Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-12-23
THE gIGasaSEAS.
LYNCHBURG, DEC. p, 1880.

Posi- Office Department --Rumors,appare
well authenticated, have for some weeks been
snoat, that the Post Office Department has
been converted in'o sP1rtisau establishment as
every other Depal iment ofthe Government hns
been, during the brief career of the present ad.
minisuTation-and that the public interest has
thereby greatly suffered. II has been said
publicly. and not denied even by the {" Govern
men Official winch is always ready 10 ap-
! ply extinguisher on every report injurious
10 The administration, which can he dsproved.
TT even plausiblv controverted, that in MAX in g
the late contracts for carrying the mail the EN-
SUNG four years, degree of iavorirlSm ami
partially, amounting TO gross vcnality aud cor
rupton, was witnessed, unparalleled in the an
mails Of this government, and unheard OF in the
most rotten monarchies of Europe.
II has beea said, that $50 900 per annum are
given to Mr., Reside for carrying the mail be-
tween Philadelphia and New York, when ano-
Their gentleman of high standing and undoubt
ed responsibility, offered To perform the same
service for $4,000! Aud the reason assigned
By those who appear know something of
the facts, why, under such cit cuinslanc"s, the
contract was gwen to M Rceslia, is, TINT
he is friend OF the present ddminstIa ion, mad
his competitor is opposed - IL! This same
Mr. Reside. TOO, obtained another contract iof
carving the mall between Mobile and New Or
leans on terms much more d,sadyantageous to
the government than it WAS compelled TO &C
cept-others offering 10 do tue same service for
less money, who, unlortuoaiclf, happened mol
to support the success tu candidate for tue
Presidency, al the late election II IS likewise
charged that one Of the Go ut favorites obtain
I'd the contract between Petersburg & Chefaw
=. c. although his bid vas $4,000 higher than
hat of another gentleman who would not bend
"ihe plani hinges of The knee that thrift NIGH
follow fawnng.' Other cases, to-, are cited
among them, the contract between THIS place
and Washington CITY, vas gwen 10 the present
contractor, although il is al,eged he was nh'
deibi 50 900 by Stockton aud Stokes. In re
aiI5n TO the contractor on this route, we vii
iinsly testify, however, that his enterprise, aud
exeifons to facilitate our mail communications,
are deserving oil the highest enl"g'um aud
they do receive our ~arnest thanks. We should
lave regretted any circumstance which would
have taken the contract out of lis hands.
But our personal predictions in his favor will
not permit us to suppress offending SO mann
testify to lmpeach the morality Il justice oi those
to whom is conGded the disbursement of the
peoples money about the pronlgate expen-
diture Of which, ia times past when it was IN
the hands of other men, they made the welkin
ring with their loud AMI incessant cIamors.-
They now hold the peoples purse-sIrngs; aud
the people must be told when they unite them
TO reward their fayoIitcs, and 10 punish those
who, in this nomnaIly tee country, have daI-
ed to think, speak aud vote as their best judg,
ments dictated. Il these snd other Ike alIoga-
tons he true, then, 10 borrow tie idea OF
contemporary il Is as near TO corruption as six
p nee Is to eight Cents-and II will be the duty
II the propir, as II undoubtedly MI, be then
iutefc,t to apply the corrective nj The polls.
lie National DcJi, about the payment OF
thp President in bis AnGual Communication TO
Congress, VIII be sooner lq4daed, IN proper
ion as the public money Is honestly and eco
nomicallv di,hulsed. Al all events, il was ne
yer designed that the people should he taxed,
in order that their rnlers might be enabled to
reward (svoritcs ard to PUNISH opponents. II,
on the other hand, they b, false, LET 1t be shown.
and no one will more realty do justice TO The
motives Of the persons implicated, than we,
who now impuen ten.
We should not, al this Time, have allndef 10
thi, subject, but for the movement that has
heen male in The Z. 5. Senate in relation 10
il. aud the suspicious ClrCnmsances attending
that movement. We publish this morning,
resolution offered by Mr.. Clayton, calling for
an investigation into these circumstances, and
the debate which it eicted-("h,h we copy
t,om the Washington Telegraph 1t will be
ssen That the friends of the administration were
disnoscd to shrink from the investigation. ne
veas and uays viii shaw that it WAS made
party qnestion-eyfry friend oil The admins
,,a,ion voting against the apro'ni'nent OF
S.lec, Commitee, to enquire into the iaffs'
Lnck,y. however, it happened, lha' from the
absence from Washington OF several admins
,,a,ion Senators. the opposition party carried
tb, ponr The Committee appointed IS rs II"
,art i as we could have expected IRON tue pre-
siding officer of the S'nate to VI" "e'S' :
Clayton and Holmes OF the Opposition ''F''' D
cundv and Woodbury. Of the Jackson party
and MIR. Hendricks Of the Jeacs'mea
We shall look for the report oil 'nP 'o"'""
tee with some anxiety; aud, in the "e-" '''"s >
we would respectfully suggest to them the es'