Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-03-23

nave lie had opportunities OF securing q
Tor ms company monopoly of the most
choice tracts of land; TO learn when they
wolId De pat on the market; to secure
'htoi' ana then To raise their price, aud to
sell them TO purchasers forced To buy. 1t
is well known that in Western land specu.
lations CaSs amassed his ample fortune.
Now, Belknap specnlated in traders H.
censes by which the soldier was swindled
Cass IN land 10y which the adventurous aad
hardy emigraDt was plundered! Whose
was the greater crime? Did CaSs' elicit
from the Democracy any manfes statou Of
horror-eveh of iudgination? Did Gen.
jackson demand his punishment? Did not
both, IN effect, indorse and approve t.?
zen. Jackson subsequently made Cass
| Minister to France. The Democracy made
him first Senator of the United States, next
| nominated him As their candidate for the
Presidency, and then made him Secretary
OF State. Under the Democracy Belknap
would be IN the line of prolp otion
Col. Richard NJ. Johnson. (the slayer
| oil Iecumseh, and Democratic Senator of
the United States under Gen. Jackson. the
Great Cabinet Pacitlcator" and coniiden-
| tiai iriend) was, during Martin Van Bu-
ren'S Administration, Democratic Vice
| President leader OF the Democracy! tie,
I rs wee President also had ms little spec
| uiatlon,-n claim of Capt. Buckncr's
| for removing the Chickasaw Indians saws
! the report OF the House Committee which
4 in 1872, investigated the matter:
The whole amount thu, paid to Can't
/ Buckuer was 6.293, 20; OF this amount
| the sum OF S39,1l9 was, beyond Doubt i'm
! properly pad. Ii the Committee have been
| correct IN the view they have taken OF this
1 case, the Chicka>aw fund has sustained A
/ loss OF Sl22,2i3,j0, attributable To the
\ want OF prudent economy and iIithiulncsS
/ oh The part ot those connected with it, dis
4 bur>eineut, and the accouutin. officers"
tol johnson was 'tie oHiy man" who
| prosecuted the claim before The Depart
/ mrnt; that while Vice President lie M
I first demanded that ''Buckncr purchase for
nun q farm ~ Arkansas. and some negroes
I provided tie got the money" Buckuer de-
/ clncd. But while the two were riding to
tie Department. the day the '.S31.149 wa,
/ improprrl. paid" BucAcr agreed to Tend
Johnson $4,000 The requi>ition wa> ob-
tanned aud paid, Ini.thc Democratic Vice
I President got the SIS 900, Were the De-
m'ciAy, .i". Nc'i AZ this exposure? q. 40,
But in ISIS voted Col. Johnson 5000 in
paymcu, ~ iu uld Indian clalm
Ia 1884. W. +. llarr-. Receiver of
fupic Money. AZ Columbus, M>>-tulor,-
ei hy his Democratic Representative I'D
.
OF the mIin piI,r, of the Democratic
cause. "ol ,iIlu>cd api deserved popular
ny. is "nH" OF the earliest and most i =
. tuGul>hrd iEcuI- oi the ,JtcA>uul Al
mim-tritpn IN M.ssi~,ppi." a, one whose
"lamily Ahd connections are extremely in-
ilurntlAl. and who are "aIl cp-oprratln-,
with u> III TIE arduou- struggle against
thc enemies u Drmocr4cv-Sa~ known to
o. d"ihuItcr. Was he removed OF put-
i,hcd: .. un,
In Maruu, 1854. the Secretary ut The
Treasury complained ot hl, cuuIIcl; n
August, lN3j. ne threatened HI tr.not. .,,
but jhr reasons assigned "a the above li-
uor>,inrnt forbade ID; and iu August. 1876.
thI- y. l.. llarri>-thi, pillar ~ Dcm. e.
tLrl wrote ID President .iacNspII. r,~i.4-
M htN "iI-c, aud nominated II hI> ..~u,-
C,'~~nr to!. Gordpu ID. BpNd uG AtjtIA
{ cuu4iN, another ''mIlu pittIr,uf Drmpc-
racy. mIJi-,l by Harms a, uuc Wi,p. hII
been i"r years prominent member nj
I our Mississippi legislature "a, '.au ar-
dent supporter ui your tGen. Jack~un'>J
Administration and a. IAN uuyIcIdIuL ad-
I yocA'c oi th,priucp.e, OF Democracy"
"Col. Gordon ID. Boyd Of Attala county,
VA accordingly appointed, AMI Secretary
Woodbury. quietly entered the following
/ ou The books ~ thr tr.atury '.R"Ianoo
I due from Mr.. Harris SlO9,l OS,,""
Only live mouths later the Secretary WAS
/ forced 70 open similar correspondence
/ with tOl. Gordon u. Boyd. lie h.I early
/ fallen lu.u the ''iOut>tcp, OF his iuu-tiious
/ predecessor" IN June, 1857, Secretary
] " oodDury appointed Mr.. Glrcschc 10 *.
anime the affairs OF the Columbus office.
/ aud he reported Col Boyd a dcfaultrr 10
\ the amount OF $4,000 Was Boyd ~
/ moved: Were the Democracy ind .uaut:
q Il "A a
I duct OF this main pillar OF Democracy Z"
. q. no! Mr. Gar-che. in his report, say, to
the Democracy:
I The muH (tul. Gurdan ID Buydj seems
: really peRfi,It, and | am inclined 10 th.uA
\ vita h, friends that h. is honest. ana nl,
{ been red away from hi duty toy tn. exam
\ p.c ut Ills predecessor. aud i certain loose
ness ia the code OF morality Mhich mere.
I does Hot move Ia - limited 4 circle A. il
. does VITA H. at home. iuoti.r Gec,irer
4 tr,uld yrojrjlg fJNDr ia the fOutst.ps pf the
. tsrO. \ on ui.l'not. therefore. be, ,urrIl.rd
7 ii recommend hl~ being retained IN pref
rreucc to another appointment: for hr ina,
Iii, hand, tuu nov. Ana wIl! not j. li>po,-
50 I" speculate any more
A"H :" IL WAS deCleed' IN lht oclootF
io'oMIu- w iealiy Erhlteht ahd non
es' b"Eu WAS aioWed 10 resign, ana the
Secretary a, ~ the case with Harms. eh-
! teftu on ms BOOKS: TT. u Boyd Is tndebt-
| tL S'O.oo. ~ ds PER tdSt statement ~ hs
Treasury =!
No ioolinh outcry on the part Of the De-
mocracy NO silly waste OF Indignation.
~ demand either by Cen Jackson or Mar
TN Van Buren that mo guilty man es-
| cape.
And The honesty the ''penItence -
oi BOYD may be realized from the follow
ing from the Louisville Journal OF the
time
ANOTHER SUB lKEAsURER.-A MI.
Gordon ID. Boyd, some time ago. was APP
pointed Receiver at one OF the Mississippi
rand Offices. shortly afterwards ne proved
10 be deiauter to the amount of $4,000.
The promulsation OF The fact did not at all
abash him. lie Immediately betook him
self TO the stump for the vindication OF his
character. Il dld appropriate the money
TO my own use exclaimed he, but my
sp.'u'a,;oan ,', .oia,eu ou, nn'"toIaoiy s
GpSTLEytS. rou ARE - s,fI.ptrn' , 40, .nb :
yes replied his Locofocy bearers, lie are
perfectly satisfied.