Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-09-18

iSi eaouSu liz hi' $500
be enacted by general law, "tbat fve-
ry:diaua jim appropriated by any law,
far al objea ljajuai5J pesife9is The laav,
hall be applicable ouly 10 that objel7," yet
he has at the fame time obicrved, that
g Gs laeys can be esetxtsd -soaL 70 far as
they arc practicable ard as unavoidable
aevi;efeus will promote general relaxa-
tion, il will be expedient in the feveral
appropriation laws, elbeeia1y f., The agar
aaf nay dspartme1fs NOT TO suBDIvIDE
THE APPROPRIATIONS, BEYOND WHAT
I IS SUBSTANTIALLY USEFUL AND NEcEs-
sARy."
The feelings, which collective conf
deration of,she report Of the committee,
aud this part of the communication OF Mr..
Gallatin, are calculated TO excite, will be
mott properly expreaed by virtuons com
munity. All candid men will perceive,
that principles aevsr recognised, ard A.
7vay5 dj/av04vfa, are, with the utuoft RI
gor, applied to paa tranfa6sions Of an ad-~
n,iaiaration, evbicb hes rstirsa-to the
tranfatiions OF a period Of great difficulty,
qvbru perpetrators ofaN h9ds, fertile f45~
lie dJsnee, qvere f,2grDFgg 7si'b 0aivi
~: they will, at ,he,lame time, ptaceive
that the future application of the Jane
principles, ina period Ct bry-una quit,
and in refpett to redaeca efabAysments, Is
DEPRECATED by the prel4nt adminiara,
ton the juaice of the public will not
permit, that men, who have teTyed their
country in confpicuous tthtions, fhould be
dihonoured for courie OF conduct which
their lucceaors have tro3e(sd ~ fayaf,
undera change Of the mott au.DEntial farms,
il mutt pronounce tia, the report OF ,hs.
committee is founded on fallacisus and
un:enable principle; that the repeated and
explicit approximations TO the Legislature,
which have been recited !; the ,scit APP
probation which may beinterred from their
tilence during feverai fucceilivc years, and
the formal fanttion of bosh houfes OF con-
grefs, t, proportions which expressly in
viewed the quefion Under confederation,
afford complete publication Of tie former
Administration.
ed. The committee have obierved, that
6 forne irrsSalaritieS are hated TO have
occurred, where monies have been advanc-
ed upon the 6mple application Of the fe-
cresary OF che ,reafury, by letter, without
the formasi.y of warrant, and fomelines
even without previous appreciation; bot
in ,hefe cafes the irrsgular;iy has been as
forwards covered by abeqaent warrants
and appropriations, and the committee do
not dilcover that it he's been productive
of any injarious consequences TO the United
States"
is Satisfactory to find it admitted
that the numerous payments to and ffonl
the trealury, have been 70 conducted, that
M lsG or eOytxfou has eniued. ] truf
that this will be conGdered by the pub
lie as Deceive proof, that the deviations
from the term apprsveddy TIE eOmmiare,
have not been very important 1t IS 10
bad evidence o. the proprie5y of prac-
tice, that it has uayormJ produced cer-
rect rcfults. il is however true, that
it has been the -praSticc for ehe iecre-
tary Of the treafary to direa payments
and remittances to be made, by letters to
the treafurer, and afterwards TO cover the
payments by warrants. This mode has
been almoA uniyerlal issrefpett to diiburfe.
ments at a di!tsace from the feat ofgov'e.
II do not underfahll that it.w-neant to be
alledged, that monies have been advanced
fran TIE tysgliay without AN appropriate
| on lit is however certain that monies
have been frequently thus advanced, by
banks, and by eoAs70gs and Juper0Jays,
on letters from the iecretary of the treafu-
ry. Thele modes Of payment are parsi-
cular'y defcribed I'd rel ort made in May,
1884, by a committee OF the houfe of re-
preientatiyes, appointed TO examine the
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