The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-11-10
IAN HONEST ADMINISTRATION !p

1S iioNECI ADMlNlS hAl lON III
Theedtor ofthe Extra Globe, in long pressing,
contumelious letter, lately published under his
own signature, charged on the Wing Executive
Committee the high misdemeanor of having
labored industriously to break down g an honest
Administration What does this s'honest Iago"
now say to the verdict just rendered by the PEo-
PIE, Tor whose integrity and intelligence he has
pretended 10 entertain SO much regard and veneer
alton
AN honest Administration !" This migrate
and demagogue has been taught at last that
the people have had enough of such g honest"
men. The eyes Of our fellow citizens in every
real character Of the men in whose hands the Ad-
ministration Of the Government is placed. They
have seen enough to convince them lhala fulland
minute investigation would disclose additional
and more shocking proofs Of the rottenness Of
the Van Buren, system. After the 4lh of March
next, the power to order such an inquiry will be
in the hands Of really honest men-men who
made no distinctions between private honor and
public principle and then we hesitate not
10 predict, will come TO light proofs, mountain
high, against the men in power, not only Of
criminal negligence and dereliction Of duty
but OF GROSS CORRUPTION and MANIFESTATION IN
OFFICE. The haunts, and caves, and skulking
huts OF corruption, defacation, and bribery will
then be fully revealed.
Whom does Mr.. Extra Kendall expect to de-
81. &. 49, nrJ ~. lz.l
about the HONESTY of his co-workers in misrule1
Have the people forgotten that PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES was made to introduce into
his Annual Message a certificate TO the charac-
ter Of all the Executive officers at the very time
when the existence Of immense detalcations on
the part of these very functionaries was known
to the Departments, and to the head of the Ad-
ministraton 2-when more than two hundred
and fifty letters had passed between the default
ers and the Department wherein the facts Of the
defalcatons are admitted on one side, and no
ticed on the other In some cases the Secretary
of the Treasury was told that, Notwithstanding
the defalcations, REMOVAL of the offending
o6fce-hoiders would be highly impolitic, as il
would certainly array against the Government a
powerful and controlling influence in particular
section Of the country In other cases the de-
faulting incumbent was actually recommended
to continuance in the public service, on the
ground that he was already GoRGED with the
sPoILs and would not have such temptation to
appropriate the public money to his own uses, as
would man who had never tasted the sweets
Of public plumber! In many cases the defaulters
were RE-APpoiNTED, with slight admoniton tc
" SIN NO MORE - &
We presume, that by this time, Mr.. Extrs
Kendall has been awakened from his idle an,
vain dream that the American people could b,
brought to agree to his definition of "an homes
Administration'-nam one that supports ant
seeks to perpetuatc itself by distribution of tn,
spos-that winks at the existence of defalca
tons when committedby those who can be made
useful-continues the public plunderers in Office
| if they can be made serviceabe to the party
and rewards them with appointments, to pro
mote its own selfish objects Of power and aggran
diZement