Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-03-26
For the Herald orths Times.
Facts for the LabOring Man:
By A LApoRISo Man.
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1 Mr.. Van Burtn's "FaIse System "
as displayed IN his Jaise statements 10 de-
ceirs the People, continued.
| Erf,act from, Mr.. Pm Bmea's Message, Of
Dee. "a 1880. lItepcotcdj
4 From the results OF Inquiries made by
the Secretary of the Treasury, in regard 10
( tho practice among Them, am enabled 10
STATE. that in twenty-five out of twenty seven
foreign gopernmsais, from which undoubted
information has been obtained, the public
. monies nrc kept ~ charge of public officers.
This concurrence oi opini ia favor of that
system, is perhaps as great as exists on any
question of1Htcrnal administrator"
E1iract from .ur. Secretary WoodbTy's re.
port. (Rcpeated)
\ Out of twenty-sevcn governments, in re-
spect 10 which accurate statements hnve been
obtained, and which include almost every
IMPORTANT CIVILIZED country in The
corld, twenty SIX seem 10 prohibit any prl-
va,e use OF the public money, either by col
iccling or 6sbnrsiDg agenls.-ln sir cases
only do the doposlle agents appear to be
allowed the use of pubic funds, aud that is
only when those agents are BANKS, and
the money is placed with them IN general
deposie.-ln great majority of these GO
yernments, the employment Of public funds
for private purposes by any agents whatever,
is not only prohibited, but punished by severe
penalties, such as imprisonment, or the GALL
LElS, the PENlTENTiARY, and III some
instances DEATH"
/ II Alr. Van Buren, is really ignorsn, Of the
| fact the writer would inform lIin, that II he
| will recur one or two centuries back IN the
! history Of mankind, he will find much great
! er " concurrence IN the mode then praclised
by foreign govcrnments," with regard to the
keeping of the "publc monles," than even
al present. lie will find that until liberty
made some considerable progress IN The world
4" The piibt,c monies" were always kept IN the
hands Of The iyranis and their officers "-und
that our torefaihcrs IN England, were the
first to wrench this powerful weapon from
the hands Of the king, which has been inil-
tatcd by other nations in Europe just IN pro-
portion as the liberty Of the people has ad-
vaDccd, and the power OF their rulers has
declined. :,
The writer has now before him the official
returns relating to these "torcign gortrn'
nents," as reported to the Senate by Mr.
oodbury.7F an examination Of these
returns, the writer thinks he can concluslveiy
show, that Mr.. Van Buren, and his faithful
Secretary Mr.. VoodtWy, have either made
! strange mistakes or nre most eSrcgiausIy
! ignorant Of the geography of the world.--it
/ nppenrs by Mr.. WooJburys own confession,
| that without any legislation OF Congress on
! the subject, ho had on the 9Th Of August
! 1898, ue !resscd circulars to mos, OF "our
| coHSuis nj The most important ports IN foreign
! countries" requesting them TO answer, I'm The
language Of one of the consuls.) "Sir1ng of
tla,a, nj col IL
| keeping, and disbursing the public MONIES
Us adopted ar pr1ctlsed by The governments
( under which they resided.
! On tue 4lh of jan. 1880, Mr. Van Blrcu's
| friends IN the Senate, after having privately
! resolved that their master Ito use his own
| language on former occasion as before
9u0led,) The President, could "ru'e as eosHY
and much more security uiih, than uutom The
nominal chcck Of he Sena!f," proceeded tar
thrr, and publicly resolved" Ihst The Sec
relary of the Treasury oc dlrccted to cornmu.
nica,e 20 the Senate, any authentic niorma
ton he may recently have received III respect
To the modes of keeping and discussing pub
lie monies in foreign countries"
On The 2lsl of Jan 1889, Mr.. Silas Wright
made rrpori to the Senate OF Mr.. Wood.
bury's report Containing the answers he had
received from the L. states coDsuis abroad
3
up 10 that date, as follows
| Januca, Cuba, Ilomburg, Bremen, France,
London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Dublin
\ The letter of Mr. Aspnmall, the consul al
London, the Capital Of the grea,est and veal
ihiest nation on ear'h,-is contained IN three
pages. The reply To Mr.. Woodbury. by Mr..
!, Brent, consul nt Paris, the Capital of the
! second nation in Inpoitance IN Europe, Is
contained in one page. The answers OF MIR.
| Trist, consul ut Havana, the capital OF pro-
vlncml Island of Spain, which Is perhaps the
mos, impoverished and degraded Christian
country on earth, occupies SlATa .ElGu l
| PAGES.
! The writer remembers, when quite young,
! being furcIbly struck upon reading he account
! given by some traveller of the inscriptions
on stone which was placed on the summit
! of the Pyrrnecs moun,0Ins, 10 denote The
! boundary line between France and Spain.--
/ SPAN was at that time, a 1t - now, o weak,
/ impoverished aud degraded nation. France
! was then, MS ii Is now, one oi the most veal
! thy and powerful nations Of Europe. The
/ Spanish side OF the stone was Inscribed and
! ,,nbazoned rnb every species OF boinbas'
and hgh sounding titles and phrases setting
! forth ihe greatness and importance of the
! Spani.h monarch and hs klngdom-On the
! French side of the stone was SIMPLY inscribed
the pnclcn, name OF France III four letters,
"GAU UL."--The circumstance had been near.
iy forgotten unt upon reading consul Bren's
short, letter. and comparing It with consul
Trlsl's long list of onbloxonry,lho inscriptions
on the stone of the Pyrenees were iorclbIy
|, recalled To the memory Of the writer.
I On the 27th of January. lci0, Mr.. Wright
mu"a farther report Of .ur. Nood6Wys rt-
port. which he informs the Senate "ofe nddi'
i tiops to information upon the same subject
/ lold before the Senate, and printed hy t'
order during ITS last session" These returns
are from the following places, VIZ
Jamaica, GourJesuS, leipsic, Mexico,
Cuba, Vienna, Nhs"l' ihPh"
Hamburg Perrin, Munich, Gsrtkngcrn,
Ur.tusn libsrieh, tcuoa, pnrhmarbo,
ErDucc, stochhoiW' lefhorn, is"ghhH,
London lor.nhagca, Naples, irrhtLburo,
Liverpool, Antwerp, Cunstanti. ~ Salvador
GlasEuw, ltabki"ft, ih"lF' ~" Jah'Vr
! Dublin, Smyrna, M"hitN"e0,
"A Equator,
" lHlif1N.
These Mr.. Woodbury. declares to be all lh'
Official returns received. aud ont of these, Mr.
Van nurcn has managed To- select INVENT
StvrS 4" Eorign gorcrnmtnis." II IS eviden