Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-12-23

Mn. NoBLH observed. that he would m, =.
tedious; hut he would speak ss he thought ue,n
the subject. Sir. this Is al inpor ant inoniry
There is old Obadiah B. Brown no matte, ha.
rough NV expressions are) IN mat office Ths,.
is Col. r. NJ. Johnson, an agent nj the Dep.r,-
msnt, sent here by the people 81 The wei,
What about his Constituents 2-Inose A.,
lance most attendance, come oesl on, regard.
less of moral virtue. Sir, let the inq NV h.
made hy a select committee, aud those IA tAat
Office he called TO The bar OF Justice, whore the
p4Jpls may see them. W. will then all see
what hss been done there. ! would not # I
was in the majority withhold from the public
eve the conduct of General Jackson or a..
/ Other officer, down TO his lowest tnenial. d.,
/ not mean to insinuate any thing against an hon
ornhle nan but do A.seit I, said Mr.. N. no matte,
what other gentlemen may think. that a star
from tue west will soon be here. ak the
n4nle of the Chairman uithe Committee on iii.
Post Office and Post Roads Tue President
pr1 leH rep ed, hr. GRUMPY Is Mr.. BIRB M,
on iii At c ,ninitee SAID VI n. to which the
c tair replied in the negative. did think sad
Mr. ". thai he was thai committee. 1 nm
told he mas been unfortunate. | will insinnate
no hing but some think the Aegean Stable
ought to be Glean5ed \ select committee is the
/ best; let send for persons and papers.
: That was done hy another committee once
! The present Distinguishes reformer Secretsrv
]
thus rplorm abuses, and this great Message We
! ave lately had, to deprive of all OUTLET,
! from the west. | expect. said Mr. n that we
sha Il all get our wrists spfained and our zone,
b oken coming here.
Mr. BELL had few observations n mats
before the qaestIbn was II Ken. II waso lar,
he sail, known 10 every member, of the Sen.
ata that great aud heavy complaint had been
made, in relation 10 the condition of the Pos,
Office Department. Il was a TACT, he eddod
| well known that mose complaints were nn,v
made az INST that Department. thaa had eve,
been made at any time since the formation of
the government. He did not undertake 10 say
that all those compl nts well foun led
but hr believed, that IN general, they were so
II had, he believed, always been he case that
sub iects Of ths nature we're referred 10 the az
tia of a select committee such reference piv
iIg more soiemnty to tie Inqsrv aud a report
from such coHGlittec, III exCul patiue the d.,
partnent, carrying with II more WEIGHT FMS
pIHctItc, 80 sanitary, aud recomm nded to- nv
rxperleace, he saw no reason in deyi,ti,y
from. Indeed, he believed that the Po,ma
ter Genrfal hImsrll, would prefer that IA.
examiaat ON into the management oil bis DE-.
partment, should be made by a select co nn,i.
tee; for if the facts came out, the conpl mt,
which had been made were unioun.ied an px-
Pltnation an Justification vi oliical condact
! y conmiiiee specially appOldttd give Il
| he strictesi scrutay, would Le more ceriaiulv
cpmpieie than 0de coming from standIn.,
cdmnlitee, whose ordinary dutIes vgers connet
ted VITA his Department. Win these views he
should vote against any modification or a..
'nendmeh OF tne resolutions.
Mr.. KING sad, II would appear from the ten
or oil the reudris oi The gentleman from New
Hampshire, VI" BELL,) that there were some
Senators opposed to the prosecution of the IL
qplry, or inveSlig alton OF tue affairs ol the post
Office Department.
llere vi. BELL ro.e aud disc aimed any
Such intention.
Mr.. krSG would then ask why wa, the gen,
! tlen'"n 50 very anxious for a reierenCe of the
resolution 10 d select COMMITTEE, when there
was contnltiee vi the Senate already organ.
ized 10 winch the subject particularly belong
ed A. II respected the objection of want Of
tiha Tor thd H,vestgauo ., urged against the
/ Camnlttoe on tue POst Office and Post Road.
IL VAS notorious, that they had no hing 10 do a..
Il bill, wetr report ID a. erred TO hen. " Y
theh, aid Mr.. hING, Is here sucn anxiety mt
ii"aied Tor The reference Of this snbectt a spt.
cal c0mnltIea l. IL Tor The purpose of 90
Tug abroad to impr~ss the pablo MAD with ihe
I htitci indt, - great nad been thr abuse OF tue
trnst An" MIA tSeneat of the affairs c jfnnu-l
IN tue post office 'parineni that il has been
''a"A az cessdfy :io oig dhIae special COM
'i' '1A 10 hh'est'g tte thein fie had 10 d yabt
inai hoi"fh'iandlng The em,nent talents ana
! uhl1ring iatistTy 81 ms dtshusa PRIDE
ce'sor, the infringement OF ne Posi- Office De
parImeni, an Ter the present incumbent would
be marked With AS IN Ich kill aud ability as
] t1tt ny which II Was cit .rhcterized at any
i"rn1r period lie wound vote iaI eam,nd
meni.
air. CLAYTON said, the gealaman frum Ala.
p3'a seranei 1" sapr0 e. n II tue object OF the
Trends t1tle iuq .rp was T. fake away tie
] t.nt H.
! Once and Post Roads because they had no
Confidence IA them. Nov, 81 Tar Is nm con.
/ - - ~ ~ III I ~ 10 SAY TO the 60
'e''"i. on a't1"ma. Tat < we 10 occasi'd