Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-04-28

dolph, Washington's Secretary O
State, when the Pcnnsylvani;
"whisky rebellion" broke out, suppos
ed civil war and breakup of thu
Union had began, and made propo
sails in writing, to the French Gov
eminent proposing to sell his party
support to France for money. The
correspondence was captured from
French vessel by an English cruiser
and sent to Washington.
First non7oaraUeL-How was thi,
corruption and treason of one fine
old Virginia gentleman, treated b,
the other fine old Virginia gentle
man, President Washington? He
was accused Of it in cabinet meeting
denied it, the correspondence was pro
duced, he "caved" and rendered hi,
resignation and all agreed to heel
the matter secret. 1t never would
have come out if Randolph had not
subsequently abused the President
villainously. (See Hamilton's His
tory of the Republic, vol. 6, p. 246
and PASSING. Randolph seems never
to have lost the respect of the pure
and honest man of "them good old
days." though Washington declared
him to be 'the - scoundrel God
Almighty ever permitted to disgrace
humanity" The father of his coun-
try, by the way, damned Randolph
for his ingratitude to him, not for his
"crime without a parallel"
Second Tarallel-General Eaton,
Jackson's Secretary of War, preferred
charges publicly against Mr.. Ingham
his Secretary Of the Treasury, for
frauds.
Second nonparallel. - Nothing
was done about it.
Third parallel.-General Cass,
Belknap's predecessor under Jackson,
speculated "without PARALLEL on his
position. He organized land-grab
ring, a company for speculation in
western lands. He collected from
the government an extra salary, with
out shadow of law, $6S,O00. He
got very rich while Secretary of
War.
Third nonParallel.-No "alacrity
in investigation" by Democrats! On
the contrary, Cass staid in Jackson's
cabinet until promoted to be minis
ter to France. The party endorsed
his unparalleled crimes" by first
electing him United States Senator,
and then trying to elect him Presi-
dent of the United States. Imagine
the Republican party nominating
Belknap for PRESIDENT! Yet Bel
KNAPP is white-robed angel with
stunning wings and a harp of gold
compared with Cass.
Fourth paraHel-Richard NJ.
Johnson was Democratic Vice
President. While he held that of
flee he lobbied through a claim for
one Captain Buckner, for removing
the Chickasaw Indians, and obtained
an award of $4,000, which was
$4,000 more according to the report
of the committee, than he was prop
crly entitled to. Johnson got $751;
600 of this.
Fourth nonparaUel-The Dem
ocrats ran HIM for Vice-President
again in 1910, and got beaten.
Years after, the Democrats of Ken
lucky endorsed him by an election to
the Legislature. S'pose the next
Republican administration will re-
store Belknap to his old position?
FVth paraNeI.-In the report of
the committees Of the XIV Con-
gress, 1889, will be found q report
of an investigation into the Swart-
won't swindles. Swartwout was Dem
ocratic collector of the port of New
York, and his stealings amounted to
Sl,225, 7O5.59. This, according to the
amount of business done and the
chances to defraud, is greater than
all the losses Of all the Republican
officials eyer IN Office. The report
lays the responsibility, if not the
necessary crime thereof, on the first
Auditor of the Treasury, Controller
Of the Treasury, and Secretary of the
Treasury.
Fifth non-paraUeW-No steps
were ever taken to recover the plum
der, or punish Swartwout or his Of
fetal accomplices, and none of them
resigned in consequence of this ex-
posure. The Democracy were not
so horrcr-stricken at fraud as they
are now.
.siath ldpallel-In 1896, under
Jackson, ono w. p. Harris, rocelv-
er of pnblic moneys in Mississippi,
stole Sl09,l7S.0S OF the funds in his
hands. He then resigned without
settling and recommended one Cor
don d. Boyd as his successor, and
the latter was appointed. In five
months thereafter, Boyd stole $50
900.
Sisth non,pardUe1-Nothing was
done to Harris. In 1887 the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury sent special
agent to investigate Boyd's affairs.
Here is the report Of the action taken
thereon, and we commend it to those
miraculously virtuous Democrats
who just want to get hold of the
government once to show us 4 speci-
men of political purity. This is the
Democratic report on Democratic
purity:
GThe man Colonel Gordon d.
Boyd) seems really penltcnt, and l
am inclined to think with his friends
that he is honest, and has been led
away from his duty by the example
of his predecessor, and certain
looseness in the code of morality,
which here does not move i'll so linn
tied circle as it does with us at
home. 4nother receiuer aooul0
probably .folsoss l,s TIE Footsteps OF
the taeo. You will not, therefore, be
surprised if I recommend his deino
retained, in preference to another
appointment; for he has his hands
fuHnoc, and will not be disposed to
speculate any more! And so it was
decreed! In the October following,
the "really penitent," and "honest'
BOYD, was 81! to RESIGN, and the
Secretary, as in the case of Harris,
entered on his books; "G. ID. Boyd
| "a S.,ynIt,J 'csn no1'an <,o o,,., ". n,