Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-03-21
For the Waichman and Joui mai.
LETTER Ill.
TO ANDREW JACKSON, LATE PRES
tDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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TO ANDREW JACKSON, LATE PRES
iDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Your pharisaical profession OF 'econotnv'
was one Of the hobbies upon which you rode
into office The words 'retrenchment and re
form were the bats that lured many an hon
est but deluded citizen into the ranks Of your
partlsahs. You Invite Congress 10 ascertain
what offices can be dispensed with, what CIV.
penses rctrenched' Again, you cannot too
strongly urge the nccecessity of rigid econo-
N.Y. Indeed your annual messages are in.er-
arded, with demagoglcal profession, with !he
words and phrases, reform 'retrenchneni,'
economy rigid economy ETC. etc.
So much for your professions. In your F'de-
Hee We behcld progressive increase in the Or
binary expenses Of government, far beyond
that OF any former period of the same duration.
With your multiplication of Offices, have
some doubts whether il would be hui
name 10 reproach you, aware as am that The
creation OF every new Office enabling you not
only 10 secure u voter but an active and indus-
trious partisan, presented q temptation TO dis
pense' with a modicum of your ample profess
sions, too powerful TO be resisted by as,y in
whom regard FOR consistency of character and
the welfare of the nation, Is crushed by an in
satiable thirst for power.
| The lawless, profiigate, undenied and undc-
nabe squanderng of large sums OF the pub
lie treasure by the Post Office Department. isa
! practical comment upon your loathsome pre-
tensions to a regard for 'figid economy and
your sincerity in urging upon Congress the
necessity Of an in1exbe determination not 10
| lncrease the wants Of government by profuso
or unnecessary expenditures clearly within
the comprehensions of the meanest capacity
not blinded by the ianccd glare Of your mill
tary exploits.
Permit the humble individual who now ad-
dresses you TO detain you at the Post-office but
u moment lonGer-the Historian will lmpale
you there. Even had you not yourself voun-
! tary and officially informed the public that
you was responsible for the conduct Of my
I officers the circumstance Of your permitting
/ Mr.. Barry 10 remain at the head OF the Post
Office Department, for years after his NAL
practices had been officially disclosed to the
world, and of course were known TO y GU, con-
stiIuted you an accessory in his crimes. For
these crimes, if you have forgotten them, | re-
fer you 10 the dcvclopemen,s made in the Post
Office Reports of committees oi Congress, in
the composition Of which, majority were par
isans of yours From perusal Of these doc
umenis you will he reminded of numerous IN
stances Of contempt and violation OF the ia"'
in yrematureiy opening sealed proposals 'o'
conveying the mail. for The purpose oil maN"S
the offers OF those persons believed 10 be un'
l friendly 10 The Executive INCUMBENT, Known
TO his partisans, that the latter might have On
opportunity TO renew, or 20 regulate their bids
as 10 secure the contracts, with an underslan-
ding, that SPLENDID additional remuneration
should be theirs in the shape Of erira aHo9a'''
ees.
Here sir, was species OF the public ser
vice wherein it appeared impossible that you
could shew any exclusive favor, because the
law required that sealed proposals should be
handed in uni set day, when oil were TO be
opened aud the lowest bidders receive the con-
tracts. But so determined were you that none
but your own partisans should receive dollar
OF the public money, that you hesitated mol,
utterly to disregard and trample under foot The
laws regulating the Department in question
Indeed laws and national boundaries, rresen-
ted, alike, but feeble barriers, when the one
CHANGED to iutersect with your line OF march,
or the other TO cross the path Of some pre-de-
tornined purpose.
The ample funds Of the Post Office Depart
nent, together with large sums borrowed on
iis credit. by its ostonshle head, unauthorized
by law OF Pre- cedert, being all s9uandered,a
nartiai disclosure Of his Instrumentation
| became necessary and with surprising I'M
guidance, he asked Congress for more money
10 keep the regular machinery Of his Depart
nent in motion. And you, sir, IN accordance
with your nnyaryIns practice Of shifting all
the blame from your own, and the shoulders OF