Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-10-03

der. of the State Department Introducing ne his isads
.nS with whom An.t7h sguesels morning hour q,
not that he ooeld have completely changed s
the wosse-bot 10 % aud my nonons Of the value Of
public a..'e .i :sss that Isssy copied the letter En-
moment The Lsaislztare nssn, Heaven sparcs my fe
unless suitable psrson h appointed - At
,orney General corrap, the fountains o, justice TO any
people and what need they for forms Of
Mr. Hoyt told Mr.. Webb that all the etteu eopise
into book, tenth Of them In that box
he mistaken, and he will find Il We carried u
contents the garrstin bsskecsred the trunk emp
y-tumbrd the miscellaneous pspers bsck-snd On Tho
Saturday the Monday after, the csrpsn,er ordered
by Mr.. Goldson to put new lock. and did co. How
persons turned Ut that aud other
boxes do know. Many persons had access NJ times
to the office, s~eePes, carpenters, clerks. porers
but what puzzles is Why did Mr.. Hoyr bring to tho
Custom House. and scatter In parcels In this and other old
belonging the Government, other thngs,
love letters business letters. Ben. Buffers essays on faith
and finance, polite sketches OF private lilo, Bennes
petitions. Stephen Aliens Tammany Hall estimate, and
Thad. Phelps Free Bank repors What had the papers
OF private law office and lawsuits twenty thirty years
old, do, In lS&5, In Government cfcei Had he not
Law office % hrs owni Had he wife and family aud
h,mei Why not keep such things there II II was not his
corrupt friends with exposures Why scrap every
hm 1919 TO 1861, by Baier and the Van
Burens preserved where he eneatcd to destroy
them And kept and In place where he had plumber
Cd the people tons cold silver dollars Why did
he leave there tho evidence OF the corrupt services which
had secured his selection Collector without collecting
ing private and placing in charge OF an o,heet
The clerks had been tod and all OF believed. that the
box question contained the Law papers at his perpetual
lawsuits with the merchants while in office but Il seems
he mixed public money with private public private
paper, Law papers, Custom House papers. everything In
confusion ohe good may result. Lamb left deiaal'er
aud his private dealings with vi Aaron Burr there
the amount OF S30O0O and 92O,0OO. Geston, Swart-
won't. aud Hoyt all lett desuers. The Poindexer report
book, and abuse at with some steps TO be Ia
kvu ashiugon Winter, will end in sweeping the
Custom House has not been swept since Jonathan
Thomson lett u like honest Curtis and Van Nees
paid their money faithfully but Lawrence Is already
denounced by Jackson the President OF OF the dc.
tsuinx banks. Your influence made hun Collector when
Van Burcns had the Democratic Congreesnen Ut this
State pctioning thai Van Ness might be oused
Very shrewtd this Mr. Riche, aud your conduct shows
that you look for~ ard the spoil. December.
never npenea a private sealed letter IN my lite. IN
less where ut warfare prevailed, which had It's own
rules. The invoices of the merchants their papers,
tries, &C. scrupulous about and all records OF
the departmeni-none could he Is there mer
chant officer vt Custom. who TO the contra
ry1 Was my department unbecomlns Was l not un
weAred in efforts To bring the office 10 order Csn
you any ought against my private chsraeeTi
As citizen entitled to decorous conduct
your hand Why have you forgotten your age and
pes indulge improper language and sllege that
he true Inch Is mott Am | not frank and cinddi
a Custom House frank would have opened it
and had he led any papers ard endbsed that they
were private papers would have broken IT, As
L. the Very different, aud shall not only be
quilted up legal grounds, but also have
verdict society thai acei honorable and prop
psri. O there in this letter argue
tile question prOprety facts but
back It when you have cooled down little.
Yours, obedienily, W. l.. MACkENZIE.
Nrw lcEN, SAT-, ~, lsi5