Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1802-11-01

d9st7iag dGruaioa, 70 he nssy AID 70 garrioas
H. ;1-eaaf. B7oye fbo,s taiiang zVr,r eyesssd D-
fptr property 704s Siri5Hfsd IN crryaI- EEdng5, ~
ga,iOs fa,is # tte eity ef Phiiaisa5 and III Diai-
MY zoGrsr hey coz sgsof b eorVzie1ssy izeeS7ei,
and 7cbe,et y sezi3 not 81 guarStd By he miH1yy,
zpiibosf blzar3 If d7ArLing f5< order IF h. city
great accumulation 81 Military s9hes, u t5s mi|
Ta pq1aionI city 4rss u.i.fc he p1-per OsReI in
f5e exseatiVe dpuf5en', ~ fyj5u Of niitsry pre-
PlrafiOas, zVere kq0roa to b. Of tb- bgbeg zb0,-
tanee, and tie nature Of tie dy:rcficnGyy atbsriy,
itsLaiy enfyafsd BY kzzv TO tie Prlsnf Of tie ".
Slater Eerusd neefT~ih 70 imply TIE rgbs 70 jntgs
Of tie m9e jEtaAe nsan5 Of preierving The public
property Po7v-r, 75bisb, zvbrn COMPARED nib
others, of no im5srfares.'
Such is the proof adduced by Mr.. WolcC;r
that thole buildings 70 obnoxious to the Com
mittee, bu. 70 ulefuI to the pubic, were ne
ccflsry. With equal force he proceed. 90
thew in reply to the other objections Of the
Committee -thaf the buildings we're MOI M
reaisua1Iy expenhve-that taey are fniiArd
70 far the original dcGen has been carried
INTO effect-hnifhed to anfwer their purpofes
OF mags.7nes-fni(hed enough 10 be ued 10
preferving the public properly, and no 9th
crwfc un6niihed than as the whole extent Of
the original dehgn has not been conpe I'd.
The Committee complain that the cxPence
has been betrayed " out of the appropriations
heretofore made for the Quarter Mafler's De-
psrtment." MIR Wolcott after rem2rkins
The inconhifcncy Of this ahertion, wish the
previous declaration that the appropriations
for the army have been coHEdcrrd Is ccnfi-
tuting but one general fund, fhcws that even
upon the principles afumed by the Coamis-
tee, the Quarter Matters Department was
the proper place for defraying this expence,
fnce by principle ef4biifiicd curing the re-
volutionary war, and ever hnce adhered to,
i has been primary duty Of the Quarter
Mater Department, 70 fre1ifs az -1gsztzef. By
PHrfbgf, hsjS o. oft1-Ef, q Eea1 b. 9szsz:l ea.
ps1IS7f.
The Committee could no. even refraiA f-om
an a.luhon to the per ccnr. loans which
they ftigmatizc a. big5 rate Of in.4rels; add
which MIR. Gallatin had no .icf1Ple 10 csllixg
erorbiisnt.-Mr. Wo.co't declares that h.
fhail At All times be ready t. explain the rea-
fons Of bis condla when required; bur TO
indirect imputl,ious from any quarter he
thinks ]; lnhicitnt 70 oPpulc the --porr Of
former Committee Of Congress, wko had fully
conGdered the fabjeSt. and with the concur.
renee OF MIR Nichoi(on, unanimously declared
that they faw no reafcn 10 doubt that thcic
Loans were negotiated upon the belt ierns
which could be procured, and with laudab-
view TO The public interea
Now, this very MIR Nicholfon was the
sj1h1ssH Of this committee Of invehigation
and had he remembered or regarded his own
previous tenimony, this report would never
have appeared to be recorded as i2nding
hurlesque upon public iuq iiry. The repufa-
ton OF MI Wu'coit, of Mr. Pickering and Of
Mr.. Stoddert have been vindiested beyond
all Poiibility Of piau6ble Teply-Bat wher
mrh be the deliberate public opinion Of
man, who at one feliion OF Congreis attempts
20 blsf the characters Of highly confidential
public officers, for the very fame mesf1rcs, ID
which bul the ieiIion before he bad given the
fanetion Of his aPprobotion and s?pIsufe p
What the public opinion mUit be, I will not
Pronospce-But We know The man: his name
- TyspB n. NirLoy5r- LELIUs.