Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-03-15
Honest Officers.

Mr. senator Chandler. of Michigan, made
speech the other d,y, in which re dissected some of
the tricks the Democracy play with post Offices, in
. style that drought down the house." We ex-
tract the following:
There is another newspaper in my city, which is
not very well sustained. Ii Is the leading Dem
ccrstic press Of my State; but it cannot very well
AFFORD to pay its editors. In that city there is
cfioe-I will call il an ofice-of porter mes
senior the post Office the duties OF which are TO
transport the mails from the post Office to the
a gentleman connected with the Democratic Free
Press is this salaried post Office porter. lie re-
eeives 81 900 year porter &c the post office,
but he hires a cartman for $40 month to do the
work. Four times year, at the end OF each quar-
te- he draws his $780, and pays over his $50 to the
man who does the work. He thus pockets his sal
AIRY from the Post Office Department of 81 30 less
$40 which he pays TO the man who performs the
service Nine hundred and sixty dollars per annum
therefore paid for no other earthly service than
the partisan support Of corrupted press; and this
is no exceptional case. for throughout this broad
hand post Offices and Custom Houses are made to
pay tribute for the same sycophantic and degrading
prostitution Of that engine which should diffuse
both light and truth.
But again, s;r. have little further experience in
nv State. In the summer Of 1857 man in the
town Of Lexington, in the State of Michigan, was
detected in Robin, the mil. Il appeared that he
was deputy postmaster: that is to say, the post
Muster lived some mile two away from the Office,
and deputized hin, 10 act as postmaster under the
plea that, owning the Democratic paper he must
receive the revenues Of the Office 70 enable hia to
run his press The facts Of the were set forth
af the Post Office Department. How was the guilty
nan treatedl The postmaster of Lexington was
removed, and the identical man who had robbed
the mail was appointed 10 succeed him. 1 suP
posed that this was mere mistake; lild suppo-
scd that they had taken the postmastc who had
been removed for the thief and applied at the Post
Office Department TO have the mistake recthed.-
j brought the papers along and submitted them &c
the Postmaster General, and said: "This is clear
'Iy mistake, and ask that it be rcctIied. and tn,
the nan be removed" He said, "Very well;
viii have it investigated
This vas during the frs, session Of the 35th Con
eress, and some months after the nan had been de
.tected. went To the Post Office Department from
time TO time, but was turned away and sent t
one Of the Assistant Postmaster Generals TO SEE
whit progress was m,ie~in the investigation Fl
u1fiy, the Assistant Postmaster General drew Ont
large quantity OF letters from leading Democrats o
my State, and said it was necessary for the Demo
cratic party that this should be kept in Office
1'.A,t," said l, this man is post office robbcr,
thief; and demand that you have him remove cd
do not ask that Republican be put in his place
but that YOU have Democrat appointed who vii
not steal" Well, SIR, the demand was deemed un
reasonable He was not removed; he was rctainc
in veice; and more, sir, he was prcsaoted-he wa
promoted to be the Deputy United States Marshs
for that District alter these charges were made an
proved. II was 4 very lucrative place for him.
Under the Postmaster he could rob the mail; an
being Deputy United States Marshal, his very mr.
ACT was 70 establish an immense mandatory {
counterfeit money flaughterl but he held his o
Sce Cor two years after these facts were establish
ed. True, he Was q liberal nan; he owned a new
psper pres. and tbey couldn't have Democrat
.pvess without giving is the patronage OF the po
ea5ce. He spent his money freely, and he coul
.a6ordto DO so, for he made L hjmeelf, llauglaer
or al beyond what he got by robbing the n,all..