V 
 
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 Speeches of Hon. LEONARD MYERS, 
 
 ON ihl; pitixcii'i.i; iiiat 
 
 "Actions Speak Louder Than Words." 
 
 NOT PUI5L1S11KD OR FRANKED AT TIIK KXI'KNSK' OF TIIK GOVKIINMKNT. 
 
 I'rom tW " Moriiini/ Posl.'' iicviT oultIiI to he ]i;ii(l. IJiil tlic «'vil is li_v 
 
 WHO ARE THE RULERS? "'/ "'^"i"^^ /•""<■'"•"•) t<> this da.s of ,n<n. 
 
 M:inv ot the hk m icrs ot Con^n ss— inon; 
 
 There is one -real i)nnci])le inulerlyin^' thairhalf the whole nniiilt'T. w. ])ivsiinie 
 
 our repuhheau institutions that eannot be ;i,.,. law vers, and tlvy avail tiieniselves of 
 
 too often or too foreiltly iini)resse<l upon n^'ii- jircnse as sui-li, not onlv to jiraetise 
 
 ihe i)opular nuuil. This is. that the i)eoi)le ;,'_'ainsl the (iovernnient in the Depart- 
 
 arc th(> rulers, nud not the ruled. The ob- ni.>nls, as well as in the Courts, but to use 
 
 •I'ct of ^'overnnient is not to airord ujood thi'ir o(/(</.r' position for the purpose of rob- 
 
 oHices and fat salaries to a set of dictators. [ ],[i,rr du. Treasury. 
 
 nor to provide aini)le forums for verbose ., , • • i • ■ 
 deelaiu.e rs, but to secure to the people .^ucli ^,^:'\ l"".^' '^"\^'»: •'■ Z"^^;'. "'^'^ !••"•' .'•' .''" 
 civil order as shall best advance" their in- l nited States District ( ourt l<.r this city. 
 lerests. 'LMiosi' who are electe.l are the m which a person named lavlor was det-n- 
 servants-tlie people are the sovereigns. '1[!''V li^nm- Mr. Leonard > yersinember 
 We are too apt to for-et this distinction; <»f <^""^''''r.\:»'-""» !"' ''"''1 l>'^H-'^-t- bel- 
 aud, instead of ri-idlv criticising the acts ^:'>»"'^l'1: , ^ ''^ ^'■'"'•"■^ "' ^'"; .V'»"y/^"" >" 
 of those we have sent to do our biddin- »!ivor ot the (.overnment, and the daina^.^ 
 and demandiimriL'ht where wroim has I)een ^V'l'^' :i=:>^«''^sed at .si^ven thousand dollars. 
 d,nie. we bow in meek submi.ssi.Hi. Innnec lateiv after lh.> rendition ot the ver- 
 
 diet, ^Ir. Myers proceeded to \\ ashini:toii. 
 
 ; and Itv nason of his ]iosition as a inenibi r 
 
 /•Vow •• Su,.dni Morniinj,'' Dec. 2!, 18:;!). „j- C'„|,y,.,.ss he was able to obtain an order 
 
 ^flRST-CLASS FACILITIES FOR, PLUN- tV"ni the Internal Ilevenue liurean direct- 
 
 *, -mrPTWa TWP r^A-tj ctj-NTM-R-WT i"^' tl'^il f'"^' ca.se should be settNd <in the 
 
 BERING THE GOVERNMENT 
 
 paynu nt of one thousand dollars; but th' 
 
 Ami)U4 ihe reconinnndatioiis contained m cement of ConLrressman Mvers coniint.^ 
 in tV' annual report of the .Secretary of llu- iminediatelv to the knowli dLre of Detective 
 Treasury is one uririuL; the enactnienl of a HcPnian. w"ho oriufinatKl the prosecution, 
 law i)rohibitin;j: clerks, and other IH'rsons (i);,t irentleman foiwarded to Washington 
 who have held otfice in the Treasury De- ., statement of the c.ise. with a protest 
 partment, from acceptin<r employment as n^jain.'-t its i-ettltmtnt. according: to Myers" 
 a,tients or attorneys for parties having claims dictation, after which thc^ onh r to eoinpro- 
 ai^ainst the (Jovernmeiit, which claims were ^y^y^f, „;,.s countermanded. If we were to 
 lu'iidiiii: when such persons were in oHiee. ^^.it.ct a tenn witli which, to eh^r;v.te»«4f- 
 \i the iirst trlancc this may seem like an d,,. ^vroiiL.' attemi)t«d to be done in this case, 
 uniicnerous ju-oposition. but a little rellec- „•,, should w.ite it out 'nhniux's. lit r.- is 
 tion will serve to satisfy the reader that .j nu minr of Conirn ss ]iaid \\w thousand 
 there is a decided necessity for leirislation dollars a year to faithl'uUy reinH .sint the 
 of this character. Mr. Bontwell says, pcojile of liis district, and to jji-otecl iheir 
 "th'-re is reason to believe that inform.a- intci-est. He does not content himself with 
 li(m <;ained while in the public .service has this handsome sum. but hires himself to the 
 been n.sed in aid of the claimants." Of (j„v,.i.„„„,„t-s enemv, who is encased in 
 this there is no doubt, and the case mi-:ht i difraudini: the Trea.surv of the United 
 have been stated mnch more stnmiily; for states, and takes a fee in consideration of 
 we are assured that a larire nuinb.r oi' w^ assistance he is rendi-riiii: to the cul- 
 elaims wei-e held back by persons in <tnice p,.i( usinir thi' power conferred on him l)y 
 under tlie late .Vdminist ration for no other iijs constftuents to coerce the hea«l of the 
 purpose than to <:et jjossession of them as Revenue Department int<» a conce.s.sion to 
 attorney or claim aireiit after the otlicialjiis kicked demand. This is not an isolated 
 head of the c'crk or otlici-r had been decapi- ,.;,j;,, f,,i. manv other meinbei-s of Conu're.ss 
 tated. The truth is, that the (iovernmeiit do the same thiuL': and this same meinln'r 
 is extensively swindled by these c >.-olhcials. f,.,„„ the Third I'eiinsvlvania District, wlio 
 who. haviuLC learned whil.-t in vKtsition all j^; known as a jiatent-fawver, is at all times 
 the intricacies of the Deparlm.uts. are en- ,.,i^a;_r,.d in the pro.secution of ca.ses for his 
 abled to pH through many claims that ! ^'\^^n\.s Ix-fore the Committee on Patents of 
 

 the House of Reyiresentatives. and on its 
 floor. If a man were cuilty of this sort of 
 conduct in the earlier itnd bettiu- da^s of 
 the Repulilie. he wouJaLhave been hurled 
 from Iiis place, and ]ff»<|i'st or hich-toned 
 man would have shunned liim: but, alas! 
 there are now too many wlio esteem sucli 
 doings as we have mentioned as a leuiti- 
 niate means of uainino- money. But how 
 is this evil to l>e correc1:.ed':' Congress alone 
 can cure it; and unfin'tunatel}- there are 
 too many men, in either House, whose 
 moralit}- is as loose as that of this Piiila- 
 delphia member: and it is hence that the 
 people must provide the remedy, and this 
 can only be done by setting their seal of 
 condemnation on suclrmen at the very lirst 
 opjiortunity. Let it be remember.nl "that 
 he who would be free must himself strike 
 the blow;"' and if the people will act on 
 this old but admirable suggestion, the}' will 
 soon get rid of the Congressional rascals, 
 no matter to what party tliey may belong. 
 
 From the '' Sunday Rf public '''' 
 
 Our key-note, soundoil some few w«ek.s back, rofiues;- 
 ina- that a now deal nii'iht be made for Conijfi-ess. snpms 
 to have created a rattling a woag the dry bones. Quite a 
 number of "good eitizeus'' have awakened tu the fact 
 that has long been evident, that the business interests 
 of the city siiould be represented by business men, and 
 not have the entire representatiim composed of lawyers, 
 who, the largi'st portion of their time are attending to 
 tlieir private practice, in tl<e way of patent and whisky 
 cases. A man who cannu aff jrd to represent us in tlie 
 halls of tlie nation by giving his constituents the beu'>- 
 fit of his entire time for the salary he receive?!, had bet- 
 ter clear tlie track and tlius make room for some one 
 who can. 'Wa '"threw up our hat" for the coming 
 man.'- Let him put in. his appfarance. First. Si'cond. 
 Third, and Fourth districts, &c., &c.. let us hear from 
 you; don't be afraid tn spcnik out — n'lneraber, you iiave 
 •'backing" tliat will "stick!" 
 
 ■■Ei'eninrj Ilfrald," Feb. 1(1. 1S70. 
 
 THE RASCALITY OF LEONARD 
 MYERS. 
 
 The House ^lilirary Conimittee are still 
 at work investigating the sale of cadetships 
 iii the ]SIilitnry Academies, in connection 
 therewith, we have a sttn-y to tell both for 
 the benefit of our renders and the chairman 
 of the comfiiittee engagt'd in the cadetship 
 investigation. There is a naval cadet by 
 the name of Tsiiac B. Elliott, who has re- 
 cently l)een appointed and accredited- to 
 the State of South Carf)lina. and of course 
 the presumption is that the ("adet Elliott 
 comes from some one of the old families of 
 the Palinei to Slate. But such is not the 
 case. Tills future defender of the starry 
 flag is the hopeful heir of Internal Revenue 
 As.sessor Ellliott. of the famous Third dis- 
 trict of this State, and a resident of this 
 city. The Assessor having ivaclied a com- 
 fortable pf)sition under Uncle Sam. where 
 the piiy is very fair and the opiiortunities 
 good, had a natural doii'e to place his sou 
 
 in a position where he would l^e in the lu,. 
 of promotion for the shoes of brave Ad- 
 miral Farragut. 
 
 Possessing this laudable ambition, the 
 Assessor set about linding some one who 
 had a ]ilace to dispose of. and was not long 
 in linding his man. A Congressman was 
 soon {ound who had a naval cadetship for 
 sale at the very mxltn-ate price of !!r'J.no;i. 
 A bargain was quickly struck, and young 
 Elliot was at once transferred from a 
 clerkship in his lather's otlice to the Xaval 
 Academy of the United Stales, and his 
 name entered upon the rolls as being ap- 
 pointed from the State of South Carolina. 
 Tlie Congressman who sold the appoint- 
 ment and bagiivd tlie two thousand ilollars 
 of Elliott of Fhiladel)ihia -not EHif)tr of 
 South Carolina — is said to bf- no less a per- 
 sonage than the man who defrauded Dr. 
 John Moffit of his .seai. Xo less a man. in 
 fact, than the very honorable, honest, im- 
 maculate Leonard ilyers. 
 
 We r<'(]uest (Teneral Slotann and the com- 
 mittee to make a note of this mattei*. Let 
 them send for the Elliotts, and warm the 
 ears of the Lord's pretended anointed, the 
 honorable humbug of the Third Pennsyl- 
 vania district. How are you. two thou- 
 sanily 
 
 From the ^'Sunr/m/ Morning. 
 
 SOME OF CONGRESSMAN MYERS' 
 PETS. 
 
 -Mk. Editor: — Please peiiirfi me to give you 
 a few items to add to your article of liec^'inhHr 
 2i;th. ISfiJ). entitled "First-class Facilities for 
 Plunilei'ing tlie Government." 
 
 One James Stewart, who was a (rovernmeut 
 storekeeper at one of the distilleries of the no- 
 torious Mountjoy, and tl<e guager, and another 
 storekeeper, were eliarged with the removal of 
 whiskey, about August 7th, iMiS). and were 
 held in .Si^oo liail. and are still so held to ap- 
 pear at Court and answer the charge, and were 
 of course suspended from positionin the Revenuf' 
 Department. 
 
 A short time at'ter this there were discharged 
 from the Philadelphia Navy Yard, in obedience 
 to order for a reduetion of the force, hundreds 
 of honorable and honest Repuliliean sliipwrights 
 and other workmen : and a few days thereafter, 
 this same .Tames Stewart was, through tlie 
 efforts of his Congressman and counsel. Leonard 
 Myers, put in the Navy Yard as a shipwright, 
 where he still remains; thus causing the (jov- 
 ernment to seem to put a " piemium on di.shon- 
 e.-j/jy" hy rewarding a man who had been <ie 
 tected in robbing the 'J'reasury. 
 
 Tliis Stewart is a precinct manipulate))-, and 
 is expected to carry his preeinct for the Con- 
 gressman's renominatiou tiy inside manipula- 
 tions. 
 
L^J 
 
 - J last di'kgato election this same man, called A7»7 of the whisky linp) one afternoon, 
 
 .j.alt -fa-^h a ,s«o//riiiM.i.> olli.er, lille.l tip an.l and w.-nt into tlw country with his family the 
 
 "Hsijinedr and insisted on. and tii.-d t.. in<luc.' his n.-xt niorninR and sfayi'd there some t.-n day3 
 
 — ^fellow ollicers to si^jn. an i-leotion certilicate for or more. J;,,„<n kable, hecanse this geiznre was 
 
 fjthe defeated delcfiate, though dcfeat.-d hy a an erf/i/ in his lift — the /(>.s7 ff«n< of the kind— 
 
 ^larce majority: and he refused to votn the most an erciit of in<ii)i>ll>itle, not a skirmish, hut a 
 
 < ;pomilar part" of the Uepiihlican ticket at the sort of Vi( kshui>:. Qu.-er time to ro to theeoun- 
 
 _^,popular pa 
 
 next j;eneral ei-ction. 
 : .>ii The honorahle (t) ("oiijjressman. before se- 
 ' caring for him ("Stewart) the storekeepership, 
 endeavored to have him appointe<l foreman of 
 
 try. Queer time to stay ten days or more. 
 
 The stoT.keep.'r also went into the country 
 
 ahont the same time — just when the (iovern- 
 
 ment needed them all in the city. Queer offi- 
 
 11 ■ .1 iM ;i I 1.^1.;.. \-.,,-„ v.,r,i (■■.iiin.T eials. Qurer Congressman, to he the means of 
 
 caulkers in the liiladelp iia navv lam, lauinp ... a^ ■ t -v 
 
 ' V- 1 1 . • 1 , L. ,. 1 .i',.. c.J.mn nf api)o ntiui,' .SO many qucer officials. \onr cor- 
 
 in which he tried to comjiel the loreiiiaii oi ii , •. , ., , . <■__,.»_.:.,._ .i. 
 
 caulkers to rate him as lirst (luarterm.an, in 
 which ho also failed. 
 
 Some time afterward the iionorahl.,- (?J Con- 
 gressman went to the Philadelphia Navy Yard 
 to provide a place for a hrothcr of this same 
 Stewart, who w.is also an inside otRcer in an- 
 other preoinct, wherein equally dishonest jtrac- 
 tice-; were in<Uilged at the same delegate elec- 
 tion. On that oci-asioi), when asked huw it was 
 likely to fare with the lirst-mcntioned Stewart, 
 the iionoiable (.') Congressman replied: "0//, 
 tliiir is nil liitslied !(/)." 'Hiis arousing the curi- 
 osity of your correspondent, lie happened in 
 
 respondent has the best reasons for stating that 
 this model Itiir-wnhfir has interposed his official 
 influence between justice and these law-breakers 
 at every opportunity. Yours. 
 
 '• Cadetsimp.'" 
 
 '•77(e Press," Oct. \>>l/i, 1669. 
 
 GEORGE MOUNT JOY'S DISTILLERY. 
 
 11 will 1... i-..c,,ii.r-i,Mi iiiiu il..- .li-till.-ry ..r <;.■.,!-'.• 
 .M.iuiitiov was .•ici/.cil. jiiul wliili- uiul<.'r the cu.-iliiUy of 
 till- I'liiti'd States walrhinaii the wliisky contaiued there- 
 in was sjiiritfil uwuy. 
 
 Jtoiiutjiiy was to liavo ;i lieiirini; ou Saturday before 
 th« United states C<nirt one morning to see I'ldicd states rommissionor Cruii,' Biddle, but ho availed 
 
 "the st</lf. >n u'h„ I, 'lis ,/oHe." He found quite '"".'::';lf^"'' ""• I"-'vilege^..r waiviui; it. and entered bail 
 an exciiement caused by the approachitig trial '"^;^"'^^r^^ZTlu^^so of B.niamiu F. Erwiler, 
 of the •• iiolorioiis MounllOil, held to l.ail at tne j.,„„.^ s, Stewart, and Theodore Killer was proceeded 
 
 \ 
 
 same time with Stiwart iV Co. There was a 
 heavy representation of the Internal Revenue 
 Deitirtmeiit, and from the antecedents of some 
 I wa» not surprised to lo-ar them use language 
 altogether in .sympaty with the prisoner and 
 against the prosecuting Government officials, 
 Vslii>, I therefore judged, could not be bribed 
 or inrtuenccd from their duty. <1ne revenue 
 official ("appointed by the same lionorable (?J 
 Conure-^.^mau's i 
 
 w il)i. and is as I'ollow 
 
 Alexander 1'. Tutlon sworn— I am supervi.sor of iu- 
 li-rnal revenue id' the Eastern district of Ijeniisylvania. 
 and liavo he. mi actin^' as such for si-voral iiionllis: I 
 know- wliere t!ie distillery of Geors^e .Mountjoy i<. and I 
 have- Visited it: the first visit was on Saturday, the 7th 
 of .Auirii-'t: I know Mr. Siewart: the gaui,'er, Jtr. Filler, 
 I met there: never saw him before to kuow hiin: Jlr. 
 Killer I .■iideavorcd to see on Tuesday and Wednesday 
 I'olliiwini.' the 7th of Aiiirusl. hut cmild not: I saw him 
 111 the loll.iwiiii.' niovniii!,' ai the ndlector's ollice. and he 
 told ine he liad drawn off and gauircd wliisky at .Mounl- 
 with exciting ges- ioy'splaee: nir-nroined the hour of the niuruiii:; it had 
 
 ticufatiors. m his own favorite and cla.ssical been done, which I knrw was not eoi-rect. »sl had been 
 • . . ... , »i , .. / tliercat that hour niyseli; he atterwards said he mifiht 
 
 language, lulormcil his hearers tUat tliem ,„, ,„i^,.,i^,.„ ji.s to time: .Mr. Filler then went to the dis- 
 
 micLprs" (motioning down the long entry in the 
 direction of the District Attorney's. Marshall's, 
 and Supervisor's uffici'SJ •'trerf no fwtiiirians. 
 What in hell do they know about politics .'" 
 
 The Supervisor (Tutton) seemed to come in 
 iiir an iinusudl share <if their maledictions. lie 
 
 -eemed a doubly-damm-d. double breasted 
 
 •• sucker :"■ '"but never mind, there was some- 
 body after him that would fetch him. damn 
 him.'' and so on. <;f/ /i7)/,'i/»«. They evidently, 
 like .lelV. l)avis. want to be left alone. The 
 
 h(nir having arrived, your Correspomlent moved tluu .Mr. Stewart. Ihe sterek-eper, wa-i pres.Mit wiien 
 into Court. The prisoner exhausted his chal- 
 leiiires on as noble and honoraltle looking men 
 is vou would lind auvwliere ; and the District 
 
 Altornev showed equal .sagacitV .against the that time there were three lubsof be.-r dr,.wu off at that 
 • ,, I • ,• T- 1 ■ . • . dislillerv, which .Mr. Mewari did not m,ike report oi i.> 
 
 tiliery with the rollector and assi-ssor of the district. 
 
 and i)elerlives Bi ks and I'rini'-. and on openiDir th.» 
 
 <-'.stei-n-n«oiii dour we found a uum>i>r of barrels .if 
 whisky whicli Mr. Killer said he had i;iiaL'i-il thai morn- 
 ilii; and marked, ami they « • le stamped with a bonded 
 Wi-rehonse stamp; and i'n addition they were branded 
 ■tax paiil. Auu'iist II. ISHO." when iu point .f i;., ;, :•;,. 
 tax was not pa;d. and Mr. Killer knew it was not: the 
 ;.'aiii.'er lia> ii" riu'lit to brand casks in that way until 
 he has ilie stam]is iu his haml. and it can only be done 
 when the whisky is wilhdrawn from the warehouse; 
 tills whiskey never had been in the warehouse; then- 
 were also ol'hiM' barrels of whisky iu that rooni that had 
 been ;,'aui.'ed and marked in the same manner a fi-w 
 davs bi'fore — thirleep, I thinU: Mr. Kitler said V< 
 
 the packaifes wi-re branded in that way; I believe Jlr. 
 Stewart told ill- the same iliiu:,': he was storekeepi-r at 
 that place, and he said he was there on Saturday ui','lit, 
 the 7(li id" August, .iiitl the followini; niirlil also: durintr 
 
 roil inters 
 
 and in favor of the (iovernnient. 
 
 Illce: from Tuesday afternoon until lialf- 
 lrier.dav iiioriiin::, from six hundred lo a 
 
 riie j>risoner w;is convicted. ;i new trial after past si 
 
 argument refused, ami he is now in jail, which tleo.-an.l bu^l.eU o. wheat were r. moved from the dis. 
 
 , ^ ..,, ,.,,,;/ .- ;, ., lilierv: .Mr. Siewart t.dd me he was ..u duty that nif.'Iu 
 
 sliows that "//o»Rs/,/ i.s- ti.ebe.st kintl of politics, _,^ si.'.rekeeper, bm he did not >ee it t.ikei.; 1 went t- 
 
 tlie revenue officials and their "sUcker" theories 
 
 ^B^O the contrary, notwithstan ling. 
 
 ^^K One rriti'ttkiih'p fact in the testimony of the 
 
 ^^boUector of this district was, that he seized 
 
 Wh\s large distillery (the property of the so- 
 
 distillery at h^ilf-past six and left at half-past seven : 
 as I went away I met Mr. Stewart close by; he Knid In 
 hail lie. n away an hour or su hour and u ([U.-irler s.'i- 
 I'liL' breakfast"; asked Fiim if he wjs at the di'«lillery all 
 iiiirlit. and he saiil lo- was; >aid h.- did not know wh- 
 had taken tlie ifrain away: I iheu to..k bini up t" tli- 
 rolleeloi"« office, verv niucli a)fain-t his will, and kepi 
 
[4] 
 
 him there until the collector and Mr. Fitlor camo: and 
 it was during tlie. time spoken of Mr. Fitler told nio he 
 had gauyed the whisky, and had Stewart with hini: I 
 knew Stewart could not have heeu there, as I had luni 
 at the collector's office; .Air. Krwiler was the ostcnsihle 
 day storekeeper; 1 never saw hiui at the distillery in 
 H1.V several visits; I asked lor him. and I was t.dd "chat 
 ho was not about, and had not been there: the thirty- 
 three barrels were not there when I paid a visit to the 
 place a short time alter, neither in the cistern-room 
 nor iu the boii(U>d warehouse; that was eight or ten 
 liays after tlie seiznie: that wa.s the first f knew per- 
 sonally uf the removal of the whisky; don't know 
 whether the barrels had the serial nuniber of tlio tax- 
 paid stamp on them; there were ;io t;!X-paid stamps on 
 them; Sir. I'ltler was suspended oi! my report: heard 
 that Mr. ErwJler was at Atlantic City I'lr the benefit of 
 his health, but it was not true; the thirty-three barrels 
 • f wh .-ky w< le in the cistern-room wiien the s ^znre 
 was made : the (leiendants were no: in ;i k iiliicia! posi- 
 tion after the <i'.7.nv' was made. 
 
 From ■'/irciihu/ HnUilin.''' lJ'<- 'l^lh. ]8(ii). 
 
 The public soiitimont of rhiladt^lphia i.s 
 ovoi'wheliiiiugly on Ihe side of ;i st'veiv in- 
 iliction of the pciiahict* of the law upon the 
 jierpetrator.s of revenue frauds. Tiie eom- 
 niunlty will loe,k to its Senators and liejjre- 
 sentalives to see that the Pi-e.sident isiKJi 
 deceived into any eleniency for theSt- whisky 
 eouvicts. If Mountjoy or any one of the 
 lesser lights of ihe \Vhisky liing is jjar- 
 doned, ii can only be by the praetice of 
 some decei^tion up;)n the Tresid-'Ut f)r 
 vvhieh thos-' nearest to hiiu will be fiirly 
 held resi)()usible. It is hard enough to se- 
 cure convictions in these casis. :ind where 
 the law succiceds in vindicating itself, its 
 olii;\ rs must not be discouraged by the' in- 
 terposition of misdirected clemeucy. 
 
 Hhe 
 
 TIIE CADETSIIIP FEAUD. 
 
 FQRTil!:!! L\Vt;s rfiiATiM:, M-.KDK!). 
 
 The report i^'i the Military C luiiiittee nii tlir 
 
 >:;iii!'t.-;iii|i IVukJs proiiiisHS to !>,' w!-v full in rv- 
 
 <;;iiil til ;il! piTsoiis implicnt.'d p\-,i'])t ihcihIi.t.- 
 
 <>t til.- Uotise. It will foiit.-iiii ;\ recoimiieiiilii 
 
 ~ tion tlittt (Icii Si;lit)epU; who pai.i Mr. iiiith-r lor 
 
 ■.Wlfy''* •'"' '•iI'P"i"f'i""iit (•ftJeii. Tyl.-r's son. he f-qiiiivd 
 to rcsiiin his piwitirtn as an I'xaiuitier iti the 
 I'titent Oilicp. With a trr.'at.-r s.-n>e ot pro- 
 J>iii'ty tlim lie w IS eiHiiiti'd with. (J.-n. Scho>-:.li' 
 lias a];vidy resigned iiml ivtire.l tVoiii the i.nl)- 
 lic .Sfrvi<:e. Thi- leport will iii.sj-t oti tlie trial 
 by a Xaval Couit of (' nnnaiider Upslinr tin 
 his alhfie.i otMiiplicity in liie tVaud.s 'iht' ex- 
 .;'.e!in;iti .11 of Assessor l';iliott. of Thiheh Iphia. 
 is .ilso ui-^.-.l, Aii.l. linallv. th- report will 
 !•• '.•oMunena the, di-^niissal of fill (;a<h-ts at W.-st 
 I'niiit ami Aniiai»i. lis who were apuoiiitt-il fnnii 
 <li-.t'i(;ts. ill wliifh tiinv did not n-.-i Ic. All tliis 
 is vi^ry well ;i.s far as it k'X's : hat th- whoh' in 
 qnirv Ii i> i-onic to a '-iiKxt laiiif and i npoteiit 
 1 oiu-liisioii " Con^rrt'ssiiUMi woni I liettHr pini 
 i>h their own liiicksteiiiif: m.-mlper- lifton- hunt- 
 ing' their toots nut of tire Patent (llTlce. (11 
 v,-reakin.^' le.venire upoii the la.ls at West I'oiiit 
 
 , —A'. Y. 'I'rthnne. 
 
 '^Suiidai/ Rep. X(- 
 The iipce.ssity of having Philadelphia repre- 
 sented by Congressmen of ab lity was never 
 more forcibly illustrated than duiing the debate 
 on the League Islami bill. Oh! that we had 
 Congressmen equal to the eineigeney when a 
 measure so itnportant to thousands of our in- 
 d^^trillus Repulilican citizens conies up for con- 
 sideration. 
 
 Citji Ih-m, Feh. 19///. 1^70. 
 
 A\'e hii\e received the speech of Hon. 
 Leonard flyers upon the Letigue Isliind 
 bill, and have sent it to Col. Fitzgerald to 
 read. — Moritiiu/ Po^-t. 
 
 A\'e have read all Ih' League Island 
 speeches at least one dozen times, 'i'hey 
 were poor originally, and repeated jierusal 
 has made them stale, tlat. and unprolita- 
 ble. If our members would work nnnv 
 and spout less, they would do better. The 
 loss of League Island should banish our 
 (iitire delegtition from public life. They 
 have disgraced themselves and their con- 
 stituency. 
 
 The League Island FiAsco.-The 
 
 ( 'oniiiifrcinl Lhl says: "•The merchants 
 and other citizens of Philadelphia will 
 never learn wisdom, for they tiUow them- 
 selves to be reprisented in I'ongress yetii 
 after jvar by men utterly incompetent toj 
 ])rotect our interests. When sb;ill we b;\vt 
 a change V" 
 
 / 
 
 Dawes sa>s lift ean whip the whole Penn^iyl- 
 vnuia Delegatioii >7ith one band tied_4jieliind 
 him! Ki lly, .Myers, and () .VpiU,- where are 
 you ? Let olf those same old speeidies at him. 
 'Ihev ought to kill him — thev kill<*d League 
 Island! 
 
 The Cause oe Defeat. — AVhen League 
 Island was before tlie House some of our 
 C:)ngressm''n begsin to make speeches in- 
 stead of votes. With empty iitanposity 
 and lauiihabk- verbosity, for Duucombe, 
 they nhear.sed their st;i!e platitudes about 
 the Island and an iron-dad navy, taking 
 good care that their ofr-rejieated speeches 
 should be very fidly reportt d in llu rrcHt^. 
 Tlie result w;is defeat'— humiliating defeat 
 - -and the loss of ;in expenditure of at leti^t 
 thirty millions timong our artisans. Ffir 
 this shameful mismanagement they should 
 be repudiated ;uul disuraced. — C/Vy //(/», 
 F(J>. 1'.), b^TO. 
 
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 AXOTIIEIl KeMA1!KA1!LE Fact. — Hon. 
 I^eonard Myers voted against the resolu- 
 tion to oxpei Butler of Tennessee, for sell- 
 ing a cadetship. "A fellow-foeling makcii 
 us wondrous kind." 
 
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