Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-26

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-" onsi,rv system which carried with it in lis fall
tbe begpar and the king the citizen and The corpora
finn None were exempt, whether natural or afihciai
persons Even the Government had to share IN Inc &C.
eral dscomii,ure which deep and wide The COM
nerce of the world Amid the disasters Of the times
which spared neither the Government Tie banks nor The
people, were all the numerous collecting, receiving S SGo
discussing officers OF the Government 10 escape! VINO
| expected that such would he the case Nobody. II
no does il furnish any evidence OF dishonesty or cor
ruplion in the Administration: Certainly not. Where
then, is The souhng voice Of charity even Of justice
would visit guilt upon The innocent: Aas for
our blindness to ftaIes We forget 20 "irs cast
the beam Of our eye, that may see clearly
10 cast the mote out of our brothers,.
But when the general Consideration cccasoned by The
susp. rson rassCd by andccnGGerce resumed her wont
Cd place in the community, all Interests began 10 right
themselves he dr'auiting banks secured most Of their
balances ard did most receivers ard collectors
There had been little destruction Of Eeurs A suspen
sion Of business constituted the general pilicon which
passed away upon The resumption which followed; and
although gentlemen Lave uld us, day after day. abuut
the large amounts lest by Linn, Spencer, Hurts and
Blvd receivers of public moneys, and Reckless, col
eclur YET il that ultiua'e collections for The Ia
l1nces nrans, them will be made. Reckless, il seems
was properly no otSui'er, eui hndng there wps la,
lance against him Of thirty fifty dollars, he paid
the money As 10 e CONDITION Of the balances against
the four receivers, the following mole from the Seceia
~ OF The Treasury 10 the gentleman from Ohio (Nlr
Duncen) will show
Treasury DEF RTMENr. Dec. 81, 1858
SIR-ln pnsWet 10 y'ur letter ct lie 2eIh instant,
would observe, Lnt in e documen, No H. sent TO Tie
House Of Representatives in January last, Mr. Harris
the receiver no IScn page 49, is stated IN have
paid part o Ls bslopce, and The remainder to tr vel
secured.
In Mr. Boyd's Gaze il is understood that he balance
is ell secured and in the Of collection. Snch
is presumed 10 be the balance against Linn ii being 10
suit, and of the surecs Of The latter being Govern
or Duncan, Of Illinois. He was not in defauIl when
reGppuntCd.
These officers were all dismissed or they resigned rs
tIn hsIs
rcul returns not PAID over as directed or saisiGc-
tory reasG ms not given Tor ostponeHent
Spercer is rot and never has BEEN Gesan!er on The
books to my know ledge. lie once delayed making
dPposi,e from the badness OF the roads but i, made
as soon IS they BECAME passabe. | am, very respect
'' LEVI WOODBURY..
Hon. A DuscAN. House of Representatives.
The defacacn Of Mr.. Swartwout for nearly ard
quarter millions Of dollars has not been embraced in tie
foregoing views According 10 The report of the First
Comptroller ard Solicitor ii the Treasury, this dsialra
ton commenced and "increuscd gradually from he Irsi
quarter Of 1880 the end ct the first quarter u ISIS,
whln his official term expired The mfssane at the
President the ment Of THIS sesic informed
us that change in the office of collector at Of Our
principal ports New York; has brought 10 light Geal
ca,ion Of the gravcst character" This enormous De.
iauier appears TO have escaped suspicion during hs
whole Of service ard until discovered by his
ccssor, Mr.. fOyt, whose great vigilance in this matter
the National lniegcncer eni!;.s him To great ere.
dill Tbs dcalcaton has been The subject "t great abuse
in this House. tion2h the fate Of tic Administration
depended urou it, iUd here, again. the credit part 81
The account is CIV, The people left 10 inter |
tina, the money all lost, The Fms, Comptroller ara
Solicitor OF the Treasury, in the report referred 20 in"rm
that they "have every rrason |" believe hat t" 'ecn
ritz of Mi SwarlwCuts G:ca! /, I'd is onrly C;c,ni
& r its amount.
4 gain, the Solicitor says
"Qn examining the hitter Of attorney from Mr. Swar !
MIR Ogden. III that II conferred on the lat
Ter the fullest aerncy. He entirely Impressed wish
the por:iety ci adopting, under it, such f."
the security of the Uni'e,i States in his power
tie has paid $50, coo in cash., &c. "Mr. !
Ogden las also sxecucd, The ATTORNEY Of Mr. Swar
wrut iLee mortgages Cf all his ruCerv in Tie States Of
New York, New Jrrs'y and Mary land" "1hrse mort
cages acuoe the house and lots in this city, The large
and valuable adow property at Hoboksn, and The in
The coal lands At Cnnbe Hand. As 10 their
luz have means Of !irming OPINION, bet il is
rs'ed by Mr. Ogden ala very large amount"
These extracts show lhst the large amount fer which
Mr. Swar,nort is in default, is not all lost. That all
be obtained, is nat 10 lie expected Tie ev-
drnce here given, nevertheless leaves but little doubt
That large portion of s secure.
have apology (suid M ii to make for default
e;s. The bitter denuncia,cns against them doubt
merritt ; and they shall hove commisera'ion f:om /
me. But surely gentlemen capro, be 50 blind not 10
that it is utterly impossible for them 10 make up
great party issue on THIS point with the irnds OF The
Administration. II is plain That such would
be false, and tGreig to the great points IN contest be-
tween the two great political parties No. il IS rather
dernier resort-n or'nrn hope-wbich, though prrcar
all tat 10 OF, bt!nG lUl'd NJ
every other point. Every other subject which gould he !
pressed into service has been used TO alarm add gh.ea
the people therefore ard this must subscrve tie
rurpos.s OF the present occasion Gentlemen however,
have rung the alarm bell 50 often heretofore, when no
injury foowC cd. and well founded signs uf danger
disccvcrable, that they would find diff
Guilty in exciting the public fears even If there were
cause OF alarm In very ceed But there ls none on
this any more than former occasions, either TO alarm
or endanger the Of that party whose is the
peoples and who have been struggling 10 preserve and
inculcate by the merit of it's precnslons the only true
political principles upon which this Government ever
successfully, in my humble opinion ought,
TO he administered II 10 certainly cause Of regret that
dcfalcalions should take place any time but surely
the misconduct Of subordinate officer furnishes no more
for opposing the Administration, than for oppos
ing the Government itself, Of which he has shown him.
self an unworthy member. The DETECTION Of public
officer not, and ought not 10 contamHale the cause
Of an Administration which gave him employ. The
sp"sacy of Judas Isca'in could not he urged %
lection 10 the cause Of the lleJermer, cast any OBJ
loquy upon his former associates The vile conduct
Of unworthy member Of the church could not backen
disparage The cause Of truth and religion What friend
Of his country would have affirmed, during the most
even'iui cIss OF our history that the cause Of Wash
nSton and his comPa'r"s disonoTed by the treac
cry OF Arnold: Yet such the unreasonable conclu
sions TO hich gentlemen mus! arrive from the positions
they assume, tnd the arguments they advance
Nor tie charges here Illuminated initiate against
The lair Standing Of the public unconsries the head
Of the Goverhmrnt unless it cun be shown that they
connived s the alleged deinquencies But this cannot
be pretended, with any srmblance Of Justice | am
aware, that through "hes devious course it is much
easier 10 find fault than to escape But the
duct of the Executive and his much abused Secretary
of the Treasury, so far any corrupt motive criminal
delinquency concerned will survive unscnhed the
verest scrutiny. Not blot will be left to obscure the
unmpeachabIe brightness Of their escu'cheon. Why,
then, much OF tie lime Of this House. so precious
to the naiicn end costly 10 the people, employed in
denunciaton ard invectvt' will tell you, Sir (.aid
Mr. NJ It is 10 keep up The late alarms with which the
doIOrpusly saIQte0 10
let down the tail of the late panic by gradual process
il s if possible 10 rennmate and form again the broken
paanx The flying rgons of The Opposition and bring
them again 10 The charge upon poin, more wine.
rable than they have heretofore attacked. Above ell!
is diver, the o,tenon Of the people from the true prin
cples in contest between the contendng parties and TO