Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-04-08

1885,
tendence Of which the President has been iafosns
ed BY vesponisble person. and yet no inquiry
even into his conduct has been instituted. (See
the testimony Of tie Hon. B. Peyton, hereto sp-
pended.)
A most fragrant instance Of retaining an ieeow
Pesens officer is proved in the case Of Herring, who
was Al the head ofihe bureau. lie vas consider
ed % Incompetent By the Secretary Of War. that
the Secretary sought At the session Of ISIS -
to create . new Offices that Of Commissioner Of iu.
disn Afsirs, !" order to supeneds Nj. Herring,
oe take the supcssn'endence OF those affairs from
bic care. He, Herring. wss then receiving sala-
~ of fourteen ~ sixteen hundred dolsn the Com
missioner Of Indian AfAiN ~ss 10 receive 5000
per annum. The Secretary applied to the respec.
tive Chairman of the two Comm,ttees ON Indian
A6airs of the Senate and House 10 have the law.
which he drafted, paesed, creating the Office.
Tho Chairman of the Senaie's committee objected,
among other reasons, that Il created il might be
filled With IN incapable person. Pledge vas given
that IL should be well filled.
The office was created, and the same Mr.. Her
ing promoted to fill il by the President. (Sec
tie testimony Of the Hon. H. L. White and John
Belly
Aud il will be found. on a strict examination OF
all the testimony, that not only have Frustrated
political paTtisans, as in the case of Hooker, been
appointed to otice-shas faithful nd efficient off,
GERS, IN the case Of Melville, have been removed
from Office for opinions sake or the want Of polit,-
cal in4i0ence-that fai:h:css and fraudulent, and
corrupt officers, AZ Reckless, Spencer, and Gwinn,
and incompetent officers. as Herring, have been
tanned office after full knowledge Of ihesr cor
r"p'ion and incompetency BY the President and
heads Of Departments; bat that an Office. has bee"
pointed for month. befre he entered on The duties
Of his "fice, served during part Of that time IN
he State Legislature Of Vermont, thus holding =
Federal oicc at the same time in violation If the
Consiiu,ioo,) that all these facts were known to
the head Of tho Department when he allowed the
account ITSELF was permitted tn be filed in euct
form conceal and suppress these facts, and to
co"lc not be proved BY the perspn to whom it was
allowed.
erThe Daily Express, which we always
open with pleasure for it's variety and inteIi-
gence, in abiding to the specie circular, say s,
''usury is devOuring the country" This is
a melancholy truth, and it is impossible that
TIE country can sustain it much longer.
When we hear, as we have heard, of one
mercantile house paying $4,000 usury for
the last year-that is, $4,000 over and
above the legal interest, it does seem mpos.
sible to sustain that house under such bur-
dens. lfsuch usurious rates cannot be paid
without an ultimate bankruptcy, why pay
them! Why not stop at once, if three and
four per cent. month is required TO sustain
ahouse? The. usury comes out of the pock-
let of the creditors; it is their money thus
sacrificed. As to the repeal Of the specie
circular, we cannot see how it is to to be
longer postponed. Congress, the supreme
power Of the country, ordered its repeal by
an immense vote; the despot, in his flight
from Washington, carried the bill with him,
knowing full we'll that if he returned it to
Congress with his veto, it would have be-
come "A law, and until his copar,ners in land
Ispeculations have sold outfit was his deter
mination to keep up pressure in the money
market, and we can tell the slaves and paris
tiles of Andrew Jackson, that with all his
frightful and unmerited popularity, he could
not have remained IN Office year longer
without the storm bursting over his head, and
even his radical friends driving him indignant
~ from power. Affairs are rapidly coming
to a crisis; the rich will be made poor, and
the poor become bcggars, If the Government q,
is not interdicted from interfering in the mon
ey concerns Of the country
| Stocks have fallen-Exchange risng-liv.
ing high-every thing exhorbtant, and NOR.
ey scarce. Three and four per cent. a month
is paid for loans by the people, while fifty
millions Of their money are loaned to deposite
Banks at TWO per cent. per annum, to swell
the dividends Of rich Directors. Can thes.
things last? Ought these things to lasts
/ Treasury PAP-Wbile Mr.. Van Buren, him
self has all his life been feeding the public crib
he no sooner SEXES upon the reins Of lDwer, thai
he takes care Of his own household. He has al
ready one or two sons upon the army pension list
and now find another son stationed in the Ian
lOhce, with fat salary, 70 enable him to shioe
the court circle at the public expense. Those wh
know Mr.. " B. veil, assert that there Is not NOR
|, selfish and msrcenary individual any where to b