Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-07-24


partment was .toise-a true and correct
one was called for publicly by the Sc
nate, and in the desperate hope of in
ducng that body to place it among their
secret papers, without critically compar-
ing it with the Blue Book, it was sent to
them when in "secrd session" Was
there ever more palpable .fraud than
this! Does it not at once stamp these
accounts as bribcs which were so palpa.
BIZ such, that the desperate "Experi-
ment" of .to'se Report was resorted to,
in order to concea al them from the People
But these are not the only cases of
newspaper bribery which was thus at
tempted to be concealed. HILL s. BAR
TON, Editors of the Mem Hampshire Pa
i''ioi, Isaac HIPS paper and now edited
by his brother,) received according to
the "Blue Book" only 81 ,494 sc; but
by the Report made to the Senate in "se-
cret session." and never intended to see
the light, it is admitted that they received
during this same period, s. ,543 26.!
SHArRAcK Penn, Editor of the Louis
rHle Public Adrertiser, is put down in the
Blue Book as having received S2,397
81; but by that damnng document sent
to the Senate when in "secret session."
after being withheld nearly three months,
it is admitted that this too, was the sub
ject Of false Report, and that this Par
ty Editor was paid by the Post Office
for "services rendered" during this very
period, the sum Of SO, ,566 SO
/ 1t is unnecessary to pursue this branch
Of the subject. 1t is sufficient for our
present purpose TO show the people, that
pending the period of the late Presiden-
tial contest, the Post Office DEPARTING mt
paid to Francis p. Blair, of the Globe,
Green, of the Boston Statesman, Hill, of
the New Hampshire Patriot, and Penn
of the Louisville Administrations par
! tizan Editors,-the enormous sum Of SIX
| TY-EIGHT THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THREE CENTS, and in the official
Report of the Department, there was
willully suppressed Of this amount, the
sum Of $40 ,587 78! which it is to be pre-
sumed, was considered by the Post-mas-
ter General. himself, as a gratuity for
party services!
These are facts which cannot-dare
not be denied; and it further appears
that during this same period-when the
reelection of Andrew Jackson was lite
rally purchased from the people, by the
most barefaced b,ibe,y-the Post Office
Department expended under the title
and designation Of "TWINE, Sc" the
immense sum of SEVENTY THOU
+ SAND DOLLARS Is it any Ion
ger subject of wonder, that in conse-
quence Of the part it took in the election
Of 1882, it should now be in debt more
than EagM Hundred Thousand Dollars!!
The Post Office revenues are admit
ted to be ample, and the Post Master
/, General stated, that if Congress would
| give him $3.50, 900, he could pay off the
entire debt and refund the amount thus
f advanced by the lst March l837-three
) years. Now, to do this, which is to pay
!, 100000 in three years, shows that the
surplus revenues Of the Department are
about $500, 900 per annum And what
does this prove? Why that the surplus
r revenue during the last five years has
amounted to ONE MILLION AND A
\ HALF OF DOLLARS, and that thi:
: enormous sum of Eight Hundred Thou.
: sand Dollars :! in addition, has beer
= s1uandered in securing the reelection
e of Andrew Jackson, and paving the way
for his successor! That such enormous
sums could be thus squandered, must ap.
pear almost incredible TO the people; bu,
n they must bear in mind that we speak
3 from Official Documents, and that we
4 have showed already how it has in par,
= been accomplished by buying up Presse:
e and Editors. Let us now look at anoth-
e er mode of effecting this object.
1t appears by the Report Of the Post.
3 Master General, that he has been in the
habit Of making "extra allowances " tt
R mail contractors; and now that the whole
truth has been dragged before the pub
!, lie under his own signature, we are ut
G terly astonished at the extent TO which
: this practice was pursued, and the extra
O VACANT amounts thus allowed 10 Jarorit
,r and parii-an contractors. We can onl,
G make room for n few instances Of thi
= species of corruption; but they will b'
d sufficient to show the manner IN which
IS more than TWO MILLIONS Of dollars, ha
Z been suuandered in five years. Th'
= Post Master General, however, appear
@ 10 think this exposition Of but little mo
|. mcnt, because the revenues Of the De
e partment will enable him TO meet its in
e .debtedness in the next three years! Thi
q is on the supposiiion that il the receipt
p Of the Department, exceeded its expen
> ditures Million per annum, he woul
n have a perfect right to espend il upo
l. himself and favorites, or in any othe