The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-26

THE CORRUPT ADxIEIsTRATIoE.
The present Administration will De Sc,
down in history, as not only the most fui-
6anlv and imbeoie, but as the most corrupt
Of any since the formation OF the Union
That there is corruption, is manifest by the |
Aatterius in the Treasury Department a,
The bare mention of an examination. We
hose that the whole concern will be thor |
oughly everhauled. We want the divinity |
Of this GLORIOUS and Godhke" Administra-
ZION made manifest. We desire that the |
public may understand that it has been the
object OF this iaithless and pitiful sham
Democracy TO not only break plighted faith,
and set the whole country by the ears, but
il has put its hands deep into the pockets
Of the people-and all for the aggrandizs,
msnt Of few unprincipled men, who, by
intrigue or accident, have obtained place
and power.
The following, from The N. Y. Evening
Mirror, written by Washington cores
pendent, gives a little light upon the sub
ject:-
aThere are government clerks in this
city, who, on salary of from one to two
thousand dollars year, have built them
selves splendid mansions, and who keep
for their family use horses and carriages,
the cost Of which alone would more than
exceed the amount of their legitimate in.
rrg u asr r.
" in hunting up the ways and means for
sdventurers to get their paws into the pub.
lie treasury, and then have The spoils which
are taken therefrom divided, in proportion to
its anon at-one-half or two-thirds going TO
the thief, and the balance TO the .honeei'
government clerk. Many of these men
are not only known TO be thus engaged by
the heads OF the bureaus to which they be-
long, but are aided in their enterprises, and
encouraged in their receptions, tor consid-
erations agreed upon among themselves.
These clerks are not unfrequenily the
agents o their chiefs, or heads OF Office, and
are 10 be found ct times, when speculation
run. high. in private bargainings with some
government dry dock builder, or mail car
rier, or contractor, &e., &c
There is no doubt that in addition 10 the
fragrant iniquities that have characterized
the present Administration in regard 10
Kansas, the corruptions of every kind a,
Washington City are enormously greater
than ever before. They are beginning to
ooze through the creyices, and the expo.
sures made by Mr.. Ball, the Chairman Of the
Committee on Public Buildings, havt
broughtto light regular system of stealth!
and bribery which entirely eclipses all tbs
scandals of Gardinerism and Galphanism
In addition &c specific acts Of obbery per
petrated by fsvorites of the Administration
Mr.. Ball and his committee are bringing Il
light an astonishing amount OF proHigate
and wasteful extravaganza resulting from
Secretary Davis arbitrary military super
intendency over civil works. Mr. Bal
shows that when four or FIVE years ago, the
enlargement Of the capitol was commenced
the estimate of the cost was s., SIS 900
but that $4,000 900 have already been ex
pended, and that, in the way things hav,
been going on, the additions will not b
completed without an expenditure Of S.,
100000 or $1,000, 600, The same kind 0
prohscy and extravaganza extends through
every branch Of the public service, and tn.
enormous excuses Of appropriations owe
estimates are to be attributed to the larg;
amounts received by the electioneerinl
agents ofthe Administration,-toth the clerk
and Others, who on salaries of one or tw'
thousand dollars build splendid mansion
and keep costly horses and carriages
The official exposition OF the COMMITTEES
will soon be made, and the country wall b.
astounded at the shameful and reckless ex
penditures that have been practiced. Th'
whole official atmosphere Of Washington
City is reeking with the yilest conceptions
compar ed with the extraordinary profigae,
of the one which now disgrsces the nation
And . large portion Of this bribery and EN-
bexzlement is to be sscribed to the fact ths
Mr.. Pierce is the merest cypher in his ow
1oyernment. Doubtless he has assente
% and encouraged suficiency Of evil, b.
be would not be personally interested i
and therefore would not probably perm
the multitude ofiniquities pstronized by b
nominal subordinates, if he had the powe
TO prevent them. But Mr.. Benton told tn
truth in his st. Louis speech when he sal
that Pierce was perfectly powerless, an
Davis and Cushing managed every thin
according TO their own pleasures. Il is al
solutely necessary that there should be
man at the head of the government, pos
sessed OF hrmness enough TO effect thor
ough reform in the different departments
and prevent the recurrence Of similar abu
ses. The character of Mr.. Buchanan give
the assurance of no such frmness Th
man who has deliberately signed away hi
own individuality, and tells the people tn,
he has surrendered up his own judgmen
and will be guided in all his actions by th
rules laid down at the Cincinnati CONVEX
ton, is no, the man to grapPle with ID
monster evils that have so strong an estat
lishment at the cnpitol. Mr.. Buchana
strongly inlimates, and Pierce and Dou gla
have expressly stated that il he is eleete.
his adm inistration would be but continue
ion Of the present one. The people thin
tina, il would not only be continuation BIT
an sggrsyation. The evils engehdered B
the Pierce administration and by the VI
scrupulous men who have controlled il, az
nit Of no palliative measures. The safei
Of the country requires their complete e.
termination, and the entire exclusion fror
public stations Of that class oil men by whoI
they have been Instituted and propagatet
Ii is the conviction Of this fact which ha
determined the people to provide for the in
augurauon OF new measures by the election
Of new men.
Orr WITH HIS HEAp.--The Washington
Union formally reads Hon. David Barclay
member OF Congress IRON Pennsylvania