Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-17
More Democratic Population and Corrup-
tion---Covode Hard at Work---Tho Che
Waller Wendell on the Stand.

ton---Covode Hard at Work---Tho Che-
Waller Wendell on the Stand.
IT 10 our conscientious conviction, that il the
.presess tribe of Locofoco oficc-hoders or rather
plunderers succeed in retaining their holds on
the public Offices for another term OF four years,
the Government will become hopelessly bankrupt.
Scarcely a day passes without bringing to light
some fresh case Of fraudEon the part Of the gent
~ to whom has been eAtfustej the management
of the 6nancnl affairs of this great Republic
There can hardly be found, between the Arostook
and Sacramento, Custom House. Land Office,
Post Office, where the receipts amount to any
considerable sum. in which the public treasury
private individuals. have not suffered pocunary
losses, Yhcre the money has not been stolen by
the-ofhcals themselves their subordinntcs, assist
ants and clerks have been guilty Of these inirac-
tions which have come to be OF such frequent
curreGce, that their repetition Hardly exccs n
passing remark at the hands Of the public. In
some instances, these official robbers have been
deposed from their places, aud their see nrtirs
made to pay lwhere they had the ability he am
nan,s Of their thelt In other cases, how, or, the
threat Of exposure and removal from off co ha,
had the effect to cause these treasury oiiurc- /
,nued in the Offices which have been - siSnally
dissrsced by their incumbency.
The latest "a d. in this line is the ,lclalcaiion
of Mr. Isaac Y. F,wler Postmaster ut Kew York
City, whose "dcfctency" las ,,,ese psulati,ns
eingerly termed. amounts hus far To
the snug little of sl55,0oo. Mr.. Fowler
ooudsmen, 6. A. Conner and George Law Live Oak
George are bound 10 the Of SIS ,0f 10, which
it will be seen. will not half cover the amount
stolen. This Mr.. Fowler has been active in New
York politics for long time. and for the last tour
years the leader Of the Tammany Hall brauc Of
the n. mocracy and is the present Grand "a chem
q tie Tammany Society, and has Away. he m re.
garded rs one oi the whosl horses. g" Of the Soft
Shell Wing Of that most interesting and pat 'io,ic
organization. lie lie reputed TO Lea " man Of fine
taieDts possessing much tact, great energy Of
character. and literal to fault" Our rea ders
can, ID c. ur-e. figure cut for themselves the de.
gree Of Iberslny esipced BY man in spen, ling
money which did not belong 10 him. and tina; for
the corrupt purposes OF the Locofoco purity, !. {,
to keep that party IA power and thus coniil
their roguery.
1t may he as well TO remark, paren,hctica ly
that the wing Of which Fowler is the recog ii zed
chief, is the same that was voted seats it, the
Charleston Convention, by the Southern delegates
in thas body. and reeuital for their kindn sss
in that regard. Fowler, who headed the dele. n
tion, with bis molly crew, turned thcir backs On
their Southern brethren, and went for Squat ,r
Sovereignty with perfect rush!
This stealing mania seems t, be epidemic with
Loccfoco postmasters. 1t has only been three
months since Gideon G. Westcott, Postmast-
er al Philadelphia, detected in lcvying con-
tributions on the cl rks in his Office, in order rs
he said, to make upa deficiency" which was made
apparent when the Government come to be settled
with. The clerks all swore that none of the mo-
ney had gone into their pockets, and, consequent.
ly, they were indisposed to contribute OF their
scanty wages for any such object, especially when
they felt assured that westcott had stolen the
funds and afterwards appropriated them to his in
dividual use. As this transaction became no noto-
rious, it was feared that the longer retention of
Wescott in Office would I've disastrous TO tho par
ty" and, consequently, he Was removed; and
thus the Democracy lost the services Of one of tho
abiest most adroit, interruptions and Industrious
Of their leaders in the Keystone State. 1t is very
shrewdly surmised, that the dismissal of Westcott
has had much to do with the subsequent revelations
touching tho frauds and corruptions practiccd by
the President and his minions in the several can
vases in Phiadelphia and other parts Of Penn.
sylvania The old adage, "when rogues fall out"
&C., has been strikingly verified in this instance
WestcotI is no honester now than when he was n
Democratic Office holder. and therefore, we are not
disposed to give him any special credit for his
seeming repentance and return to the paths of
rectitude. eyenge Tor the unhandsome trick
played on him by his companions in rascality has.
we fear, had much more to do with shaping his pres.
cnt course than any real desire to have the public
acquainted with the astounding vllanies in which,
he was particeps criminis. But for all this, we
are devously thankful that things have turned GU,
as they hare.
The Pennsylvania election frauds are truly mas
todian in size, and we doubt if their parallel can
be found in the history Of the most corrupt dy
nasty with which the world was ever cursed
The individual who has made most out of his Demo
craey, and at the same time, been blcd most freely
IL, the cause. is the Chevslier Cornelius Wendell
This immaculate patriot was before the Coyode
Smelling Committee Monday last, on which
occasion be testified that he had spent for The
Peunsyivsris election and the Lecompton meas
ure $130 900. Thirty thousand dollars were spen
to infaenee votes for Lecomptou. lie stated tina
the Presidsnt snd himself differed to the nun,
Der Of votes over certain number. it would b
necessary to obtain 70 pass the bill. The Presi
dent thought that Ave were necessary. and Wen
dell thought that with three they could succeed
The money was paid out by Wendell with the uu
derssanding that he was to retain the public prin