Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-08-23
B VI e T. Il INC @ u O Tf
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST %
THE pLUNDERERs OF THE PEOPLE.

ttHHeSS ol tue administration at Washing
ION and the corrupt means by which power
succeeds in obtaining its temporary tri,
umphs oyer the PEOPLE. These facts
astounding as they are, are the legitimate
results of the avowaI, by William l.. Marcy,
on the floor of the United States Senate,
ct that monstrous doctrine. that "To The
c'ctorS belong The SpoUs If The Uanquished"
On this doctrine the Tory party which
John G. Calhoun, in his better DAYS, de-
cIared to be "cemenied together 6y the
cohesive po,cer Of Tie public ptunder"-- has
been acting for the last ten years. We
call upon the Wing presses in this state to
| give these facts to the PEOPLE. Let the
| FREEMEN OF VERMONT read and reflect
upon these astounding disclosures: -
"On the 80 b day Of September last, at
time when the Government, pretended to
be SO poor that it bad to borrow money to
The amount OF millions, or what is the same
thing to issue Treasury notes, bearing
interest to that amount, there was, in the
hands Of Ohice-hoders, under Martin Van
Buren,, unaccourted (or, public money to
the enormous amount of nearly FIFTEEN
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. Tha, this
statement is true appears from document
No. 9, furnished by the Government to
| Congress at the commencement of the last
session.
| LIST, There was in the hands Of the off.
GERS and agents of the Quarter master
! Generals DEPARTMENT and unaccouuled
tor, on the 30lh day Of September last,
| EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY
THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND
| EIGHTEEN DOLLARS.
Cd. On the same day here was in the
bands of the agents of the Medical De
partmont unaccounted for. FIFTEEN
| THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND
SIXTEEN DOLLARS.
81 On the same day there was IN the
| hands OF the agents Of the Pavma-rer
| Generals Department unaccoumed for
! EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN THOU
SAND SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY
!
-FOUR DOLLARS, [5ee Doc No. Q, p,
l42
An. On the same day there was in the
hands of the Commssary General and
mn9cconn,ch FOR, ivy ENTY-NlNE
| iiOOoAND nf, y LN nun DRIED AND
" EN f-FOUk DOLLARo. LSee
/ DOC, NO. 2, p, l48
5'h. y" the same day there remained IN
me hands OF the agents Of the Engineering
Drparlment u4acconn'cd for. TWO NJ l.
h ,;,C, :, -, n =, IN fOoK IiOUSAND
nHIi ~ NDNhJ AND SiAI ZEN
DCnH Nv NO loee Doc' NO. . D, 10" |
49,, o''' y" ','v sum Jay ,ne'e re"a'oeu !"
Wv "D''' W Wv '@e'''' Vt '"e 'p~a, ap,,''
G INV, nu7Ta", u".cCpnn9o ,o1 FOh
,Nn - e, lIUUS]N.SD M Il y y y ~
Doe o n All t"''
IN. On the same day there remained in
he hands OF the agents OF the Ordnance
"a TS} "o TacTq""r,n .'r r., - IN
THOUSAND EIGHT UIINDPED AMI
SIXTY ONE DOLLARS. TSee Doc.
NO : p, 39o
,ho "" ','1 s"'"c Coy ''s',e 'e'"","g" !"
aud nnacconntod n- Two Willows
FOUH UNDRED AND NINETY
- ~ ~ ~ DhHD
r%oo n,c M n 5O51
OH. o. the same day there remained in
the hands OF another set OF agents attached
~ ,ue CIV, W ,II' HHtS' up1c
HUNDRED AND FORTY .SEVNN
IIOUSA ND FIVE HUNDRED AND /
,>r'N C o. DOH4AN"' lNee DOC
INNS Won 500 thu, wh;ro Tho Covor,,,o,,
was ac,ualy borrowing money. it had IN
"a" hands Oi rs AGENTS. unacCduntpd for |