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- pa1tc "a lttfi a. tehlnJlA M9Hsippi'-
fsr wais Il i.as - read ,hs whole, read ex.
Waess tom .a- eosesPonieace:
S.ere,a,v Fancy - ". P. Harris, Fsbrutry
Z, 1851 .7eesivscs hive b'ea engtg 4 10 ira
dag with ,hs Cover llnsn, nIney. SIch can.
docl wlull b. rrsiriel NJ gc5ss viJ'auou Of
OH ,ial siiy. ."--P,s4 l69.
10 this ehirga Harris pleads gailIy.--Page
I5f
Fancy n lI,rri,. Ntrrh G. 1881: Ia regard
ttIhs returns ~hich are reqr.r-d % be rendered
if5sco mss NJ diiy 10 advise yoa. that thiss Tor
the N laths ui \ wsmbsr. d -canhsr and linu-
ar,. ars ia urrcas. aaj ~ say iha, a slrict and
puactnl-ubss vaacs OF lhis day is indIspeus,.
h.s."--Pss, t6l.
Tsa'y % lianis. Mach "a. 1881: "The
Missy which IS receive aust b. dspoHtsi. -
Page l6).
Fancy 10 Harris. MIrch 25, 1881: Tho De.
paunlzm has received nn muulhly Te1uTus.
showing ths rlnsac,ilas oi youI oihee, from
,he month ai O.,u'er s,."--l'age i69.
Wo0dbury q Harms. February .. 1885: 81
rSgrsi that lher' should bs occasion lor again
calling your aveulInR.,o your omission 10 pay
over The public fnads.'--psgs 40.
Woodbury. 10 Harris, February 20. a35 II
canum otaiI the Uccasica to impress upon you
the necessiiy Of q street attention 10, aud puncIu.
al compliance with he du,les required Of you
m rrgarl to the promP deposit Of the public
moneys. ."--21ge 10
Woodbury. IN lIauit. March IL: 1885 :
''Haviag received Ho monthly duplicate relurns
of the transactions. of your office since that for
the month Of O.iuber last, il becomes my Ha-
pleasant dgig 20 call YOUR immediate uuru.loh
10 the omission. Aii5g me 70 express hops
that there mar be no further occasion 10 remind
you Of the Importance ol PgncIualiiy in The
Transaction Of these re;lras,'
Here is beautiful specimen Of Dsa cratic
kaaeSiy aal lis eli iency in gulriiug our Treas.
uty. A dub,ic Off -+r. known at The Treasury
Department for thirteen months TO have pluuded
the people 1, addressed by the Secretary in the
cringing STYLE oi "aiiow ne 10 ergrsss hope "
The Secretary was truly a contIing man to il.
duge "hope," wheu IhQrs was no longer even
"a loop whereon g. hang hope" But pro-
coed WiGh this racy correspondence. Harris re.
plies to The IasI polite episl!e, by saying, ia sub.
stance, that he coRjd not Jork O0er Tie dollars
because ho had no "b.anks" 10 make out his re.
turns upon. This most potent excuse seemed
Tor while, TO be cnurely satisfactory.
Woodbury. 60 Harris. June 20, 1885, after re.
citing that he had 0llen written 10 hun TO pay
up, says 4" Ii becomes my unpleasant duty &c
say 10 sou. that If the moneys IN arrear are moi
transmitted by return OF mail, shall be con.
strained to rrpon l0ur neglect for Ihe action oi
Ihe Executive. Page l72.
llarns to Woodbury., Jlly l3, 1885; " ln.
closed you will receive my monthly account cur.
rent for he m0aih Of D,cemier, 1884. showing
Balance ot three huHdrsd and sjghiy. GUe houS.
and and sir'y screen dollars. and eighty three
csAis.''--Puge l72.
Woodbury. 10 Harris. August 28 1885: Il
has become my disagreeabie duty VERY "dsa.
bie" OF course, Mr.. Chairman 10 report your
continued negecI to the President. who has in.
suucted mo 10 say 10 sou, that If the MONTH y
returns required from you by the reguIalnous o
the Treasury, which are IN arrears, are not re
ceVcd nt the Department on or before the l0If
day Of OcInhGr uexl, you viii then be dismissed
from Off Page I72.
Harris to Woodbury., September IA. 1885
81 ask Of the President Il suspension OF my re-
moval," &c.-Paga I72.
Woodbury. 10 Harris. Stpwmber 90. 1895
IL regret 70 say that the reasons assigned in
your letter of the ll,h instant. for Withholding
your monthly returns, cannM hereafter bt
deemed satisfactory. - ege l73.
About this time matters were coming 10 TO
Gus. The deaulIer had exhausted ulI his owr
personal powers with the Administration, and
therefore brings 10 bear n sou Of "ouIsde pres
sure" in behalf of his plunderiug Of The people
September 10. 1856 John +. II. Claiborne
forner member Of Congress, ! believe, from
Mississippi writes to The President as follows
"Many Of the farig and constant friends Of
the AdminiSirdiion is this State have heard with
much regret and sorrow, that the present re
ceiver of public moneys aI this place, is to con
sldeT himself dismissed, ua'css his returns are
made By The Isl Of October"
"Noihing would rcjoce him (Poindexler) more
than the explosion Of General Harris, whom he
knows TO be one of the main pillars Of the Dem.
ocrntlc cause, aud one of the eurlIest and most
distinguished friends Of the Administration in
Mississippi. Ills family and connections, are
extremely influential, aud all Of them are co.
operating with us in the nrduous struggle which
we are now making They uro true Demo.
cTals." 1--WE are now in The midst ol
an eleclioneering campaign" ut will
be close conIesl."- Page ia.
And he might have added Harris, with the
Peoples dollars, will do good service ~
This appeal produced iIs etIss, upon tht
"modrl Democratic administration" and llar
tis, the receiver, known by The Democrats il
power TO have been plundering The Treasury FOL
swenly months, sOs retained in Office. Bul lei
US examine further. TO see how they managed
she peoples affairs afterwards.
Woodbury. 10 Harris, October 96, 1885: "
can prcceye no reason Why each deposit in pms
months should not have embraced Tho vhoI,
amount ~ your possession al The time Of suct
deposds, MS The Instructions require. ."--Ppgt
III.
Woodbury. 10 Harris November 90, 1895
&C. No reason whatever can bo seen why ihC
@hoio money in Your hands al the end Of III,