Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-04-16

me ttstp facility IN ms potetr 10 trace oui and or
Pla,n any errors iehich maghart occurred tehife M
office teds under my charge"
The nomination thus made. and thus enforced
was adopted by the President Boyd was appoint
ed. Mr.. Harris's letter led IN n .inpcic Of stare
between The President aud Serteta,y. which end
ed IN Mr.. Hartis's rrsieniae. Tho amount o
ms deialcations, subsequently reported. was ON
HUNDRED Ann NiNs THOUSAND oNE HUNDRED AM
SEVENTY riomr DOLLARS AND rIaur crNrs; abou,
twenty thousand dollars less than the ampunt
stated in Mr.. Secretary Woodbury's letter Of
June 6, 1896.
4 Common ID. Borp, Receiver, nc. u, Colum-
bus Mississippi. Yes. Boyd Vas appointed un.
aef me nomination, and 40 carry out THE prin-
cipIes and policy of his .'iliustrons predceessor. !"
Aud he did so. This "unyielding advocate of the
principles OF democracy neglected TO make re-
turns, 10 pay over the public money, and even
TO give The bond for the performance Of his duiy
which the law required. lie soon became u de-
laol'er in upwards of fifty five thousand dollars.
Mf. Garcschc. who appears 10 have had "the
'onof OF an ,ntlmaie acquniniance' with Mr..
boNd, and 10 have been n teacher Of moral philo-
sophy TO The Presidenl, and h sician IN his con.
science. as well ms nm examiner of land officers.
informs the Secretary OF The Treasury, in a letter
dated June IL. 1887. tina, Boyd "sccms really
peni,en';' and that ,e has perhaps only 'brcn led
away from hts duty by The erdnpie Of his predcces.
sor, and a certain iooseness IN The code oT moraiiiy
,ehich here does mol more in so limited a c,rcie as II
does pah Us dthome;;' meaning hnnself, Of course,
and, ',m,y DO presumed, Mr.. Van Bnren, and
other purists as Washington. Gareschc goes
ON TO say: "Another receiver would probably
'joliop IN he footsteps Of the two. You 0it
moi, therefore, be surprised III %ecommend his beina
retained, IN preference 10 another appointment; for
NE hd, has hands JaH no,c, and r,H not be o,sposed
10 speculate any more" The old fable Of the fox
and the hsdge-hog. The hedgs.hog wished To
drive of the flies which had settled on the fox's
eyes aud ears. NO. said tho fox. "ihey are
full noto-if they should leave me, u fresh swarm
would take their places'-nelo Receivers rouid
toiioto in he fooSteps-"and | should not have a
drop of blood leh IN my body"
Truly, this Mr.. Ga,eschc IL n gentleman whose
Knowledge is as various as his business; he sec,s
the admirable Crichton and Caleb Quotem in .
state Of fusion; he is rs deep in Esop's fables ms
he is in mathematics. land laws, mud accounts. Ga.
resche thus eniorces his argument, for retaining
Boyd in office:
lie will give his bond signed by the same sure.
hes and forwarded IN n few days TO Washington;
ms speaks Jdrordbly. lie has, moreover, pt,dped
his toord that, u retained. he will strictly obey Ihe law,
and receive nothing but specie IN payment ur lands. -
Mr.. Garesehe, apparently with great compo-
sure, SAYS that he has ''en}otned The closing Of The
iond office tnhi The bond rs completed and returned.
NQ land has been sotd since The 29M uittmo." Ia
Ba,d's schedule Of assets. he returns 20. 900 acrts
Of land, aud his interest IN hall The profits which
mny he made out OF Il. 900 acres mo,c. These
idtds were stated on the nbar oI congress to be
part Of the public domain, winch, hy virtue of
his Office, he had transferred 10 himself, euiler
without paying u single dollar Tor them, or by
for them out Of tie public money. BE
this as ii may, the pecun,a,y pafI alone Of his de-
was FIFTY Five THOUSAND NINE nun
DRIED AND SIXTY 1--WE DOLLARS AND rIrrY fouR
Mr.. Woodbury. Is ot opIn,on that Boyd's
course was frank aud honorable" The p,inci-
pal evidence, IN the Official correspondence, Of his
ttankness il The following iDp enious declaration 10
his letter Of July 10, 1897, 10 the secfels,y: "The
truth is, am IN dtjduh." ] his undoubtedly
would, in former DAYS, have been sufficiently
CRANK for The decisive faction OF The Executive"
"Ion will not be surprised that the Secretary
should commend Mr. Boyd for his "h lnorablc'
conducts; for You have seen that honor moves IN u
very limited circle. indeed, among us al home"
o. these two Receivers at Columbus, M,ssIssip.
pi, one, you have been told, WAS a ''main pillar Of
The democratic cause" and u true democrat and
the other an "ardcni supporter" Of President Jack.
sons Administration an an ~ Yielding advo-
cate Of the principles Of democracy" Nj. Garescl,e,
nothing daunted by these preeedeots, in a letter, da.
ted October II, 1897, To Mr.. Secretary Woodbury.,
~ u successor 10 Boyd "anotl,er warm
trend ofthe Admuis,ra,ion.'' The .'ac,ion of the
Execniive' on This recommendation is not disclosed
IN The Congressional documents from viii, u rx-
tlusiveiy | have taken The foregoing facts. But IL is
probable thatihe nominee was not appointed; Tor he
seemst to have forgotten 10 secure the support Of Mr..
Boyd himself.
Boyd's case is exuberant in other topics Cor our
instructions; bu, ] pass Oh to my fiaal illustration Of
this branch Of he Report; The case Of
G. JOINS SpENCER. Receiver OF Public Moneys AT
Fon Wayne, ludiana. THIS officer failed 10 make
the returns Of the public money required by la" aud
for three months did MT pay over u single dollar;
for nearly five months retained almost a quarter of a
million Of dollars; refused 10 answer letters from the
Secretary of the Treasury demonstrating against his
neglect; used The public a,oney; aud habllually spec
ulaled with money paid TO Inn for public llnds. On
this last head, Nathaniel West. j. appointed exsmi
ner Of the land flee at Fori Wayne, states 'that
the Government moneys paid in by one person has
been loaned out by the Receiver in exchange for un.
current or not land office money, lie RECEIVING toi
his own private use The discount as agreed upon;
and The same Government money again Is passed IN
TO The land office, TO be again used ior the like pur-
pose. in pay tor The publiI lands"
Thus was, surely, a very strong case. But, fell
low -ciiizens. 'you will not, therefore, be susprised,'
as Mr.. Garescte would 5 y. 10 learn that nothing
was done with II. II iecames II = duty al Mr.. Sen-
aior Hendricks, as zone OF the main pillars OF he
democratic cause."lo arrest ''the action Of The Exec
niiye,' aud he did so. lie thus writes to Mr.. Sc
creiary Woodbury. on behalf oil Spencer:
alt would, TO some extent, produce efciienent if he
were removed; Tor he has many uarm and influential
friends both at Fort Wayne aud IN Dearborn coun-
~, from which he removed to his present residence.
Better let IL bc!"'
And IL ,cas let be-.
In letter to tho Secretary. written a few weeks
after. by Mr.. Spencer. in excuse for his Neglect 10
pay over The public money. he brings forward those
save friends in The following frank tennis:
VI DEMoCRATIc FRIENDS mink that ] ought
mol 10 tedre uHht after zoe hoid our ELECTION FoR
PREsIDEST on ME nh 81 Norember. schich, ! have con