Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-04-26

From the Washington Republican

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From the Washington Republican,
MORE SUPPRESSED DOCUMENTS IN
TIE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Outrageous as was the suppression OF
q potion oflhe public documents on the
su5Icc OF the public deposits, we hold
II To be very inferior to that which is dis
closed in the following article from a
Georgia paper, with respect to the in
PRODUCTION Of African slaves. The arti-
Gle rsell is so explicit, that but few COM
! menis are necessary. may, however,
be proper 70 observe that the General
mitchell, who was concerned in SNUG
gllns The Africans, IN regard to whom
hir Crawford has suppressed the intor-
NATION called for b, Congress, is the
particular friend and political partiz m
OF tse Secretary of the Treasury. IL
was also an officer in the employment OF
the COY eminent, but has bsen since dis
ipissai, a!tpr fan examiuation of the
6harges against him, on account of the
Introduction of these very slaves; and,
II IS understood, that Mr. Crawford
niasc use of his best eferis, to the very
las, TO retain him in oflice Another
Tact OF no small importance, is, that Mr.
Crawford neglected to prosecute, as ii
was lis duty to do, under the law and
tie opinion Of the Attorney General, this
very offender, until the the statute of Uni
stati1n had barred the prosecution j.
IS thus that the Treasury candidate is
Sal ping the very foundation OF the morals
and virtue oIthe country, T. elevate him
cell to the Presidency.-We verify be-
liege, tha, his success would furnish thu
most DIES ructive example OF political
triumph which orr history can produce,
not excepting Aaron. Burr. We call
the attention Of every friend of bis coun-
try, ard every prudent editor who re-
CARDS the public interest, to the follow
ing ar'iclcs:
SUPPRESSED DOCUMENTS.
Considerable cxcnement has been
proGoced in Congress on the subject OF
the Suppressed docunents, That a
fraud has been committed, aud Congress
imposed upon, is admitted on all hands.
Bat wno has been the delinquent! BY
+, whom has The fraud been commit ed -
Are questions that cannot ye, be answer
ed. During the last session, Congress
mad a call upon the Secretary OF The
Tr asury for certain documents, which
were furnished the house and ordered to
be printed So,ne months afterwards, II
was discovered that several important
parts OF the documents had been kept
back or omitted in printing. BY whose
oider could not be ascartalBed. The
circumstances Of the transaction which
have already transpIred--ii not sufficient
to Justify the suspicious which have
b cast upon a nigh nfhcer OF govern
,nent-at least offered sufficient ground
fer The belief that the documents were
suppressed by some par'izan OF the
S eretary of The Treasury, under the az
pfehension that the standing OF that OIL
Ger would be affected by their publies-
ton. There can be no earthly reason
why any person, other than the oecreta-
~ Of the Treasury or his friends, shoulc
wish The said documents suppressed, or
WHY they should fear their publication.
The character of the Secretary was deep
= " implicated; the documents disclosed
an intrigue with certain banks calculated
TO shake the confidence OF the nation II
his integrity. And we can comprehend
therefore a strong and obvious reasor
why MIR. Crawford should wish thenT
suppressed. But what motive could anr
one. uncornected with the Treasury de
partmeni, have, for'committing trauo
like this The subject is still before
Congress, and every disposition Is shown
TO give ii thorough and mmu,e nvesli-
cation, and we hope the fraud will be
traced 10 its true source wherever that
may be.
Bat this is not the only instance in
which the Secretary of the Treasury has
been concerned in keeping back disa-
erecble documents. Il will doubtless
be recollected by many OF our readers
that in December 1919. Congress pass
ed resolution requiring OF the oecrela-
ry of the Treasury information IN rela-
ton to the illicit introduction OF Africans
into the United States, and copies OF
such commune atoms as he had receiv-
ed in relation thereto. On the llth O
the following month MIR Crawford al
su.eret the cali by letter to the Speaker