The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-11-15

history that SWartWOut was leagued with
Bur- q his western expedition, and Il Wa
te.uhed BY several different witnesses Who
knew him, that al the time Of his appoint
Hmeni be was VIGOROUSLY irresponsible, never
bad money and always wanted 20 borrow.
And yet lie was placed where nearly two
thirds 0f al the customs ia aI the United
States were to pass through his hands. The
committee characterization appointed BY the
last house cf representatives. ia Congress, af-
ter illl examination, report the causes Of
bic delalcation to be- The irfespOnfibility Of
Mr. Swartwout in pecuniary character a.
tie time Of his appointment % Office, the
culpable disregard III law and neglect of Of
fetal dutyby the Naval Of licer at New York:
the cnlpable disregard Of law and neglect of
sofhcial duty BY the First auditor the Trea-
sury; the culpable disregard Of law and neg-
lect Of Official duty BY The late and present
Comptrollers Of the Treasury; the discontin-
uance Of the use Of Banks as repositories Of
the public moneys, and permitting the same
70 accumulate in the hands Of Mr.. SWaFt-
won't; and the negligence and failure Of
And these are the persons who ask 10 have
the public money entrusted entirely in their
hands for safe keeping. And 70 be made acc
lcoantable only TO each other, that they may
connlve a. each others frauds and they
alone inspect each others conduct This Is
what Is meant by checks and balances! And
when one has succeeded ia loading himself
with plun and made his escape 70 Eu-
rope, then W N will iiempt % satisfy the
people by declaring him a Wing they viii
pronounce him feloH' and threaten, If he.
should ever be fool enough to come back, he
shall be imprisoned mot less than two nor
more than five years. Really, bill for the
more safe keeping of the public money!
It is shown by the letters above published,
and by numerous others which we can pub
lish, that the department knew these deial-
cations were going on, and yet against the
plain requirements Of the law IN such case
provided, and against the clear dictates on
duty, permitted them 20 accumulate and rir
pen, because, forsooth, the defaulters were
spillars in the democratic cause What good
will mountain of laws effect when left q
be administered by such men2
This is not bill 70 secure the public moe
ney. The public money has been well ser
cured from the formation Of the government
down to Gen. Jackson's administration,
without any such bill. The title Of the bill
is mere Pretence for purpose ofdeception,
The true title would be "A bill more eheclu-
ally to get the public money into the hands
Of the President, to establish Government
Bank and to Increase executive patronage
The Office holders, whose object is 70 se-
cure the public treasury within their own
clutches, call II bin to secure the public
money, and hold out the idea that no law for
that purpose is now in existence, when they
well know that tho same law which impTi-
s0ned Tobias Watkins for a defalcati0n Of
only few thousand dollars under the ad-
ministration Of John @. Adams, is yet in full
force. He was the only person appointed by
John @. Adams who was found TO be de-
faulter 1.-THE time Gen. Jackson came into
power, and he was incarcerated within stone
walls and made to pay the full penalty Of his
crime. How different il is when the tspil-
lars of the democratic cause and main sup-
porters of the administration" are found TO
be defaulters. Look at the long list of scoun-
drels who have filled themselves 10 repletion
upon the public money under this and she
last administration, and are yet running AZ
large unwhipt Of justicel What contrast
Yes reader, the law q in existence, and If
enforced as it was in the case Of Watkins,
these defaulters would not now be rioting
and sporting upon the fruits Of their vilIany.
They wOulc not be Te-apPOiEted 10 Office n0f-
withdrawing past neglect. but would be
stamped with the mark of crime. and given
overto execration, shut up with the brother
hood of felons. They too would be incar-
cerated and made TO suffer the penalties Of
the law as Watkins did.
What then is the use Of any nes tas7
Let the people put men in Office who will
enforce the present law, and their money
viii again Be safe as It used to be. The
whole Sub Treasury scheme is a device TO
deceive, mislead and defraud the people.
Who ARE THE FEDTRAIIsTse Nobody
win dispute that Alexander Hamilton was a
prominent pillar ofthe old Federal party Of
this country. His writings, more than those
ofany other man, embody the federalism
against which JEFFERSON preached. The
! great anxiety Of Hamilton and the Federal
lists was, lest in framing our government, il
should fail for want of strength-her want
of power IN Executive to check or to con-
troll the democratic tendencies which they
believed would result in disnnion and anar-
chy. Accordingly we find Hamilton, in all
4 his writing, true to this object, and ever ur-
ging the necessity Of making the govern
ment strong, and clothing the Executive
i with large powers, in order to preserve The
/ public liberty. Hamilton particularly insis-
4 ted that The national revenues should be
collected by officers GppOintCd b. the gOp-
ernment, for the reason sthat their appoint
ment, and also that Of an military officers Of
every rank, would, would be the means Of
creating, il tie interior Of each state, mass
of influence in favor of the General GveTn-
mentn The great danger, he contended,
was moi that the Government would have
too muchs but too little power. 10 preserve
1.-THE Union. He commended that regard
for the interest Of The WHOLE would never
be principle strong enough TO curb The am
bition and intrigues Of the different portions
I Of the confederacy. See Hamilton's Life,
Epol, p. 35I
we ask any man, not absolutely blinded
lby prejudice and passion, of The whole
course Of the Government during the last
ten years, IN All Is prominent measures, its
4 aDnoinlnanfs "a nLien. and is n.a nf The