, 1873-11-06

half OF l por cont for mailing tho exchange.
That wi1lful violatlon Of Inv wad dofonded by
tho Secretary on tho ground that tho cna justl
lied The means, aui aorvllo majority In tho
House Of Representatives nccsptod tho oxouso
aB sufficient dofonso.
yoar or moro ago, oerthn banks in Now
| York got into trouble from londing thor 1nonoy
atock-gamblars, md forthwith thoy sont to
Washington, and somebody In tho Tronsury Do
partmoht abused tho powers and trust reposod
in him by Immediately Bolling a largo amount Of
gold, the proceeds Of which, in currency, wore
deposited with these banks. Aa this was insufll-
oont, tile Treasury issued several millionH Of
now grconbacks, In liou Of thoHo taken up and
oancelod by socretary MoOulloch In 1907, and
case Of tho Treasury Department londing pub
lilo money to certain banks to ease tho money
market just bcforo tho election. To carry out
thls programme thdfo WIS resort to a roisauo Of
cancelled notes, an offonso as grave mud aa In
oxousablo as tho roissue Of paid and cancelled
bonds. Tho Committee Of tho Senate invcRti-
gated this offenso and pronounced It q most
dangerous procodont, and an unauthorized aa-
sumption Of power. Tho House Of Representa-
tiVoa declined to tnke cognizanco Of the act OF
the Secretary. >.
The Presidont for some tlrno had = aecrot con-
tract with Daoz, tho usurping Executive OF San
Domingo, whereby that Republic MAS to be pur-
chased by the United Btatos, Baoz in tho mean
tfno to be paid s15o,odo year in gold. Con-
grosa refusing to make any appropriation Of
money for that purpose somebody in the Gov
ernmont found a way to drlw tho money out OF
tho Treasury and forward 1t to the conspirator
In San Domingo. Another Job waa tho oxpondi-
tnro last year Of 875.0u0, without any appropria-
.tion from oongreas, for the purchase Of certain
alleged Confederate papors, the samo boing in
tondod to 'bo usod. and being actunlly used, as
e1cctlonoortng documents. This job WAS not
moro disgraccful nor dishonest usurpntion OF
powcr than drawing s12o;O0o Of money from tho
Treasury on the roqusition Of the Marshal Of
North Carolina, ostonsibly for judicial pur-
poaos, but notorionsly to insure Republican
majority attho August election in 1872.
These arc but Il few Of tho "irrogularities "
which havo characterized the administration of
tho Treasury Department. Of late yoars. They
have been marked with oil the essentials of off,
cial turpitudc,; usurpation, Of power exercise
Of prohibited powczs tho loaniug OF public
money md credit to persons and corporations;
the illegal expenditure ofimoney not appropriate
cd; and the uso Of money lawfully appropr1at-
cd for other and il1eGitimate and corrupt pur-
poses.
Tho country has the right to assume TINT off,
tion Of public moneys will not pozmit them to be'
employed for unofficial and unlawful purposes
without somo consideration and any con-
sidoration thus received must, Of necessity,
bo corrupt While all these Official trans
grcssions have been, notorious, thoro
has been no effort made to arrost them nor
to hold tho Offenders to responsibility Tho
majority Of tho two Houses Of Congress hayo
Ind their time occupied in trying md whita-
washing their own political associates, accused
aud convicted OF bribery and other misdemean-
ors. Whenever commtttoos havo beon appoint
ed to investigate, they havo Addressed them
solvos to tho task OF denying the faots, and cor-
tifying to the good character Of the official.
The toleration shown to ono offonBo has invited
others, and the Syndicate pillage Of $1,000 900
has since beon repeated on q larger scalo. Tho
offenae Of roissuing old and Cancelled evidences
OF indebtedness, which ought to hive boen pun
iahod at the time, has boon repeated, and tho
Secretary, accepting the past failure to punish
aa licenBe to do it again, now ostentatlously
issues these notes at his discretion. Thua ne |
60 on day after day some additional barrier
for the protection Of tho public against tho
ignorance, and corruption Of Of
tlcials la thrown down, and the Treasury |
Department is becoming 30 loose and 30 reoklosB |
in Its management. that in time We may look for
an explosion TINT will astound tho country, |
There is no safety in allowing my officer to obey
or disregard tho Law at his discretion. There
should bo o strict adherence to law always, and
my violation Of 1t should bo followed by tho |
immediate dismissal Of tho officer. or, if that
remedy ls not applied, tho representatives Of tho
people should exercise tleir power of inpeach-
nent.. Tho deliberate oct Of Secretary niohard-
Bon dcpoBiting 100000 with tho Jay Cooke
bank at Washington, without security, would
never havo been committed had previous ylola-
tions Of law boon punished. Congress- cannot
overlook this act, and, on ita meeting, should he
not DO sooner dismissed, he should be i'm
pcachod. II there is to be any respect for law,
or any Official responsibility anywhere, tho
punishment Of tho yiolators Of law must begin.