Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-03-28

are not placed in the State Bank of Miss
ouri, at St Louis"
! Again, December 1877 letter 1913 page o.:
"Sir your letter of the 28th ult. ANNOUNCE
ing the death of Mr. Prentiss, Register, is
received. Again it becomes my duty to
call your attention to the subject of my for
msr letters in reference to the deposite of
the public money, and to inform you that,
if by the return of mail evidence is not re-
ceiyed of your having complied with the re-
qurments OF my letters of the 10Th August,
and Sd November it will be my unpleasant
duty to report your neglect to The President
and to recommend your removal from office.
Linn, however, saved tine Secretary from
this unpleasant duty Alter stealing and
stealing. year in and year out, from 1884
to 1888 with the knowledge of the honest,
ia ithful Secretary all the while, on the 18th
of January 1888, with his pockets full of
money he quietly resigns his office. No.
204, page SO, the Secretary again writes:
Sir, your letter of the 9TH inst is received
and your resignation accepted by the Pres
dent. l regret, that so large n balance
stands pnadjusted in your hands. and trust
that certificates of deposite for the amount
with the Bank of Missouri will be forwar-
ded here.
The Secretary trusts, yes sir trusts, that
| this honest Sub treasurer will restore the
money he has stolen, while poor Tobias
Watkins for being defaulter to the amount
Off few thousands ofdoars, is incarcerated
in prison Tor years---this honest Sub treas.
urer who had been plundering for years, is
permitted to walk off quietly upon trust,upon
his own security alone, that in due time he
will repay the amount to the utmost farthing.
Thus much for the Gefalcations, and for
the honesty of Mr. Woodbury., who has cal
led forth the eulogy Of the gentleman from
Sanford
But says the gentleman, in accounting
! for the expenditures of the government, they
have paid 70 millions of dollars to extin-
guish titles to the Indian land, the real
value Of which will amount to three hun
dred millions. And does the gentleman
think it a matter of congratulation, that the
we have driven the poor red man to home
IN the 1vest," for the purpose of defranding
his tribe of more than two hundred millions
Of dollars? But sir, the wings, aye the
wicked wings, opposed the appropriation
of six millions for Notifications, by which
means Maine lost one million and a half
of dollars ii the wings, we aretold, voted
against the measure--but why did the gen.
tleman not tell US the whole story-tha,
appended to the same bill was the sum of
three millions Of dollars, to be placed in
the hands of the President, during the re-
cess Of Congress, to be used at his diScre-
Ton. Sir, it was upon the subject of such
an appropriation, upon that memorable last
night OF the session, that our iilrdstrieus
fellow citizen Daniel Webster, rose in his
place ard said he would rather see the bat
teriug engines of the enemy beating down
the walls ofihe Capitol than TO witness the
passage of that bi!l--and well did he so
speak. A free and independent people
might rear again the walls Of your Capitol
but place the treasure Of the nation in
the haGds of the entirely at his
discretion, and there is an end forever to
your Liberties. Mr. Speaker, | have thus
cnAcaYord to show some Of tho wasteful
expenditures of the Government, and to
point on. some Of the grounds Of that OPP
position to the past and present admins
tra,ion which seems to excite surprise in
the mind of the gentleman from Sanford;
and for myself, sir, do not agree with
those gentleman who affect TO believe such
DISCUSSIONS rs tneSe ellHeT VAN VI uDpIo-
ftablc No Sir, Let this State, and ev-
cry other member Of the Union discuss
freely and fully the measure oftbe admin
lstralion, until the whole truth is before the
eyes Of the people, and trust me, they will
find it more profitable employment then
the enactment of|aws in the ordinary course
Of legislation In the facts already devel-
oped, it may not be difficult to conjecture
why it is that your Treasury is empty, and
that it is necessary indefinitely to postpone
the payment of The 9Th instalmant of Sur
plus Revenue; and in that settled opposi-
ton T., the measure of the administration, 80
generally felt and so fearlessly expressed,
we may behold one bright spot amidst the
darkness which surrounds US; but for this,
should despair of the safety of the Re-
public. Ifsir, the period ever arrives when
the people of this country shall permit such
things to pass by UNDECIDED, then indeed,
must they be lulled TO sleep beneath the
pail of despotism, and it will only be nee
essary to forge the chains and letters which
shall bind them forever. But that time has
not We. come--there is still redeeming
spi,it among the people.
Thank Heaven, that the spirit of Republi-
can Liberty still lves-that the fire upon
her altar is not yet wholly extinguished-
that the sun of American freedom has not
YET sunk beneath the horizon. True, it's
glorious beams were fast declining-they