Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-12-09

rogue is yet whipped OF Justice, or pursued by The
criminal code, or even casiigaicd rebpk.d IN any
form. except by tho lore letters of Lew Woodbury.
rhieh prore his kaouicdec Of and connipanee al
their crimes The organization Of Tho T,easnr,
Department is one OF tho most cu,ionsy aud 'nge'
niousy contrivod systems which WIS ever Invented
To prevent fraud in the accounts OF public
officers. 1t is checked aud counter cheekcdby eve
~ invention which could possibly be desired, 10 de
eri fraud orforgery in an, form, aud netor can pos
s'by be perperaed, 1.-THE forms are observed. or I'M
less all the officers alike gully. There aie col
'cctofs, naval officers, district altornes, compirol-
lc,s registers, solicitors and scliclares Of the Tea
suty. all guards upon zach other; and yet collector
ut the peu OF New York. the port where most rcye-
nue Is Received where the eye Of vigilance should
have been mnst vide awake. IN less ihan period OF
Two years, emb ,zzlcd one million t,ro hundred and
ficcnfy fre thousand dollars, without HE know ledge
or connivance of secretary solicitor, register. audi
tor, comptroller, dlsiiti attorney, naval officer, or
clerk Of the Department, without suspicion even,
says Mr. Secretary, until he had Swa,twouicd 10
Europe No wonder when an investigating com
mntce oil Congress found afterwards that Mr.. Sc
cteiars did not actual, know oithe books "i record
belonging to ms own office he hiMs.li confessed
aud when one OF the main books IN which balances
would appear was produced, IL found that not
an entry had been made IA a, touching the port OF
New \ ork and The nc canni of Collector Swartwout.
from he year 1898 aatH The moment u tnresh alton ;
Aud again no wonder. when II was discovered that
the Department had pcrn,ued Mr. Swaitwnnt To
hold his office OF Collector nj the porl OF New York,
where he was IN the annual receipt III Al least fifteen
millions OF public money, Wifhom har,nR eicen for
Wfce years an official b0nd tfrn for The tdiH(at PR
formance The duties ofhis office aud when IT WIS
al last gwen, II was signed by himself aud three Sc
cnrities who were not worth much more Than one.
lhltd ot The sum OF = 600 only. which sum. At
the discretion Of the President The bond was given,
leaving oil the names OF tliree good aud sufficient
securities who had been their .ues his first
official bond Now, put a case To any Locofoco
iarmef; no, will not insult him by that name, for
every Locofoeo IS wiliuly blind aud does not wish
see TO any honest, but deceived Democrat, who
Is really nj heart Democrat, here present; He
wishes, after every thing ssnugy LAID by for the
winter NJ bone, alter Christmas, 10 take an cxeur-
sion IL Washington iuI lew weeks 10 pay his re-
specl 10 Mr. President Van Buren,. Il should like.
bp the bye, TO Introduce him 10 his contrast Henry
Clay.) aud leaves every thing doors aud out 10
the charge OF o,erseer. lie leaves meat Lunse.
acellar corn-cr,b well-slofcd with bacon, with
liquors. aud with corn he departs IN perfect conf
dencr, thai all will be IN sale-LeepIng, enjoys him
sell al the Metropolis, drinks vine with the mag
mates Of the land, aud, after he has spent eoodly
sum lor sober, country gentleman, returns TO h,s
family, little better satisfied, IL his heart be right
with the ease qntIncss, aud contentaeni Of ietir.
cd private life. When he gels home, instead Of find
ing every thing IN order aud in place, he fluids the
meat empty, the cofn-c,b more Than half out
The cellar robbed ol all its wine and brandy The
groes all drunk, the hogs ia tho field Tho horses
starving in Their stalls, aud not snokc OF work
done. To whom does lac look TO mo oversecr.
OF linn bo inquiries. Does he not hold him accom-
table Certainly. When lac asks him for the nc
count Tor so much loss aud SO much disorder, sup
pose he answers, II ddnt do ii 1t was the negroes
go aud ask ihom" lie restraints his anger, aud re-
Plies calmly, why, sir, did not employ and
pay you to supernend, how could the negroes do
all this without your knowledge y They did IT,
sir, aud you must not, sir, warn you. accuse me OF
linn h.. II.
Mr.. Oyerseer, did you keep them in your posses
sonl' II don't know where the Keys are, sir go
and look for them YOURSELF Come with me. sir,
and will look Tor them" lilo goes To the corn
crib, aud finds the door wide open, aud, after some
search he finds tie lock, with The Key IN it, lying on
the ground or huidled into the manure heap near
by, as if it had been there FOR days OF weeks Now
admitting that iailBless steward was not pdrlaher Of
the plunder; that he had himself been drunk, il
you choose, yei, what would you do with HIM
Would you trust him further; would you Kick
him oil the plantation But, again suppose your
wife aud neIg hbors Tell you that he was not drunk
but knew all the time what WAS gong on; that they
heard hun repeatedly warm Tom and Dick and Ilar-
ry, Of your servants, that they were stealing; that
lie knew il that lley must return what they had
taken, o. that he would tell their MASTER and yet
had again and again permitted them 10 lake and
~ away corn, wheat, or wine, as much rs they pleas
ed had gwen them the Keys, aud that when he
would threaten them, they would very significantly
threaten htW IN lurD, and be SUI wuuld continue,
as # under some necessity, TO trust aud to license
them TO pillage and plumber, what would you do IN
that case Would you not take HIN 10 the nearest
magistrate ona charge Of felony, aud would not
twelve men on l,eir oahs be likely TO convict him
Of grand larceny Could You hardly punish the
poor negroes who had followed the example OF the
oyeiseerl
WE'LL sir, are not this President and these Secre
tarIes our oveseers Was not the Treasury full
aud ial when they took II IN charge Don't We
pay them richly for Their and iabour, work aud
diligence And these officers have named, re-
ceved abodt $50, 900 IN salaries, per annum. Are
not the bonks, bonds OF the Offices the checks ol
the Department., the keys and toocks of he Irea-
Sury! Were they found all lying III The manure,
or liith Of corruption Were the doors not lett
wide open Did not Mr.. Woodbury., il. number
less instances particularly in those of Harris Boyd,
the Land Receivers in Mississippi, write to them re
pealedy. no less Than 10 times one Of them in
Two years, that he was "de)dulting"-ilat he knew
it-that he would tell on HIM. bat did tell until
he was in default some hundreds OF thousands, aud
resisAed-reconmending IA successor who did like
wise precIsely--wlo whsn called on for his assets,
returned more than 10000 Of the Govern
ments own lands TO pay It's own debt wiih--did he
threaten Spencer of Fort Wayne, that lie would re-
move hin, aud did not Senator Hendricks threaten
back" Better let il be and did he - let II
be-! Has he not permitted the basest consideration IA
| TO be addressed to him Tor keeping in Govern
mcnt pay and oflce, notorious defauliers--such NJ
that they were "pttars Of domocracy". las la
ever removed one OF them Has Mr.. Pan Bure,
rcmored Dug these overseers TO be prosecute
for felony? IL the presumption violent that the
are parlicoeps ctimius Ought they to be lopge
nus'ed in place, though they be not prosecuted AN