these presses have deluged the country with a to keep his eye fixed on the public purse. clamor against the Bank of the United States, When a bank lends money, it takes good care upon the ground that it has bought up the pub-that he who borrows shall repay; besides the lic press by lending money on good security to great objection made to this bank is, that too much of its funds belong to foreigners. If its a few editors!!

Verily this is straining at a gnat, and swal-debts are not well secured, the loss falls on the stockholders. On the other hand, when the of lowing a camel!!

But why do we not hear of the sums loaned ficeholder puts his hand into the public purst, by the bank to the partisans of Mr. Van Buren? instead of paying back, he requires the honest Why do we not hear of the sums loaned to Bar-tax payer to fill it up that he may draw a fresh ry and Johnson, and Forsyth and Eaton, and supply. The bank will take care of itself. Ritchie !! Are they disinfected of all corrupis to fix the public eye on the bank, while they The object of Kendall, Lewis and Company, tion by the powerful agency of Jacksonism?

We call the attention of the plain unpretend- peculate on the treasury. The question now ing farmer; of the honest tax paying laborer, to before the people is not a question with the the documents which we lay before him, and bank; it is whether the whole revenues of the ask him, if it was sufficient cause to remove a Government shall be used by Kendall, Lewis postmaster, that De advocated the election of and Company to purchase in partisans for MarMr. Adams, is it not sufficient cause to remove tin Van Buren, and enrich themselves from the spoils" of office. one now when we find him busily engaged as a committee man, supporting the re-election of General Jackson? Yet, it is notorious, that the whole influence of that Department is now engaged in electioneering for Jackson and his pet, Martin Van Buren!

We do not intend to say, that every postmaster is a partisan of Mr. Van Buren; but we aver, and it is known, that while an active support of Mr. Van Buren is a certain passport to favor, opposition to him will be sufficient cause

of removal.

As to the custom-house. It is known that the first cabinet was dissolved, that Mr. Van Buren might get possession of the patronage of the Treasury and Navy Departments.

We do not publish these documents as a vindication of the bank. Far be it from us to vouch

for that institution!! But we adduce them as

proof most conclusive, that the sins charged to the bank, are as the mole hill to the mountain, when contrasted with the corrupt agency of the federal patronage. These documents refer only to the patronage of two departments in the State of New York, and the cities of Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore: the reader should bear in mind that the same system embraces all the patronage, of all the departments, in all

the States!

We are opposed to corruption, whether it be practised by the bank or by the Government, and we warn the honest unsuspecting tax payer

CUSTOM HOuse officeRS-1831.

Leiter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolu tion of the House of Representatives, of the 15th ultimo, of the number of persons employed in the Custom House service in Boston, New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore, and Charleston, &c.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, April 9, 1832 Sir: In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th ultimo, "that the Secretary of the Treasury be instructed to report to this House the number of persons employed in the custom house service in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Charleston; the full amount of pay receiv ed by each annually; the service rendered for such pay; the method in which the amount of pay is ascertained; the authority by which each and every person is employed, and whether any person so employed, receive extra pay, and if so, for what, and to what amount;" I have the honor to report that the accompanying statement from the Register's office contains a list of the persons employed in the custom house service at the places stated in the resolution, with the full amount of pay received by each, and the extra pay in all cases allowed, for the year ending on the 30th of September last, the period to which all the accounts have been settled; and, also, designating the service render.d for such pay.

The amount of pay is ascertained by the ac. counts of the collectors, and the vouchers accompanying them.

The collectors, naval officers, surveyors, and appraisers are appointed by the President, the assistant appraisers by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the several deputies by their princi pals, with the sanction of the Secretary. The clerks in the appraisers' office are apponited by the appraisers, with the approbation of the Secretary, and all others by the collectors, with the like approbation.

"It is time to be up and doing, to counteract the misstatements of the Extra Globes and the efforts of the officeholders against the DEMOCRAcy of the country. In this city, the Republican General Committee, consisting principally of of ficeholders, have had the Message stereotyped, and 100,000 copies of it printed for gratuitous circulation! Every officeholder under the General Government-every State and county of ficer in this city are regularly assessed by the committee, and thus they have always at command TWENTY OR THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS to It will be perceived that the salaries of the be employed against the people in circulating clerks are generally low, and it has consequentelectioneering papers. They justly consider the ly been usual to distribute out of the surplus eVeto Message a paper of this kind, addressed moluments of the custom house, at the end of to the worst passions of our nature, and there-each year, amongst those officers such further fore has it been circulated gratuitously! sum as may be deemed adequate t› afford them

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