The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-10-28

1eAaEF hs:es Issued by he laic alminss-
iia.laH. 20 esilsnnes 81 ..rlsims against
ne government unPr0sidea far.s We
should lie . - sie ; documentary
praoG" wish which he proposes . :. ~
hsLisa" hi readers. We expect il wiII
Ss manufactured pretty much after he
manner Of ihe article which Ne before
noticed.
The Standard has no. quite brass =
noagh % deny The truth Of our statement
with regard % Tie Posl-O Office, except by
implication. Bu. he thought something
mnss be said, and he therefore resoricd
. his usual duplieisy. and publishes =
4 Wing testimony" extracts from two
Loco FoeO sPeeches-,he very extracts
themselves giving The lie 10 lhe surges-
hon that ahey were uttered BY /. Wing
representatives"
His FIRST extract j. fron The speech of
J. 9. Floyd, sho, during the lale extra
session, gave many other evidences, II
evidence were wanting. that be was no
Wing. Bu, even Mr.. Floyd does not
deny tlia, the Posi-O Office Department was
not largely ii debt, but resls his opposi-
ton % he appropriation in an abusive
iyrade against The posimasicrG General, be-
cause lie Lad dismissed from Office some
brawling Loco Focos and defaulters, and
pu. Wings in their places.
His other extract j. from the speech OF
Mr. Gordon, Of New York, who, though
he may be . " fedcraIisi," certainly is no
Wing. JIis opposition 70 The appropri-
alton was maintained, like That Of -
FLOYD, not by disprnri-s hescss''s'
II, IL ,:-,-.:pnll:pplcs against the tIen
Postmaster General. and iulsome praise
Of Amos Kendall.
The editor Of The STANDARD fancies that
"quile . commoiion'' was produced in
The Wing ranks by the sayings Of these
genaemen; but il is only fancy. Loco
Foeo speeches have long since ceased TO
possess novelty.
But the question. at present, j. not in
what condition the Post-OfIice Depart
mcnt was left by Amos Kendall, Though
Malam Rumor with her usual industry
has whispered some surmises upon that
subjecl,) but how was il left by his De-
mocralic successor, Mr.. Niles! On this
point We will refer to " documentary
proof"
The President, in his message TO Con-
gross a. The opening Of lis late session,
says:
"The Postmaster General has pre-
senlcd 20 me some facts connected with
the financial condition Of the department,
which are deemed worthy Of the atten.
ton Of Congress. By the accompanying
report of that officer, il appears that the
existing liabilities Of that department, be-
yond the means Of payment al Us conf
maai, cannot he less. Than five hundred
thousand dollars"
This testimony might be quite suili-
cicnt for our purpose; but the Standard
has thought proper to say
"WIl tie Wings believe their own
members Of Congress in this matter! II
so, the Recorder cannot be sustained in
IFS assertions"
TO be sure, Mr.. STANDARD, the Wings
will believe their own members Of Con-
gross; and they win see, loo, that the as
sertions Of the Recorder are fully sustain
ed. Here are some of them.
Mr.. Gilmer, OF Virginia, said:
"The debt for which this bill provides
WUs WNCs anu IL Ast1SN HtNdils "NtS wv III
proprialed, the transmission o.! the mails
In many parts of the country would be
retarded, il mol prevented"
Mr.. Dawson, Of Georgia, said:
"One hundred and thirty thousand dol
lars were due to contractors III his section
Of the country, many Of whom had their
property levied upon, because Of the nom
lul6lment by the Post Office Department
of lis contracts with them, in postponing
from time to time the payment of sums
due them"
Mr.. Chittenden, of New York, said:
Thousands OF contractors are, at tins
moment, in great suffering and distress Tor
the want of the money in which the go
vernmen, had long since been indebted TO
them"
Mr.. Andrews, of Kentucky. among 9TH
or instances of suffering arising from the
inability of the Department to meet the
demands upon it, mentioned the follow
ing: