Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-15
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nj The cases 10 which this correspondence relates-h
,ye could present the particular facts which are DIS
closed in the letters that have been CARRIED and nisre-
n,..en,ad- would be that they evince great VI
gance and socituda rather than neglect by the rta-
| sury Department II would be pRoN BID, notwmn-
standing the SANDERS of the Wings, that IN No SIN
GLE after de1au r as 70 IIeE STs or
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY Re
TAIN THE DEFAULTER IN OFFICE OF this,
the People will Judge when they know the Ifo II,
as made manifest from a'ihtni examination " no"'
d, of the documents before Congress, in some "t the
cases most loudly paraded by the enemies OF General
| Jackson. Mr. Woodbury., and Mr. Van Buren,. Let
us briefly advert to or two oil the most notorious
In the case Of Spencer there never was any detauit,
and be remained IN office and settled up his accounts
,I,rly iii within a.fcw months when his term eX-
,;red lie omitted to make deposit III season on one
occasion because the roads impossible, ana TOOK
from some settlers money winch was at discount ou
he Maid !, over to The bank the same terms on whch
,c look IT, and as neither gained nor the .. i"st
any tno but the purchaser OF the land was accoIno
daed the President did not think it an offence deserv
ing removal -.
In Harriss case, also there were informaltIes and
delays in making returns ana depos'tes IN 900 ana
1896 as there were in almost every land office, at times
durinr such immense sales, and particularly when the
hank of deposit distant, or the roads Hooded The
sales in these years equalled nearly The whole IN
the previnus 40 years But default as 10 money was
SUSPECTED or admitted By him, till September, 1896,
when, in a letter to Gen Jackson, then at Nashville, he
suggested that of his clerks had probably by
lessness or wickedness caused loss The President
directed him at 10 be suspended from Office. The
very day the order was given, the Secretary OF the
Treasury executed it, and had Harris accounts put in
SUIT All this is explained in The 76Oth page of Ev-
dence and report Of the investigating Committee, al
the last session of Congress.
In the case of Boyd also, the moment default was
ascertancd the sales were suspended -" .'"""ss,r
Amounted To him as the official bond was duly
cyecuted which had been returned account OF some
informally
The case Of Lynn is another which has been grossly
perverted He was at time, IN 1874 or ., datory
in nakn dcpnsitc of money! obtaining certificate
of having paid over Ogden, the Agent to eAPend
on the Cumberland road But he did obtain the Ger
tIcate when Ogden returned, who was absent his ac
counts stood fair and he was continued IN office: and,
10 show public confidence III him at that time IN III
nos he was elected Treasurer of their Board of Inter
nal Improvement: and the Governor of the State, 7
Duncan became his surety to the IT, 5. One or tw"
wears afterwards, he became draulter, and resigned
as It suspected and was III course OF de-
lection.
v And what, after all, is the great end of this
crasnp effort of Federalism, For what purpose u
Mr. Van Burens administration represented as ncgli
rent of the public treasury, when II proved by facts,
exhibited in official documents. which are uncontra
dcted and cannot BE- gansa'd, that the amount lost i
less compared with the amount collected and receIved
than in any other administration between 9Dl and SO?
Fur VIVA, purpose have we Il catalogue o! hriy.six
81 geo Focn drianl,ers, under tho administration "i
Martin Van Buren,, when the documents before Con
rrpss shuw that but fifteen of these alleged to
b, drfaurrs in that period, and when the same d"cu
u.cnts show that many persons are included IN thai
catalogue who do not owe single cent TO the u ed
States and many others included have contested
claims against the U. States which await judicial de-
cis"n:
What, ask is The grcaif.n Of this deception, mis-
representation and injustice:
II is 10 stem the settled purpose of the people 1t is
10 place again the public money in Banks and with pr-
vIrred corporations. IL is to restore the bacyon days
If expansion and contraction. 1t is to bring back that
glorious Of speculation, By which the Treasury Of
the United States has been robbed Of millions Of dollars,
In substitute f deaullcrs who give bond and security,
and who be punished by imprisonment and u,',
set Of corporations that laugh at their obligations,
when they deem it 10 b" profitable eXprdrni, and
who SGT all law at Defiance from end of the Union
to the other
While the Wing opponents oF Mr. Van Buren, were
parndinu their list of !" LOCO FOCO defaulters who
he'd STOLEN the amounts set opposite To their
" names it would have hern at least but sheer justice
Ia hive rivrn The list Of BANK defauters who have
F." DECLINED TO PAY The amounts set opposite to
their ma mes and who hava claims to Offset
curtv from which eventual recovery is TO be looked
far OF these drfaultrrs a list mi ht have been
found at pa yes and IL of document "" loo 10Th Con
So = -. -" cfreSh TIL ."-."nry o;
those who are we'll acquainted with s'Lnco Foco de-
fanrrs" by showing it to them The list in parts
the banks that and those that not deposta-
ries An examination nj it may enlighrn those who
prefer keeping the public money under the safeguard
nr cashiers such as Lewis Surtees placing il in
the Treasury Of the L. S:
LIST OF DErAULTING BANKS.
DepOSitdriss.