Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1802-10-11

NJ 4dc 20 cover Ali the nominal balances
due from MIR. Pickering, excepting UPON
one Jingle item and that the o,Ir
realon why the forms Of balancing \.
ref of his account cannot be now com
pl-tci, is Jscaujs tie (ap15 bare been o,b
4uifs a5pied By Bis fucceG5rs.-There';
Gpe1ifc appropriation for you
That The Jingle accepted item, s fjr
a credit allowed to Mr.. James Munro,
Of payments made by him to General
La Fayettc-So thar if there Is any
Multiplication of public money here, M.
Munroe and not Mr.. Pickering is the
cuIprit-If any default MIR. Munroe
and NOT Mr.. Pickering is the defauiter.
That from the whole view an The
minuteG fcrutiny Of the whole fubi.a,
it appears that public monte, never
from the beginning Of time were en-.
truaed to hands more perfectly pure
and fposlels than tho!e IF Mr.. Picker.
ing.
We have feen what fort of ireatnien,
the Committee of Inveltiglticn thought
proper. towards an honea man-Letus
now take fome notice Of that which ,hey
thought expedilnr towards Mr.. Ed.
mund Iolph-of this geetleain
and his -four merchants the public have
heretof,re had IL much informltia1
that his chlraaer in fome refp .6ts IL Too
we'll known to need illuaration.-ltB
generally known, that he too, held for
ab9ut ei shteen months the office OF Sec
rotary Of State.-From the report Of
the Committee, it appears that Bis ac-
counts 100 are unltttled. tholgh not sz.
adly for the fame realols which have
prevented the lcttlement Of Nj. Picker.
ing's-But what is the procedure Of III.
Committee Not word about nifls.
bi;c1tioa of mooies Not fyl adj.
about ery0nsOHs payments Not whilper
about his not E41Teisafly Attending 10 difiq3
appropriation NO the cafe was black
How could the COMMITTEES politely
fpeak Of it 70 harlhly ?-The public
robbery was Interpretations could
the Committee content 70 make It
known? All the bitterness Of their cen.
lure was re(erved for lpotlefs integrity.
Th9fe are The expreai ons OF ftrong
feelings let US therefore appeal TO the
book for their jaRiicAtion-Th- ouly
manner in which the Committee note.
Randolph's defalcaiions is ii the fol-
lowing words: = A fuit not yet decid-
" "a, has been inlituted againt Mr.
+" Randolph, formerly Secretary of
g State for balance unaccounted lor
by him But this fuit was com
menced in 1897 more than FIVE years
ago-Why has it not been decided (!
How lorg are the United States % b.
KEEP, out of fifty one thouCind dollars,
due from Edmund Randolph as public
| defaui,er-Mr. GAllatin revealed the
lecret 70 the Committe, bnt they had TOO
| facred fymPathy for the feelings Ct
the precious confeGor 70 difcloie it for
he beoe6t Of the Pnb!Ic--" The iuit
(iays Mr.. Gallatinl = notwithlandirg
Z the trenuous efforts Of The Comptrol-
f" ler, 10 bling it to iifue, has not yet
+" been decided. The difficulty to re.
g cover balances due to The United
\" States, b:ing one Of The great imPed'
i" iments 10 the public fervice, eyFrads
4" of the correspondence Of the ID aria
{" Attorney Of Virginia, on that fubjea,
" marked (B. are annexed"
| Surely then the Document B, will
tell us all about it Softly! Gentle
| Reader! Here again is one oftho'ein
frances in which the COMMITTEES have
been plaated TO fupprefs the evidence to
which they aPpeal-Hear Mr.. VOL.
colt -
+" There is one faa, relative to The
report Of the Committee On the &C.
counts Of Mr.. Pickering which ought
TO be Gated, that the ceniure il any z
adue, may attach where it belongs, and
{" there only. The letter Of Mr.. Gallaun
" to the Committee certainly conveys
can opinion, that there exits delin'
"quency, on the partof Mr. Randolph
"while Secretary Of State, amounting
" to about $1,000 do liars aud here
" fers 70 extracts OF a correlPordto's
with the DiRria Attorney Of Virginia
| " marked b. as being annexed 70 ~
) I" letter. In the official publication o.
" Mr.. Gallatin's letter, the ltatemea
marked (A) and (C) the latter beng
"relAtive to the accounts of Mr. Pickei
ing. were printed, but the iqtertnfai.,,.
" documents marked (B) relating TO Y
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