The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-02-07

% me lendsr mrrrirs uf-whsls 70.
REIGN MISSION! %. ID. BGown wss pr.
niIisi 10 rrslgn with eeisi. and The gains
he had laid .? against day Of lraohls
fram the prU6ls Ol fayaFed NAL eantrael.
nrs. and The test and worst Of Ihe rob.
bers. were retained in their places.
Bot. siI. | ~ss NOT for permitting he
Administration In be ''lrkippei and eleaF'
sF' sflsr coasieuan upon indictment =
gsInsI one Department. the Post Office,
slnRr. I believed that there were oiheI
Departments ss foul, aud that insssliga.
IInh MAS more necessary in the Treasury
Department especially. than any aihrE.
] 80 charged during The long session 81
ls35 6. WAS laughed II - madam.
The Glnbe dehOunerd me as tie Ianl al
a f.cIinn. and daily Wsre and my f,iend
mir. PryInnl Plsesnlrd for eslumny and
f.lsrhaOd. "ty authority" in The Oh
eIal Organ. During thai ssssian. whilst
there VAS time 10 investigate. we weEe
nat heried. sxeePI BY hitter denpneis-
tim fa i.lse rlamors. Bot aur elAmoEs
brought inrih fIum ~ The nsxI sessinn--
an Official nolire. though indirect. IN the
Message nf the PTesi,leEI-Ihs - lssi sn-
nual Message" IL the Greatest and Best.
In December. 1896. General Jackson
senI Ia US his {" last annual Message"
IN which he gave . certificate 81 honesty.
Pr.'bily. aud good demeanor 10 all the of.
irrrs OF al the Executive Departments.
Ia Mas given. NO doubt. expressly Ia fall
sify the charges hich bad been animated
By myself aud others Al the previous ses-
s,On, respecting the then eonhexiun be-
tween the Treasury aud Reuben NJ.
Whitney. lie hid TO Congress this
language:
Before eoneln linF hi. naper, tiins IL due
Ia the Narl"Bs Executive Depa'tn, as To hear
testimony To their pfnspsFaasenndliiaa AID To
the ahIlIIy and iatesriIy viii which they have
been conducted. Il has bssn NY aim IN en-
lOiee ~ all uf them . gIgiiaht AMI faithful dis
charge aT the pubir businrss. aud II Is Z atty
ias 90 me 20 believe that there 10 M jGsI cause
Il complaint ir,m snN quarter, 1T tie manner
IN Watch the! have fulh"cd tue objects al iaeir
creation"
Aud. sir. as if To give this certificate
all possible snlemniIy Of asseVeraIion. IL
was made immediately To precede that
clu.ing paragraph IN which. a. with sigh
II regret heaved from the basom oil the
aid EGssr at the Ihnnghl IL leaving power.
he pOurs out his gratitude tn hls fellow
ei'iZPns f"r their encouragement and sup
his consciousness III hsv-
ing CON- short of all he desired To
accomplish. his confidence 10 4 favorable
Of his motives. his consala-
lion that his errors would fiud corrective
IN The intelligence aEd patriotism Of thase
" hO would succeed him, his SEPARATION
nf increased confidence in our inslilurians,
and his pledge. Il spared by age aud Ihfirm
him. TO invoke that benefcenl Bring In
whose providence we wrre already sa
sIgnslly indebted. for the continuance nf
hIs blessings on his beloved county.
We will SION see whether there were
errors tn be corrected. aud time ha. de-
Seloped whether" Intelligence and patri"i-
ism sufficient in Ihose Who succeeded him
have BEEN found Ia apply the corrsciirs."
SIR, ] forthwith jniGed issue with the
Propositions ofIhIs certificate. | reyiew-
I'd this " last annual message" in a speech.
10 which now refer. as par, Of The " res
gestG" of this sutjecl. denied the
proposirinn-
lst. That The various Executive De-
psrtnents were in prosperous condition.
81. Thstihry had been conducted with
4biliIy and integrity.
81. That IL had been The aim Of The
Executive Ia enforce in all Of them a
sigiIsni and faithful discharge Of The
public business.
An. That 'here was no just cause Of
IRON any quarter, at the manner
in which they had fulfilled tie ohjrcis Of
their creation.
| charged The very reverse Of these
upon the pure, virgin Adj
Of him who could DO M
wrong. aud declared it was more corrupt
Than that which had. on the plea "f cor-
rupliOn, been thrust out uf power. |
i,lrdged the proof. anI demanded eom.
niItee. l, was not untl within one rnnnth
and twelve days ~ The 4th Of March.
1897. Of the expiration of the 2ith Con.
1ress. that ! was able ~ wiring from a
Executive majority the appoint.
Inrnt oi cornm,ttee Of investigation. a.
would never have been granted had no,
an issue been ten'lrred by The Pre.idea,
himself
Aud here, sir. before | proceeI in the
regular ehronuiugy Of my history Of
| must pause to draw Your
attention I" the Message Of Presiden, Van
Buren, "f Dec. l0ih. 1895. ransm ,i;ing
Mr.. Secretary Wuodbury's repuu Of
Dec. Glib, 1888. an relation tn the
recently discovered default pf Samuel
&r.-Such IS the new iisle
II this old work! the fact disclosed in
his Tepnri. To which wish 81 call your
IS. that the deficit of Mr.. Ssarl-
soUl al the end Of ea"lI successive year.