunt operation; and wlteo tbia ia dona, two tuontlu' ol acboolinf would ba a valuable a ae year paa. aad under ateaeuer dealituU of experience and akill." " If the Legislature aliould determine to eataOliali a ainile abhool of tliia char acter, the public convenience will, of courae, require tlut it iball be located lteatle ceolre. of the St4tevif .the bo'jrd were authorized to make and ar rangement with the Traateea of the U ni'veraity, and to annei to that institu tion a department fur the iutru.ction of common achool teailiera. a lea numrr out faculty might be required, than for a separate achool. l lie libraries, appa ratus, geological and ittinerologieal cab ineti, woold awberve equally the pur poses of both. That institution now re ceives without charge either for tuition or room rent, erery native of tha State, destitute of die means of education, who, upon examTnalion by the faculty, is believed 4" po$e.ss the retiuisite men tal and physical cans ti tut ion to tender him a valuable member of society. There) ran be no difficulty in wo- nounciug that the Trustees would greet witU ainut ar-apini of oenevfliencc, any proposition which should promise still more extended usefulness. If a ayatem ofcuminon schools of this-or similar extent should find favor with the General Assembly, it will next become ntftcsry to inijuire more particularly into the amount of expen diture it wjll involve, and the manner in' which tlip requisite funds can be pro- i1.t--.t-. r-----.-- rrn " cMnot, as before' remarked, be less than one hundred thousand dollars, and will probably exceed that sum. The act of 1823, cresting the fund, provides that it shall be distributed among the. sever, al counties in proportion 'to. their white population No illustration can be ne cessary to shew, that this lam uoassist-.j ed Iroin other sources, is wholly inade quate to the maintenance of any gener al system af education. The distribu tion of tile-fund set apart for this pur pose, however, should not be made, un til the citizens of rach-coanty shall have decided in favor of' the scheme, at the ballot box. and the Justices of the Coun ty Court shall have levied and collect ed twice the amount thjit the county shall be entitled to receive from the State.' - . It would seem scarcely necessary to resort to argument to manifest the pro priety and. necessity of this condition. It ia obvious, that proper interest will never be "taken in. the management of the schools by those who are not con scious of having contributed to their maintenance. And no school can be conducted upon the best principles, thsL kJiot iitbjected to tbii constant and jealous supervision of the most in telligent portion of (he coinmunitv. and this keen circumsnection notiiinr abort of a senffe of pecuniary iuterest can iro- . -fM.- . i ne las payer win not merely be disposed to see that his money i not wssteu; ne win ue anxious to derive benefit.and the preateatrmaaiMe amount s u a a a - . orWeuefit tVorn the expenditure. Th'rs can only be secured by (he maintenance uf a Well reulalel e-Kiutl .m.I Ik. m.t.. peca7tthtadwiU.avtl4 ed. , it the Mate tund were ample in amount for all the purpose contempla ted by its creation, rt i more than doubted, whether it would be poamble tft effect the object without unKins it vniii rniiivuiuBi tnteresia. The Board ire not e.a . , a . intimattng, tbe Hpmion that tne State and county fund provided and united in the manner proponed will be competent to effect all that the tmilaiithnipiat i wTittldntlestre-yarTfroni it. trwitt accomplish however' tastly more, than 1 ,rnt the too . partial diffusion of ele ha a hitherto been attemnted or antici-l mentary learning? : When was a na pated in North Carolina. If the scheme now auggested . sltould be carried into successful operation, alt will have been one, perhaps. tnat is proper to be at tempted : at the.' present tinie( The foundation or a Vnivcsal system will have been laid.which properly begin ning with gocietjr in its incipient stag, will ultimately adapt itself to every pe riod olftfa. and to all the wants of tha country. Weill endowed academies will succeed to common schools, at no ! national ' resources? Nothing is more long interval, and colleges and nniyer- icertain. J-; " p. s-' 4 aities, in due time, complete the atruc There ia another point of view, hoiy , . '" not merely necessary, , ever, rren In connexion with the tern buttmlispensale tojhe prosperity and jporal iuterestr of man, in which this ?Cpl?!l , WeU &ttfn Slate. subject should bo regardf d.ta compar But it ii time to return from f,is di- Won witli whlcn all economlcaf cbnsitf gression to the delineation of the plan; erations dwindle tnto insignificance, It would not probably be possible to di-. Not merely the propertythe' life and v'ide the State into the proper districts, erect school houses each, and bave one or. more Normal schools in opera tion in lesi than three years. Too ac cumulation of three years, arising1 from the Igultl.kjeoma of tha fond, and double the amount raised by the coun ties woold .amount to nine hundred thousand dollar, and this sum divided bv tha number of school dinricts (1250) wouiu aumit n an aver age j S240 toeach school masters -TJiiaralelby ot compensation is certainly very mod trale, but it is believed to ba greater than the sum ordinarily derived from the same avocation at prese.it. Vari ous circumstances rosy tend, in utanj instances, to increase iu a ne weauoi er neisrliborhoods, may auvmeut it by voluntary contribution!; the schools in summer, particularly in the poorer dis tricts, will consist mainly of the young er classes of Warners, and for these in struction may be provided, in an in verse ratio to the value of the services rendered, by the most amiable,' patient and successful of (tie whole tribe of teachers educated females. In all' the districts- where voluntary provision is not made, the instructor must, as in the Eastern States, board with the pa rents of his pupils at alternate intervals. To superintend, direct and Control the whole of this complicated, but not inharmonious machinery, a superinten dent of common schools must be se ect ed.' Perhapi there is no office in the State so difficult to fill wclT,' as "there U certainly none of such incalculable im portance. For such a station, no chsr aeter is too exslted. no amouat of learning too varied and extensive, no talents too commanding.no benevolence too active or expansive. He must di rect the Norman schools; visit and ex- amine every section of the State.de.vise tne principle ot wn.icn u anau ue uia tricted, furnish the model of the school houses, devise the mode for examining and licencing teachers, select the series of text books, and see that they are in variably used in every school, devise forms of reports, to be required annual ly from each iustructer, that shall con tain all that is necessary to be known, with respect to the condition, govern ment and police .of the chooliand.'prs- pare a systematic digest ot tne whole to be submitted to the ueneral Assembly, lie should be able to exercise a com msndins influence over multitudes in their primary assemblies, to advise the instructor in his school room, and to control and dissipate causeless prejudi ces lnd jealougies without; all these qualifications may not,-and probably will not be found tiniied in any indivi rinUiviU. practicable. " Although Ue Board have been simply instructed to digest a plan of common schools, a few. remarks upon the sub ject of education, generally, and in connexion with some lea (urea ot the; scheme may not be (deemed irrelevant to tlreir duty. " ; .The aystem recommended contem plates the annual expenditure of 8300, 000, of which saui 8200, 000 -is to be raised by direct taxation upon the counties, in proportion to their while population, tor the instruction of 150, 000 children in the elements of learning morals and religion. It amounts at the most to one tenth of one per cent, on the entire capital of the State, 8200, 000,000; in other words, every individ ual will be required to contribute the on thoutandtn part of each dollar for the education of hia children, and the diffusion of the light of learning and the spirit of freedom throughou t the State, It will be perceived from the state ment. of the Public Treasurer of the condition of the Literary Fund, ae ex hibited in the A ppendix, that there are about eight hundred retailers of spiri ou Jigupre licensetLiaJhis tate, at the rate of 84 per capita. If the re ceipts of each ol these individuals are of the average annual amount of 8400, the aggregate sum freely contributed to sustain these common Schools for the dissemination of vice and immorality is greater than that required to establish a system of the character which has been dermeatedr""""-'' , . - --r---' If the country is too poor to sustain both, may not the question be properly submitted to the fople, which shall be dispensed with. The security of life. liberty and the pursuit of happiness is, aiaaW the blessing wf Heaven,- exclu sively dependent spon one ot the oth er it must be left to its advocates to speak. " CV B I I . . . i' . .. .1 aa . School education, the oselulness of man to himself and hia neighbor is greatly restricted. Bat who will venture to alciate the direct toss to the comma- ? n'ftyr insireconmical point of view; j tiH jmpoyeriahed by any extent of ef ! 'fort to eolitrhten the , common people? possible in the nature of things to produce such a resell .from such a csuse? On the contrary, must not the cultivation of the 'mind and. the heart tend to diuiinifth the expenses incident to crime? - Will not the application ofj science ' to ; the eselal arte msare in creased production, and the conse .quent augmentation of individual and liberty of every citizen, and the per pettttty of our free institutiona, depend opoa the jury . box and the ballot box. It intelligence and integrity. te silt ing there, the form of government ceas es to be of the slightest moment. sue voistueuonoj .uie oiaie re a aires Mthat a School or Schools shall be established -br the Legislature, for 'the convenient instruction of youth. With sucn sauries io me masters, pa the publicu may--enable theHorn struct at low prices, and that all useful lesrning shall be Uuiy eucoarajea-in one or more universities. At the time when this instrument was frauHl, the public mind was most deeply excited, on all subjects connected with the rights of man. The fundamental prin ciples of civil government were more nniversally discussed, and more tho roughly understood than at any subse quent period. The social edifice wa regarded aa resting upon the -virtue and intelligence of the people. The prin ciple which bo one presum -d to con trovert then, is true now, or our whole representative system is a delusion and a mockery. It must be carried into effect or the solemn decimation of the father of his country, thai in propor tion at the itructure of government gicti force to public opinion, if it esaen tial that public opinion should be tn lightened, becomes unmeaning and use less jargon, and our once revered Con stitution a dead letter. - SPEECH OF Mil. WISE, Q.V THE SUBJECT OF THE LATE JiEr'JLCJTJOJVS. raie.tr, Dec.21, 1838. ' Mr. Wise rose' to address the House oira-Mr. Cambreleiigs motion for a se lect committee to investigate the defal cation of Samuel Swartwout late .col lector at New York. Several centle- men solicited him to deter his remarks until to-morrow. Mr. Wise decliued, and said: - 5 Mr. Speaker: After once losing the Boor in the manner I did, by complying with such requests the other da y.and by your decision yesterday that petitions had- precedence for thirty days Over this motion, 1 leel very tmiul ol locofo ism in yielding it again. I see, sir, gen ttemen desire that this d'tscussinn should not proccd,at least not yet They at e a fraid that public sentiment will be fore stalled. They are heartily sick 6f this subjectalready, and would glxlly get rid of it altogether- For their sukes, then, I shall go ont let them be patient under the operation; if they are hungry, let them go home and get their dinner: 1 shall not have concluded before their return, for,jrfefustno"rv" terials; 4hey have only laid up for theselves wrath against the day ol wrath, I feel better prepared, much better, in body and mind, than I was belore, and, with this bank of docu ments before tne, I could reign forty i e a r i . . .i . - uays anu lorty minus upon tuetr sins and iniquities! Sir, in my rambling remarks the other day I said many things which 1 win prove now. l said the proposi tion of the gentleman (Mr. Cambre leng) did not go far enough. Instead of inquiring only into the manner and extent of Swartwout'a defalcation, it should propose an investigation of the official conduct of the Secretary, of the Treasury, with a view to his impeach ment,' if sufficient be found on which to base the articles of specification. : Let gentlemen understand ue. I measure my terms. I sp ak in no spirit of bravado. I declaim not when I say that if a majority of this House would do their duty without fear, fa vor, or affection, the -Secretary of the Treasury would, before this House ad journs, be impesched. If ever a felon deserved thetiuman's knot, the -See- rettry Bf th Tf easury? Levi Woodbii rr. deaervea imweachment! 'I"hi Ia the proposition which I wilt now ceed to demonstrate. s6,; This is n bold declaration; I know the weight of its responsibility it re quires some exertion to prove it; and I must be permitted to go back a little. to take a review of Ilia-past from the begintug, and to gather, and group, and array all my exhibits and proofs. To go back to the beginning, then; yon an nmrw tnai tins present Admin, istration rliat now is, is only a continu atioq of the one . which weal beforo ita dilereat stage ol the same disease. It came Into power reform Adminislra- Uion, an ineeittgatmg Administration. Yes, sir, they were hotirv the pursuit and detection of all the inlquiiTeVor tne reign ol the venerable gentleman before .tne, fMr. Adams,; and . they tonnu victims on wnom - to glut end l gorge , their party vengeance, oa whom to vent their . holy hatred of corrup tion, end through whom they might rain public connaenrc by making an example of one offender, whiih ..would at once blast the character of, the past Administration, and emblazon their own immaculate purity and self-right eousness. They succeeded.- .Their first and last victim was Tob'ss Wat kins -rltey seized uponYtiimUiid his ef- fectsirlcarcerated him 'nearly ; four year for a defalcation of less than four thousand dollars, prostrated the power ana the party whu tMrusted Mm with placend ingraciated themselves in the favor ot the nation as pure patriots and honest mcnwhowontd reform and re trench all abuses, and wh-j, were, them selves, incspable of like transgres sions. They were vTgilaol and faithful, en ergetic and eftictent,' untiring' and re lentless they wept like,. new brpoms, they swept cleatr as long a any of the jrigilatit and fauhful discharge dirt of the Adams. Administration wa left in any of tbe departments. ThVy in this, time exposed j I the enormities ot tneir preoecessors, and . uegan to form a character for themselves. It wa thought'that they tlier who liad beeu sttcb scourges to alf offenders a gainst the purity of the Government, would hardly be suspected of like of fences theioelves.( But, mark you, air, -as aooit aa. ine intmacauu Admin istration Tt.f General Jackson had been long enough in power to conceive ini. quity and bring forth corruption and . 9 . , i i.i . .. crime, worse leinoiu uiata.tr tnan had ever before been perpetrated, all at Once we wi .ness an entire change, and hear from 'the parly" a ilitTerent tone. The cry of corrruption was uow heard from another quarter the trumpet blast came loud and long from a different point: of the field. The Post Office Department was urat charged with every crime in the caleh dar of malversation and malfeasance in olliee. The charges were denied, those who made them vilified, and investiga tion was -Cornell and scoffed at, until the complaint became too popular - to, be ptrherded longer; a committee was at last granted by both Houses of Congress, their investigations could not be stilled, and their reports from both sides, ih both branches of Congress, ex posed more bribery and corruption, more flagrant violations of official du ty and crying ;' abuse's of ofHcial power and trusts, than had ever been charg ed or dreamed to exist. The Admin iatration made a narrow escape; they run the gauntlet through this exposure, and they , were by it tangfiM lesson which tliey liave'cvtrVmcc remember ed u,Vt foolisMy again to grant or yield to ' another investigation. To appease the public indigtiiilion Mr. Barry, the only honest man among that den of thieves, was given over to rtie tender mercies of what A fohf.ioh mission! O. B. Brown was permitted to resign with eclat and the gains ho had laid up against a day of trouble from Athe profits f favored mail con tractlrs, nd the rest -and -worst --"of the robbers were retaiucd in Dieir pla ces. - 2. ' ' "BuT; sTr.Twas iiol fur ""permit ting the Administration to be "whipped end ceaKriPl'after.conVictio men ngainst one Department, the Post Oiliec,alone; 1 believed that there were othei Departments as foul, and that in vcstigation was more necessary in the Treasury Department, especially than any other. 1 sn vharged doriiij tlie I long; session of 1833-6. 1 was laughed y&A ujan. I he uioue. tU'iuiuncr J were I and my friend (tr. I'eytonJ placarded lor calumny and lalseliood, . 'ti authority?' in the Official Organ. s During that session, whilst there was time to investigate, we were not 'heed-: ed, except by bitter denunciation-fur. Value clamors. But our clamors brought forth fruit at the next session an official notice, though iudircct, -iu - the Message ot the President the "last annual Message' ol the Greatest and Best In December, T83G, General lack son sent to us his last annual Mes sage, "in which lie gave a certificate d honesty, probity, and good demeanor to all the office of all the Executive De partments. It was given, no doubt, expressly to falsify tho charges which hail been intimated by' myself and tth -. era at the previous session, respecting the then connexion between the Treas ury and Reuben. M, Whitney, Jle held toConggress this language: v : "Before conrluJiog lliis' fisiwr, -I think H tie le tbe various Kxvcutive Departmerila to bear testimeoy to tbeir irosirraua rootlilioo, and to the ability and integrity with which Ihry bate, been conducted. : - It baa bretr my - aim- to ea force in all of them a ugihuU and faidtfut dia. charge of the public huaiiicjia; aiul ii i gratify ing ttf aae .to believe that titers ia no just cause of eoaiplaiol from any uuaru-r, at the manner in which they have fuljiUnJ Uie olyort uf Uieir creauoat .;'''' And, air, as if t'gie this cerUffcate all possible solemnity of asseveration, it was made immediately t precede that closing paragraph in which, as wjth a . sigh.of regret heaved from the bosom of the Old Csesar at tfie thought of leaving power, fie pours out his grat itude to nio fellow citizena for their encouragement and so pptu-t expres ses his conscioasness )' having t ome short of all he desired to accompfish, his confidence Tflva favoi able ''''c.iist'rU'i tion ef his motives, his consolation that his errors would find i corrective jn the inte tigenceand pati iotisin of those -who would aocceed him, his -inajtira-tion of increased confidence irt our in stitutions, and his pledge, if spared by "age and infirm health in rctirment," so mucli desired by him. t invoke that bencficienf Beitiglo whoa ; providence we were already so signally indebted, for the continuance ot his blessings on his beloved country. ' . Wew7lT aooiTa ! whether tliere were errors o be corrected, ao time hsi develoed whether J'iiitclligehce and; pitiiotism sufficient in those who suc ceeded him have been found ' to 'apply the corcfitt?r?.,'! , . Sir, I forthwith joineil, , i-ue with the propositions of tills certificate. I reviewed this last annual, message." in a speech, to which I now refer.' as nart I of the rea'6f:,thia--subjectl ucnieu tne proposition 1st.. That- the vaiiourExecutive tiepartmcnti jwere in a prosperous. condition i2d, TtaUhcy had vii 'cn conducted rWahnity and iteat ity. 'A . Id ' Xli. ii kll a. ,i ,i 3d. I hat it pad been the aim of e wi .Executive to enforce in ill uf them a- ' " 'f 'the public but.ii.ess.' 4th. That there was no just cause ofw ' complaint from any qusrter, at the manner in which they had. fulfilled the i, objects of jieir creation. . .' I chargeiL the. very reverse of fhese ' propositions upon jli'e pure, virgin Ad ministration of hint who' could do no 1 wrong, snd deified it was more cor nipt than that .which had, on : the pleav - f corruption; bre.Jhrut-out of -wji.. er. 1 pledged the prool, auwuetnand- ' ed " committee. It was not until within one month and twelve tlays of -the- 4th of March, 1837, of the expira-, lion of the 4lh Congress, that 1 waa able to wring from a reluctant Kxecw- . live majority the apMiiutinent of a couimitlte of inveatigation.' It would never have been granted had not an ia sue been tendered by Hie. President , himself, ' .- . ; t - And here, sir, before 1 proceed ira, the regular tKroiiology of my history ol investigation, rtnusi pause to draw -1 your attention to the Message of Pres ident Van Buren of Dec. loth, 1858, Iransmiltting Mr- Secretary Vood bury's report of Dec. Cih, 1838, "in relation to the -recently discovered de fault of Samuel Swartwouf," Stcfc Such ia the new title of this old v " Tbe fact disclosed iu this repot tyj( whtch 1 wish to call your attention, in, that the deficient of Mr. Swart wput at the ind of each Bucccisireearj wafr as lot tows: On die Slat December, 1830. fSCJJ 34 Oif die 31atleawiber; 1831, 1.168 67 On Iba, lal December, tm. 30.BU1 Ul Oa Hie 31,1 December, 1833t. 35,298 61 On t1ia 3tl December, 1834, - 60,370 04 On the 31st December, 1835, 137.061 69 On the 31st December, 1836, ' 3.SG.71S 6 On tbe 31st December, 1837. I 01 fl,t55 3 On die 2aih ilaiOi, 138, 1,384,104 e - Thus is it uow officially reported by Mr. Woodbury in 1838, who was him self Mr. Secretary at the head of the. Treasury Department in DoirmbeiJ. I33C, when the certificate was given, that then, at the very date of the pre sidentY certificate -f- Iimvety and pro, bity ability and inteiitv, Mr. Swart wout's deficit was B530.718 C9!!! So much for'lhe4'iinti,grily' of the thief of ficer of the custom-house at New York. VtiJte I waa denotiocedlJor inKnuaT-"" ing even a breath-tif -suspirion that any one tf the Pi esidentV pets was im pure, here wa tlie tdftccr in rcceifil i.f customs at the very flood-gate id du ties the very emporium of commerce, emlxj.i.ting public money to the, timet f 33(J,O00lAnd was lie --alone a defaul ter? Was it at the receipt of customs alone that the public money was pur- VS t Vt . SS . -ST. fW rtf s:jr t-jn. t'r-im.i-v olliee, too, were nN lie same . date e- qffttlly in -default, -.-morally and in a pecuniary point nl view.- I hue were fenr and fifties of cas even "worse in moral .turpitude, though less ui amount of dollars and cents, than the rose: of SwartWDUt. as I will show director by House iiocumeiit. JSo, 297, datvd March GO tli, 1B38, coiitainiujr the' olli cial correspondence of Mr, Woodbury with receivers, and the reports of com-.;-inissioners upon tlie tomtit ion" of . their nlliccs; a document which shows default-tig i.eceivns were as numerous . as land cilices themselves. 'l tlid wot know of t'lese cases then no one had heard a whisper of th defalcations of a single one of the long list which is now repotted. All : was then kept 3uielly and snugly concealed in the ark chamber ot ilr. Woodbury's secret cabinet, ' I did not 'know, but in Vankee phrase. I . a great deal, tttoatgh not ha'f of what in since told. ' , . - - .., To return to my. history. I . chal- -lenged the opportunity of inquiry and investigation, atid not uutil -tha.-1 7th : day of January,. 1837, tlje session ne cessarUy toexiiire on llie4th of Marchi " it Was grantitu-grnilginglydelaisive-"" ly, hypocritically, it ia tiwe. but it was granted. ; .-:... j : '-i-i-. ' V"-- -' Now let us see what then weie the doctrines and practices of ihe Adinin iratiojif the Presidentbf the lieads of Dejiarfinent, of the Speaker of tho House. if the Committee snnointl h"i- - W'imof the Hou.e itselCand the wlude party, ttmcftrng- the Hghfi aiirt. powers and duties of investigating the official . ; ment? k 'V - ' ' Sir the while nart v. frnm th lent down to arfwrwTrmrtett Iri ver"' ry device to evade; and finally defied and demwticeil.-alHiiquiry and alt in-"- -vestigatlofl, 1 Von all ttlhmptedV"" the rJ.Mn warnet-th--rtiii hid them, , After ostensibly giving foil : scone in tlse resolu tion of "inxjoiry,' to ' v gullljie prerple wiiV fai pretensions; i lyou sliat the dnors of the DepirtmVnts; ! j ei an resmu nons ami inter rogatmTes tit . he committee rooms! ' (n the 17th day of January, 1 837, the ,Hoti uf Representatives passed. thefdlowihg totntioni--f.' Hesnlrej, fliet ao much uf tho ,Prei.lriit'a Mess.ige is n-latea to I be Voiitiiion of ihW'vsri- . Ji-eutim Hejartmenlv't'a atiillijr and In- , 'egriiy with ...widen they hsve, beetreeoduetei', the viilantanil fardiful disrliargn of lb pnlilie ,. bufioeea in all of thent, bimI ihe causes of eopi. plaint, from any quarter, at "the maimer in whieh tHey have fulfilled the oljerta of lhair erratioo.Vb" referred to a aetect rommittre ef v nine niembers' whh power to send for petaooa and papera, and with instructions n Inquire irr- ' to lh eoniliiiiiu of the various Eierouve lle- partnient,tlie ability: and intrgriiy with -which they hveJ'Mn ron Joctej, Intn th. msniipr in which she rnrllitl1mdtic'.ti; teen dirlirgedT In all of itirm. and into nil caiin of emnnlninl. from anv quaiter, it die manlier in which ra'd UriaaeMiror tlreir WrMM'?eav I "V" f;!wjf dt la.tvervdtreclry or indirectly connect Utieaaa an sae man m,utu , ,,, vriptmn I them in any manner, ofrleially or bnoHicialtv. f-l1 Miilh in .4ntiea periaining to the pubJieiirterestj It' -f.it. 4h. 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