Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-09-08
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The Albany Knic ker6ocksr, an out and
out Wing pager, thus walks into Tom Coz
WIS, and his Galphin associates:--
Tom CoRwlN,-One Of the most incom.
petent men that was ever at the head Of
the Treasury, is the present incumbent.
MIR. Corwin is neither fitted BY education
nor honesty for any pos, that's at all mix \
ed mp with statesmanship or money mat
,ers Heis not only obstinate but lack
morals, and much sooner crafty a spite,
than obey the laws, or pay obedienes to his
oath Of Office.
The following scathing notice Of sOhio's
favorite son." we clip from late Wash.
linston paper. It is the most truthful
sketch Of Tom corwin, thatwe ever read:-
The conduct Of The Secretary Of the
Treasury, is become such, that seme organ
ized energetic action on the part Of the
commercial community is become inevitab BILE
for their protection against the avowed vim
dictive oppression Of fhe head Of the Treas.
ury Department. The collector Of the port
Of New Yolk is made the agent Of the
Secretary. The Secretary, in his recen,
visit to New York, publicly declared in the
vestibule Of the Astor House, indecent We.
bemence and profanity, that, in his opinion,
the country would lose ,nothing..by the ut-
ter destruction Of the commerce and ner-
chants OF New York, intimating that the
Department under his control would oper-
! ate actively to that end; and q record Of
sxactions and oppression will be forwarded
10 Congress that will show bis words to be
no idle threat. Ia the hand Of q man too
i ignorant to trace operating causes to their
remote effects; too overbearing to listen to
remonstrances too much prey to preju-
dice to respect the operation Of a principle ;
too mean spirited to submit when convicted
of error; too ,yrannical, from disposition
and temper, to relax In the least the rigors
Of the law, or to construe it literally, the
| Treasury department may become more
despotic in its action than any government
Of Europe under an avowcd absolutist.
Under the system Of government by heavy
regulations, instead of the letter Of the law.
the whole industrial interests Of the country
become the sport Of q pettiioggtng lawyer,
whose neglect of learning has left him leis.
ure for the prosecution Of intrigues, through
which he reaches position where his nat
ural insignifcance becomes lest in his pow
er to do mischief. The practice of consti.
tuting the government, not with distinguish.
ed statesman, who have given pledges to
4 the country of their science, prudence and
integrity-not Of leading jurists, the orna>
i nents Of the bar--but from the inferior un.
learned. merely mechanical members Of the
profession-men whose sole merit is the
successful practice of paltry intrigues-
tricks SO despicable that their impanity is
answered only by the contempt Of more
able men--is prolific Of great aud growing
evils. The petty fomen,ers Of village vex'
ations are but the practitioners Of evil on q
larger scale, when the errors of others ads
nits them to enlarged powers. Incapable
Of comprehending the wants of the country,
the affliation Of its several interests Of the
requisitions of society, destitute Of inven-
tive powers or Of the dispositions to improve
they regard their mission as distinctions
merely, and seek notoriety by means Of
oppression. An affiliated organization. OF
mercantile men in all the cities will go up
to Congress in such strength that even the
stslid indifference Of the head OF the Treas
ury may be startled at its significance.
T Before we take leave of this matter, we
should like TO ask the grand jury Of Wash.
inston whea they intend 10 inquire into Mr..
I Corwin's connection with the Gardiner
Claim? That scale of his to his brother, is
looked upon by all sensible men as sham
Ia regular woolly horse-got up to mis-
lead the public and make piece Of rascal
lity look like "fair business Transaction
tThe idea that Mr.. Corwin's brother paid
thirty thousand dollars for an unadj justed
claim, is all CANNON. In the first place.
an unadjus ed claim is not worth any such
sum, and in the mex. place, Mr.. Corwin's
brother had no such sum Of money to dis.
pose of. People who know him, say, that
at the time of the scale he was not worth
ose thousand dollars boots and shirts in.
elusive.
Ifthat be so, then that thirty thousand
dollars operation was nothing more than a
@blind'' and ingenious mode Of getting
arouLd financial difficulty which looks
so much like corruption, that the grand Jury
should at least favor it with an examina-
iion. Let US see if they will have the cour-
age Stir him up.