Litchfield enquirer., 1837-05-04
.r-7ss N Y Cory;eT ond Enquirer.

Whig and the TOry-and the difference oec ,w,eeS fhem are not merely on questions ct s,xUed;encv. on matters relating to the nl- .0,1fe details of government, but they lnVoLve liberty, prosperity, and all that maEes nle dear-even the permanency or tnat IOr'h oA government under which we were born.
 We may by some be thought to exagger- ate; yet there are few rehectlng meo' wno ;n the political events of the last few years, jo not turn pale at the thoughts many of them irresistibly excite, and draw from them ominous forebodings of the future. 1t IS no1 in one department ol government, but i'll all mot in the federal government alone' Dut in the State and municipal governments al- so. that they see those signs of corruPtlon' which are the infallible indications ot dlsso- lution. If we but turn to the proceedings ol the last Congress, what a ghastly spectacle do they present! Investigation into the most serious charges, smothered by majority, and such charges too, as honesty instead oi avoiding. would seek to repel. When the Postmaster General was told, Sir, com- Danv of individuals, it is stated, had Purchas- ed a large body of lands from the ChlcKasaW Indians, and when by treaty they ceded these lands to the United States, a stipulation was made that these Indian titles should be con- ;1irmed, but it being thought (well 1t might . 6.l ratify such treaty, it was deemed desirable to secure the interest in its favor of some per- son. whose influence over him would induce him to Go it. Was your interest, Sir, secur- ed fer this purpose and was it secured by The gift to you of one twentieth share in these lands, on which million of dollars have been gained are you guilty or not guilty Z" What was then the answer given by the Post ,oaster General? ~ decline Gnsacerang the question" And this answer was permitted to ,pass as all sufficient by majority. 1t was an investigation into private afafrs, the sensi- tive patriots said, and therefore should not be made. Nor did it stop here. Reuben M. Whitney, a notorious individual on the pris- on limits, is by species of legerdemain made Treasury agent for the deposite Banks-a paper was produced which was sent to these Banks, stating that his appoint ment was desired by the President and Sec desire which it may be easily SUD- posed while these Banks were seeking like needy beggars for the patronage fthe Trea- suGy, was equivalent to an express order yet when an endeavor was made to fix the act upon its author, it was again prevented by vote of the majority it Uas pricote bust terrogated as to the transactions of his de- partment, tells the representatives of the peo- ole, the inquiry made by them implies a doubt of his honor, and that he therefore will not answer it. Something of the same kind is done by other public officers-thus all in- vestigation is arrested at the threshold, and one of the first principles of treedom--the strict accountability of the servants of the people-is totally disregarded by majority on pretexts the most frivolous.
 The Senate of the United States, in servil- ity, has even gone beyond the House of Rep resentatives. It was not sufficient for the Se- nate on a matter of policy, to express dis sent to the opinions of the previous Senate, which as all reason and common sense tells us in the legitimate exercise of its functions, it has right to do, but it absolutely brands those opinions with disgrace and ignominy as far as it could, and racks it's ingenuity, to find a contrivance how to do it.
 volume might be written in pointing out the base corruption which has pervaded the Tory majority in the Federal Legislature; nor, as might be expected, are other branches of that Government better. See the Chief Justiceship of the highest judicial court be- slowed upon an individual as reward for an abiect compliance with the dictates of f.the President-an individual before unknown to public life, and whose whole public life is confined to these very acts.
 It would seem impossible, that such state ofthings (and the sketch we give of it is ne- cessarily very confned) could exist among people who have constantly before them the impressive lessons left them by WASHING TON; and it is only to be accounted for in one way-by the immense number of otfice-hol-
 ders existing among us, who drown the voice
 of the people, and thus lay desolate, like a
 swarm of locusts, the fair field of freedom.-
 We are confident that to this cause, and to
 this cause alone, is to be attributed the sue.
 cess the Tory party have met in binding the
 people to the consequences of submission, tt
 the destructive course in which they are lea
 ding them. s...
 Our country is so extended, that it is hard 1y possible to realize the extent of the pat Tonage of the general government. We, or the Atlantic, never think of the host of office
 holders strewed along our western frontier
 lin connection with the immense domain o public lands, or with our Indian neighbors sand then come the public deposites. Oul sing, contribute to swell the list. And wher to all is added, as in this State, the patronage of the State Government, its Canal Commis sioners, Bank Commissioners, Safety Funt Commissioners, Inspectors, Notaries, witt uhe whole host of other office-holders, we asl
 if the number of all be not sufficient to can
 ker and destroy the best form of government ever imagined? for all hold their very exist
 ence at the nod and beck of the Tory party
 whilst that party admit that the attainment and tenure of office, is the price of supservi. ency to them.
 At present, to this Federal and State pat. ronage, is added here the patronage of the city government and it is in relation to this
 subject, we have written the preceding re.
 marks. It will soon be at the disposal of the
 Wings. We have seen and all feel, the