New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-23

IN arton And this s the man that Mr.. Buchanan
bas ntrusted u itb the watch over millions of pubic
money What merchant in New-York would trust
his bns;oess 70 such blind and sOthful supervision
w TIL. TINE WHEN THIS ENBEZZLEsiENT
Holt says:
IN viii be observed from the Auditors rrpot that the bal
~ spe Gun Mr. Flow on December 81 1855 so gas ~
The be regarded "a having had s onn
this date" ,
Tn, Postmaster General here tries to fix the
commencement of the ENLIGHTENMENT during Mr.
Pierce's administration, so that bis predecessor
Mr.. Campbell, may share with him in the odium
of the Encouragement Of the Department
Whether Mr. Hollis statement as to the commence-
ment be true or not is question between him and
Mr.. Campbell who, fortunately, is living, and can
defend himself, as Gov. Brown cannot. The state
ment of the Postmaster General can only be fairly
taken as true against himself. How well Fowler
knew and profted by Hollis ihcapacity is shown
by the following confession:
when ooh charge Of the Department in March, 1882 the
deficit did probably fell 81 ort of S00O On the 3 OF that
MOI H. amounted $50 80 sS continued 10 augment
,e magnitude which wond probably have rendered
conc for than few months longer
Ninety thousand dollars are thus admitted TO
have been lost since Mr.. Holt took charge of the
Department How much more remains for Con-
gress to find out. This report shows Hollis I'M
willingness to tell the whole truth or admit even
what Fowlers cashier cOnfesses. How much
more might have been lost if FOwler's nerves had
not failed, no one can tell He admits that from
the day he entered the Department the defalcat on
| f" continued TO augment" until its magnitude could
| rot be concealed. But it is plain that Mr.. Holt
cannot be relied on for full disclosure, when the
cashier of the defaultng officer is more frank and
truthful than the head of the Department. Was
! there ever q more curious spectacle than the
cashier admitting $4,000 and the Postmaster
General stating S15, GOO less
V. How THE EMBEZZLEMEST WAS Con
| CEAIRD FROM THE PUBLIC.-Ths my-tery is
clearly revealed. Deceptive and decisive set
Elements between the Department and Fowler,
false credits, false applications Of one quarters
receipts to pay preceding defccnces-these tell
the whole story. Mr.. Holt says;
This deficit was increased by sl7s7 80 the following Guar
ter with the exception Of three qusrters-the last Of 1850
G The s n .s wE o. On the h june & had
- GO &c. This adjusted by special deposit
clerkhie &C. which ere allowed balanced account aDd
lett lsss 10 TO NJ towlers credit The sement h0ere
dtcpie nasuch in consequence Of this special dep0s
having been made the weekly one Of the carent de
tssy weeks receipts sti remained The defcation now
ad rapid 1904 IS having been added to the deh
Geiofi wa. sissy s. In NOyenbe Of that year the books
again balanced bu, this adjustment like that in August
| 1851, was altogether delusiye"
We have here the charge against his predeces
sOrs, PostmasteIs. General Campbell and Brown,
that settlements with the New-York Post Office
during their administration were deceptive"
| [" altogether delusye;" that instead of the ac-
count being balanced, there was continually
accommodating deficit, amounting, when he went
into Office, TO an aggregate of $4,000; and he
shows how cOncealmebt was eft cted:
was accomplished by applying the the revenues
s' sdy received Of the garter thug Deeebsr 81 1853 TO
but simply rsDer OF the indebtedness from quarter to
This statement of the Postmaster General is no
doubt true. 1t is certainly true during his admin
istra ion. And now in what predicament has this
Postmaster. General placed hmself before the
world DuiDg bis term of Office, there we're four
quarterly settlements with the NeW-York Post
Ofice--yiz: for the quarters ending the last OF
March, June, September, aud December, 1889
Every one of these settlements, on his own show
ing, must have been deceptive, " altogether
" delusive," sheer and atrocious frauds on the
public treasury an enormous defalcation con-
cealed, deposits misapphed, rot a dollar paid
nothing but false transfer of Indebtedness from
one quarter to another-this done not once only
but four several times in one year, while the
Department has been under his supervision.
vi. WHO is REsPONsIBLEFOR THE PERPETRA-
TON AND LONG CONCEAIMENT OF THIS DEAL
CATION l-FOwlers guilt is confessed by his letters
and by his flight But, although fugitive felen,
he is not the only guilty one. A heavy load of guilt
lies at the door of the Department, and the gues-
ton is who must shoulder it Mr.. Holt, in his
port, tiles hard to make the Sixth Auditor the
scapegoat Of the enormous crminality that has
been peIpetrated and concealed ever since he took
cusing some one to save himself pressed him sorey,
and, in his efforts 10 escape or have companions in
shame he has spared neither the living nor the
deod His predecessors in the Department, his
colleagues in the Cabinet and his subordIna'es are
dealt with by an unsparlDg hapd. The Treasury
Department, Mr.. Campbell (Pierces Postmaster.
General), and Governor Brown, who is dead, aud
the lsmented Third Assistant MarroD, are all
dragged into Mr.. HOlts report to share the respon-
sibhty of this transaction. But the chief effort is
to shove the load upon the Sixth Auditor and the
Treasury Department, after making The following
ridiculous ea cuse for his own negligence:
The inquiry naturally nises how this enbelemen, could
pUdt without the knowedg u the PostOHce department.
Il b. answered in the Inst place tht there nothing in
tic n Of the Postmaster 10 excite special vigilance
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