Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-04-08
corrrpiion Of Mt late .id,nini,lration.

We referred las, week to report made by
Committee Of the House OF Representatives, show
ing loss To the Government OF more than goo
ihousane dollars 10y the defa lcson Of disbursing
officer, under highly aggravated circumstances
We copy to-day the repor, in full; and repeat what
mas oeen said more than once. that such Of
waste and corruption were adequate causes, and
furnish ample explanations, of the present bank.
rnp'ey OF the Government. This is but one OF
many; Buckners case, by which the Government
lost $4,000, and Col. Dick Johnson made sIs,-
Voo has already been mentioned. The waste in
The Florida wsr-where wagon cost $4,000, and
the hire OF steamboat worth sI5 ,OOU amounted
to Sss,Oo0-has also been ALLUDED to. Cases not
less monstrous are yet to he developed. When the
Loeos talk about the present condition Of the Go
vernment, et the Wings point them to these facts
which are enough, in all conscience, to make that
Administration dc:estable through all time. Capt.
Tyler, by dividing, has weakened the full force OF
the popular ojium, which these denominations would
have drawn down upon the late dynas,y;- but
even he, pratsed he may be in oil that disquali.
hcs him for high station. cannot wholly esuse
these things TO he forgotten or forgiven. As often
rs the public mind reverts to the deplorable cond-
Wv" W hS NNNuNl ol Nllt NfnNcTu-
ment--and the emLairAssments OF the people
and reeolleeis the state of Nffiirs, public and
private, when the late dynasty came into pow
er, will be forced involuntariiy TO consider the
causes, which have wrought the wonderful change.
We were prosperous people when Gen. Jackson
came Into Office every branch OF industry wa.
furnishing. aud We had currency, the best any
country OF the same extent ever enjoyed-Why the
change who and what wrought il lie and his
party bore absolute sway for - years in the Fede.
raj and State Leeislatures. Under their auspices,
the mischief was accomplished. They warred upon
the best interests OF the people, and converted
gcneral prosperity into general ruin. They de.
s,royed good currency, ant substituted lad one
for t-they palsiel the arm Of industry, and pros
traied the great commercial and manufacturing in
teress OF the country, wi.hou, benehiine the ayr
cultural class. They ineulcaied the demoralizins
doctrine, that public offices spolls for pariislns
They introduced and encouraged dishonesty in
pull lic agents, and lavished he public money upon
worthless favorites. Behold the result: an empty
Treasury,a pubic debI in time of peace-a def
cient revenue-a deprecated credit-individua
distress pervading the whole neutrality-suspicious. for
Stay Laws-worthless rag money, and roguery-
tmodestly called deialca,ionj- spreading through
on, the public service and revelng upon the sub
stance of the people!
The authors of this result-btter and Illuminating
rs 1t is. cannot plead ignorance. They were adj.
pOnished, again and again OF the inevitable conse
quenees Of their system of measures. They were
en,reated to forbear-iI they had no regard for
themselves, at least to respect the innocent people,
who had conhded their affairs to their keepinc.
But they were deaf 10 all warnings and TO all ap-
peals. They rushed madY forward in their career
Of mischief Indifferent to the crushed hopes OF thou
sands, and intent only on the qualification of their
own selfish ambition. They have bankrupted the
Government and the people-and themselves too,
in ak except their impudence, which enables them
to mock at the calamity which they have brought
upon the land.
We ask attention TO the Report on Collins Case
and will follow i, up with MIR Merrwether's re-
port on the Florida War. Let the People read and
inwardly digest.