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to examine the accounts Of the Collector
of the port of New York for period of
seven or eight years3
Why do you want q committee to prove
that Levi is not to blame. 1t is vain. 1t
is idle. It would be useless to demonstrate
that he was. Was it not demonstrated in
the case of Reckless, the Collector of Am
boy? Was he not convicted by that up
right and honest man, Mr.. Parker, Of New
Jersey' Was it not proved that he had
embezzled the public money! and proved
so clearly, and brought home so closely, in
spite of every evasion. that President Jack
son himself was convinced, and ordered
him to pay back the money, Bot what
them Reckless Lad been one of the mos,
active partiZans ofthe Administration. and
he was retained in office, and may be flour
lshing as collector to this day. for arrht
know. Mr. Randolph. of Now Jersey
here intimated to Mr. Wise that Reckless
had resigned last spring.l Mr. Parker felt
delicate and sensitive in the case, as his
own character might have been compro.
mtted; and. after fixing the fraud upon
him, he demanded his removal; yet he was
not removed. And | shall never FORGET
the remark Mr. Parker made to me at the
time. Said he, Mr.. w. there is one thing
that is very bard under this Government,
and | know but one other thing that is
harder. ut is almost impos slbe for an
"honest man to get into office, and it is a
"li'tle more impossible to get dlshones,
imam out" "a laugh In that case
brought home to the President and Mr.
Secretary Levi the scienter Of that defaca
ton. They knew it: they admitted it;
hey ordered their man to pay back tho
money he had dishonesty taken, yet they
kept him in office! But now, that the
leprosy has broken out into the open view
OF all men; now, when the corruption is
loo monstrons to be concealed any longer;
now homes, Levi asks you to give him a
whitewashing committee! Men who knew
of fraud and pecnlation, and perjury, and
wasting Of the public money. and set their
faces against all investigation, and gave a
general certificate of the honesty Of these
very robbers, now. forsooih, ask select
committee, that they may be whitewashed!
will have neither part nor lot in the mat.
ter. see coming day--a day, thank
God, no, now very far off, when that chair
shall be filed with one who will give US
committee who will investigate, not OBJ.
struct invesligaion--a committee who can
60 into yonder sink holes and arrest tho
| robber while he is at his dirty work, and
not a.tc- !:c has made 40 ..scapc ,,!i,oh
shall lock the door before the horse is stolen.
Gentlemen begin at last to see that in.
vest;galion cannot any longer be choked
down; that the consequences are breaking
! forth with The force of cataract, and that
they might as well arrest Niagara. And
now they come pulling TO us and ask for
committee! suppose it is TO be such Us
we had before sic good staunch Admins.
tra,ion men, and three men disposed to in.
vesllgate. Six men ready TO vote for any
despotic principle advanced by The Execu.
tive, and three who stand up for the right
OF inquiry. WAL the gentlemen give me
an investigating committee to look into the
Poslmater Generals land speculalions TO
90 into the Indian Department? Yes, sir,
gentleman over the way, famous for the
glory of the Previous Question, Mr. Cush'
man, mods his head he will give it me.
And whv' He knows It is in vain to pro.
pose these investigations now. They are
too massive. Will he give to the People
such committee as will do their dlty' q
committee appointed by ballot! commit.
tee with a majority in favor of nvestlga.
ton? A committee who shall have moth.
ing to do with the pail and brnsh' A
committee who shal! use the sea pei and
probe, Or is it to be n committee 10
wh'en sepulchres' Why, ask, was
Price left out! Why are we told of Swar,-
won't alone, | will read Mr. Attorney
Prices letter to you it seems to be Official;
and certainly it entities him, when taken in
conncxion with all the circumstance Of hi:
escape, TO be dubbed the most gallant de
fauter ever heard of in my life. Here
Mr.. Wise read Mr. Prices letter to the
President Of December 6th,1 | see that
the Secretary has ordered some inquiry
into the accounts ofths chivalrous gentle
man. and that they have discovere ed already
deficit Of $40 900. So much for a begin
ming. He had taken care to assign hi;
property; and his furniture has lately beer
attached and sold. have lis, OF par
of it and really, sir. instead Of being sucl
as one might have looked for in the house
of good democratic Locofoco and willing
Administration Tammany Republican, i
might raj her suit the richest apartment il
the palace of an Emperor. understand
!, too, that on his way TO the ship he stopped
!, and purchased quantity of venison, can.
vass back ducks. and other luxaries for the
voyage, and that he carried out 500 DOC
in gold that he sold bond given TO The
United States in the sum OF $4,000 70,
$50 900, in order to get the gold for it
Blu, no inquiries were proposed into hi;
matters. am told he has been remored
yes, after he resigned And | suppose the
r Globe will now show to the good people o.
this free and happy country that no sooner
did Mr'Price arrogantly refuse to prosecute
Swartwoul than this pure. paternal, vigil
liant, guardian Administration instantly
dismissed him and great merits will be
claimed for so prompt an evidence Of it,
decision and frmness!
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