Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-15
COMMUNICATIONS.
FUR 7 IT. F-N NtIHF.N.
FEDERAL FaLSEIiOODS on THE SUBJECT OF
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DEFALcATIONS.
The grand scheme "f eecti"neeru@ upon which the
MT conducted by the FEDERAL party Is
striking proof of the Justice of the chnrge made against
them from the beginning of the Government that they
equally dcsplse and concmn tho judgment and intel.
gcnce of the People. From the day when they pro.
claimed at Harrisburg their settled purpose to make no
declaration OF their own principles or that OF their can
ddae, they have been engaged in 4 course of cleo
tioneerng which IS without parallel 4 our previous
history On hand, they resort 70 huHlbugs the
most dsgust,ng-a parade Of cider barrels, log cabins
coonsk ns-singng the most stupid srngs, and carry
ing their travelling backsmhs from barbacur to
another: the other, they keep up round of gross
msrc presentations in which, fast is rrfuird
another is resortrd 10, as 10 m's!rr~ whom their
frolcrics certainly would seduce perhaps would
cfecually disgust. That these SANDERS cnncu
siyclv retiIted is immaterial When the reiutat"n Of
one is cogrnt to be longer resisted, they pass
another and wait till time gives opportunity ."
rcvving with some effect, "he lie 50 oft orrthrown.
The detalcati"ns, the expenditures the standing army
the negro witnesses, brought mp each IN its turn
The assertions, and again rrsu!cd and dis
proved arc renewed with utter rrcklessness as Il"
proprrtr truth. Undcniabn official records in which
the ISLANDERS exposed are suppressed or unnoticcd
and sense of shame-no feeling of improperly or
injustice prevents resort 10 practices which strike al
the root of our institutions, because they attempt know
ingy mislcad and pervert the true and honest udg
mpnt of the people upon measures and men.
| In the Juggling wheel Of Federalism, the old tale e
Dcfnlcntions is once more in the ascendant. The
elusive rcfu,ations which We have from time to time
published are il is supposed, sufficiently oberated by
successive humbugs Of hter origin, to make this topic
again available. We shall, therefore, by exhibiting
anew from official documents, the truth upon this sub
jcc,, drive these adopts political sleghtnfhand from
their game, and expose their chicks of the trade.
! The public documPuts-all of which known 10
the Federal Oraclcs upon this pont-provp that during
no Administration Of The Government from 1893 1"
. period Of fortytour years, was the ratio OF loss
by drfalcann, 50 small, during the Administration
OF Cen Jackson, (wih the exception Of Swnrtwout 5
case, during the present term OF Mr. b. They prove
the gross nrorrccrnrss Of r list Qualifications still pa
paradcd BY the Wing Orators and Of the statements still
persisted in of the proceedings OF the Treasury De-
pa rtmeni against the dciaulers They prove that re-
peaicd efforts and suggestions for Legislation were made
by the friends of the Administration, which, had they
been carried into effect, would have in al! probability
prevented many of the frauds that pcrprtratrd
They prove on the one hand, viIilant and faithful
discaruc OF his duties by the present Secretary OF the
Treasury in direct reluation of the SANDERS hcapcd
upon him by the Fcdcralsts and on the other gross
NEGLECT v the Federal Committees of investigation to
take the proper steps to detect and expose the true
turc and causes Of the frauds which they were ap.
pointed to examine. And they prove, that tn the svs
! TEN Of tcposing aud keeping the money III Banks;
and IL the losses merchants bonds. occasloncd by
the expansions of the Banks, greater dealca-
tons and heavier losses than have ever resulted from
any other cause
T. The Government Of the United States has been in
operation iiity-one years, from 1850 to lcl0 In that
period it appears from the statement prepared frn"
official documents and submitted to Congress by Mr.
Parrish Of Ohio that the total amount received and
paid out has been 81 4S9 BOB Id G2, or nearly ttteen
h..L..L ninr. If 1urS. 1t also appears, that the
total amount lost IN receiving and paying out that sum
during the whole ofhat PERIOD has been s. 1913 81
or about cght ni0ns ri donrs. This is an average
loss in collecting and dsbursing including the two set:
of officers charged with each duty, of hytour cents
on hundred dollars. 81 have prepared says Mr.
Parrish ",he following table from the report Of the
Secretary of the Treasury, made TO this Session o.
Congress- except during the three years of the present
term, which is made up fr"m the Presidents Message
and other reports Of the Secretary Of the Treasury.
have not been able to show the number Of officers en-
pnycd in receiving and paying out the public money
nor The number who have been deaulters since Mr.
Inn B0rcR'S administration commenced; but, by this
table it appears that although of the largest de-
facatons Uhat of SwartwouD 'shas occurred through
the receiving officer, since 1885, that has probably
CURED since the organization Of the Government, yet
hs amount last IN this insnnes compared 10 the rh0ir
amount rceeircd md paid oai Is LESS THAN Is Any
OTHER PERIOD OF THE SAME TINE, FROM 1c0f CP TO
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