Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-09-29

Ties, ana perceive no ieai3n 10 DtHeVc
tbat TIE public qyil Ise0u my 1els BY.
any c7zsrGza, subic5 1 f5y01ea av,5ile Sc
erefay gf5e 7resluy.
In refpett, therefore, to all the prinei-
pal o1Fcei of expenditure, and eli emtra3s
efmucb mporfa0ee, IT appears to me fate
to affirm, That there has been Nc DELIN-
QUINCY, and that the public buanels has
been executed, qvitb as much /ucee6 as
has evsr Attended like trqu/aaioxs. It is
polible, thar, amidtt iuch variety Of
coacerns, as are en)faced by this fate
ment, fome, which ought to form excep-
tons, have been overlooked. If fuch is
the fact, / deGre that the error may be
corrected by the prefent Administrations.
There is no tranlacaion, which am not
willing hould be correctly and fully ua-
deraood by the public.
1t is true that there are great uam5er
of accounts open in the p1hlic books b1t
this is a necedary consequence Of uumsrsas
sfadls@msuts, over an rxfegfOt country.
The aggrssate am0s4t of unletrled ac-
counts is aiio Comfortable bat this a
moant mutt always De pr1p7rfio1al 10 the
Revex9s and expenditure. Particular
tranla.tions may have iiIaed unfortunate
y, and contrary to original expettasions
let thief. be lcannea with critical eye;
let them be fully underaood, and they
viii need no apology.
In reipett TO the Navy Department,
fingIe obfervation will iuiiee. The ex
p9niirures have been principally made by
me Purveyor Of Pnoi!c oappl,es, ana by
agents, in Portfao1ih, Botton, NV Porl
Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Norfolk.
| believe thlt no member OF The p,e!snt
aininiitraion will, at this time, impute
any deli .ql,ncy TO either Of the agents at
thee places Indeed, as no individual is
mentioned by the Committee, 1t is right
to pre(lm., that no lutpicions were en,er-
tanned. To toiter fJipicion againe a.
individual, merely becauie he has an &C
count opea with the public, is 70 realon
pcrverfsiy, sas The CIRCUMSTANCE, s'itt!n ly
coniiderei, proves no hing more, than
that heshas been deemed worthy OF conf
dence.
The Committee Gay, that " tie laIe
i" hour, at which the po!umiuaas d1cu-
/" meuts, accompanying tbs report, were
received by the Committee, (nqon the
9th Of April and the labor neceasry
s. to mvsfigate /neb a m4H Of accounts
" and Of adUanees anaeeoanted FIR, par
&c ticulaily, in the War and Navy De,
/" partmenrs, embracing an expenditure
g OF tzrs1y mill,ons ya2l2ars, have rem
" dcred it imp ,fiole for the Committee,
g confidently with their at,entlon to
" ofher duties, to firm an opNion, as Ia
/" tie manner, in 7vktb this Jun has been
exbeaaed."
Theie obfervations lead TO an inquiry,
9ob0t kind Of invs4igatio0 ovas brop9lrdf
Whether the Placements Of the eGceu ought
to be regarded a, eviaeuee Of fadsS Or
whether it was the daty OF the Commit
tee TO examine all, or arg, pf The Origmal
accounts ant UsUcbers,?
The itatenents, TO which the report
refers, are not annexed 70 the printed re-
port, which was laid before the Houfe of
Representatives. There is certainly dar-
ger, that unjait prejudices may be exci,
ed againa individuals, Especially if the
prattiee of printing extyafs from ibs/e
Jqatements is c9nti4ued. Not having feen
the Placements, / can only conclude, that
they are fuch, as have oeen prepared on
former occaions: that they exhibit the
amsunt Of accounts /enled, under proper
beads If expenditure, and the u0mes Of all
udividuaAs, charged with monies in the
public books, with remarks, ihewing
whether accounts have, or have not, been
brgbery applied, and whether a lsH will,
or will not, probably be lgfained BY the
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