Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-03-16

= plot by the offer Of the mission 20 Eng.
land. This was when be saw thai
against Sumser's opposition the 81. Do.
. mingo treaty mrst fail. =
y 8. He a,pointed hs brother. law,
Cramer, Ia high diplomatic position,
= although this person had already shown
. himself notori0usly unfit while holdins
an obscure eonsulsbip. =.
: 10. He appointed another brstbes.in.
|. Law, Casey. TO be Collector If New Or
lleans, and there maintains him, in spite
Of his proved ipcspaeity ana corYuptiou
and his opep v1Dlatious Of law.
IL. Wben public opiniou. Outraged
beyond endurases st Caey's miscoa-
duct, dsFSSdsi bbyeG6osol. n sp@Ar.
emily subbitfed by requirins ssd %.
tensihlv accepting Casey's resignation,
i. "to take effect on the appointment Of
! his SUCCESSOR" but be has never ap.
!. pointed n sucessor, and thus Casey re.
!. mains Collector in spite VI the public
: demand for bis removal.
| IL. He removed collector Of inter.
nal revenue at Chicago because this Of.
fcer refused to join Orville Grant, the
President's brother, IN u whiskey fraud.
13. Later, in violation Of law. he gave
10 this same brother Orville the monop-
ly Of trading with certain tribes of In.
dians, and caused the exclusion Of 9th.
er traders, certified to be respectable
men. This is the FIRST time in our his.
tory when Presidents brother has be.
come an Indian trader, or has received
q monopoly, contrary to an express law,
from bis brother:
IA He gave the federal appointments
in the city Of New York to a ward pol
itician, said to be connected with the
Tammany Ring, but who was bis own
intimate.
Is. He appointed and long kept in
the important Office Of Attorney Gene.
raj Of the United States a man openly
charged with frauds, known to be ig.
norant Of Law, u.,fit bv character and
/ requirements for the place, but notori.
ously subservient tool Of his own.
Is. He tried to promote this incapa-
Die Attorney General to the Chief Jus.
ticeship of the Supreme Court, a public
scandal which was prevented only with
the utmost difficulty.
II. He took away the custody of gov
ernment funds from the solid house of
the Barings, who had held it since the
foundation Of the government, and in
trusted the public moneys to Clews 4
Habicht, rs . reward for notorious par.
tisan services and in spite of warnings
that this house IVES not Trustworthy or
Of good standing. The firm has since
become bankrupt, but the public does
not yet know how much the Treasury
lost by its failure.
l8. He gave to one Of his former mil.
itary aids, Leet, a monopoly Of certain
Custom House warehousing. aud main-
t.,ined him in it until the outraged mer.
chants became too clamorous nj the in.
justice they were compelled to suffer.
l9 He has accepted costly gifts aud
repeatedly rewarded the giv.rs with
public places for themselves or for their
friends.
20. He permitted and defended the
,noiety frauds, by which the revenues
of the country were farmed out to low
politicians. with the known design Of
securing th. political fortunes Of some
of his favoritrs and adherents.
81. He was aud Is the intimate of
\ A'-xander Shepherd. man OPENLY and
generally accused ofcorruption in Wash.
ington, aud
%. When Congress. compelled nv a
rigid investigation. DESTROYED the Dis
trict government which Shepherd con.
trol!e,!. in order 10 put him out Of place
and power, the President had the indie.
c-ncy to renominate him at once rs the
head "f the new yov-rnment-a nomi-
nation SO sc,n.lalous that the Senate
Immediately and unanimously rejected
10.
%. In spite of this he still retains
Shepherd in favor as one Of bis most in.
! innate associates.
-. He sbo.ked the public sense Of
rropricty ty inviting TO the Whit.
House, on u public occasion. Harring-
ton, the confederate of Shepherd, a Ter.
son then undergoing trial for felony,
aud never acquitted Of the charge.
25. He con>orts constantly with men
of doubtful cbararter, and still has
among his intimates both Shepherd and
Harrington.
26 In their defence he even went so
far as in an annual Message to under.
state by several millions the debt OF the
District Of Columbia; a gross attempt
to deceive the public which was imme.
diately exposed in Congress.
%. He was party to an intrigue
whereby his own salary was dou,,led,
and caused it to be privately understood
in Congress that the bill raising Con.
gressional salaries would not receive his
signature unless his own salary was
doubled.
%. He was for months engaged in
an attempt, at last successful, "a make
one Of his intimates, Rufus Ingalls,,
Quartermaster General of the Army,
and held vacant the Russian mission
as temptation to General Meigs, who
stood in the way Of this scheme.
%. He supported Kellogg as Govern.
or Of Louisiana without authority
from Congress, confessing that be did
not know whc VAS tbs rightful Govern.
or. and on his own will aleue; and be
has used the army for uany mouths q
hold Louisiana down for this favorite
50. He did not scruple last year ta
IL.