Washington telegraph., 1852-10-13
PeculatiOns of Democrats When
In Power.
speech of Hon. L. D. Campbell. of Ohio

In Power.
speech of Hon. L. D. Campbell. of Ohio
1t is my purpose, sir, to expose the gross
violations of official duty, and wholesale pee.
ulations upon the public Treasury when
the (democrats) were the chosen sentinels
to guard and defend it. "By their fruits
shall we know them" propose, for few
minutes, to Garry the war into Africa" AS
my colleague is prone to investigate antiquat-
ed issues and Obsolete ideas," in the hope
of drawing party capital from them, | will be
excused for refreshing the memories of gen
tlemen upon the subject of past Democratic
defalcations. | have risen, sir, to cast no
aspersions upon the integrity of the Demo-
cratic party which are not justified by au-
thentic documents. | come with no vague
and idle rumors, but hold in my hand, and
will read from, the records of Congress.
Ii any gentleman questions the correct
ness of what | read, desire him to make it
known
This, sir, is the second volume Of the re-
ports of the third session of the Twenty
fifth Congress. 1t exposes more glaring
"tu liCtC OtiSldCcU lIdiUS upon
the rights Of the people, during a few years
OF Democratic reign, than are to be found
IN the entire annals of the Government. I
cannot g. into them in detail; but call the
attention of the House and the country to
ono specimen Of the kind of practical s'Re-
form these Democratic leaders, who prom
lse So much mar. gave us tAe,, From
this, an honest people may Judge what they
may expect from them in future 1t is the
case between Messrs fancy and Woodbury.,
Democratic Secretaries of the Treasury, and
the Democratic Receiver OF public monevs
at Columbus, Mississippi For want of
time to read the whole, | read extracts from
the correspondence:
Secretary 1aaey 10 W. P. Harris, FEB. 7. 1891:
Receivers have been engaged in trading with
the Government money. Such conduct would
be regarded gross violation of official duty"
Page 16S.
To this charge Harris pleads guilty.
Page 16S.
1aaey to Harris, March g. 1891: I'm regard to
the returns which required to be rendered
it becomes my duty to advise YOU that those for
the months of November December, and Janua-
ry, in and to say that strict and pune
tudi ouScIN O1 Ouip Is -
Page 169
1aaey TO Harris March L. 1884: aThe money
which is received must be eposted"-Page 1863
Iasey TO Harris, March % 1884 "The Depart
ment has received monthly returns showing
the transactions of your Office from the month of
October last.''-Page 169
Taney to Harris, Nay 10, 1884: Tncloses copy of
last letter. and says Il again call your attention
to its requirements. Page 100.
Wn0ihuyU fo H1rrjS ElJ 1f IT .or,ot 4b,+
there should be occasion for again calling your at
tentlon to your omission to pay over the public
funds''-Page 10
Woodbury. to Harris, FEB. 2s, 1885; Il cannot
omit the occasion to impress upon you the neces-
sity of strict attention to- and punctlial colnpi-
ance with the duties required of you in regard to
the prompt deposit of the public moneys Page
40:
Woodbury. TO HAris March II, 1885: "IIaving
received no monthly duplicate returns OF the
transactions of your office since that for the month
OF October last, 1t becomes my unpleasant 9Itg 10
call your immediate attention TO the OMISSION
.iIotc ME to express hope that there may De ne
further occasion to remind you of the Importance
of punctuality in the transmission of these re-
turns
Here is beautiful specimen of Demo-
cratic honesty, and its efficiency in guard
ing our Treasury. A public officer known
at the Treasury Department for thirteen
months to have plundered the people, is ad-
dressed by the Secretary in the cringing
style of ''alloac me to cypress a hope"'-
The Secretary was truly confding man to
indulge in a "hope," when there was no
longer even "a loop whereon to hang a
hope But proceed with this racy cor
respondence Harris replies to the last po.
lite epistle, by saying, in substance, that he
coutd not fork Ouer tile dollars, because he
had no BLANKS to make out his returns
upon. This most potent excuse seemed, fol
while, to be entirely satisfactory.
Woodbury. to Harris, June Is, 1885, after reci-
ting that he had often written to him to pay up
says: 1T becomes my unpleasant duty to say to
you, that If the moneys in arrear are not trans
mltted by return of mail, | shall be constrained
10 report your neglect for the action of the Exc
cutlve."-Page 172 osiaa a,
Harris to Woodbury., July 13, 1885, Enclosed
you will receive my monthly account cmrren fo'
me month of December, 1884, showing balance O
Three hundred and eighty.fue thousand and sirty-
serea dollars and eighty-three ceus."-Page 172.
Woodbury. to Harris, august 2S, 1885: 1T has
become my disagreeable duty livery "disagreea-
Die" OF course, Mr.. Chairman, to report YOU
continued neglect to the President, who has in
structed me to say to you, that if the monthly re-
turns required from you by the regulations of the
treasury, which are in arrears, are not received
at the Department on or before the 10th day O