Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-12
-. Tho Fren n Minister .niled from Now York
:, n. uayre packet, on tn" 9th INST.
poSr OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

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.r.,s IN the II r,sc # Representa- ives, on III"
9th February. Mr.. Bca'd'ley. of N T. one u
-. uomer. OF the investi :at"s com nittc- ami
, t,, nj If the a I'm niStrut,"n IN III h suspect
~ hy J.dye W IS trend. of beng rnthcr IN IN
IL 10 Mai B,rry, IN consequence OF the Ma
;, ,,,,cd Or reno, Of at srntleman a EEK
yp.,d4n. over NJ. Wa Buren,, in the co'r-e Of
=, .,.e,h remark II that /" tn. postm,,'er Grnc.
mi md beer Iib-ral Ia fault aud almost brvoni II
f,a,." AT thl. expression, Mr.. pcvton Of Tn
. h,nk 6-r who dennunce': this I" s,ie
III ~. 81 he callc it, nnd eyiol ci VI Barry n
| .ve,y p,skon Of ph Ivy MIR. b ari'ley, thus
.,.,.J v,wed that he IN :int nJhing dlSrcsp c..
fd,o m. Postmaster q neral III I'd no d ''b OF his
,,cy,uv snI 50 fotth-bu nat he had tani 5, aud
me ,f ,hse fml was too M Ing d'sP 'si;ion,
v,,ch 9th rs less no vest had taken adv,ntase or.
AL ,arra,seJ his j pr n, nj This called II
NJ, W C.. Jonnson, Of M,ryland, who spoke
on quo i f.rent key. We 'K' io~ e1'
! tracts:
"#Nr. w. C. J,hns"n proceeded II ex"ess h''
,nnre dsa probation of the bl III every shane and
form The u, par msn was IN a state OF soso u'e
bmkrdp'cy.
al. v,ulnow express his convlc ion u'on this
a,n thu, tina deaa.,ncn W s""r'u,'I fro n hrai l."
bo', through snh 'hreagh a"d tor he Postmaster
! G n raj, he b4l,eye h 10 be calp4hc as any
oic under his eonrol.
"Hls obi ,cti,n was MT TO the b II in detail hn
10 tnc / IN the asgrcs IT.. u way chIc Al tel /"
rtfease the -xpent,t,,o aud p,,o age "f the -
yern nsn, st I'M VII u was corr 'rt e"un n
| iran one end to h. othcr, froH TIC Post Masr'
/ General down IL tn. inI,i sub u1init OH: Ger IL
tn service. lie maie tins cci,r"''ol, b"cin>e h
bell we'd IT, and because he had data an ! facis o
| ius ain IT.
| rh,, boil d.nnneia,io, chilled up Mr.. Have. Ut
Ky, Who ,sscd h,s h eulo nun on thu Integrity
| 90 6rnness Of the P,.m,s'o G ne, al hn nj
| mnfct,hu h. hui EtaNs an l thu thes" fuuls ha
led Ia he cm5u mr. IS sn,snt uni almost the run y
| h, D part nsnt. IL. called an NJ. Johnson 10
the groun =. of his chArsn. az INST VI Bany',
lnlngaly.
NJ. W. C. Johnson sal that having b'e, cal
lei op,n So repeatedly TO a.s,-n tho grounds upon
xcn re ,d 10 nj d ms as.rttn,', no ros" for IN.
purpose Of d1,r. Sd. II h, not fit disposed Ia
mrerrip the hon0rablc n,nm 'rr On Il n'u XIV -
HI, o 3 rvations; bit he wonlI taSe rirs o'ca,ion
10 s,y once for ALL that alho III, he dad n IN the
lpss do,b the -inc,rtiy Of ,ha sentlrnan's "ln
IONS that The Pos,m stor was an hancs'. high ~ ~
ID, and honorable mar j; at the sane n n. he ii
hl rtract the srnInten: winch nc Ia expire sStl n
few NON 'ns before. On he c1nfr"y, repeated
that he believed tn re was cor upton from b'sia-
mn. to end from 'ai - irot, from m hughes &
the vest office in The Department. He i'd MOI
intend by this assertion, to crim'naic any lid v'd
ualspsralcly he Ike VI the Department IN thf
aggregate.
lie had been asked for the data or which h
had iorm.d his "pno,. lie would give dat'
ar J. was her ,Jersro'1 to ,lln l. TO the vote
olhe Senate, at the Inst session OF Con.'rss pro-
Ooloclng a. opinion tn IT the Department, '"t H.
onIs or its suborjinatc ofi;, rs oalv. on that he
drarmcnt Ind viola ed the cons ION I'd laws.
W unauthor ii ans, md ex +, al o" 'nc
Nj J. roI inr.I. were W TO b. told tlh these
h"gs were done by subordinate officer. and that
We had Of the whole dep 'rtin nj tie rom
samt1 H.. fr cue. held III head If the d. ri
ncns 10 be the Responsible MN he lonk ii VI"
hin as n guilty md vi iu,l, and IN say IN h
sh not The responsible man would be T." sn''hR
hon the PLAN pa h nf gu, duty. Were membcs 10
Enlightened from their propricty we're 'hey 10 nc
HlVen 'rnm he no resi- expression ut III r ot'n'oh'
hen col, upton deep nd rink was stalk a"o''
ach cve'y m ~ might gaz upon. aud which u"
man could DENY tIe would say 'hs, tho head "f
tpartmrn, when nc knew that such cor'up 'oh *
ird and refused to remove individuals who might
NAVE causci j., was himself accessory 10 the cor
aiun anil Therefore. crIm,n l. No no 20 able
mia tou'd deny that surh W The IA t There was
ehhtm,ton strong that these OH 'crs hal hre"
guilty Of corruption. AMI even Of br'b'ry, and YET
"Fy were lnucd IN of1i:c: and IT the P"stmaS
kn'w that such prac ICES were IN exist'rce h"o
!" con'inu d the def ,uins individuals N DIN ;c'
"e"fesslble conrlu ion W IS. that he h'ins'H
o'"er than hs officers. This, Al least, WAS me
oa''a'"o which he (Mr.J had COM. and he
'u ne hat arrived at 1t asaI hono able man
''' 10 DO Others nigh, entertain diff rem "p'n-
Wv ana they md right TO 10 90. he had ''"
" MS dny TO cxnress his sentiments; ne was
w ware Of the responsibility he hat incurred
W ~ wouli never shrink from It. Hc would
UPON membar Of Congress as u rccrcan' 10
, ~"u" which hal been reposci IN HIM, " ne
urn away fom full and fearless "vo val OF
Sp'n'on tie homes ly en- srlaln d. on this or any
.")ic'. lie, however, had spoken these SEN
"'' with no personal Ilsrcsp ct tow 'rds inc
''s'tr; he knew MIN not, or ifhc q, ne ma
,., q'a'n'ance with him. lie had no person. ~
MAJ. crafty en- II on the ono han no song"
a.eh or COLLISION Of sen,im A. with any IN M
,,. oe House, on the o her, he should always
ns' ' ms opinions whenever he considered !" MS
Wy 10 60"
ner d. bate, Of . personal character. took
bf,..'anno' the House finally adjourned. in state
~is,,s S'nee tho foregoing was IN type, we per-
''''' . dasi had nesfiy grown out u the soFs'