The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-03-16


hing no where II diak % too. slid the
ATTORNEY Geaefal, unless i Is treated Of 10
h,r mao edition Of Thomas Coke rlsiiaW,
whisiled the Governor, iii 4 Is there you
cant fnd IL; / never could fnd anything Il /
Coke ia my lie. viii 70 and see what can |
Be done b talkinalo Graves" With that he |
seized be hal and leit the Attorney General 70 /
return 10 his Office, or do whatsoever else be |
pleased. Onhis way the Governor met Cox |
w. and after telling bin the difficulties Of The
case. asked him what be thought be bad bet
ter dot You say" said w, "ihere Is no
thina IN he c0asfitiHion or laws about L -
wen, il You can find nothing IN the Penitenlia-
~ Code that hits the case, why, just declare
martial leo and . haug him under The second
section, that is the real Democratic doctrine;
but, If you don't ike 70 take the responsibility
70 % that, then hand him over 10 me-" 81
win try what can be done BY mild means iirat, "
said tbe Governor, and proceeded on he way
to the Treasurer's Office. We arc indebted
to rumor for the foregoing particulars.
A foil account Of the interview that took
phce between the 81 constitutional" Governor
and the distinguished Treasurer Of Mississip-
d, we c0pied into our last from the South
ron.n Ailerthe failure Of his visit to Graves.
the Governor found himsclfso hemmed in BY
constitutional difficulties end the exigeney Of
the case, that il is said that he swore he wish
ed never 10 be called Constitutional Tucker"
again while he lived, and exclaimed aconsti-
tuition or no constitution, that unconstitutional
SCAMP, Graves, shall never receive another
cent Of the peoples money" and be forthwith
rave directions to Col. Mathews, the Auditor
10 receive Il. Thus are the financial affairs Of
Mississippi under the management Of an Adj
minislraiion Of Bepudiaiors.
For further comments upon this matter, we
extract the following remarks OF the "ficks-
burg Sentinel"
The TREASURER OF MlssIssFPI'-We
have heard nothing further from the Treasurer
at Jackson and his colleagues. BY his own
showing he has appropriated to biz own and
others uses portion Of the two per cent fund
which ought to be in the Treasury al Wash
ington, and which he ougttO be apprehended
and imprisoned for drawing in violation Of the
law Of our legislature Of February 1872. lie
admits that be has drawn also NE three per
cent fund and pald It away 10 swings and de-
mocratsw having paid the Auditor the Secre-
iary ofSlale, the Printer and the Attorney Gen.
eral their salaries or part Of their Ealaries out
osthe moneys which be had no right to use
for any such purpose lie admits that he drew
1855 thousand dollars from the Treasury at
Washington, and he does not pretend now 10
have more than TAI thousand Of Il. What has
he done with the BALANCED Some OF his friends
and attaches have been seen hawking about
the federal government cheeks, and buying up
state warrants with thom. Il is generally I'M
derstood that he has been Specializing in the
money which be has illegally and improperly
drawn from the Treasury at Washington; and
the Governor ought to seize on hin and the
balance vet in his possoFsion, The Governor
is hunting the constitution to find power 10 seize
man for embezzling public money.-lt Is per
fecily ridiculous, and Il The Governor Goes not
take steps 10 prevent the Treasurer and the
money from a flight to Texas, he will be in
volved in the guilt. Why has not Governor
Tucker published bis entire co Tcspmdence
with this ombezlng Treasurer! We under.
stand that the Governor went TO the Treasury
Office some dayes ago, and demanded an ex-
animation Of the office, but Graves refused, and
the Governor left hm with his finger in his
mouth. The Governor ought to issue his pro-
olamaton prohibiting any one from trading FOL
United States drafts, payable OR s. Graves
II
J bonds from embezz 'ement, until the govern.
nent at Washington has an opportunity Of ar
+ resting him for obtaining money under false pre-
Ieuces He obtained the Sl4i,5O0 Of the .
per cent fund at Washington by a fraud. Il
letter signed by Governor Tucker when h
soas sick. Graves was reprosensedto the Fed
eral Treasurer as the proper person to draw
the 3 per cent fund, and other funds coming t.
the state OF Mississippi u was on this las
clause that Graves came the Giraffe over thl
+ Secretary Of the Treasury, and drew the Sl44
500oflhe per cent fund in utter violation @
law.
Our Legislature expressly prohibited tLt
Governor or any one else from drawing the tWt
! percent. fund except enough topay The salarl
, | Of the Engineer, To effect this, the Govenn
gave Graves a requistiOn for ten tbousan
dollars Of the two per cent. fund. But il az
pears that Graves could not Withstand th
: temptation Of th3 large pill, and he called 4
his aid the general p0iosrs Of Governor Tucker
sick letter, authorizing him to draw the tire
per cent. fund By this trick he pockeied on
hundred and sixiy-fve thousand dollars an
! went on 10 Philadelphia and New York wher
p he hourished most extensively, held levees and
q drove his splendid carriage The sudden Gle
walton Of a briofess county Court attorne
= ought to have excited suss picion, and Old Haye
+ II he had been living, would have been inqu
p ring into his ways and means. We think
g is hieh time that Governor Tucker would ID
form the public nj the whole history Of this in
famous case, and whether or not he gave an
r counfenance to the interpolation and embez
element Of the public money. We know h
has been urgeo by his friends both here and
Washington to secure Graves and the none
before they get further of but as yet he ha
q done nothing. We learn also that Graves Ina
t been in the habit OF violating the law whio
requires him to mark l0arrantF npdid when b
receives them into the Treasury. This fol
practice enables him 10 sell out the warrant
as fast as they are paid in, and it is imposslbl
10 ;ell what amount oflhemis yet unredeon
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= PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS
: Mr. Henry A. Wise, one ofthe Guard, VIII
: declared with 50 much earnestness and appa
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