The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-03-17
AOSnE DEMOCRATIC 85Hs-
- TORY.
How the Democratic Parry
ksxPoAeS and Furnishes Cor
.tr ruptEOR I'm IFS Own
Ranks.

How the Dem OcFSl1AC EAEUy
RsxRoses and Furnishes Cor
H. ruptEOm I'm IGs OVVn
q Ranks.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
And while upon this business Of
investigation, and stumbling upon
these sad exposures, it will not an.
swer for us to fold our hands in
despair and say there was never
anything like it. There has been
something like it, and the history OF
the country is studded thick with as
base crimes as those now being
brought to light. A correspondent
of the Washington Star recalls
some of these. Among them was
the payment of the celebrated Gal
phin claim, by which the Secretary
of War, Crawford, who made the
allowance, received for his own fees
the sum of $4,000. And in spite
of the clamor raised he hung on to
the money and resigned his office,
But he was not impeached. Gen.
Lewis Cass was also involved in a
very questionable transaction,
which the correspondent thus de-
scribes:
General Lewis Cass, after Gener-
al Jackson, was the great 'Thun-
derer" of the party. Under Jack.
con Cass was Secretary of War
Cass' collection as extra allowances.
illegally, of sos, 600, and his organ.
iZation of company for specula-
tions in Western lands are motor
iOus. He had opportunities of &C.
curing for his company monopoly
of the most choice tracts of land, to
learn when they would be put on
the market, TO secure them, then to
raise their price, and to sell them to
purchasers forced to buy. 1t is well
known that in Western land specu-
latiOns Cass amassed his ample for
tune. Did Cass elicit from the
Democracy any manifestation OF
horrOr-even of indignation Did
Gen. jackson demand his punish
ment? Did not both, in effect, in
dorse and approve it? General
Jackson subsequently, made Cass
Minister to France. The Democra-
cy made him first Senator of the
United States, next nominated him
as their candidate for the Presiden-
cy, and then made him Secretary of
State. Under the Demo cracy
Belknap would be in the line of
promotion.
Colonel Richard NJ. johnson, the
Democratic Vice President, was an
other unfaithful brother. While
he held that office he lobbied
through claim for one Captain
Buckner for removing the Chicka-
saw Indians, and obtained an award
of $4,000, which was $4,000
more, according to the report of a
committee, than Buckner was prop
Lerly entitled to. johnson got SIS
coo of this.
In 1884 one w. p. Harris, who
was a Receiver of Public Moneys at
Columbus, Miss, was asCertained to
be detaulter Ill a large amount.
He was not prosecuted or removed,
but in 1886 wrote to President Jack
son, .resigning, aud recommending
q successor, nne Gordon d. Boyd,
who was duly appointed. The
seqnal, as related by the CORES
pOndent of the Star, is exceedingly
rich. 1t was only five months after
the latter appointment when Boyd
also was found 10 be q defauIter.
When Harris resigned, the Secretary
of the Treasury kindly entered on
the books the following: Balance
due from Mr.. Harris, $I09, I7S.0S."
It was hoped that Boyd would
not find it necessary to steal, but he
did, and in 1887 the Secretary sent
Mr.. Garesche to examine the affairs
of the Columbus Office. Here is an
extract from the report made by the
latter on his return. We commend
it to the careful perusual of those
Democrats who imagine that public
rOguery ia a new thing in this coun-
try:
f'The man Colonel Gordon D.
Boyd) seems really penitent, 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, aud q
certain looseness in the code of NOR
Atty, which here does not move in
so limited q circle as it does with us
at home. Another Teeeice1' scoRld
probably. folIOic an the footsteps of
the tIcO. You will not, therefore,
be surprised if / recommend his be-
ing retained, in preference to anOth-
ar appointment for he has his |
hands full now, and will not be dis
posed to speculate any more II! |
And SO it was decreed! In the Oc- |
tober following, the "Eeally peni- |
tent" aud "honest" Boyd was allow
ell to resign, aud the Secretary, as
in the case of Harris, entered on his |
books: .:"G. d. Boyd is indebted !
$50, 937 80, as per last statement at
the Ti'eGSUyy!!w
The Louisville Journal, referring |
TO the case at the time, said:
A Mr.. Gordon ID. Boyd, some |
time ago, was appointed receiver
at one of the Mississippi land offices. |
Shortly afterward he proved a de-
faulter to the amount of $4,000. |
The PRONUNCIATION of the fact did |
not at all abash him. He inme-
diately betook himself to the stump
for the vlndication of his character.
Il did appropriate the money TO my
own use,7 exclaimed he, "and ex-
pectedsto be able to repay it, but
my specuiatlons turned out unfaY-
orably. IT'S mn misfortune, and
ret nag. fault. HOPE, GENTLEMEN.
roU ARE sATIsFIEDip sob, yes.n
replied his Locofoco hearers, 1--we
ire perfectly satisfied"
We publish the above to show that
is no new thing in this
but the punishment of ras-