The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-06-21

II lsss. thal 0aiesr employs IN ths
aihee a Washington seven clerks. whose
united compensation il $500.
Here lOiiaw many sis.emeBts Ike
he above. in which Mr.. b. very clearly
shows The process By which The sxpen-
ses Of lie government have been ang-
menlsd. frOm less lhsn thirteen mil
lions. ss in Mr. Adsms's administration.
10 the enormous SUM Of Ihiriy-6ye mil
lions 10 which they now amonaLl
We xili now look 10 the Poet Office
Department. The General Post Office.
as Il MAS lien called. had The good fartnne
not only 10 escape The eensEre. but 60
eRlisi tie praise Of thai fault finding era.
leave Il for those Who asTe familiar
9 nh the motives and political currents
III that day. 10 account for this. The
e0mmiiIee said nf it" the efficiency Of
,his branch az Ihe public service 10 ia =
condition highly improved and improy-
ing" lis iirsI remark on this is. that
the Post Office Department passed into
tie hands OF General Jackson in a healthy
aud efficient STATE. A few years. under
his return. reduced il 70 ehaos and inso!-
yency. The details Of its mlsmanage.
meat have been long since proved. The
evidence is on gle here aud IN tie Senate.
With the reports oi the several committees
sppniniediu Investigate iis abuses. Irsler
gentlemen To The fi.rs. aud will not dwell
on the various abuses which were desig.
Eaied and established. Their eaormily,
coupled with tie fact 81 The bnEr0M wing
money on public account By tie Post
master General. without Law or authority.
slarmed the country. BuI bad as all liis
was. and used as tie pccuniary patronage
lad been. I" confer personal benefits on
iarnriies. until the disorder and insolvency
Of tie Department became apparent, It'll
Ihe political uses which hal been made
IL tie appointing patronage we've nat
aisclnsea. and naw neyer vail be. The
present Postmaster General, Amos Ken.
dali. tells us in his account OF the late de-
siruc,ion If that Department by fire, that
all lie hoeks. papers aud i'es ri the De-
parImeHt were saved, except tile " files"
Of the =. sppointHfn, Office" anil that
these we've destroyed!
In the first Sax years of Gen. Jackson's
Administration. ahnt 1890 pnsimaslers
we're removed from utliee, and IN most OF
the eases. without The assignment Of any
cause. When certain members Of the
committees ~ the Senate and House. ap.
painted in 1894 Ia investigate The abuses
of that Department, attempted To get al The
fi!es and carTesp"I'irnce III Ills I" Appoint,
meat Office" with view to ascertain aad
repnri whcther the reasons fnr these
removals were promP;e'! by high and just
public CONSIDERATIONS. or by mere party
pniiica. expt,llency, they were druied
the right by the head &c the Department
aud hy the friends uf tie Administration,
who composed nlajuriiy an nne al these
cnmnii'ees! Was naI this inquiry Just!
=, fer y"a. sir. T. Me-. hrnlnn's famous
report and bill! providing fnr the disclosure
al reasons in Ease &c removal from office.
| icier YOU, Mr.. Speaker, Ia ynur own
remarks. anil io ihuse al Your friends. in
the debate na sir Saunders resolution.
which ! have already quoted. But.
above all, | iefer y"u To tie remarks ot
the iiIustrions Madison. nnris alled a. he
vas in the knowledge nf the letter and
spirit ~ our Constitution end Laws. and
IN purity and hhaesiy Of purpnse. As
early as 1888. in the memorable debate
on tie power Of he Executive To remove
from office. be not only denied The right
to exercise this power raptici"nsly. aud
ai.i."ui assigning adequate reaspns. bu;
lie ih0ue il would be such bold assump-
iIum OF 'awless power, that lie thus ex-
pressed hImseIl: Z" own il is al abuse
al power whi'h exceeds my Imagination.
and uf which can form nn Rational cul-
ccp;ion."
But when Mr.. Van Barren and SIR.
Benton (h"Ih oG WHOM were hn the cUu
mistee which reported the bill 10 prevea,
the abuse Of this Patronage Ul app"int-
men'.) came into pawer, this Ga aged
their tone, il, no, ti:eIr principles. Re-
movals from office immediately follow
ed. aud they deny any ALLEGATION IN assign
reasons! l. II not strange, tno-nly. is
il no, mysterious. that, il the connagr4-
lion of the Past 0.iice. the only papers
aud flies destroyed shoull b. those relat.
ing IL tie exercise, If a"t tic abuse~'f
the power nf rcmnvd ffnm ":lice-ihe
very papers which The Postmaster GEN
cral refused u suffer- the committees OF
mvestig slinn ~ cxamiar!
| SAID SIR. Van Buren changed his
tone on Iii. subject. luiii at once prove
II. The j4urn,I If the Senate shows
that he was one ri the select committee
ahn repo ted the bill already rrfrrrd. !.
lie entered Tie ufii..e Of Secretary Of Stale
with the commencement al G"n. J ok
sous Administration. Dne # his first