Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1854-12-08


settled policy of the country. trust ha, Gitle
difficulty will be encountered in settIit the de-
faiIs OF ameasure to that effect.
In connection with this subject, Iet tolilnend
has hHas sho,in ~ the laws. which receut experience
The Government. Tnbntsl Tbeiss s e the protection Of
ion of law requiring the records and I55pefs 81
public character of the several officers o the
Government, to be left in their office fJr the
use Of their successors. nor any provision de.
claringi felony on their part to make falls. en-
tries IN the books, orre,urn false account. IA
the absence of such express provision. b. la7g,
the utgolng officers, in many instance, have
claimed and exercised the right to tax iatD heir
own possession important books and pap -, Oh
the ground tina, these we're their pr ate proper.
ty and have placed them beyond the reach Of
the Government. Conduct Of this character
brought, in several instances. to the notice OF
the present Secretary Of the Treasury. natural
" ak~ned his suspicion and resultcI n the
disclosure hat a, four ports. namely. Osweso,
Tole!o, Sandusky and Milwaukee. the Treas
ury had, by false entries. been defraudel, uith-
IN The four years next preceding March, 1853.
OF the sum Of one hundred and ninety isht
Thousand dollars. The grea, difficult with
which the detection Of these frauds has becn at
tended. in consequence Of the Abstraction of
books and papers by the retreing officers and
the facility with which similar frau i il the
public service may be perpetrated, render The
necessity of new legal enactments in the res-
poets above referred to, quite obvious. Fer
other material notifications Of the la~s Which
seem to me desirable. l refer you to the report
of the Secretary of the Treasury. Tha. report,
and the tables which accompany il, furnish am
pie proofs Of the solid 70 undation On which the
financial security Of the country rests, and the
salutary influence Of the Independent Treae ufy
system upon commerce and all monetary opc.-
atoms
The experience Of the last year furni sl.as a1-
ditonal reasons. regret to say of painful char
acter. for the Recommendations heretofose male,
to provide for increasing the military force eal-
ployed in the territory inhabited By the Indians
The settlers on the frontier have sufTered much
from the incursions Of predatory bands. and
large parties OF emigrants TO our Pacific pos
sessions have been massacred with in ptui.y
The recurrence Of such scenes can onlv BE- pre-.
vented by teaching these wild tribes The power
of and their responsibility to the United States.
From the garrisons Of the frontier pos.a, il IS
only possible to detach troops in small bodies;
and though these have on oil occasions ii play
ej galIan,ry and stern devotion to duty. which
on larger field would have commanjed uni
versal admiration, they have suffered severely
in these conflicts with superior numbers, ani
sometimes entirely sacrificed. All the dispos
able force Of the army is already employed On
this service. and is known to be wholly made
quate TO ;he protection which should be afforded.
The public mind of the country has been recent
" shocked BY savage atrocities committed up
on defenceess emigrants and border set..enenls.
and hardly less by the unnecessary destruction
of valuable lives. where inadequate dstach-
ments o! troops have undertaken to furnish the
needed aid. Without increase Of the military
force, these scenes will be repeated, il IS eare3,
on a larger SCALE and with more disastrous con-
sequences. Congress, am sure. will perceive
that the PLANES, duties and responsibilities Of
Government are involved in this question, and l
doubt not that prompt action may be confident
ly anticipated when delay must be attend BY
such fearful hszards-
The bill Of the last session, providing ilf An
increase Of pay Of tho rank and file Of the ar