Southern telegraph., 1838-09-12

I e1ished the purchase, and obtained script
therefor, or forfeited the land TO the federal
government. appeal to every western
man now before me 10 say whether Or not !
am RIGHT. You know, (pointng 10 Mr.. iia-
ner, OF Ohio.) YOU know, sir, that yourSec-
roary cilherknovs nothing about this mat
Ger, or is wIliully practising deception up
on ihe house and this nation
am sensible, Mr.. Chairman, that this
u.V be considered somewhat ofa depression
from The main question, but | have been
forced iato this deolte, a. this latc hour, a.
ga.as; nay viii; and ii yoa are rendered lhe
.a.s, unhappy, Ia consequence OF somo.o
lh9 o42Iaures which have been made yna
mus, Ike he resp,usIbihJy" On ursI7es.
layenot done YET wlJh either the Sacre-
arV or bis defuiters, or with The Chsirm9n
Of the Committee Of Ways and Means.
The Secretary gave us, AZ the extra ses-
sion, as reason for Withholding from the
States lbe fourth iastalaent. (Which WIS
Ipasead By paryyo;e,) ,bm. the money was
'ctigfy in The custody Of banks not payiag
gpeci-.n Sir, he Nigh. with more praprie-
| ty' uycsaid, il was "chichy" in the hands
Of '06,ce hoidr8,n and not in the banks
And, sir, if these detluitng Office holders
had been compelled to d,sg1ege he millions
Of the peoples money IA theIr hlnds, the
necessity of Withholding the tjurh install
meUi wou.d no. have existed, and the press
ing necessity for treasury u0cs greaHy di-
mp.~hei. And, SIR, while am on thls sub
jacl, demand to know whore the SIX mil
lions and upwards Of the peoples money
have gone! Ii the house will tl6e up a res
olutioU, which submitted long since, call
ing for information on this SUBJECT, am
persuaded he will know all about j. But,
sir, whore is the money?
At the time the deposite law passed, the
fourth iusialment was in the F.easury, or re-
ported to be there. 1t is not 10 The banks,
because | have shown you there are only
fourmilons there; It's not IN the Treasury,
because ,he Secretary says he has not got
money enough, even in Treasury notes, to
fast him two DAYS. Ii is therefore clear
that the Secretary has takcnthe funds which
by law we're ordered 70 be deposited with
lhe States, and Appropriated the same to 9th
erpurpo.es; or he knew, o. should have
known, that very large amount thereof,
and, for aught ] know, more, was in the
hands Of his own. dcfluling Office holders.
And that Information, although expressly
called for, has been cyaded and withheld
from the peoples representatives.
Mr. Chairman, do not mako these char
ges without haviag the evidence before me
to sustain them. Sir, the correspondence,
touching the defdlcation Of land Office re-
coivers, has at last heen laid on our table
q wish that every man in she nation had
one.) The special agent Of the Treasury,
AIR. GareShe, appointed toeXamlae mic The
condition Of these erices, reported 10 the
Secretary ofthe Treasury, IN the fourteenth
Of June, 1887, that the land Office receiver
at Columbus, Mi. was a daiaul,er to the g.
vemmcnt in the sum G S35, ,JGj; and gives,
as a reason for his deftlca,ions, ihat he had
been 'led away from his duty 10y the exam
pie Of his predecessor" and that "anoiheE
receiver would probably follow IN the foot
steps Of the two," and thereuPon recon-
mcnds his being retained" in 'preierenct
to another appointment"
Do you remember, Mr., Chairman, tha
when a late administration came into pow
or, in their laudaule zeal 70 ferret out pubic
Iplunderers, found one porr auditor who was
dctauter for some few hundred dollars, an,
that forthwith his goods and chattels were
seized and sold, and his body imprisoned
hunted down like felon, with deanncla
lions from high paces2 Let him rot II
4 prison, for he has not only used the monoN
of my people, but has dared tn inter
fsre with .he freedom Of elections" Ba
now, sir, vhena public defiuIter IS detect
ed for a large amotnt, be IS rec muenje
to tie mercy Of the Secretary; and n
! question is not now asked, IS he honest an
capable, bat Is he ofotf party? Nor, sIf,
this all connected with these pub'Icdetl1
ters. Ii YOU viii examine the report
which have referred, it viii be found tn
+, i'm many Of the cases, where the deIaicalioi
are very larre, the security taken by ih
Secretary is wholly inadequate Take, tl
example, the late receiver at Helena, 4
llansas:-lhere the delalcation is largei
upwards Of one hundred thousand dollar
aud the penalty of the bond only tween
4 thousand dollars. The report show
= throughout, culpable negligence IN th
; p; rlicular on the part of The Secretary, an
/, Sir, the result win turn out to be loss
= this government of a very large amount.
i Now, Mr.. Chairman, while we have the
!, S Slb-Treasurers before us. and have soa
/. DR. cd;al knowledge as to the manner
which they have taken care ofolr none
=, ana "a Vol propose hereafter to place all
our money into the hands Of these same
! diyiduals, or a fresh supply Of them IN gI
.. and silver, with all our provisions for sec'
>, iiy-such as strong boxes, and bars, a
!, bolts and keys--I intend to offer an amer
~ ment to that bill, [if you should see hi
i. bring it up,l and | hope you will adopt
tbot ,rou hgp n strong chain prOplGcd !