Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-05-20
But another famous bone setter makes bis appear
DOCTOR LETcHER.

Olth liS cduuit-bok ostoYt NtS--DtUo-sH'
for Worms" Fipc grams is Dose--to be take
eUery time man prites 10 his rife
"These celebrated pills are warranted certain
cure Treasury Gripcs, and to check all Ilemorhage
Issues, Fuxes from the Federal Intestnes or othe
quarters. They are taken in Turkey, Spain, an
the Barbary States, with the greatest success, an
were extensively used in the Middle Ages, and b.
the Ancient Seythians.'
None of these grave propositions have yet bee
acted on and we have serious doubts whether the
could do any more good than holding paddle il
the Falls of Niagara.
Before concluding this document, we wish 4
call attention to one or two points omitted in tn
foregoing pages. And first: II we had the files o
the Washington Unioss we should like TO quote from
it that monstrous article deteRding the practice
tegyiRg tar (of think, 2! per cent their sal
ries) on The o9cehoIdrs for election Dses; artic
published within very recent period in the Presi
dents own organ--and proposition, we believe
the most dainning of anything We know in the his
tory Of party.
We omitted, in the second place, TO make any ref
erence to the disgraccfu affair of the
DooRKEEPER OF THE HOUSE.
Robert b. Hackney was elected doorkeeper of the
House of Representatives ON the Tth of December,
1851 by the Democratic majority. In Feburary
oo ltSOlulOn was OHefeQ ana carried Tor the iil-
vestigation by a committee of his official CONDUCT
this committee having already under consideration
the conduct of his predecessor.) On the 18th OF
Nay the committee consisting of Messrs. Dick,
Soaring, Spinner, j. NJ. kunkel and Paulus Fowell
--3 Democrats and Republicans) make their re-
port.
They say; "That in the folding room, document
room, &C., the doorkeeper is entitled to % messen-
gers--six having been added on the 2ad December.
NJ 49, l..
however as many as 30; some of the regular 30
who are "cnered ON his rolls" and ''whose receipt
for their pay are returned every month not per
forming the regular duties of their office aud fo1
which they are pad Three of them say the
commtteel are detached and constantly engaged as
Clerks and hook-keepers in the foding-room one
OF them is a private secretary of the Doorkeeper
oo Of them are remen in the vaults Of the old Cap
ioln
They go on: "Abuses of similar or worse nature
exist in the folding-room' Mr.. Hackney in some
report to the House returns 'he unusual large num-
Der Of "a laborers and folders" employed there "by
authority las his report states) Of the C0Bonttee C
AccOGnis." The committee say this is false.
In the Hall and cloak-rooms, being authorised to
employ 8 laborers, lac employed IL.
They authorized him to employ folders at 81 so
per day. He reported the committee to the House
as his authority for employing 6.
He increased the expenditures in the folding room
from 5000 or $500 per month to $4,000 or 50, 500
Here, too, the regular folders paid as SUCH perform
no duty; but throng of piece-foders unauthorized
by your committee employed by Mr. H., who
permits false returns TO be made the books of the
amount of work done.
They state that he returned to the Clerk of the
House, as folded in the folding-room 800 654 docu-
ments, when the amount actually folded was only
l22,646
There are other charges of malpractice and a
venal character, &c.
They therefore unanimously recommend the fol-
lowing resolution: "That r. b. Hackney the Door
keeper Of the House of Representatives be, and he
is hereby, forthwith dismissed from, that office"
On May 18th, this resolution was adopted by a
vote of l42 to 33--John Letcher votng IN The nega-
atue Now, what splendid opportunity Mr. Letch-
er had here of "watching the Treasury r. Is he a
bulldog or is he not? See Congressional Globe for
1878, PIP 2lll, 2lS7-95.)
Is il wonderful after all we have exhibited that
Democratic Senators, Democratic Congressman, and
Democratic Newspapers, should cry out against the
corruptions of the Government
Mr.. ToOMBs Democratic Senator from Georgia
declared in the Senate on the 18th OF May 1855
"We speak of the oorruptons of Mexico, of Spain,
of France, and of other Governments, with great
deal of truth, according to all accounts; but from
my experience and observations phich hare been some
phdf e1ensiUe do not belepe to-day there is as cor
rupt a Government under the heavens as that of the
United States
Several other Senators. ~ agree 10 that" (See
Appendix to Congressional Globe, 1853, p. 1851
On another occasion, said Gen. SHIELDS one of
the Democratic Senators from Minnesota ~ think
il is not saying too much TO declare that this coun-
try has gone faster and further in ten gears in ex-
travagance than most other countries in ten eentu-
ries"
Said the Hon. Andrew johnson. Democratic SEN
ator from Tennessee: "This Government, scarcely
out Of its swaddling clothes, is making more cOrrupf
uses Of money in propOtion to the amount collected,
as honestly believe, than any other on the hGbdJte
globe
There is also that famous testimony of Mr.. Pryor
about the rotteness of corruption sending up an IN
sugtrabLe stencil p
Said Mr.. Kett, $50. Carolina in Congress, June
IL, SO: "The abolition of the Frsnking Privilege
would, in my judgment, save the country S5,OO0,-
O00'
IN the SenSte, on June l5 5s, Mr.. BrotOR dem
ocratic Senator from Mississippi made the statement
that il would "save between So 900 OO0 and So ooo
900"
Mr. Pagh democrat from Ohio) said "The Sena
tor from Mississippi has told the truth and pe knOu
IT,"
Then there is the testimony of Hon. M r. H.
GdrReu-of Hon. 4. H. Stephens the Admnstra
uoh eauer m Congress VINO au me beueNed A4Ni-
600, 600 an abundance for hs Hahonai erpsnse -;
the Washington Union lalready quotedl--Of Tie
Richmond Examiner--of the Norfolk Argas--oi
the New York Herlld--of Senators Hunter Cling
man, Douglas and TO0mbs already referred TO- &C.
1t deeply mortifes us 10 add, that even foreign
newspapers are commenting on our Government
BY far the abest and most influential newspaper the
world has ever seen--the London Times-analyses
in detail the Mtrrick contract and after very calm
discussion, adds "Now we take upon ourselves Ia
ssy, that it wouh be Wtsrly EpOssbie 10 find in Eng
tud any such corraptoas Of system hare thus beE
opposed IN AiAericd. No one can doubt after reading
the Reports OF the Committee that political 6.laenca
is allowed in the IT, States to oomterbdienrs all other
qudi. .fcdtiOns for pYbhc service.
We may indeed pause before introducing into
England institutions IKE these They would GER
tany not tend to financial economy, or to public
morality az.
So much for having President 10 disgrace u.s.
We exciting the contempt and the disgust OF the
world; our institutions, well ~ our country, will
become a reproach. "Thank GO1p said the great
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