Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-06-01


temples.
need not tell you that mans name
was George PoinIexter; a name thai
will long and honorable live among the
lovers of independence and the haters
Of tyranny. But he dared 10 propose
N investigation into the frauds and cor
rupfions Of the Government, and from
that moment his dom was sealed. The
deep, turbd, and resistless current oi
Jacksonism swept him from the State in
whose service The best of his life had
been expended; and, ostracised from her
councils, he becanp m exile in other lands
Sir, the office-foIders in this country
form an ollEarchy too powerful 10 be re-
sisted. Why was not Spencer remov-
ed? Why was not Harris! Why no;
Linn and Boyd? / will tell you. The
administration lid not dare 10 remove
diem. even had it wished TO 10 SO; Ike.
pach7s. they had become too powerful
/ for the Sultan. and would not have hesi-
I tatrd IN twisting he b0wstT,ng round the
neck Of the messenger who presented &.
/ Since the avowal Of that unpriHcipied
and barbarian motto. that "tO the viCtors
( belong the Spoils," office, which was III
tended for the use and benefit Of the
people, has become but the p'under Of
/ parry. Patronage IS waved like a huge
magnet over the Land, and denagogIeS,
/ like iron filings, attracted by law O
their nature. "a her and cluster around
is poles. Never yet lived The dema-
gogue who would not take Office.
The whole frame of our Government.
the whole institutions of the country, are
thus prostilutcd 10 the uses Of parry. /
express my candid opinion when aver
i that | DO not believe 4 single Office Of
importance within the control OF the
Executive has. for the last five years,
| been filed with any other view. or upon
any other consideration. than that Ol
party effect; and i COOL appointments
! have in any Instances been made. AMI
benefit accrued u the country. II has
| been an accidental, and rot voluntary
/ result. Office IS conferred rs the re-
ward OF partison service; and what is
| the consequence? Whv. the off -e-hoi-
ders are not content with The pit.fGI sala-
rieS which afford only small cDm2ensa-
| ton for present la5orS. but do not, in
their cstimItiou, constitute ~ adequate
reward for their previous political servi-
ceS. This reward, they persuade them
/ selves, il IS perfectly RICH. To retain
from Whatever passes through their
hands. Being laugh; that all moneys IN
| their possession belong not 10 the per
| pie, bat TO the parry. it requires DIt small
cxer.ion of casUis.ry to bring them 10
the conclusion that they have right Ia
retain what thew NAV conceive ~ nc me
| ,diuc OF their political services: iISt a.
a lawyer holds back lls commissions.
! The admins ration countcBauces all
this; winks al 1t as long "a possible; and
when public exposure IS incylsab.e. gen
orally gives the bIoaic1 plunirrcr full
warning & tim to escape with his Spo Is.
Do YOU not see the cagerness with
which even Governors. Senators, and
Representative in Congress, grasp at
the most trivia, appointments-the most
Insignificant cmolumen's2 Well do these
sons Of the horSe-ieech know that there
/ is more blood in the body than what man
lies in the check. and more profit in an
Office than IS exhibited by the salary
SIR. have given YOU but three or four
cases Of defalcations; would time Permit,
| | could give YOU Il hundred. Like the
| fair Sutana Of the oriental legends,
could 90 on fora thousand and one nights:
and even rs in those Eastern stories. so
in the chronicles Of the office holders.
the tale would ever b. of heaps Of gold,
massive ingots. uncounted riches. Why.
| sir. AIaddin's lamp was nothing to l..
| They seem to possess the Identical cap
of Fortunatus; some wish for $4,000,
some for 100000. some for a milion
and behold, it lies in gIIttcring heaps be
fore Them Not even
1.-The gorgeous East. with richest hand,
Showers on her kings ba barre pearl and -oId''
in such lavish abundance as does this adj
ninistration upon its followers. Pzarro
( held not forth more dazzling lures TO his
/ robber band. when he led them 10 the
conquest of the Children Of the Sun.
And now, Mr.. Chairman, have ! not
redeemed nv promise! Have | not
shown that the President IS but a typo
critic in his pretended horror al dclalca-
| ton; that the Secretary IS much worse
"a conniycr, a weak. imbecIie PdrttceP'
criminis? Let his defenders reconcile
| his conduct in the case of Harris win
/ his official dIty-witb the Dictates OF
common honesty, if they can; dare
them to the trial. Let them reconcile his
licentious correspondence with Spencer
Hendricks and more especially Garesche
with the principles OF common decency
/ Mr. Chairman, il is not my Intention
to examine minutely the case OF Swart
| won't | know not why the President
should have selected it out of 50 many
as the subject of special communication
i There is, however, one curious mattel
connected with this subject, which 1 shall
notice. The President. the Secretary
and the party, all profess to unite in the
Fl belief that the delalcatlons of SwaFt
won't. Price. and others afford the bes
possible argument in favor of the sub
j Treasury scheme. Most of these defal
cations, say they, occurred under the de
: posite system; and therefore, to tia
1 system these losses are attributable
! Now. sir. if YOU will look over this docu
men. 297, you will find that out of tn
RI Q65 letters TO receivers and collectors