Litchfield enquirer., 1835-02-12
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 Select Committee, appointed tA Investigate the affairs Ofthe Post Office, wiIialSwas of so character, that although nearly three hours were occupied in the reading oft. t was only partly gone through. when the Senate adjourned over. So far. in the details | presented to- day. there is ample evidence to l convict the Department, sfhOse controlling l tt, of the most corrupt and wantOD partisan | expenditure. It is a repetition, but on an in- | creased scale, of the numerous instances of those transactions. which claimed such grave attehiiSnIkst year. ltwould appear. that the Northern States are the chosen places, upon which the immanse patronage of the Depart ment is more directly hroughtt0 bear. One thousand three hundred and forty post mas ters are stated to have been removed <frOm their employment, to make way for those principally whose connexion with the press made it An object to secure them!
 At Lowell, in Massachusetts, among other instances, the present post master, befure ob- ,taining the office, when applying for it. iu lieu Of the person who held 1t, represented to the proprietor ofihs Lowell Mercury, that if he
 was appointed, be would edit the paper ,oith
 out charge. He was appointed immediately,
 and thns afforded a positive proof that one ed iior, at least, pr"fted ny the Department. As
 to the iwine and wrapping paper. so called,
 sent pst at the public expense for private ben eft, there would seem to bc no end to the quantity, from the fact that on some Occa. sioDs, bundles of letters contained therein,
 were discovered unpacked. united. and ihere- fore unattended to, although directed to Port land, in Maine: an incident, however, some ssiSat less black than that which was detected In yeilr own post office-for the party receiv- ing them had the grace to return them tO the post office, for the purpose of being sent to their destlnatiOn. It is unnecessary to emu. merate the long account of frauds perpetrated m the shape of contracts and allOwances.- Sulice 1t to say. that whatever might be the proposals advertised by the post office. they were rendered nugatOry in practice by an ingenious contrivanre. Two bids always &C., companled the proposals from the favored nsuHy. Thus. for the mail from New York 10 Philadelphia, Mr. Reeside has the ostensi- ble cODtract at $6OOO, whilst there was anoth- CT. under the head {. improved" by which he receives Sl9.0OO. Another also. proposed at $700O, from Pittshurg to Philadelphia, with an'impvoved' bid at $9O, 900 more, ,was accep- ted by the Postmaster General. Tn other words. these and similar contracts might be made losing ones. If the party did not per- form serpices. easier to be understood than described, the contractor could he cut down to the terms of one bid forthwith, whilst in the other event, he would receive the favor of those who had these large allowances. to bes- tow. This, with statements without end, supported by the dispositions of various pa.- ties, of extra allowances given for seryicss never performed. fornns part of the exposures sO-day.-N. y. Anseriean.
 Washington. Jan. 20, 1885.
 The proceedings of the Senate today. were fnll of interest. The House was almost ueserted ny the members, whO thronged the NnamneF. MT. King presented the resolution uk the iegislatare of Aiabama, instructing inc senators from that state 10 use their influence fO expnnge from the Journal of the Senate inc resolution adopted by thatSb0dy in relation to the conduct fthe President in removing the public dfpOsits from the Bank of the United Stafss. MT. King, of Alabama, and Mr. Ben. ton, spoke in support of the object cOnte mpla- ted by the resolution. whereupon Messrs. Clay, Calhoun and Preston, bore down upon them in fine style. lean barely allude to one or two points in the latter part of this anima- ted and important debate. Mir. Calhoun cai- led upon the senators from Alabama and Mis-. sonri to bring in their resolution for the ex. purgation of the Journal. His curiosity was awakened to see how they would go about it. A Tact could not be expung-d, and the record of the Journal was the true record of pro. ceeding ofthis body. 4 law could be repeal ed. but fact could net. The only way in whic'i't the object of the gentleman could he oDtained. was to move resolution which would he inconsistent with the principle adop. !eo ny Inc Senate, and to reverse the opin- lon expressed by the Senate, in regard to tNe conduct of the President. They must asAume the principle that the Senate has no rignt 70 express any opinion upon the con- duct cf the President, and that the King of tne dec1"cratic party can do no wrong. The 0umn 'ee'slature ct BoDaparte would then be exn'n'ted here. The Senate might be expun- geo. put not the record of its proceedings.-l MT. Csaytons view was that to expunge poruon of ahe Journal. would be suppress son ol me truth and the suggestion of false. noo9, The attempt to ohliterate the record wou'd pc tfnltiess. We have all of us verifi- cd copies of the Journal. The senator from, AsaDama might tear outthe condemned page from his. copy. hot be could noa lear i. HS, rom Ss the copies belonging 10 his neighbors. sne whole proceedings ofthe Senate against the President, and against the Postmas,s. General. The House was the grand ino,ie., oI the nation Tor the investigation. He con. trasted his own fOrbearance in regard to ,h.. Bank 0f the United States, with the nrcc;r;. tafe violence Of the present majority against ths eost Ohice. For eight years he ha.l n. peniy opposed tho bank, and during all tha, t'me had right to demand committee ofin. sestlgation. and during pgrti0ns of tha, time ne could have obtained a cOmnittee formed on parliamentary principles. with himself n, tne bead Of le as chairman {. hnt h. c.~..h