Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-08-22

B be placed upon IL. What Is the object
Z having q Governor 7 Aud what are his
'owers and duties The object Of hsv !
ng one L.. 10 have some person To ieos sf- I
en- the public interests OF the people, and !
' hose duty u shall be to guard aud pro- =
ect them. 10 order To do this. the Cos
titution has given him full power ID
provides. Article S. sec Is: The Gossrnor |
hail transact all necessary business with
he officers Of government. aud may re-
luirs information. ia writing from The OH
,ers az the Administrative department.
upon any subject felsting 10 the duties OF
heir respective Offices Section 10 also
provides. "He shall take care that the
avs be- faithfully executed. In cases
y here vioience - used To prevent the exc
cull0n OF the laws. section ~ empowers
him 20 call out forces 10 execute them
And where the officers peacefully violate
them. he has the power to convene the lie
gi-lstare and report the facts to ihem. aud
thes can either remove or compel him 10
obey the Law by providing heavy penalties /
for his failure. From these plsnary pow 4
ers given TO your Governor by the Consti I
tuition could he not have stopped these /
State officers from committing .hese frau IL /
aud outrages upon the rights Of the peopls1
Will Gov willard Say IN the very face OF
the Constitution. that the Governor has no
powe Ia compel officers u enforce the laws
Does not the Governor lake an oath TO
support the Constitutionl Aud does not
that Constitution require him To see tha,
the laws are faithfully executed Does u
require hlm Ia DO an impossibllity II
the Governor had properly looked after the
isteresis ~ the people. aud required the
laws 20 have been faithfully execute,l. how
!. ~ possible thst Collins aud Talbot
could have committed these frauds. The
law gave them no power To do auy such
thing. Where. then, did they get IT.
They could not convey away The lands -
That was the duty OF The Governor, and |
believe among all the charges against Tai.
bott aud Collins, there u none that they
ever forged the name Of the Governor To
Any u these fraudulent patent.
Then, how came IL therey He must have
put II there of his own free will and ac-
cord. Tor these State officers had no power
TO compel him 90 sign them.
with what show of reason or common
sense then could Gov willard -Ay hat II
he Gov. Wright had used proper dill
gence. he could n"l have prevented these
! fraudsy But how dos he explain IN He
virtually tells us that Gov Wright, not on
~ failed 10 see tie law faithfully executed
but that be absolutely violated il by ssu.
ing blank patents for lands before they
were sold, when the law required him 10
do 30 after they were sold: aud delivered
them over 10 Collins. Why did he do ihail
Gov. Willard may say because he thought
Collins honest. and that all would be right.
Yet that was the first misstep, and from
thst act the people suffered Gov. willard
thinks that act excusable in Gov. Wright,
but m a similar one IN reference To Talbot.
where he surrendered up the Gramercy
bonds to Nixon for few days. he regards
u very great outrage. In my Judgment
they stand about upon an equal footing
| have no doubt both acted M good faith
yet the acts within themselves were wrong
and ia violation of law. and the people
we're caused Ia suffer thereby In the first
instance. II Gov. Wright had not signed
those patents ia blank. thea Collins aud
Talbot could not have committed those
frauds. and If Talbot had not delivered up
10 Nixon the bonds, then the bills holders
on the Grsnercy bank would not have suf-
fered. After these blank Swamp Land pa.
tents were delivered 10 Collins. still he aud
Talbot could not have conveyed these
lands 10 themselves and friends, unless
he books OF the Auditor and Treasurer OF
Jasper county showed that they had been
purchased aud paid for. In order to have
tins done, they united with them the
swamp Land Commissioner Of Jasper Co.
Democrat who issued false aud frsudu-
lent certificates, certifying that there was
80 much money due these men. Talbot
and Collins, and those who confeder ted
with them for ditchlng, when no ditching
had ever been done. Upon these false and
fraudulent certificates, the Auditor of State
issued orders upon the Treasurer Of State
under section IS of the Swamp Land Act
With these orders issued upon these false
aud fraudulent certificates. this land wa.
paid for. This Is the fraud that Col. Hend-
rieks 40 much complained of, and declared
II any Democrat in Office had equalled it.
I he would give up the race. When the very
/ paragraph of the Swamp Land Report
from which he read TO condemn Talbot
and Collius, also condemned this Demo
cratic Swamp Land Commissioner, aud
shows that be vas as deep il not deepe,
IN the fraud than they were, for in speak
ing OF the name, IN which these land.
were obtained. this report says: by N.
completely offhe Swa,np Lasd Comm ssiOrers
deeds for about l24 900 acres Of The best of
oacant land IA the county." were obtained =
| say that this Commissioner was ss deep
If not deeper 10 the fraud than Talbot
and Collins were. for the reason that they
had no control over him, and could not by
any legal power compel him. either to ~
sue or not to issue these false and fraudu.
lent certificates; but he did issue them
aud they aud their onfedsrate- Joined him
IN the spoils. but they were ovsrtaken in
their corruption. and most Of these lands
recovered back. This fraud looks big. and
should have served as warning To Gov
Willard. In fact he informs u that il did
aud that he issued no blank parenfs, by
which the State could be swindled No
wonder that Col Hendricks vas willing
TO stake his all on 1t. and decline the race
for Governor II another fraud equal TO /,
could be found where Democratic officer
had anything to do With IT, But ,hink
| will be able TO show you that this fraud
like lltlle blood. only served a. make
the bears mad. and more blood thirsty =
For remember that these Swamp Lands in
all. amouuted 10 over twelve hundred and
fifty-two thousand acres. This fraud Of
Talbot aud Collins included 1914 900 acres
still leavIsg over eleven hundred thousand
acres TO be accounted for: besides mos, o,
/ thtses t~f.NHV acres were recovered har I
10 the State. May ask ouce more. Where
are all these lands. or their proceedsY Thi.
muultcent donation. embracing more IN N
a million and quarter acres II the fnc-,
lands IN Indiana. the proceeds after drain
ing aud surveying TO remain sacred fund
for the education Of our children 10 the
short space Of ten years, with Democratic
Governors al the helm Of State. to watch
over and guard our interests, they have let
them pass from n. by fraud aud corrup
ton Who have been guilty Of these out.
ragesi This Swamp Lsnd fraod Report
which Col. Hendricks 40 much r, lies upon
think will explain the matter to a very
great extent. and account for the milk IN
the cocoanut.
During Gov. wr,ght's Administration
he removed from Office one jacob Mirkel
a. swamp Land Commissioner IN Jasper
county. ia consequence Of his fraudulent
practices a. such commissioner. Shortly
after Gov. willard was inaoguraied a.
your Governor. he appointed this man
Mirksl az Swamp Land Commissions
again 10 Jssper county. The SCAMP Lard
COMMITTEES 10 their report in speaking Of
the appointment says; From the evil
dsnee IN possession 81 your committee.
they cannot but express their surprise that