Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-06-01
as much gravity as if it were for the first


they open a door to improper practices
and unfouEded impntations."
December 8. 1887, he saws:
"Agaln it becomes my duty to call
your attention to the subject Of my for
mer letters, IN reference 10 the deposite
of the public money; and to inform YOU
that if by return of mail evidence is not
received Of your having complied with
the acquisitions of my letters of 10 h
Augu5 i and 81 November, it Will b my
unpleasant duty TO report your neglect
To the President. and 10 recommend your
removal from office"
Well, sir. instead Of being removed.
he IS permitted, like Boyd and Harris. TO
retire with honor, upon his olrn voluntary
resignation, as appears BY the following
and last letter of the infamous series:
TREASURY DgaARTMEvT.)
January &c, 1898.
Sir: Your letter of The 7h instant Is
received. and your resignation is accept
ed by the President. | regret thar so
large "A bnIance stands uuadusled in
YOUR hands. and trust that certificates of
d posite for the amount with the Bank Of
Missouri, will, without d-lay, be for
warded here. am. &c.
LEVt WOODBURY.,
Seere arg Of tie Treasury.
WV. LINN, Esq, Vauiaiia.
Now. how dare the Pre- sident and Sec
rotary to say that de(ulcation deserves
to b. punished with the penit9ntiary.
when they did not consider it deserving
even Of removal from Office IN the cnSe
of Linn, who was allowed to resign AMI
retire, Il delauIter for s.
But the Secretary says he was not
bound TO notice these defaIcations; that
it was mpOssi bic for him 10 scent them
out. After reading the foregoing letters
and extracts elegant extracts" they
may be called IL am inclined to think
Mr.. Secretary Woo bury has taken his
cue in this matter from the following IA
Bile, which, il my friend from Virginia
Mr.. Wise) will do me the favor to read.
he will afford moments relief bo'h to
thu House and myself tllere Mr. Wise
read. with much humor, from a paper
hanIed him by Mr.. p.
sand how did it happen. Pat, thai
lTisthcy Van buren, ALWAYS kept in with
the ould gineral, as he did?
why, Fan thinking, Murphy. it was
BIC tuse he always had a bud couid. jar"
Mud what had his h,ving could TO
do with the matter al al, at all?'
"Why, did We never hear, Murphy.
nv boy, of The fox, that had a couId?
Then IN tell We. Onco there wa' alton
st,,t ,,srut,d to know how polite all the
blstcs were. So he made great smell
in his den with birthstone. OF something
al e-I mt mind what jIst--but it smc t
enough TO knock YOU down in'ireIy; and
/ then he called IN the hear, and says he,
Good m 1rning, Mr.. Bear, aud what dye
think Of the smell here this mrrningF
AMI saws the bear, SAYS he, Why, it
smells bld' Nv hats that YOU say?
saws the lion; take tina : SAYS he, eating
him up allogether!) take that, and see il
| it will tache We poiiteneSs, We unmanncr-
Nv son of a cubr Now, when the bear
was ate up, the lion called IN the MJHkey.
and asked him the same question pre-
ciselv. Now the money seeing the helr
that the lion hal swallowed lying dead
in the corner, says he, May it please
yer maiestv,' (savs hc.) it's Iist the most
delightful smell | ever smell in my life,
at all, at ALL so il is said the lion,
(parting him on the head, easy like, SO
as TO bate the breath clane out of his
bodv,) so il IS (said he,) and now you'll
not tell another lie soon, I'm thinking.
Now, when the lion had kilt the bear
and the monkey, he called in the For to
him, aud, says he, Cooking very savage,
and ready TO ate him up, if he should
make the Taste t0r paa0 at all,) Good
morning, For says he, how does my
parlor smell to-day? And says the Fox.
(wiping his nose with the brush of his
tail, and pulling down his eye-lid with
his paw, as much as to say, Dye see
any green there, my honey?) Faith,
SAYS he, may it please yer Majesty, I've
rery bad could this morning. and IT'S me
that can't SIN Il at all, at all? So the
| lion laughed; and tould The fox he was
very clever basic, aud that he m'gat
tread in his Os'epS # he could sfrddd'e
ride enough, and that all the other basteS
should mind him, or he would ate them
| up rs he had done the bear"
Mr.. p. resumed. The Secretary,
though in other respects he resembles a
much larger and less cunning animal, yet
| i'm this mtter. has certainly taken les
son from he fox. s.He'S had rery BID
could md ..c9uid'nt smell at all, at all
No, sir; the stencil Of corruption, which
has been so long steaming up from his
Department, has not, it seems, yet Of
Tended his ollactories. Besides all this
his friends excuse him by saying that
the Government will, probably, not ulti
maiely lose any thing by these detaica,
tions; that the money will be recoveree
back, either from the defaulters or then
sureiies.
Sir, if a thief is detected. and compel
led to disgoIge the subject of his larceny
does it relieve the rogue and his accom-
plice from guilt2 does it extinguish the
crimel Upon the answer TO this ques
ton depends the validity of the Secre
tary's excuse.
Ii is also urged in his favor, that de
falcations nave occurred under othel
administrations; that the public money
bos koar s.oIe,, no fore This rlea | fac