New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-06-14
Executive Corruption, Prescription ana
Correspondence Of TIE Tr;h15e.
WASHINGTON. June II. lc43.

Correspondence Of the Trihu5e.
WASHINGTON. June II. lc43.
There is no theme more fruitful Of animadver-
SION than that which embraces tte faults and
corrupt;ons Of Government and none, the truth
Of which Is more easily impressed upon the pub
lie mind. Whether mischievously urged b. bad
men for base purposes, OF preferred, Will an hen
est belief. BIZ the most enlightened patriotism, no
Administration. II this country. has entirely es-
caaed the inculpation An honest Chef Mays
rate however. whose measures and motives are
Du.c. has nothing 10 fear: ne VIII chccrfuy sub
nit his Official acts to the test OF inquiry, and
hold himself at all tiu,cs amenabe to the People.
II MS administration be upright and irreProacha-
able his reputation VIII be nagnfied by the iTeeSt
Investigation: but on the contrary. II he conduct
the Government as the che! OF party created
b7 himself, tor his own particular purposss, and
exercises h!s authority as II the Government were
instituted Tor his especial benefit, his political
,rcachcrv should be exposed aud scourged BY cre-
~ patriotic Press throughout the land. Aud IS
not this the position which Mr. Tyler now occu-
pies before the american people Has he not,
through the Hcralds of his meaaer, publicly de-
noanced freedom OF opinion, and refused al! scrr-
tiny into ms official conduct-tiagit;ously viola
ted the esscna rights and liberties Of the commit
nty by procIaiminc the path to Executive favor
as winding through q slavish devotion TO the OBJ
cct OF his ianatical ambition With him, "a
Tents and vir,uc constitute no claim to public
trust, when unaccompanicd By submission to his
/ private wishes. Hcrce, in retrieving the disgust,
( my spectacle of a Presidents dcscrion Of tie
! party that elevated him to power, NC cannot
avert our gaze from the paralyzing policy. and
wrctchcd system Of iadiscr;minGte prescription.
which has almost made the land pale with dones.
TIC distress The good man and the Christian
weep over their infections, while the Statesman
who loves his country aments them as the har.
bnger OF our dissolution.
believe it has hitherto been deemed the spc-
/ cial province Of the Executive TO cultivate and
preserve spirit Of alnity not only in our Foreign
Relations but with the Indian Tribes; and to TIA,
end the Congress Of the United States on the last
day Of its late Session passed JOINT resolution
/ ordering the payment OF n portion Of the Chcro.
kcc Claims which had been duly certified and
awarded by the commission appointed to cSaln.
inc them. and caused it to be placed before the
pfcsGen; for his signature. He neither signed
it nor returned ii to the House IN which 1t orr
ginated ard thereby cruelty deprived this cp
pressed people Of very small part of their JUS
and acknowledged demands against the Govern
mcn:. What renders this act most conspIcuously
unworthy on the part Of the President is, his re.
peatcd assumption OF authority IN allowing ant
settling claims of another character, which hat
been deliberately rejected by the proper account
ing officers OF two or three successive Admins
trations. The last case of this kind is that Of on;
late Minister at Spain, c. p. Van Ness who il
seems stood charged on the books of the 'lrca.
sary with about 100000 for money drawn 4.
salary ard contingencies of the mission to Ma
drid, after he had been superseded in that Office
All the facts and circumstances connected witt
the Gaze, and on which .lr. Y. \. relied for III.
discharge from the LIABILITY. had beer carefully
considered by Mr.. Forsyth and pronounced insult
ficicnt to inyalldate the demand and Mr.. Web
scr and his successor. | understand have dc
cllncd to vary that decision. In the plcnitude o
his powers, however, the President Of the Unitcc
States has seen fit not only to order the account
to be Cancelled by the Comptroller, bat balance
to be paid The late Minister Of about S2,00G.
But this is not the most fragrant instance of
criminal departure from the laws OF the land b,
the Executive. They are numerous and astonnd
ing. You shall have an account of them here
alter; III the meantime viii barely hunt at onc
Of them Openly IN defiance ola act OF Congress:
oi the last session and OF the lst Auditors re
monSGancc, one OF the principal Collectors OF th,
Ports OF the United States has by his address an,
persercTlng opportunities, prevailed on this gooe
easy Comptroller TO allow him one thousand dol
lars more than his legal salary, and, | hear, b,
has drawn 1t from The Treasury. The particular:
III my next. Yours, &c, ALpiLt.