The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-02-07

suspicion lhas any one Of the Presidents
ness Hss impure. here was the ofherr IN
rerripl Of Customs a. The very hond-gaie
NJ daiies-ihs very emporium Of cum
merce. emhszzling public money 10 The
tune Of ss36.OOO. Aud MAS he alone .
dslsnllsEl Was il Al The Fseeipl0feusloms
sIans that the public money MAS puflnln-
ed No. cir. Other Judssss held ihs
other bags. The Tsnsirers 81 the land
Offices. Tn. were 81 the same date equal
~ in drlsull. nurslly and in pscunisry
paint Of .isw. There we're fsRs and
fi1iss af eases even worse IN moral
InrPiinde. though lees IN shouni 81 d'llars
and cents. than The esse uf SwsIIwOui.
- I will shaw directly by House do
eumenI No. 297. dated March 30Ih.
1865. containing The official c0rresPond-
rnee Of Mr. Woodbury. with receivers.
and the report. af commissioners upon
the =. condition" Of their Offices; dOeu-
mens which shows defaulIing receivers
acre % numerous IS land offices them
selves. I did not knOl1 af these cases
Then; mn one had heard a whisper al the
deislcsIions nf . single one Of Ihr lang
list ~hish 10 now rePOrled. All MAS
then kept quietly and snugly concealed
in The dark chamber nc Mr.. Wo0dbury's
secret cabinet. I did no. knOT. but 10
Yankee phrase. | d" guessed" a great
deal. though not half Of What 10 since
told.
To return To my history. I challenged
The opportunity Of inquiry aud inSesiigA-
iinn. and not until the l7lh day Of ysnua.
~. 1887. the session necessarily TO sx.
pure On the 4,h of March. it was granted
-grudgingly. delusisrly. hyPocnueally,
II Is true, bat IL was granted.
Now lei US see what then were The due
irines and practices Of the Administration
at the President. of the heads of Depart
ments. Of the Speaker Of the House, "f
the C"mmiIiee sPpoinled by him, Of the
House itself. and the whole party. touch
ing the rights aud pnwers aud duties 0l
investigating the Official abuses and cor
upilon in the Government,
Sir. the whole parry. from the President
down TO you. sir. rrsorted 10 every device
Ia cvade. and finally drfied aud dennunc.
ed. all inquiry and all investigation. lou
aHGtismpiedfo bslIfhe eag You warned
The rats. You hid them. After oslensi-
bly, giving full scnPe in the resolution Of
inquiry. TO gull tie people with fair
you shut the duors Of the De-
partments; y"u sIleneed al resolutions and
nIerrog aIuries in the committee rooms!
Ga The l7'h DAY of January. 1897, the
House 81 Representatives passed the
IollowIng resolnlion:-
Rssolrsd. That so much Of the Presii.nI's
Message as relates to the condition OF the va.
'Iaas Executive Departments, the abiTy aad
ntsgHiy with which, they have bern conduit
ii ihr Wgi'ant AHd fsiIhfal discharge 0f the
public business ~ all OF them. aud the causes
II compliant. from aay quarter. AZ the manner
ia which they have fulfilled the o; cts OF Their
eFeaIIon.' be referred TO q select eomhIliee uI
aIpe inembsrs, with power in send f,F pcTsUns
aid papers, aud with Instructions 60 Inq IRE
into the cundii,un nf the yari"a. Executive DE.
parimeRis, the abi.ny aud integrity with which
they have bern conducted, InI0 the manner a.
winch the pubic business mas bce1 d schaTgcG
Ia all "f them. aad intn all causes 0f complaint.
r"m any qaaIier. al the manner "a whIuh sad
Departments. or their bIFcaus, offices, OF aoS
u their "ti:ers "r agents IL every drscriptIun
y aairyeE, directly " indirectly connected with
hen In aay manner. officially or un.,lfciIlly
N duties parisIning to tho public Iatrre.t. have
fulfilled or failed To accomplish the Objects ~
heir creation, or have yInlat-d their daIies or
have injured and impaired tie pubic srrylce
sad Interest; and that said committee. IN its in
luiries, may refer TO such periud. Uf time IS H.
hem may seem expcdient aud proper.
The committee appointed by you. sir.
was constituted thus: Mr.. Wise, Mr..
Pearce Of II. L., Mr.. Muhlenberr. Mr..
Campbell. Mr.. flanagan. Mr.. Parks.
Mr.. l.lnc"ln. MI. Mana Of N. Y. aud
Mr.. CLANCY.
Sic good lieee men and true. TO three
in favnr Of investigations! Thus cunsu.
Inied--st"cked, tie committee went t.
work. proceeded with its TASK unul the
3d day of March, 1887, aud on that day
made three reports. IS was To have been
expected. One report was signed BY the
"f SIX, the other ~ The minuriIy
II three. and | made separate report. in
which Messrs. Linc0lun aud Campbell
did not or could not UNITE. foe want 81
Ihc time 70 examine it in detail. I: | am
" rong IN assigning this reason Ior not
having his signature with nine. the gentle
man Mr.. I.snc"ln) nav present will cor.
rect The statement. Mr. l.. here nodded
's-en, ia its truth. This rsp,r, a, large.
written anil e"mp"-el wholly by myself.
beg leave m read IA part As the best
| now can make upon the
history aud proceedings uf that commit.
zee.
Sir. could show YOU pile upon pile Of
Dr0"l, but these instances will serve as
'pernnens Uf the manner in which YOU.
he Speaker, the P1rsidrn, nf Tie Umled
States, the Heads of The Executive DE
your cUmmIuee. and your
whole party. combined and conspireJ to
'nfle investigation. when proposed in
1897.
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