Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-03-07
REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATING COM
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for the purpose Of investigating the Swaffwouis de-
falcatiop &C. have arrived. They are dIspassionae-
Iy and temporarily stated and Truly they require
NOT In. language Of passion to arouse the ndigna-
lion of every unpreiudced mind. What are the |
facts which they exhlbi, Tha, both Swartwout
aud Price, a, the periods of their appointment and
re appointment VIGOROUSLY Enthusiastically
the former on account OF the Of his pecun'ary
liabilities and Of his extensive specuiaiions' ana
both by their destituion oil charaier :, MAT
the application of the public moneys to his private
use, by Swanwout, down TO the year 1887, ought TO
have been known TO the accounting officers oil the
treasury g. that the failure to detect those deialca-
tons is attributable TO i" cnlpable disregard Of law
and elect Of official duty by the late Naval Off
Ger at New. York. by the First Auditor of the Irea-
sury and by the late and present Compiioller Of the
Treasury, by the negligence and failure the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury TO discharge his duty as the
head Of the Treasury Department" and by the
scontinuance Of the fBanks repositories OF
the public moneys, and permitting the same TO ac-
cumulate in the hands of Mr.. Swartwout: :" 4. that
the Treasury Department has retained known de-
faulters in its employment, for no other apparent
reason Than that " they possessed extensive pot-
and s, that by a proper attention 10 existing laws,
which both Of those officers is sworn faithfully to
execute every defslcation which has occurred might
have been detected in its fist stages or prevented
altogether In one word, that the administration of
the government exhibits wide spread and I'M
broken of imbecilIty in the heads of Depart
mens and their chief assistants, and gross corrup-
ton 10 their distant agents, which fiud neither pre-
cedent nor parallel in the ,nonarchies of
Europe, in which abuses have been the growth Of
as many generations our government has numbered
years
Aud in the face of these startling developments,
the Richmond Enquirer has the boidness TO predict
that the Administration will sweep Virginia, this
Spring, "likc tornado" With these facts freshly
exposed and which are well calculated TO infuse new
life even into the ashes of our dead patriots, and to
summon them from the tomb, for the purpose Of
rescung the government which they framed from
the hands OF the Spoilers" whose abuses and
corrupons are covering it with odium and Bringing
it into contemp:,-with these unyarnlshed dlscIo-
sures Of deep seated disease in the body polite,
curing the insertion of the probe, by the hands Of
those who have detected its existence, and by whom
alone i, be healed,-the Richmond Enquirer
bias the vanity TO suppose that its trumpet-t all
revive buried pIcjudIces, re-awaken passions Which
have long slept, and by the magic Of name"
prevent the punishment of offences numerous and
eighty enough to crush any Administration,
though it had before enjoyed the unanimous conf
dencc of trusting but deceived people.
| And what is the chord upon which the Enquirer
hopes to strike with such effect 1t is that the
Wings supported VIM. c. Rives for Senator
And is that TO shield the Administration from
| a just accountability for its misdeeds! Never, I'M
| less the Enquirer is right 10 surprising that the
people of Virginia prepared sacrifice Mr..
Rives for the sole reason that he has opposed their
leading measure Of this Administration, which, if
adopted, would lead to hundred dclslcaons whore
one now occurs--a measure, which :" by the dis
continuance OF the of banks the repositories
of the public money" will permit the same to
cumuaie in the hands of Receivers and Collectors
TO which would enable them to pllfer at
will, and to escape without detection , This is Mr..
Ryes's sole offence. He is opposed to the Sub
Treasury-aud he is opposed to the Administration
winch endeavors to force that odlous, ruinous and
perous system upon the people, against the repeat
ed and unequvoca indications of their hostility
to il. Is this an offence of such enor mous magnitude
in con junction with Wing support, as to induce
the Conservatives Of Virginia unite in pro- cuting
their distinguished leader, for the purpose of sus-
tanning Administration thus imbecile and thus
| corrupt! What mighty claim has Martin Van Blu
upon the confidence affections OF the people Of
Virginia that Mr.. Rives is 10 be trodden down in the
dust that he may be susianed-aye, troddcn down.
because lie would not obey the orders of this New
York President, as Russian "rasSal" performs the
behests of The Auocrat! Il cannot be, We. too,
know something OF the people Of Virginia and we
know that they too independent themselves not
to honor independence in another-loo fee, aud love
that freedom 100 we'll TO punish its exercise in one
OF their favorte staesman-too noble aud generous |
to make resistance Of Executive orders, on ques-
ton in which they believe obedience TO those orders
would have been ruin 10 the country reason for
the sacrifice Of him by whom that resistance was
made Legislative Caucuses may decree his down
fall, and bring out the gulotiu, and sharpen the
axe, and place the cxccutioncr upon The block-but
the People instead ofhuzzang over his slaughter
will rescue the victim from their grasp. A Conser-
blood hounds TO the pursuit and destruction of the
leader OF The Conservative party, but it cannot find
one ally ~ any man, who concurring with Mr.. Rives
IN hostility to that measure, has not lost all sense
OF propriety and common decency in a blind 3
aud needless devotion TO the Juggeinaut of Party