Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-12-17

q UoNal iToiii ttiuSo CdHSeS WHICH nave mere
!. iofore depressed all and destroyed man
i; of the tribes cannot fail to stimulate thei
exeriions aud to reward their industry.
: The two laws passed at the last session
Of Congress on the subject Of Indian aii'lir
have been carried into effect, and detailet
instructions for their administration hav,
been given. 1t will he seen by the esti
mates for the present session, that Il grea
reduction will take place in the cxpendi,
lures of the department in consequence o.
these laws. And there is reason To be
llcve that their operation will be salutary.
and that the colonization Of the Indians on
the western frontier, together with Ju-
fdieions system of administration, will
still further reduce the expenses Of this
branch OF the pubic service, aud at the
same time pr0mole It's usefulness and elf
cheney.
| Circumstances have been recently de-
veiopel, showing the existence Of extensive
frauds under the various laws granting
p,enslGus and gratuitles for Revolutionary
services. 1t is impossible to estimate the
lrnoun. whictI may have been thus fraud
u.ently objaine,' from the national trcasu-
ry. lam satisfied, howeger, it has been
such as to justify Il denomination OF The sys'
tsm,S' headnptiun Of thu necessary checks
IN its administrations All will agree, that
he services and sufferinAs Of the remnan'
of our Revolutionary band, chould be full
~ Compensated BIT while this is done.
every proper precaution should be taken to
p event the admission of fabricated and
f. audulent claims. In The esent mode
ii pfocee ing, the attcslaions and Ger
lilicaies Of Judicial officers Of the various
States, form a considerable portion of the
checks which are interposed against the
commission Of frauds. These, however.
have been, and may be fabricated, and in
Isuch way as to elude detcrtion at the ex-
amazing Offices And independently OF
this practical difficulty, it is ascertaineA
that these documents are o'ien loosely
granted; sometimes, even blank cerlifi-
cafes have been issued sometimes prepar
ed papers have been signed without iuqni-
ry; and, in one instance at leis', the seal
"f The court has b4en within reach Of Il
pegson most Interested III It's improper ap-
piicatioh. 1t is Obvious that, under such
circumstances, no sc erviiy Of a1mlnistra-
non Gun check the al. Sc OF the law; and
tudloriEaliou has, from time to time, been
Communicated to The Pension Office, CUES
tipning or denying the right of persons
placed upon the pension list, TO the bounty
Of the country. Such cautions are al.
ways u'ieudej to, aud examined Bat IA
far more general Investigation is called for
And therefore recommend, in collrnit
with the suggest N Of the Secretary Of
War, that an actual inspection should be
made, in each State, into the ci~um,tances
and claims of every person now drawing ii
pension. The honest vetran has nothing
To fear from lch u Scrntinv, while the frau
lulent claimant will be detected and the
ipublic treasury relieved to an amount, |
have reson to believe, far greater than has
heretofore been suspected. The details Of
such plan, could be SO regulated as TO in
lerpnse The necessary checks, without any
burhensasne operation upon the pensioners
The object should he two-f1d:
|. To Io'k into the orig'nil justice of he
claims, so far as this can be done lder i,
proper system of reg llalions, by an exam
nati1a Of the claimants themselves, an
by inqniring, IN the vicinity of their resi-
lence, into their history, AMI int, the o.
piAion 'cntertpined of their revolutionary
services.
2. 70 ascertain, in all cases, whether
he original claimant is living and this BY
actual persnnaI iusoection