Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-03

Tie following letters from the Secretaries OF
the Treasury in the early days of the Govern
ment have been recently published as afford.
Ing a contrast with the course pursued by
the individual now holding the same office.
Treasury Department, Feb. 10. 1898.
S1R: The enclosed letter of the 9th of last
month, from the collector Of Tappahannock,
relates to a subject equally delicate and
disagreeable 1t is my duty to add, that
bills have returned protested to the amount
of $1,000
This conduct, though l trust proceeding
from no i'll motive ia the collector, is of Il
nature so fatal 10 the punc,ual collection OF
The revenue, and at the same time so ,itally
injurious to the public credit, that / cannot
forbear to submit it as my opinion that the
public good requires the superceding ofthe
officer.
With perfect respect, &c.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
Tc the President of the United States.
Treasury Department June l6 1894.
SIR: 1t is with regret that | inform you
,.iat another collector has suffered Treasury
drafts to return unpaid, which were drawn
upon moneys reported by him to be IN his
ha,.is-4,,, ai,a.i,a ar.fceT, Esq. Q, orKtown.
Enclosed are letters of apology on the subject.
All the drafts which were at first declined
were afterwards paid.
perceive nothing substantially to distin-
rush this case from that of the collector o.
Tappahannock, who was lately superseded
on a similar account. Nor can / forbear
however painful the task, to submit it as my
opinion, in this as in that case, that the good
of he public service requires a displacement,
of the officer. Punctualty in this respect is
too indispensable not 10 be made the invaria.
ble condition of continuance in office.
With perfect respect, &c.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
To the President of the United States.
Treasury Department. Feb. 1s, 1895.
The Secretary of the Treasury has the
honor resp .ctfully TO submit 10 the President
of the United States certain documents, by
which it appears that John Muir, collector
for the district OF Vienna, in Maryland, has
neglected his duty in failing to collect, or to
institute in season, suits for the recovery o
bonds for duties due to the United States.
The collec tor has moreover failed to pay GER
tain drafts drawn on him BY the Treasurer 0,
the United States, for moneys appearing, by
returns The Treasury, to be on hand; and
in this respect he is found to be in the same
predcament as the collector of York and
Tappahannock, who were superseded.
The Secretary IS firmly of opinion that the
good ofthe public service requires that this
officer should be displaced; and, from inqui-
res which he has made of. Mr.. Murray
OF the House of Representatives, he is induced
to believe that James Frazier is fit charaCte,
to succeed to the Office.
All which is most respectfully submitted.
OLIVER NOLCOTT,
Secretary of the Treasury
To the presid cnt OF the United States.
Here we see no cayil'ing, no paltcring will
delinquency. Nothing is said of the potica
| or personal connections of the defauhers. or
of their ability to serve Or injure the admins
tration. A just rule is strictly applied withou
reference to persons or consequence.
| Can Loco Focoism peruse these letters ir
connection with those of the present Secreta~
ry of the Treasury, to the scores Of defauIters
in his employment, and say that Levi Wood
bury does not richly merit impeachment