Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-16
THE OFFICIAL BANDITTI.

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adrninisira,ion--says the Springfield Re-
pu6licas -ars simply shameless and IN
famous, others have ludierocs as well
ss rcpnlsiye aspsss. Such are some Of
the means resorted 10 in plandering the
treasury Tor tie suppors ef pauper dem
ocra,ie organs which the people viii no,
sustain, Senator Chandler Of Michigan
exposed several Of these cases ia speak.
ing On the posi-6fFioe hill lie said of
this Ysefs q corfnpgi1ns
There Is a newspaper in my city
vhieh Is not very well sustained Il is
the leading democratic press Of my State;
but Il cannot very well afford to pay It's
editors. In TIA, city there is an office
call it an otIice-0f porter or messen-
ger to the post office. Il is a salaried
office, the duties OF which are TO trans
port the mails from the post office TO the
cars. a gentleman connected with the
dem oeratic Free Press Is this salaried
post office porter. He receives $1,000
year as porter TO the post office but he
hires a car.man for 500 a month to do
the work. Four times a year, at the end
Of each quarter, be draws bis $500. and
pays over his sixty dollars to the man
who does the work. lie thus pockets
bis salary from the post ofiice department
Of $1,000 a year, less $40, which he
I pays to the man wlo performs the service.
Nine hundred aad sixty dollars per
anuum are therefore paid for no other
earthly service than the paFiizan support
Of corrupted press.
"In, the summer Of 1851, man in
the town Of Lexington. in The State of
Michigan, vas detected in robbing the
mail. It appeared that be was deputy
postmaster that is to say, the postmaster
lived some mile or Two away from the
office, and deputized him 10 act as post
master under the plea that, owning the
democratic paper he must receive the
revenues Of the office to enable him to
/ run his press. The facts Of the case were
set forth at the post Office department.
1 How was the guilty man lreatedY The
S postmaster OF Lexington was reaoyed,
= and the identical man who had robbed
$ the mail was appointed to succeed him.
supposed that this Was mere mistake;
r | supposed that they had taken the post
; master who had been removed for the
= thief and applied at the post Office de-
partment % have the mistake rectifled. /
c brought the papers along and submitted
;, them TO the pos,master-general, and said,
, "this is clearly a mistake, aud ask that
y it be reclihed, and that this man be
removed" lie said. " Very well / will
# have it investigated. This was during
e the first session Of the thiay-flih Con-
q gress, aud some months after the man
It had been detected. ! went 70 The post
0. office department from time to time, but
}. was turned away and sent 70 one Of the
n assistant postmaster generals 20 see what
q progress was made 10 the investigation.
q Finally, the assistant postmaster geaeral
h drew oal a large quantity of letters from
le leading democrats in nay State, and said
ID that il Sas necessary Cor ihe democratic
party that this man should be kept Il
office aBut," said !, ''ihis man IS q pos
Office robber, thief and demand tina
you have him removed do not ash
e republican be pat IN bis place, bat tha
r you have a democrat appointed who vii
x not steal. Wen. sir. the demand va
nd deemed unreasonable. Laughter. IL
u was not removed be was retained II
ar office and more, cir, be was prslmoted-
is be sas promoted 10 be the deputy Unitei
ar- States marshal fgr that district after thee
im charges aefe made and proved. Il va
Ter a very laerativc place for him. Unde
us the postmaster be could rob the mail, an
Ais being deputy United States marshal, hi
e., very ira aet was 70 establish sn immens
be manuiaetory a counterfeit money laugh
I'll teri bat be held bis Office there for ls
be- years after these facts we're establishes
True, be was a liberal man be owned
neaspaper pfeas, aud they could not has
= democratic press lbere without giYin
'hs il the patronage of The post oiiies. II
ST. spent hls moaey freely, and be eou
- aaord 70 DO .. for Be made il himse
- llaugbtsr. ar ali beyond shat be got
'4' robbing fhe mail.
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