Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-02-13

above all, ! charge the secretary Of IT,
treasury with gross,neglect ofduly. iu'ho
himself becoming acquainted with thas.
facts if he did noi know them. \
Mr.. Wise further commented upr7 ~,
Flmm ug's le,er,-especialIy tha, pgs; {: Z
where he old Swar,wout that upcn * m.
ining the bonds they were minus $64n,0GU.
When FIemmlng tod Swar.out 80
deficiency, Swartwout expressed alarm, I'D
said there must be some mis'ake, and ee.Z,r
ged lha. Flcmmlag would examine tie -
caunts. FIemming made the examin Il. +
and while it was making, Sna+tioout ma.Ie
his escape to Europe! Where was t.
secretary Of the treasury t,en7 Where
was The faihfulness of MI r.Flemn,ing-and
Of Mr.. Phillips.-and Of Mr: 0gden--an,I OF
Mr.. Hoyt? Why did they no, make ~.
secretary Of the treasury acquainted wnh
the facts of which he says he was so ignor.
ant.
Another fact stated by Mr.. Wise was,
that from December, 1887. to March. 1887,
Mr.. Swartout had sent no returns to the
Secretary of the Treasury, ~thgrest neg.
ligence in allowing them.
Another fact upon which Mr.. Wise dwell,
with much force, was the arrangement of,he
lettess furnished in the report upon the dc.
falcatiou, sent by The Secretary Of The Trea-
sury. Letters, be said, wese missing. AID
inserted without date, which was espec,Slly
the case with an important memorandurn.
Let The committee of investigation remcno.
Der these facts, said Mr.. Wise. and inqsire
into those omissions and commissions and
alterations.
Mr.. Wise then spoke Of the naval off.
Ger of New York, ahd charged him witB
neglect Of duty in relation to tins defalca-
tions. The defalcation, he thought. could
not have taken place had the naval officer
done his day, no more than II could have
taken place ifthe Secretary of The Treasury
had done his duty.
Mr.. Wise proceed the defalcat;on 'to the
bottom. as far as he couldE do so-goug
the Cashiers and Assistant. Cashier de-
partment IN New York, andto The Comp
iroAer's and AUDITORS dePar,mch, Of the
Treasury here. The exaimiastlat vas
most searching and thorough. The coo
sideraton of the documents conaecied wp''
Swartwout's defalcation, alone occupied
Mr.. Wise nearly two hours.
The perora,ion Of The speaker was s.rOng,
effective and eloquent. He spoke in view
Of the facts he had exposed, of the Secre.
tary of fthe Treasury, and charged him with
being ignorant, incompetent, wicked and
dangerous. "Se help me God" said Mr..
Wise, F" if majority Of lhe, House will
help me to do its duly, | will have the Sec.
retary Of the Treasury impeached. aed
from his own report. Heis u fai,hlrss
public servant. Give me jury of twelve
honest men, and in any place in lhe coun.
try, without single witness, in my district,
or in yours, Nj. Speaker, | will eoasies bis
by h,s own testimons.
Mr.. Wise closed by saying in reference
to himself, that the part he. had acied, IN
ferrsting out the wrongs of the departnsns.
had placed him in novel position, ia self.
defence,he had been compelled re 60 armed
for three years past. He had been com.
PEELED, he regretted to state, togo 10 gid
from the capitol armed with p's:o.s ~ his
belt. His life had beenliterally n fi, hands
ever since he had commenced his lqng, az.
duous and almost thankless task of eapos,
sing the iniquities Of the times"