Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-02-24
POST OFFICE ENQUIRY.

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The enquiry into the condition Of the Posi-
Office Department. lately instituted in the u. &.
Senate, has been smoihered, by the adoption o {
tn resolution OF Nj Grnndy, lnhibitin, inv est
CATION into the abuses aud corruption Which
alleged to have occurred in It's management,
aud which il the design OF the committee
to probe and expose 10 the public. The vote
on the resolution was sriciy party vote
vas "a nays 2l--Wita the exception of the
political hprmaphodiie. NJ. Hendricks of In
diana, who, like The pendulum Ola clock
swings FIRST side ol the fence, and then
on the Other bur Who, on this occasion, was
found in the Jackson ranks. Verify we have
an " Executive without responsibility" in
majority in either House OF Congress have the
! power to throw IA shield between The conduct
of Executive officers and Legislative scrutiny.
II IS the frs, time in our hitory, thai such a
| high-banded measure has been rerpeirated-
aud If it do not open the eyes. and arouse Tho
suspicious Of the people, then are they hood
winked by SOM mag power, aud lniled into
lethsrgy az deep as 1t is deadly. This lnvrstga.
ton never would have been thus nncere nonious
Iy cut OF. had the mi oriIy not feared the conse-
quences, On the contrary, innocent men,
eainst whom the voice Of suspicion had been
raised, would have c0uried enquiry as the only
means of rrpelling baseless impuiations
galns' their integrity. But the Jackson ma
! jority dared not uuvp the conduct of their
Posmas'cr Generat--they dared not submit
his acts to tie scrutiny and decision OF the
pcoplp--thev have rudeiy shnl the doors ofihe
Post OlIoe Department IN ihs face OF those
who boz dly barge its nfii cts with gross abn-
ses of their power and r,lien corruption in the r
ansactons-anJ, by his act, proclaim to the
void, ia terms as emphatic ds though a Jrry
had passed verdict upon tAem that they are
" GUILTY, and dare not expos, tie " secrets
oribc,r prison house" Wll the peop, tams~
~ submit 10 thls decision viii tbeg again
give then SURFACES to men, who do what they
pto 80, throw away the public money on
court layoIites-tyranically Cypress those who,
10 tho ex rsise of their constitutional right, op-
pose their public policy-snbvrrt who'csome
arrangements. and introduce confusion into
the public busines.-and then triumphantly
shelter themselves and hide their guilt behind
the shield of parry vote 7 Truly. the vices
Of the times loudly call for REFORM-lhey
ca tor The election from power Of that parry
whose acts 50 vile "a to beg for Conceal
meni, aud for the elevation once more into our
councils of men, who acting from honest mo
tiyes, will at no time refuse 10 give to the peo-
pie when called upon, aa account u their stew
ardship
Mr.. CLAYTON, in his Speech, showed from
the official reports, male by the Postmaster
General (says ielte, from Wa hipo'on to the
Editor OF the Delaware Journa) that /" the De-
partment was scarcely abe TO sustain itself
nop, aud nut become charge on the Trea-
sury, unless better managed, in short time
II. expenditures last year were $50 900 more
than in the preceding year and the snrpl1s
fund, amounting to ; 230,0OO. which were saved
bv Mr. Nc Lean, and iranterred to the hands
Of Mr. Barry, are MI gone Ihese are your
economists aud democrats people of Vrgmln !
who we're o lessen public expendtures-psy
off the National Debt. before you were aware
of il-rednce your taxes--iniroduce republican
simplicity 10 the management of our affairs
and expose all their dnings to the public scru
tiny fairly and above board =! Are you not
sally disappointed in the result Have you
DOT realized the force of the ep'aph, which
was inscribed upon The tomb Of discon'enfed
aud unfortunate man e" Tt0as well 10
be dsttcr--dnd here an -
we shall publish the Interesting Deh1 10 on
This subicct As soon AS our columns are olsen
gagged from other matters, which CHAIN earlier
attention.