The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-03-19
EsoVy a Revenue Collector Lost
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Mr. EDHUND JUssEs was appointed by
President GRANT to the Office Of CoIlec-
tofSf Revenue for Chicago. Being just
now out of employment no furnishes a
very entertsining account Of the manner
in which lie WAS displaced We extract
few paragraphs from sis Isttsr to the
Chicago Tribune, which will show where
in he fai,ed to come up to the admin
issrstion standard o! An efficient off,
cisl;
The grea. mistake Which Insde-as
the world goes in our fair republic
WAS, that I caused the rcmcra. Of Ger.
tam d.. Lampe-, tcno tca, United States
Gduger in my district 1 had detected
htm in .fraudulesNy dppreprtating high
pine' He b0asted that I ,coald not dare
to tpgch him, a, he ,oas II cousin Of Presi-
deut Grant, ard altered to bet flee hun
dred dollars that h: co,s}d not be touched
On the ssme dsv, | reported him for re
movsl, and ST once revoked his assi IN
,nent to duty. He resigned imn ediately
10 escape disgracefsl dismissal All
these facts | reported to the Hon G
Delauo, then CoM missioner of Iuternal
Revenue He approved Q. nv course
and added that my action in the premi
ses ns, entirely satisfactory 10 the Pres.
ldent, A JeW months later this same DR.
LGmper cousin Of the President, toas Gp
pointed Receiver Of Public Moneys IN
the United States Land Q6ics at Wash
ingloa Territory. 1t is but fair to pre-
suRe that the President, in the hurr,
and press of business, had forgettes the
official record Of his cousin. However
he was reminded Of it whsn.subsequent
", DR.. Lsmper loaned TIE moneys o
the Government to his personai friend:
for private speculation. Where Lampe
may be employed now, to guard the ia
terests of the Government, an unsbl,
10 tell 1t is to bs hoped, however, tha
his emiaent talents will not be lost tc
the country
But Mr.. JrssEN, in his awkward hon
esty, again puts his foot in it, and thi.
time worse than before:
"But this Hamper affair was not n
only mistake. | committed several 9th
.srs much more damaging in their conse
quences A few months after taking
charge OF the dsties of my Office, tht
bl other. of the President, Orville Grant
Esq, honored me with a cal, talked rev
eRue business generally and quite fluent
ly, and finally invited me to his store -
He repeated this invitation three or fou
TINES, once by letter, before compiled
with his request. When | visited hi
store, Mr.. Grant, though somewhat EN-
barrassed, but, on the whole, with th'
graceful air OF an accomplished business
man, proposed to me 10 iOin him IN de
frauding The Government By permittia!
a certain distil!eryto run double its reg
tstered capacity, or, in other VOrds, t.
collectthe ts1 for only one hat Of its ac
t#ai product. ''Uyos decline, said til
Lncutc gentleman, "the Government wil
gain no thing. for, in that erent, the distil
| lery ,cat not increase its product. II yol
consent, The same tar ,ohich you noso collec
,cM still bepaid. ond the receipts of tn
Gouernment miU therefore not be di~in
ished. 4 teo barrels more or less on III
market cannot depress quotations, aud th
competitors ~kO, donst epoy the privilege
1 ask for my friends, eannot sn6er. Ther
can therefore, really be no fraEd in ii
transactions proposed Moreover, l shal
see to 1t that &H is safe IN Washington,
I humbly informed the talented morals
that l begged to differ with him as t.
the ingenious definition Of fraud, ant
lperemptsriIy and positively refused hi
tempting offer"
To add to Mr.. JussEs's disasters 500
otter this tine his brother in law, Cav
ScHUkz, permitted it to Be kaown ths
he was not an enthusiastic adnirsr Q
GRAsr's peculiar style Of managing d
administration. or course, the idea o
keeping man in office who had turne
GRANTS cousin ost for 80 trihing .,
) irregnlsrity 5, stealing; who had fatl
refused TO aid GRANTS own brother i
defrauding the Government; and VIII
added to his iniauities the hsgrant Grim
of. relationship to GAEL ScHURz, WAS sin
ply preposterous So Mr.. JUssEE va
| not only turned out, neck and crop, bu
some Thousands of dollars Of his con
pensation are still withheld from him.
& This 10 not a very big thing, bus it
finger board, pointing very plainly
the direction where big things abound