The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-01-08

Sery robbers, now, forsooth, ash a select committee
thai they may be whtewashod Will have neith-
or mart nor lot in the matter i see coming day
n day. thank God not very far off, when that
chair will be filed with one who will give us a
committee no will favor Investigations committee
who can go into Yonder nkhoes and arrest me
rohber w lille he is his dirty work, and not after
he has made his escape-which shall lock the door
before the horse is stolen
Gentlemen begin at last to see that investigation
cannot any longer be choked down that the con-
sequences are breaking forth with force off caar
act, and that they mgh as well arrest Niagara
And now they come pulling to us, and ask Tor a
committee suppose it is to De such us we had
before-sir good stanch Administration men, and
three men disposed to investigate. Six men ready
TO vote for any despotic principle advanced by the
Executive, and three who stand up for the right of
inquiry. Will the gentlemen give me an Investigate
ing committee to look into the Postmaster Gener-
ais land speculation to go into the Indian Depart
ment, Yes, sir, gentleman over the way, "a
nous for the glory of the Previous Question, (Mr
Cushman) nods his head he will give 1T me-
And why , He knows it is in vain TO propose
these investigations now. They are too massive.
Will he give to the people such committee as VIII
do their duty committee appointed by ballot ?
a committee with majority In favor oil the lnVesti-
CATION A committee who shal have nothing TO
do with the pail and brush A committee who
will use the scalpel and probe Or is 1t to be
committee to whten sePulchres? Why l ask,
was Price left out q? Why are we told of Swart-
won't alone will read Mr. Attorney Prices let
Ter TO YOU ; il seems to be Official and certainly
it entities him, when taken in connection with all
the circumstances of his escape, TO be dubbed the
most gallant defaulter ever heard of in my life
Here Mr. w. read Mr. Prices letter to the Presi-
dent Of Dec. 9th l see that the Secretary has
ordered some inquiry into the accounts Of this
chivalrous gentleman, and that they have discover
cd already deficit of $40 900 So much for be-
ginning. lie had taken to assign his property;
and his furniture has lately been attached and sold
have list of part of it; and really, sir instead
of being such as one might have looked for
in the house of good democratic Loco Foco and
willing Administration Tammany Hall Republican
il might rather suit the richest apartment in the
palace of an Emperor understand, too, that on
his way to the ship he sropp0d and purchased
quantity of vension, canvas back ducks, and other
Iuxuries Cor the voyage, and that he carried out
100000 in gold that he sold bond given TO the
United States in the of $50 900 for $4,000, in
order to get the gold for It. But no inquiries
were proposed into his matters. am told he has
been removed yes, after he resigned. And
suppose the Globe will show to the good people OF
this free and happy country that no sooner did Mr.
Price arrogantly refuse TO prosecute Swartwou
than this pure paternal, vigilant, guardian Admin
istration Instantly dismissed him and great merit
will be claimed for so prompt an evidence OF It's
decision and firmness.
Then there is the case OF Gratiot. / have often
seen Gen Gratiot in this city, and have always re-
spected his character--and even now l rather
imagine that his default happened more through
mistake than any deliberate purpose to defraud-
but the truth is, that these gentlemen who have
the public purse in their hands are all so in the
habit of using the public money that they do 1t as
a thing of course, and always with the hope of ul-
timatey being able to replace H. But this furnish
es curious commentary on the official assurance
that since the SubTreasury system has s"notwith-
standing any lamentations here or eRewhere,'
been in practical operations the public money has
no longer been applied to private purposes Oh,
no. 1t never has been applied to the purchase Of
canvass back duckssnor vension, nor ever given to
turn bonds into gold Never These good and
faithful, these pure and immaculate Sub Treasures
while taking the Peoples money little by lit
tle as they needed it, have always fet sure that
they should be able t refund it TO the last dollar
out of their specuaiions in the public lands, or in
mulberry trees. Indeed, l have seen somewhere
lately the account of stump speech in which this
was honestly avowed The orator, with mean-
choly face, said to the crowd "Gentemen,I have
been very unfortunate did, TO be sure, a
little of the public money, and invested it in public
lands at government price, but honestly thought
/ should be able to return it all and so should,
gentlemen, so should, BUT, by the operation OF
these odous banks, these overgrown and grasplng
corporations, and their dishonest suspensions OF
specie payments all my fair prospects of specula-
ton have been completely cut up by the roots !
am very unfortunate very ! and now, DInstead OF
Tertiary, respectfully present myself as a cand-
date for your votes as member of Congress -
And they voted for him with reclamation
This is the moral effect of such state ofthings.
We always claimed and held that the public mon
ey was a sacred trust, and that they who held 1t
were the Peoples servants, accountable to them
This was doctrine in 1886, when we wanted
an Investigation Of accounts. We held that an Of
ficer entrusted with the keeping of public moneys
must always be ready to meet them on demand for
them The United States Bank, ay, sir that hor
rid monster which collected and distributed more
than three hundred millions of your money with
out charge, and without the loss Of one cent, was
ready, always ready, to meet your demands, and
meet Them any where you pleased to say from
Maine to Georgia--from the Atlantic to the Ore
gon, she paid on demand But what do we see
now One after another of the certified servants
of the President-all honest, all pure, all above
suspicion, and certified to be so-how do they ex-
plode one after anoiher,il before the report of one
defacation has died upon the ear,we hear another,
and greater go off ! How many more are to fol-
low WHO can tell The whole posse conitatus of
the Administration seem not unlikely to go off in
BODY, aud at such moment, it is that the eg-sub.
Treasury scheme is now, again, for the fourth
time, to be forced upon the Representatives of the
People feel it public disgrace that the coun-
try shonld have fallen into this slough of delalca-
ton and there lies part of the evil care, com
4paratively nothing for the money but IL feel for
s.the public morals and for the national character
And now raise committee to white
wash Mr. Secretary w Woodbury.! Sir, justified l