The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-06-21

mi "a rott;no out at the very core.
and hence perform thus unptea ~
duty in the hope that the Secre.diy y,
tho Treasury will fairly ana eApnci'iy
ranort 10 the House the facts sought
b., these resolutions. Sir, this Is
, nn. t ~ only instance in which the Sec
n NO. has failed to answer resolutions
ns;nHu;ry, 1t is systematic both in the
u and at the Treasury to conceal
;mnortant facts from the country
These wrongs are committed by those
who assume to be the leaders. hut who
are, in fact, the betrayers Of the hepuD'
lican party, as they are the betrayers
of the whole people. Sir, the BOOKS OF
the Treasury need to be examined! ~
is high time the people knew what nus @'
become Of the fearful amount OF money
which has been wrung from them I'D
the shape Of taxes: ,,o,o ,hree
hundred names there be one honest
man, or ten honest men, or hity hoheSl
mon ~ whom injustice has been done
bv the Secretary of the Treasury, the
fsuit il his not mine, The resolution
Of Mr. Winchester calls upon the Sec
retary of the Treasury to inform this
House why these persons were removed;
and the Secretary has failed to reply;
Well citizens, this continued knock
ing at the door Of the Treasury at length
brought a reply. Here tits: Executive
document No. 40. third session, Forty
first Congress. What is the date
. February lS-four days after | had
brought the matter to the attention o.
the House. If prepared on the loth o
February, why was it held PACK IN i, III. ~,
Treasury until the last hour Of the las'
day of the Congress which called for 1t
Was il in the hope that it would be for
Gotten and laid away on the musty
shelves of the House document room
Look-here is the entry, showing
when it reached the House; II reads
"March Sd, 1871. Referred to the com
mittee on Ways and Means, and or
dered to be printed. :. A.
The Congress which called for the
information adjourned without seeing
the reply. However, it has at last seen
the light, and call your attention t" 'ts
contents.
The resolution called .,
First For "a statement OF the pa'
ances due from Collectors Of lnterna
Revenue who are not now in office, anc
the total amount Of the balances so due
as thew appear on the books Of the &C
counting officers of his department OF
the 3Oth Of June, 1870.
The answer gives the names Of oveI
three hundred collectors not now II
Office, against whom balances stan'
charged to be due to the United States
amounting to s2O,700,9S5. after deduct
in, the amount due to collectors an(
the amount deposited on account OF IN
ternal revenue since June 81, lSo'
Bear in mind, that President Lincoln
has been dead more than six years; We
this report shows that "a collectors ap
pointed by him, stand charged in TIM
official document under the hand OF th'
Hon. Geo. S. Boutwell,, with havln!
large balances due the United States
charged against them.
Secretary Boutwell, declines to Civ
the cause of the removal OF these col
lectors, although the cause was calico
for. Why did he refuse to tell VII!
those collectors were removed?
Let me call your attention to another
fact citizens. Out Of 800 collector!
charged with balances only 5o have
been sued on their bonds. Ny frienc
Sherman would say, because there are
only fifty defaulters." ONLY FIFTY
DEFAuLTERs! When before in the his
tory of this, or any other government
did YOU hear Of fifty detaulters at ONT
time in one department! But the
answer of the Senator, if made, would
be mistake. Let me give you thu
proof Here on page of this docu
, ment, under the head Of New York a
number 81, we find the name OF Joshu'
F. Bailey, charged with a balance
against him Of 1892, 1873 This docu
ment shows that he was appointed 6N
Grant, and that he absconded Marcel
Is. 1870, and it further shows that h'
has not been sued on his bond. vii
the honorable Senator explain why snl
has not been brought on the bond o
this defaulter?
TIE LEADERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL TIE EVILS WHIcf
AFFLICT THE PEOPLE.
| 1t has been proved that the accep
lance of the designations of Southern
officers, Immediately before, and after
Fort Sumter was fred upon, inspired
the secessionists with confidence anC
brought on war.
That when Mr. Lincoln became
President, the debt was very small
taxes low, and the country prosperous
and happy-that to-day the debt is fear
fully great, and taxation odious, un
equal and burdensome.
That more pains were taken by the
administration to build up a perpetual
debt than to put down insurrection.
That the war could have been main
tained by taxation; and that war taxa
ton, in time of peace, is an evil, for the
existence of which the pNunderers in
power are responsible.
That the debt was made as the basis
for building up moneyed ollgarchy
which now rules, robs and tramples
upon the people.
That it is the evident purpose OF the
oligarchs TO blot out State governments,
and in the language of Senator Sumner,
Establish an Imperial Republic '-that
is. a centralized depotism.
That Congress has conferred upon
President Grant greater power than is
exercised by any monarch in Europe
except the Sultan and the Car.