Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-03-19

PeDnsylvania, IN payment Tor the peoples
stock before alluded t0--and has also run tho
! people ~ debt several millions by The issue
OF Treasury Ncies, besides sqlahdering the
whole revenues of the country-and now
with unb!ushlng effiontery, ~ which the wfi-
ter dehes The world 10 produce parallel. he
comes forward and 0ficr deDounclng as he
has hei stoiore done, the merchants and busi.
ness men generally, aud the stockholders Of
all the Banks, as being no better than swind-
lers, he also brings a charge of bankruptcy
against the individual and sovereign States
OF the Union and his mnons in the Senaie
Of the United States, instead OF attending To
business entrusted Ia them by the people,
have for the last month passed their time IN
devlsing the beSt plan to destroy not only the
prosperity but the creGit Of their individual
State constituents. This plan is pcIfecling
too, III time when this same MurtiD Van
Buien has requested Congress To provide
ways and means to meet The expenses oi go
vernment, To the amount nf ndeiinii. millions
over and nbove the actual revenues, Tor the
ensuing ychr: thus proving beyond doubt
the ialsehood oi both his own and his Socre-
,ary's previous statements 10 tie people, ~
their official annual reports OF the state OF The
Nation and IT'S Finances s--wcll knowing that
these documents, especially the Presidents
message, would penetrate every fire side ana
grog shop Of the nation while the after
statements aud calls for money by the Ex-
ecu,lvc and his officers, would be dissemina.
Ted only through the newspapers, aud be but
Il partial an,Go,e to the poison previously
infused into the minds o! the great body OF
the people by the official documents, which
they have been accustomed to look upon as
almost sacred, and containing nothing but
the truth.
II will be remembered that dcfaulter 10 Il
small amount, by the name Of Tobias Wat
kins, was incarccrated ~ prison Tor soiEe
years, by this yirtuous reform administration,
80 holy was their zeal for the peoples good
If the writer remembers, this was the only
deiaultcr under Mr.. Adams which his success
sor and friends could find, on whom to wrehk
their ruiuous indlgnatle th this daa,
| hear what Mr.. Van Burcn in his last annual
message again says -" Since the officers OF
the Treasury and Pos, Office departments
were charged with the custody Of most Of
The public money, received by them, there
have been collected siyly.sx millions of dol
lars, and excluding the case of tho late Col
lcctor of New York, l!c aggregate amount
Of losses sustained IN the collection canno, II
is believed exceed Siriy thousand do!lars."
The writer will ask the reader TO pause and
ponder on the above extract What does 1t
mean DO you not understand by II that
since the government money has been reno-
we'd from the charge of the banks. the uhole
losses by Government officers, with one ex-
ccp,ion, does not exceed the sum OF siriy
thousand dollars? The intention oi MIR. Van
Buren, is too obvious 10 De mistaken, and by a
reference tn the Official documents, 1t will BE-
found that this conclusion viii be !rrcsIstnbly y
forced on the mind by the cunning manne'
he cvades alluding 10 losses by disbursements.
The writer Of this has no means within his
reach 10 ascertain the amounts plundered
from The people BY Executive officers since
lS3S. but from q report Of the Secretary OF
Che Treasury Mr.. Woodbury. and the rel ort
Of Committee of Congress IN the session OF
lS3S-lS}9, II appears that iroln the lth OF
March, 1897, which was the 0ay Mr.. Van
Buren, assumed his duties as president, up to
The date OF the report OF the committee, about
two years. the following list of Federal tH'
ccu,ive officers were proved to be dc!antet>
to the amount stated, besides many Cthcrs oI
q prcyiOlis date -