Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-11-01
From the Baltimore Chronicle.
N PLAIN FACTS.
HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICERS TO STRICT.
ACCOUNTABILITY. "a


Accountability.
In my last number endcasored 10 show
and did show, that the assertion of the
Globe Wat The Van Buren, parry dismissed
ofice-holders as soon as they were discover
ed TO be defaulters, while the wings only
Rugged public defaullers the closer" was On
impuden, and wiiul falsehood To prove
this. instanced the cases Of r.. ri. Sterling,
James T. Pallock, VIM. Linn, and Wiley
p. Harris, all OF whom had been retained in
office for years after II was known to the
President and Secretary ofthe Treasury that
they were public defauters TO lnrge amounts.
now proceed TO show--that other individu-
ais were also retained in office in the same
way, Notwithstanding the government knew
them to be 10 possession Of large sums Of
public money which could not be got out OF
their hands.
We have seen that Harris, Receiver of
Public Monies at Columbus, Mississippi.
was yeappointedto office while defaulter,
and after having been threatened over and
over again with removal, because he was
lone ofthe main pillars of the democratic
cause" and because "his family and con.
nections were extremely Influential, and all
OF them were cooperating 10 the aTduous
struggle TO sustain the administration right
or wrong and that he finally resigned. a
defauter TO the government TO the amount Of
Sl09.l7s 0S. Toihe Office thus vacated by
his resicpauen. the President appointed Mr.
c. 74royd
G. ID. Boyd went into Office in November.
1886. On the Goth December, 1886, the
Secretary Of the Treasury has to call upon
him 10 make his monthly returns, which he
had neglected TO do. On the 25lh of Nav
following the Secretary writes another letter
to h,m complaining Of his neglect to make
proper returns Of monies in his hands,
June 10th, the Secretary writes again, and
states ,hatin consequence of his neglect to
pay over the public monies in bis hands. the
President had directed the sales of public
lands 10 be temporarily suspended. In re-
ply to this letter Mr. Boyd says, "The truth
isl am in default am, however, prepar-
ed and determined 10 secure the government
against loss Sc" To this. Mr. Woodbury.,
Secretary OF the Treasury, replies, II am
happy to hear of the frank and honorable
course proposed in your letter + MIR Boyd
resigned, alter being in Office about ten or
eleven months. The President appointed
MIR Victor M. Garesche to examine into his
affairs, who reported that the amount in
Boyd's hands was s55, 965 81. MIR Cares
che adds :--,Ls-"The man seems really PEN
itent and am inclined to think, in common
with his friends. that be is HONEST. and
has been led away from his duty by the ex-
ample of his predecessor. [Harnsl and Ger.
lain tooseaess in the code u morality. which
here does not move in so limited circle as
il does with us at home. Another receiver
would probably toilosc in The footsteps Of The
tico. You viii not. therefore. be surprised
if recommend his being retained, in prefer
ence to another appointment n5-FOR HE
HAS HIS HANDS FULL NOW, AND
WILL NOT BE DISPOSED TO SPEC
ULATE ANY MOREii"
might follow up this subject by show
ing the correspondence between the Secrela-
ry OF The Treasury, running through several
years. with the public defauliers. Paris Chill
dress. U. G. Mitchell. Lilllebury Hawkins
Mr. J. W. Stephenson, S. W. Dickson, and
others. including John Spencer against
whose removal the Secretary was cautioned
BY Mr. Senator Hendricks because his re-
moval although defaulter. "would 10 some
extent produce excitement he has" said MIR
Hendricks, "many warm and influential
friends, both at Fort Wayne and in Dear
born County. Therefore, said Mr. H. '5et
Ter let it be but il what have ALREADY
presented to the people be not sufficient TO
con vince them that the administration has
encouraged public defaulters by retaining
them in Office. knowing them 10 be such,
"neither would they be convinced though
one rose from the dead"
| have now done. ! have presented "plain
facts" ofthe most startling character. enough
10 arouse the attention and excite the alarm
of any people, not Indifferent 10 the preserva.
ton OF liberty and republican, Government -
II they do no, make an impression upon the
people, it will be because The latter have at
length become so accustomed TO corfuption
and political deprayily as to have lost all
sensibility, and 10 have fallen into that state
of apathy and indifference which prepares
them for quiet and unresisiing submission
to yoke OF single man, though they may
have shame enough yet leii to prefer that this
woke should be called democracy, instead Of
lis real name, monarchy Il matters but lit
tie. however, by what name an absolute gov
eminent is caiied--it is the government OF
ONE MAN sill. and in the language OF Mr.
Van Buren .whot is the government OF ONE
MAN but moNARcHy7' Have we now
such government The SO called demo-
cratic party .rnles the country; but this par
tv is but the instrument OF Mr. Van Buren,.
whose fiat does no, disobey, M Van Bu-
rem, then, is the one man who rules the coun-
'frv. ii is in the mower Of the people 10 take