Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-07-01
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COMMUNICATED
rLAiN MATTERS OF FAcrs--undenicd and ff,,,
de,.id6ie.-No. III.
ONE AT A TIME.
ONE AT A TIME
CoNSTRUcTiYE JoURNfES.n


Constructive Journies'' are BECOMING. rri,.
fashionable and quite profitable, whilst agricu.
lure Is gong out oil fashion, and has become ,ittar
y nnproh'able In the Report OF the Committee
Of NE. MMeS.re9enment, is the following passage:
at - 900. In MAY 1927 il appe,r, that, ',or 90,
purpose, he was sent by the Secretary OF War nm
On a mission to several Indian tribes, and the sum
oil Si'1eo advanced to him. Mr.. McKenney WIS
also associated with Governor Cass TO hold ,,.a
~ with the Indians at Green Bay, for which he
charged as compensation, the sum of Eit,llT
oOhLAkS tor crery % miles traoeired. ana
EiGHT dollars per day while engaged in makinsr
inc treaty at Green Bay. Mr. Mckenney settled
us us accounts with Governor Cass, or Mr. Forsyth.
nis Secretary, and charged not only his mileara
or gong, but also $500 for Returning from Green
pay 70 Washington, Is"0nd tDhich ;ouyney * +
DIi' NOf MAkEIl From this point, in u,,l :
suahce OF me instructions from the War DEPART
nent, he visited, by way of ST. Louis. tho Indians
IN mississippi, Alabama and Georgia; thence q,
washington For the latter service, upon his re-
u'h' ne presented his accounts TO the Department.
ior settlement, amounting to -FOUR rHoUsANn
H hGMDREp AND rHIRrx-Two DOLLARS"
WE, W hehHy then, performed no such Jour
hey he proceeded from, Green Bay to the South
without previously returning to Washington as hs.
charged. Ought not the people TO check the pro
OF ths iaciie fashionable mode ofputting their
'"ohey IN the pockets OF the parasites of govern
| ment! They find their public officers will not d,
u 'of mem; and they must, therefore, do il for
themselves. Mr. Barbour, Secretary at War SANG.
.ioeo thiS entry, and has thus contributed his mite
| 10 'inate the Treasury records. Notwithstanding
'h's most inischevous offence, and other miserable,
condescensions, the President and Senate hsve bo
nored him with the Office of minister to London =
Ian the American patriot, whatever be his per-
sonar preJudices, look upon this transaction without
J aS'ohishment! What reliance can he have uno,,
the pn"c agents who have approved and sancti-
onen Such an offence against the sanGrty of their
treasury records: Gan he fail 10 see that reward
ing such acts. by public honors and emoluments.
| VIII extend the corruption to all public officers
ana particularly to the Treasury officers? Under
such circumstances, what becomes the first duty NJ
,he people the constitutional censors of the pub
nc agents-Surcly, TO apply the rod of elections IN
an neiauters OF every descriptions and to all who
countenance tlIeic Elections are the only means
IN Their hands, for the correction of such sbonna
uie abuses, and they abundantly sufficient If
properly applied. Let then the people in their eIec
nous regardless OF person. party or possession, re-
Jec' every public agent who has ever given any
gouh'ehance, IN the rcmotest degree to vi,ate the
irc'sury records. If this be DONE the Republ;c
may be saved; and the Peoples money be nre.
served Tor public uses il not, the fate ofthe Re
puhiic Is sealed, and the oppression of The people
inevitable and without end. Let then the neonIe
al ihe approaching election reject their plumber
ing pubic agents and do themselves ustice-wbich
The same public agents have not done, and never
VIII TO- under the present examples.
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