Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-05-04

would ever oga tro votes. against the wish of the
s.t body of the Fcderalists, and the wn"ie
Inmocrots The parties in the Legsialuce ,, |
10 balanced Mr. Ewing had one VI wv Co,rro.s
as rrced him on his party against lne consent
IN DO rest The selfish lmpract'cabes tou Inc ",
o. ~. ,oy must take Ewing or give up the Senator
~ '." Inhson's choice, and they took him.
"S in upon this slender const tuency, composed
- ,s or Two men who sent him, with view to their
o,, selfish ends, he did net hesitate to consult ms
arm interests in the most shameless way. As mem
her of the Land Committee, he contrved mn lor Tue
issuing of land scrip to satisfy claims which ne hne" Nc
could buy at great discount lie made this land scrip
eceivobie nj mar at the land ofices-he obtained mo-
ney from the Bank Of the U. States TO make nus pni
chase to great amount in the land scrip "h'cn us
law provided for issuing, and he deposited ms sc'p ~
purchased with agents at or near The ia'u o'o.' o
turned 1t i'll at par, Ter those VINO came 10 N"Ae
ment for lands entered bought at the sales; and 10
his way cashed in gold and silver every dollar OF ae
scrip which he bought at enormous discount 10
the Bank of the u. S., which furnished MI Ewhg
with $40 900 at tme to prosecute his speculaliohs
ba was moi unprateful He devoted himself, from trs
n and Ont Of Congress-, TO the then corrupting
and ,o,o rotten Bank of the United States. Every
vote he uaye was in lis behalf and he was one OF the
,ohorers who assisted most sedulousy, in and out OF
doors in all the schemes which its ingenious and most
liberal manager pressed IN Congress Mr' Ewpg was
much less generously dealt with than any other of the
RANKS active instruments, if his speculation fund was
eyer exacted from him. 1t IS not improbable that Ew'
mos notes which we know were once among the bills
receivable, were extnguished, with other Congress
loans BY the "Parcnt Bank notes, amounting 10
5000 0C6 which, as it appears by the late report,
were taken of the Bank in 1886, and not charged
among the notes put in circulation. The Commute
saw they can get satisfactory explanation from Nr
Biddle Of this enormous error IN the account vi tue
Banks circulation. We think the accommodated
friends Of the Bank in 1886 could throw some light
upon the subject and among those most likely 10 COM
prehend the matter, would refer 10 Aiessrs WEB
ster and Ewing. 80
Apart from all suspicious TO which the dilapdated
condition Of the Bank, and the notoriey oil The iacl
that il used immense sums in effecting its objects
through the elections and in legislation, gives RISE r
Ewng's speculatons, founded on his own legislative
enactments, and the capital derived from Inc DahA'
which he requted with his services as SENATOR SHOWS
that he knows how to turn ms oiiicai opportunities "
mercenary objects.
Ifsuch be his vein what field does his present po-
sition afford him. The customs OF the Oned states
are absolutely in the power OF the Collector ana NaVa
Oficer-the one receives, the other notes all the mer
chand;ze on which the duties are paid ii the Naval
Officer takes an account Of only half the goods on
which the duties are levied, the Collector may put nan
the customs in his own private chest In WORD the
Naval Officer is the only check on the Collector Let
the country bear this in mind, and look al MT. Ewing
appointments p.ho-,, ,,
about seventy years of age who must rely upon dep-
ties Bella Badger is the only check upon these subor
dinae, unknown and irresponsible iunctohaIes anu
Joseph R,uer the Treasurer OF the Mint, the aepo-
STORY Of all The receipts Of the Treasurer OF the MINT
x the epository of all the receipts of the Treasury al
Philadelphia Badger was at the bottom OF all lrauds
in virtue Of which, Ritner cndeayored to force upon
the people of Pennsylvania, by the bayonet BODY Of
REPRESENTATIVES not elected by them /; and they, IN
turn to force him upon the State Us Governor
treating the election Of Porter, ito use tho words o
Burrowes the Secretary if il had not taken place
In the great emporium, Curtis (who went with
Glenworth, and countenanced HIM when committing
perjury by swearing 10 the affidavit against MT But
ierl is Coector-Matthew l.. Davis, Che "Spy IN
Washington his Deputy man, by the name OF
Lord, IS Naval Officer. Curtis is overwhelmed in
debt, and VIGOROUSLY destitute OF principle. DAVIS,
the confdant Of Aaron Burr in all his vile lntrgnes OF
all sorts, is bankrupt in every way. Who Lord
is, the Lord only knows. We never heard of HIM
before We only know that lie has succeeded to the
place 10 which the forger, the Hon. Mr.. Mitchell, as
PRED and would probably have obtaincd had not IN
formation been given that he would be convicted Of
crimes similar to those for which he has absconded i'm
mediately on his induction into office. The Solicitor of
the Treasury is Mr. Charles Biddle Penrose, famous
as the principal manager Of his relative, Mr. Nicholas
Bddle in the procuraton for the Bank OF the votes
of members, pledged, like himself, against i, TO their
constituents, and famous the adjunct Of Thaddeus
Stevens to maintain Rtncr as Governor, and the
Wing Legislature, against the votes of the people
Penrose is the who is TO enforce the Responsible
ties of Curtis, Lord, Davis, Roberts, Badger, and Rt
ner,!
Now, we ask, there no honest mon of The Fe-
dera party that could be selected TO fill those high
trusts involving the greatest portion Of the revenues
of the country Are there not hundreds of respecta
BILE men-men whose circumstances put them above
temptation, and whose characters place them above
suspicion who would have accepted these places and
whose appointments would not have dsparaged the
honorable men who were removed to give place to
them, nor disgraced the character of The party which
they were raised TO REPRESENT Why then, were these
men chosen BY Mr. Ewing When the public learn
the motives which induced Mr.. Webster to prefer MIR.
Ewing to man of honor like Mr.. Sergeant, the mys-
tery will be solved.