Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-03-30
POLITICS.
MORE OF TIE CAUSES AND CONCLUSION:
OF TIE WISE COMMITTEE.

! million and quarter Of du!laTs Of public money
They say "CnuSe The irrcsponsi5Hiy NJ Mr.
! SwARTw0UT in prcrniary rkarcctcr
They say, secondly because he 'rhoUn irTsspon
{ Sitlc IN pscunary Tepvt1iiOH
They say thirdly, "1l his pecuninry 5espon sbty and
ronScrfn Hr"rcnentS By hGzGrdouS spccu'atmnS COAST
tWc one n he pcc"ntary rnuses Of his detdeHhoa
Responsibility and iIrcsponsibily is the beginning
| middle, and end!
There TO be some tog ahonl this mode Of &C.
counting Tor Mr., SwartWout's fraud, which makes the
two first primary al the robbery consist IN his
'pecunary responsibility" and the third and last in
his "pscuna,y responsibility" All these points are laid
down with sort Of ma.heIratica! accuracy in the re
port but how The opposite conclusions arrived at is
not demonstrated There is mystery in all trades aud
as Mr. Fog Smith has BEEN dahhing deeply in the credit
system stocks and specuIaons he may consider it
part of his business confonnh The ideas Of 'pecuna-
ry responsibility and ursspOHsJHuy" But. 10 US, It
s6gwitnr 10 infer that the haVHg, nnt hoy
ing, money creG. OF his own the primary Use
of Mr. Swartwouts making way with the public money
If he had been worth mhOn lie might s have taken
another million from the public Golfers Il he had not
been worth million, lie might still have respected the
funds entrusted 10 him So think, respuIely the
majority q" the committee avoid the conclusion, that
want OF honesty IN MIR. Swarwou, was '',hc primary
cause of the drlacaOn, that the country will draw
that conclusion for them.
But rncur 10 the Committee mode Of dealing with
their fritnd SwartwOu 10 contrast il with that observed
towards the honest officers vi the Government whose
hands never sOcd with pecuation. Mr. Swart.
wuuts share in the transaction resolved altogether into
'iecunary rrsp0nSiJIity and responsibility and ine0ire
EeHt" This pool man, Is h!9 misfortune not his fault:
putting him into place crime against him IN the
part of the Government; his abuse Of the trust and The
recommendation of the FederastS 10 confer il him.
offence in him or ;hem. Not the slgh 81 suggestion
OF cuigubttY is found IN the conclusions Of the
mtlec against the Hector or those who vouched for
him; but mark how lry draw up The indictment against
the functionHres who bad slightest part
clpniion in the robbery the plumber
81. t,i
official duty, by The late naval officer at n Y"yk."
CAUSE H. Cnlpable tarrgard of law. and neglect
of Official duty by The First Auditor OF The Treasury.
"CAusE " Culpabe disregard Of law and neglect
Of duty, by the late and present Conptfoers OF the
Treasury"
Every body acknowledgements Of law and neg
lecrors Of cii!Cia dGryhut Mr.. Swartwou Every une
else is in faul-Mr. Swartwou, is only unfortunate -
The naval ot:cer-the Auditor and both ComptoiIeft,
all cnipaJe. Mr.. S"artwout has the misfortune OF
being rresPons6!r
We not surprised that Nj Curtis should have been
willing To fix he crime oi S@artwout others. 'ir
Curtis every New Yorker knows, is indebted 20 Nh
Swartwcut's Conser awe operations for has seat IN
Congress Indeed his phiage OF tie public money was
the which er.ed h- late collector 10 organize
III. Conservative party in the cIy which by separating
from The Democracy and uniting with toe Ftdera'Is's,
t!rcled VII. Curtis and his colleague The influence lie
exer,rd amnag traders dependant him-the relief
granted 10 them the bonds he pnT"ircd rom HE
custom hpuse-lhe public money he expended IN getting
up The great meeting WHICH he PRESIDED aud IN Pun
lIshlng The innumcrab, Conservative addresses with
which lhc city. State ard LHl"a iinDded, gave
tho impetus the iacIinn which, uniting iii Frdeia
isI only Carried the city, b:t The State r the par
~ 10 ~ hch Mr. CARTS belongs rs member Of the
committee, thea. ii not Improbable that he ell II
duty To prove That he and hs colleagues not I'm
grateful But why shoDd they be unjust 10 Others:
That they are 50, ther own Conclusions show. They
say:
!. Tina, all moneys received By Mr. awartwou, as col.
hector PRIOR to 1857 were ipguih: accounted ur b. him
IN his quarterly Ieurus The Treasury Department.
That The detaIca,ions of Mr.. Swartwoui, by nrans
Of fraud and false returns c"mmencrd IN 1854 ana toI
sooner, ard have ea,'er=r .ipcP hat period
These The ~" grounds assumed by The committee
rxonerne SwaItwUut tom fraud IN hts accounts unit!
1887, aud charge The public officers with culpabe dise
gard of law They both absolutely false, will be
clearly shown in the SEQUEL But take them true Tor
the present and how does The conclusion Of the commit,
tee 'lhai the Fist AudoT of the Treasury hos been
guilty Of cupab Gisreg gard Of law, and neglect OF duly
10 examining and certify III correctness 81 the
counts of ha late collector ~ York. without having
compared hem thoroughly with the vouchers accompa-
nyirg The snme, follow from II If 'nil moneyS
ccirGd by Ur SYAET priOr to 1851 regularly
Gcc0uHd tor, and II the dcfnieaOns Of M SwARrw"rr,
By mems IF raad and thse returns commenced m lcj1
how could ihc Lciacuiion have lis origin IN the manner
of "esamninG and certifying the correctness of the
cnunis; According I" The cnmmlttees own aSseiti"m,
the 'mnneys recrived were regularly accounted Tor
down to lci7. and from Hat time concealed "6y
deficit then, could have been madr before 1851 by
any thing OF the face OF The accounts Which only
IN the power Of the accounting officers, because they
WIRE correct The only means Of ascrrianIng the Gr
iic, when all was iar paper, was 10 examine aud
count lp money in the collectors repositories, the banks;
and after lc3T, VIXEN r accounts were ia!stied, The
only Of dGtrating this was that adopted by the
present collector and Solicitor OF the Treasury viz ny
taking an inventory q! The bonds and counting The CASH
This did belong the duty of either the naval ci'
Ger h, Auditor or Comptroller. The visitorai power
was not provided for the Iaw and hence there WAS
no dc,eclioa until All honest collector came IN
DEFALCATlONS
The Federal party, through is press, have enGra.
yored 10 cast oLiam the Administration by holding
~ the deIacailons and prcuIn"ns Of some OF Tie "ii-
GERS in the department Of the Government -
Nor have they been satisfied With statement OF
facts in relation to The frauds WHICH have actually been
committed but innocent mrn--soTe o! To- PareSi ana
hrs, oar country has rnduced-haye been dragged he
fore the public and tcrr ensbazomsd i" he r..
dcra prin,s on mere and scandauus reports 81
I'D apparently by some of their hired rnerccnarrs
for no other purpose than political effect.
Mug we would deny bmt that there in the De-
urocrn,ic party bad men No party however pure the
principles upon which il IS tuunaed-no association i"r
religious or bene rclsn purposes but has among IT. mem
b.rs dishonest and impure and al parties aud
rotations will continue I" have them, so long as thee
~ no such virtue perfection 10 be found IN mrn.
We would not deny that in Office und-r The AG-
minis,ra,Son have committed aggravated odencrs-bur
would we attempt 10 Psliate them. whether they have
been committed by men known as Democrats, Conser-
va,,vrs or FederaIisis It is quite enough for US 10
know that offences have comp-lhat wrong doing has
been done TO condemn il and hold il up 10 the view Of
all parties. a Swari#out, Gra'io Price Or,
no matter who, or how high may be bs posIti"n-h's
course must be straight, his character mus! be fair his
official conduct must he such honest approve
or we cannot, will not support him. II there be
wrong any where, and We have satisfactory proof =" \,
il Shall be exposed.
We % for Democratic principles, and for al honest
und upright who will By their precep and example
whether in Office Of "ice-ad III 'a-ir advance
meat We belle the Democratic party at the present
time contains more than quail portion when compared
with ,be Federal pnrly) ni whose integrity 10 uh,
spotted whose devotion principle ~ unGnes"nee ana
above suspicion; bu, it has not among lis ranks men
Of an opposite character, we wood NOT H' moment
deny. Ill, =,
There is nothing more probable or natural IN the