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

4 mongf the Ig5or diaats agents 70 VINO q
monies have been advanced, tor M
csHaaeour olisar Of q eiVI nG'Hre' J'ms
abbear to b delinquent, and foDe not
10 have rendered their GcroaHt5 as VIII
BE- fecn by a reference TO the docu
ment, marked( D. herewith reported"
1t has long been admitted as an ak
ON Of logic, that general exPrehions
are alm0R always the fcreen OF fraud
After reading this charge, the reader
inquiries, who are the(e agents and lob
ordinate agents, Of whom fom- have
not rendered their accounts an1 others
appear to be delinquent what are theie
cafes liable TO abufe-and what lhei@
mEelzaaeout Objeas ofa ciDl nature The
committee for anfxer refer him to the
document (D) and when he would
| turn to it-Behold the document II
| has not been printed Oh f! rare inveiti-
| galing committee When the fupPreie
fion of truth hAll become evidence 70
fupport the allegation of fallhood, you
will be amongf the moa credible wiz,
nedes in the United States.
Well the meaning Of the committee
remains involved in all its enIgm itical
ob(curity and we NUT ak M. VOL
colt to explain it.-He tells Us that
" tbs Ja5ordi1ste GgeatS," are, DOT as you
would luppole from the obvious mean
ing of the terms, = mere agents OF The
" Executive Departments. appointed 10
"receive and diiburle the compenfAtions
{" Of the civil lit, but the May6al5 Of
DRriRr !; officers Of the government
" Of the United Stltes, of high rank,
{" and great refponGoiliJy Whole duties
I" are indeed attended with much rilk
"to their eaates, bur who give bonds
+" to indemnify the public and individ-
uals."
There are in the United States "a or
"a marlhals Of Dillrias-their public
accounts extend TO great variety Of
Objects, and branch cut in.o numerous
minute exbenE5. If fome Of them had
not rendered their accounts, the only
neceGary meafure was 70 call for them.
If Others were delinquent, their bonds
were at hand-If quelions had aii(en
with refpea TO the propriety Of certain
charges, made by iome of them, the
| Attorney General was at Wilmington,
ready 70 folve all doubtful queai1ns-
And after the )amble Of folution he had
given upon one fuch queiion, relpeding
the payment back of Callender's fine,
furely Mr.. Jeferfon's heads of depart
ments could have no objection to take
bis advice again. But all this would
not anfwer the purPoies of the commit
tee. at is a fan, whioL ! we'll know,
:" (fays Mr.. Woloott) and which can
not be difputed, that this clAls Of &C,
counts has, in general, been rendered
'with pun6tuality," --and, :" have
examined fatemeEts, and am unable
g TO difcover, and therefore DO not be
4 lieve, that in the payment of the com
penEations and iaiaries Of the mem
" bers Of the Legislative, Executive
and Judicial Departments, Of fverJ
" grade, from tie ey7abiJ5ne7t Of tie gov
" ernmenf, the public have fuaained
"lofs of Jingle dollar. If, IN patricia
" iniances, any of the marihas ar
9 found to be delinquent, tbs CAFES Oggb
"to Be lPsejfsd; the penalties Of the lay
" ought to purGue the offenders"
| Yes, Mr.. Wolcott you are perfect
right, if jullice were the objea.-Bu
what is all this to thole who hunge
and Thrift for calumny upon the la
naturalization
9Th. The next fubjed, to whicl
I" the committee have directed Their a
" tention, slates to the expenditure
+" incident TO the intercourse between
! I" the United States aud foreign n:
I" tons"
, Here we come again upon the 81
quelion of fPecihc appropriation, an
the fnbjed of MIR. Pickering's account
The fubjea has already been befor
the public in 70 many fhapes, and hs
been 70 thoroughly fitted. that it wi
not be neceGary to dwell much upc
. The analysts Of this article. The mat
rial facts eltabliihed, are
That Mr.. Pickering's general sccouI
has been fated by the auditor. by tn
it appears, that with the exception
{" two items, iufpended for want
, =" vouchers, or diiputed by the partie
, 4" he hasaccounted for all the publ
=" monies received by him, 70 far as