Litchfield enquirer., 1835-04-02

elouly fo8Dhbnk 0 M9oS ooupbSu1to 9l00o 10 duOe Gsct OR the popular mind and thus to favor the clutch which Mir. Van Buren s making ., tlo Presidency. Verify they have their reward!
 8. "C. g. Phelps f3d JHiy."J We do not feel the Ieast disposition do ,Lis character injustice. We have long known the his motives. aad the prin. eipies IInl ac,UaIe his political conduct. We have considered O some moment IhAl he shouid be drag. ged the light and exhibited to the world n all his native def"rmiiy. Here he is inhabitants oi Beth.
 lem! held up the public gaze as jua object of the deepest scOrn With him iI ever has been an axiorn that guibiy is one of the attributes of the popular character. He Openly derides the idea that there O such thing as integrity in politics. He considers ir all game, aud he whO can practice the grealest im- positions Ihe people with sOecess is the best fellow. Hence, instead Of inculcaiing upon the mind of his son the importance of at all times acknowledging the obligations of integrity and a,h and of ever acting with Ihe greatest sincerity and he despatch the stripling Behlem with cunning orasion tO enact the part of hypecriIe beHre public audiences Under the Sain idea of deluding much Older wi. ser, and better than hifnseC From this instance we kHow %hai the man has been about for years-whae he means when he cries federalisI GeterAlist-S aroerM! aristocrat! deniocrai dvuocrai iaIi with view to eject ! and how appreciate his conJuct when he collects nrouud him retinue of lawysFg from other couHics, and devmes whole hoirs i0 heapJ ing upon oihe most esimable characters in hs State Unreasured abuse. Electors ol the 18th SenaS iOria District has hul the arrived wlIpn v5Y 1 should make declsrai;oU of ,Poi n.leI tne nee ?- when the shameless office see key snrh he pal doTn
 and Ihe people, their uUtlOnbied rig hts their best iDteres,sf should be pat np nHl the "f pure morals oprght niifri principles aud sovnd cnns,i- luli"nal lbery, should be thoroughly vndica'e at the pols7 . AN ELEcToR. The Post OGce Department-or ths manner ia sohick
 President Jackson has cleaned out the AugeGn stobe!! It will be recollected that when Gen. Jackson was ] candidate for the Presidency ;n oppos,ion to Mir. Adams, his partizans ncessaU in their clanaors agains, the latter gentleman and his admnis,s aou for practising proper degree of ecohomy i" the df. ferent branches of .he public service. Unwsaried pains we've taken both in and of Congress to salis- fy the people that the of the nation were wasted hy shameless prodisali'y and 'ha. the mos, hideous corruption had invaded every depar,,ncu, oG the government. The cry of reform! reform was given forh and the welkin was made eio ring with vo. ciferaiio"ron this captivating satec, t ,0os said flae
 Gen. Juc4sos seas Hercules and Haa hs coud clean out the Iugeam stn6te. Hence thousands were indu- ccd to believe Una. j. expedent to turn the old master and experienced c,ew out of the ship and ] l might undergo thorough expurgaon, aud al nox- I ous principles be removed from every part of the l s,ructSre.
 In order ba' the people may form correct idea of
 the of reform which has been effected under lie
 auspices of Gen. Jackson, t is desirable that they
 should he put in possession of the facts which have
 been eIiciied ntir" ;Ge instituted by the Sen- ale and Huuse of Representatives into ,nu~-s.< Ina nah nE tinV Vn.
 The Senate embarked in this inuiry n:ore ,haarsl. l teen enmonhs ago, aud notwithstanding they as. "''~s they prosecuted ir
 with ihe greatest diligence and rmness ill a, leue,l
 they succeeded in disclosing of corrupon that aatoGnrd sve0 the friends Of the amnisi, a,iom This
 induced the House the same field of in, es.i- Saon; and during the la,e seseio" the c"tnni,les of the Senate (who made additional repo,) and of ,ha House ""ed in proclaimins ,o Ihe world the deeIs deprviy and entire romenness the department, and concurred i" reprehendig in the seycrest terms ,hg cond"ct Of the Post Master General and i;s subo di- nate officers. These reports, howeSer,ate sa volu- mnons that it is very dicu bring their conen,s 10 the Knowledge of ihe public and therefore select of the many Of allowances ,ha the pso- | pie from ONE may knoso He WHOLE.
 Ern act from he report O fse ,aoiori,v ofkhe com. mitee of hte House of Representatives, aH Of uhom l trerE JTis"dfy to Me present standardization:
 l Route l2l5. Bedtord to Biair's Cup, B miles. Route l230 Bedjord to Cumberland, B miies.
 Both roUles included in one wiih James Reesdc, lo carry the mail tri-weekly in tourhotss posi coarhes. from lst April, l632 3le December l 1895, a, $A580 per zanuuln. '
 From lst March, 1853, the mail directed to he carried daily between Bedford and Bair's Gap, aud 1 an extra allowance of $2.9lI 72 was ordered.
 This extra allowance made the letter Of Reeside aloHe. without any other evidence iha; the service ordered was necessasy.
 glance al these will show the mutations of three years. Adyertised and contracted for 1881 as weekly horse routes, at the insignificant of $2I0 per annnm, yet, within six monhs from that iiInes t-Weekly post c0aches contracted for substitute for the horse mails, and the compensation, instead of $275, mounted up 500. This is not all: within shori nt one year from the establishment of this hne of cUaches they direcled io be $29ll72 ThWsihe expcntjrire conlisAiei from Feb- ruary to December 1883. when the extra allowance was reremched, and tn Oci0her 834 0th hrught B.tk 10 horse mails at annual charge of $505. ;ss. g.s ,a .t
 The contract with Mr. Reeside was made without adserisements and of coutse without cOmpelitiOnS No paasibie reasOR hHs beeH given 10 ,he committee ior the establishment of lne oi post coaches the r0atessaAl ey~besieve UHc whatever existed; much iets, iH Iher estimation, sthe exsrn allowance be justified by the necessiiiss of ofbusness the route 'mpToved. IL appears, from statement furnished to the committee tho 9th February, that tho whole arDnant of POsinges payabe the om holh
 these Tones was shocl oi $500; the annual expen. allure On hOih was al thc rate of $7,4ll 72.
 Ihe iesiim0ny taken by the committee shows that
 large i,r0pOrliun fhe service contrac,e 0 be por.