Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-03

electirIeuIinE campaign. Gov. Kun
/ urls, Is walker Major Il. w. Ed
nOiids aut Inysel constitute the Dem
locratic Van Buren, ticket. IL will be
"a close contest. The Nashville papers
circulate extensively throughout our
state. Much of our population is from
! Tennessee; and every bank In the
state, including the United States
| branch, have their commissions in his
service. Some three or four thousand
of our voters are recent immigrants
from other States, and reside IN the
new counti.~. Knowing nothing of
our political arrangements, and 10 We
/ have 80 bills circulating among them,
/ thu result rs to them is do ..blfuI.
'.Wilh high respect, | remain your
HHcrllency's most devoted servant,
joins f. \ CLAIBORNE.
To His ENcrllpncy, the President Of
the United States
Va. such letter ever addressed by
one humhlr gentleman To another, and
that o'ner the Chief Executive of
great NsliuuH The ground is openly
taken, tua., hecau-c man is u Demo-
Crst, a friend or member of the party
Ia puwer, aud that ~ his friends and
relations are numerous and Influential,
active and 60 operating with the Adj
mini~tIa.igu, he should be retained.
The Prs-h AZ II appealed 10 retain
him in Office, and it Is done. He was
permitted To remain IN office some
twelve or fifteen months after this,
when he resigned, defaulter in
the sum Of one hundred and
nine Thousand one hundred and
seuventy-eight dollars and eight cents
Can any such case be found, under
Wing or Republican rule? No; when
ever, under Republican rule, such case
Is developed, the question is not asked
, whether he is a Republican, aud ac-
tive in support Of his party,o whether
. his family connexions are extreme
| ~ influential, and cooperating with
the friends OF the adminisi ration, but
= the defaulting officer is promptly re-
+ moved, and legal steps taken to collect
? the amount OF his defslcation.
I asked above, "if ever such letter
, was addressed TO President OF the
! United States. There never was except
to IA Democratic one. Yet, bad as II il, Q
worse one, If possible, was written
, early In the neXt-Mr. Van Buren's--
administration, touching the case o.
!, Harris' successor, who was, in fact, ap
!, pointed upon his --. Harris recon-
8 mendation.
y, | have stated above that Harris re
= signed. He was permitted to do this
!, instead OF being removed. And no
= only 80, but be actually possessed 81
much OF the confidence of the admin
istration, that they appointed his sue
: cessor, Gordon c. Boyd, on his recon
! incubation, and this at "A time when h.
y was known To have failed to make hi
regular monthly deposits-as was theI
= the requirements of law-for at leas
:, twelve, il not for fifteen or eighteel
I months, by thousands and thousand
:, Of dollars. He-Boyd--of course, "fol
, lowed in the footsteps of his ilustriou
v predecessor, ~ and became IA defaulteT
> Mr. V. NJ. Garesches, TTeasur,
y Agent, who possessed the entire conf
y dence of the Department, was sent on
a from Washington To examine hi
- (BOyd's) accounts, early in the sun
- mer of 1887, during the Administra
% ton OF Mr.. Van Buren,, who ha
:, promised to tread in the footsteps c
= his illustrious predecessor" and | wi
do him the justice to say that he wa
:, not more successful than his frien
, Boyd was. After careful eXsmins
:, ton, Garesches found Boyd to be
large defaulter. He wrote to MI
'o Woodbury., the then Secretary of tn
q Treasury, afterwards appointed by Nj
a Polk a Judge of the Supreme Coul
y - of the United States, under acts q
g June 18th, 1887, as follows:
- "The account of the Recei We
Boyd which have made out, an
y transmit herewith, presents, again'
=; him balance of $50, 965.54. His ow
- - account makes it S53, 27273, it is ais
~ annexed. His assets, OF which l ais
, send you the list, amounts to S6l $40 81
- rating tho land at $l.25 only, bu
%, might probably realize double tn
amount.
&c The man seems to be penitent, an
,,e am inclined to think, in commo
a. with his friends, that he is honest, an
20 has been led away from his duty
a the example Of his predecessor, and
~ certain looseness in the code of moral
70 which here does not move in 70 limi
70 ed circle, as it does with us at hom
" ", Another Receiver would probably TO
" low In the footsteps of the two. YO
= 7 will not, therefore, DO surprised If n
y commend his being retained, in PR
ference TO another appointment, fC
70 he has his hands full now, and wi
=. not be disposed to speculate more.
- ne was Icbhiutus
" II anything in politics can be MOI
III corrupt than this IL Is beyond my con
-, prehenslon. Here n man, accOrdin
y. to the language of the present Demo
~ cratic press, has been guilty of stea
"a ing from the treasury thousands upo
~ thousands, because he has stolen {
% much as he wants, and has as niue
e. public plumber as he desires, is TO
ie retained, because, forsooth, somebod
else, il appointed, being exceedingl
~ hungry, might steal more. This WI
q indirectly acknowledging that tn
~ Democratic party had no honest me
y, in it, but was, according to the class
he language of the present Democrat!
AZ composed of thieves and robbers.
a. We, according to this, are asked
y commit the affairs of this great Nj
~ ton to the care and custody of a part
~ who seemed to acknowledge that
has no honest men in il, q conclusion
however, In which do not fully col
o. cur; for have always supposed the
I'd were among the masses honesty an
IN virtue.
'h But suppose, according TO this, thi
e. the people should, in an evil hou