Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-09-22
.ssza, ADDRESS on The JuJeR sft6e !" Re.
port efa eommiffee of The Houis Of Re
.pnJentuf;;ves, BY OLIVER WoLcoTT,
lafe Jreresay IF The trfGj@ry.' :
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: ebi.fy tor iafarles, are not otser7vils ltG0lf
: to a5aje, than in cafes whefe monies ad:
yancei TO agents, bGve not bren a.b9led to
: the objects, for which the advance was
made, and b4Ue nat been a}t.vecards re.
gularly accounted for and tt,st " amongst
the Jfuboainate ageats, TO. whom MONIES
have been advanced, for mytellaneoas Of
5e9s eta eiOil nature, /oms nPfsare.t' Be
.isliu9xeat, and fome not 10 have re16f,fa
tbefr aeeoaafs as will be leen by areisr-
ence to the document, marked tD)%hefe !
with repoIted.'' The document marked
(D), which could alone render thels' obier
yations ineligible, bas nef 6ren t,intea;
at leaR, tits rot connected with the printed
report, whichwas laid before the houfe Of
representatives. The Imagination OF the
public is therefore left to wander without
1earaint. It is only 10 be inferred from
the report, that Joms fart Of the expences
of the civil lift are liable to abujs; that
fome of the Jubordinate egents, TO whom
monies have been advanced for Objects OF
"a miesIlaueous nafnre, appear tote delin-
-guent, and that Others have not rendered
she:, accounts; the nature Of the a5a/ss to
which the expenditures were ha6le, the
names of thcie individuals who appear to
, b. delinquent, and whether there are, OF,
s'-are not good reafons why the accounts are
naf5ially rendered, are the only interefihg
facts which the committee ihould have
inveitisated, and aHtbe/s are left in fate
of total aseertaivy.
Ii is fortunately in my power to fupply
fome Of thefe dtfciences ] am as we'll
acquainted with TIE fate in which the
.-butinefs Of the treafury was left, at the
elofe of the year 1900, as any committee
IF congreis can politely be. The accounts
to which the committee refer, as thoie of
.luborl,aate agents, & which are deicribed
by form Of expreAion, which may lead
the public 10 conGder them as mere Gseuts
Of tie exeeutive drparfments, appointed to
'receive and diiburfe the compensation of
zthe civil lift, are, in-fad, the masSahs Of
tke a5qut7s; officers of she government of
the United States Of high rank, and grea,
F1efponlbili,y; Whole duties are, indeed
attsnde', with much rik TO their eaates,
but who give bonds to indemnify the pub
lie nj Individuals.
The monies, which the marihals receive.
out of the funds, appropriated for the civil
lift, are chiefly for the compenlations of
jcrors, andwitneGts, the contingent expen-
ces of COURTS and the caaody Of prifoners.
The expenditures are made in lmall inms,
and to great number ofindividuals. In
proportion TO their amount, they perhaps
comprle more tedious detail, than any
other accounts. II a fact, which | we'll
know, and which cannot be diiputed, that
, this clais- of accounts has, in general,
been rendered with pun6taality. In few
-ineances, have monies been paid under
lpeeial eireumfanees, chiefly for expences
occa6oned by infurreeions, and to Jurors
and witneaes, which the officers of the, !
treafury have not coufdered themielves
authorized to allow. One cafe, at leaf,
of this defcription, is well known to
the Legislature. The Gueaions, which
have ariien, arein relpeet TO fums of incon-
! dderable amount, and they are only eyi-
ssdence of diverfity OF opinion, which in
all human affairs is unavoidable. Ian
certain, that, if every real queition, in re
la.ion TO the cxpences Of the civil lift,
gihailbs decided againf the claimants, and
if they, and their fureties, prove iniolvent,
iurpo6tions, which can never be realized,
that the public lois on the icore Of civil
lift expences, can never exceed few thou
5 iand dollars. have examined itatements
and am unable to diicover, and therefore
do not believe, that in The payment of the
compensation and lalaries OF the memhers
of the Legislative, executive and judicial
departments, efeOery sredeJrom The xfab-
E6meat off9s gsUeraueut, the public have 1
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