The Portland daily press., 1876-03-15

sum of S39.749 was, beyond donht iu,O.an.i5 VIC
paid. Ii the Committee have been correct ~
the the view they have taken of this casa the
Chckasaw fund has sustained loss of 500
Z43.5O, attributable to the want of prndent
economy and faithtulness on the part Of those
connected with its disbursement, and the ar
couotlng officers"
COL johnson was "use onEy man" who pros-
ecuted the claim before the Department.; that
whlle wee President! He at first demanded
that Buckner purchase for him q farm in AR.
kansas, and some negroes, providad he got the
money. buckner declined. But while the
two were riding to the Department the day The
"$37, 749 was improperly pald", Buckner
agreed to lend johnson $4,000. The reouisi-
tion was obtained and paid, and the Democrat
ic Vice President got the $4,000! Were the
Democracy shocked at this exposure? o. moi
But in 1848 voted Col. johnson $4,000 in paw.
ment of an old Indian claim.
In 1854, w. z. Harris, Receiver of Public
Moneys at Columbus, MIss.-ndorsed BY his
1emocratc Representative in Congress John
+. +. n Claborne( as "one of the main pillars Of
the Democratic cause" ''of dffused and de-
served popularity" as zone of the earliest and
most distinguished friends of the (J Jackson) Adj
msinlstratio9 M in Mississippi" as one whose
family and connections are entremeIv infinen.
tlal, and who are "all cooperating with us in
the arduous struggle" against the enemies of
Democracy-was known to be a defaulter! Was
he removed or punished? o, no!
In March, io39, the Secretary of the Treasu-
he threatened his removal, but the reasons as.
signed Ia the above Endorsement forbade IL;
and in August, 1886, this W. P.i Harris-this
pillar of Democracy"-wrote to President
jackson, resignlng his Office, and nominated as
his successor Col. Gordon d. Boyd of AttaIa
county,, another "main pillnr of Democracy
indorsed by Harris as one who had ''been for
years prominent member of our (Mssissippi)
LeSlslature as an ardent supporter of your
| (Gen. Jacksons) Administration, I" and "a Gan
unyleldiDg advocate of the principles of De-
mocracy."
Sol. Gordon d. Boyd of Attala county.
was accordingly appointed, and Secretary Wood.
bury quietly entered the following on the books
of the treasury Balance due from Mr.. Har.
ris S109, 17S. 08!!p''
Only five months later the Secretary was fore
ed TO open similar correspondence with Col.
Gordon ID. Boyd. He had early fallen into the
footsteps of his illustrious predecessor" In
June, 1887, Secretary Woodbury. appointed Mr..
Garesche TO examine the affairs of the Colum-
bus office. and he reported Col. Boyd default
er to the amount OF $4,000. Was Boyd re-
moved? Were the Democracy indignant?
Were they shocked or outraged at the conduct
OF this main pillar of Democracy?' o, no!
Mr.. Garsche, in his report, says to the Democ-
racy; 7'-
ly penitent, and 1 am inclined to think with his
friends that he Is honest, and has been led away
from his duty by the example of his predeces-
sor, and certain looseness in the code OF NOR
amy WuiOu ucto uOtb uOb move IN so limited q
circle as it does with us at home. Another Re-
cetUer 1Could probably tollOlo in the footsteps of
the touo. You will not, therefore, be surprised
If recommend his being retainer in preference
TO another appointment; for he has his hands
full now, and will not be disposed to specnIate
any mofe!!p'
And so it was decreedl In the October fol-
lowing, the really penitent'' and "honest''
Boyd was allowed to resign, and the Secretary,
as in the Case with Harris entered on his books
| &c. B. Boyd is indebted S5O,937 80 as per last
| statement at the Tfed dSuryip'
No foolish outcry on the part of the Democ-
racy mo silly waste OF indignationl No de-
| mand either by Gen. Jackson or Martin Van
Buren that no guilty man escaprp
And the "honesty"-the "penitence"-of
Boyd may be realized from the following from
the Louisville Journal of the time
| ANOTHER SUB TREAsURER.-A Mr.. Gordon
ID Boyd, some time ago, was appo nted Receiv-
er at one of the Mississippi land ,fices Short
ly afterwards he proved to be defauIter to the
amount of S50,O00. The promulgaton of the
fact did not all abash him. He Immediately
| of his character. 4 did APPROPRIATE the money
to my own use, exclaimed be, but my specnla-
tioDs turned out unfsvorably 'Tis my nisfor-
| tune, and not my fault. HOPE GENTLEMES,
YOU ARE SATISFIED oh, yes,' replied his Lo-
| cotoco hearers, zoe are perfectly satisfied"
| These are but characteristic incidents of the
| prevailing corruption. Had the space or leis-
ure. with the inclination, similar instances
might be multiplied indefiritely of Democratic
malfeasapce. corruption and crime, embracing
| hundreds of thousands and milliops of dollars
| Systematically plundered from the Treasury by
| all classes and ranks of Democratic officials
| by the Floyds, Baileys and Jake Thorn psons;
by the Swartwouts, Denbys, Collinses, Boards
and MISUNDERSTANDING through every
| Democratic Administration from Jackson's TO
| Hester Clymer's old leader's--Buchanan's,-
with its notorious and revolving corruptions
| and crimes it's Cornelius Wepdells and Swifts.
| with the profits of its villainous monopolies of
printing. binding and engraving of live-oak
contracts, ETC., more iniquitious In themselves
than any OF BelkDap's, and applied to purposes
| thousand fold more criminal,-the subsidy OF
the press and the bribery of Congress in the
| passage OF the vilest of measures?
Hence, the simulated horror of the Democ-
rscy is too thin; it won't wash" If General
Grant is weak and criminal because of his
| steady observation-disclosures of a quality which
has distinguished all truly great men-what
was Gen Jackson? What becomes of the
"Hero'-the demi-god Of Democracy? What
OF his "Roman-like virtues? Yves Zachary
Taylor guilty man because Crawford collect
ed the Galphin? Was John Tyler because
| Daniel Webster misappIopriated bis secret SER
vice fund? Was Andrew Jackson or Martin
| Van Buren because Lewis Cass, Richard M.
johnson, and host of other officials under
them, INDUCED in speculations of every corrupt
| character, absorbing millions upon millions of
| the public money?
If. therefore, Gen. Grant and the Republican
| party are to be held esponsble-denounced-
| because men in high places have violated the
trusts--betrayed the confdence-reposed in
them, then, amid the anathemas must be min
gled curses, loud and Deep of every Democratic
President, and of the Democracy, from Jack
son 10 bucnanan. DEWNNToN.