Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-04-10

nss have allowed then; and thar either the
aate mua have paid shem or the claimants gor.e
without pay.
BY ;he at of cougrefs appointing board
of commiiioncrs for the festlemenf of The sc-
counts between the United States and the irdi-
vidual faies, il is expressly declared that enc
claim Of any citizen fhail be admitted az charge
againf the United States in the account of any
fate, unleis inc fame qOGs s!!@zsss ~ lucb EGse
6sftr fbs squtnt -fesnb deg Of Sstsrnbtr 1853"
IL Is clear therefore thar nothing which this
fate could have done <tlsv this period. could
have warranted an allowance Of theie Claims by
the commifIioners appointed under this ae.
need not oblervc thar Governor Fenncr came
into office in May 1890, ysAr and half affry
the time bad expired, when il was in the power
OF the sgiilature TO do any act 10 induce an
allowance OF theie claims BY the Unitsd States.
Ii mutt be in the knowledge of every one, paf-
ticuaIly thoie who arc continually tIaducing
him tor not rendering an sfiftsnce which il vas
not IN his power TO Tender /; for not allowing
claims which he knew the commiiEoners of rhe
United SfafeS would s0f allow, bsesuie contra
~ TO law, and which, il is agreed an al hand.,
the State ought NOT TO have paid, boz the Uni,-
ed Siates. ltwas after this period that Gov
eTnor fenner's exertions 10 prevent an allow
ance OF thefc claims, by the fiare, rendered him
10 odious in the Gght of thefe clsimsnts. IL
they had been allowed undet the tirlaauJ ad-
ninihrauon OF Governor Greene ard Bowen,
no doubt the United Siafes mutt have alos cd
them. Then sss the proper time TO have COM
peted this buaneis. The fervices and claims Of
'heic people we're in the knowledge Of every
ore. Governors Greene and Bowen ere in Of
fee from 1872 10 1876. IL iDjaitice therefore
has been done in the Iejeeiion of theie claims,
il belongs TO CSvsynoy Cyesxe and bis adminii-
tration to fhew how it haS happened that this
debt has been loh to the fate Agent bin
therefore. ard his cosdjutors, ought the C,0,y-
ties. the LpfitHfs, with their humble fattelhtes,
to level their artillery. Thole gentlemen miehs
have procured them payment from the United
States. Governor Fenner could NOT. He
might have faddled the aate with an enormous
debt but not a faItbng could have been pro-
cured from the United States, 6ncs b9 admin
ifration.
In what hrustion would the State have been
placed, II the General Anembly, after September
1888. hat allowed theie claims, admitting thar
this bond and indemni6cation, about which 10
mach noiie has been made, as valid & obligstc-
~ upon all the individual Of thole snents.s
have already ihown that The United o.ates would
not have allowed them. Every man, the leaie
converfaot 10 pnbiic bnGnefs, mutt know. thac
the commifionen who isttlcd the accounts be-
tween the United States aud the. individual
States, utterly rsfnfed to difclofe the priuci-
pies on which thofe accounts were fettled. or
to fpecify the particulars in tie account Of any
fate, which were allowed or rejected. An ap-
plication to the latter effect was made BY the
legiAatuIe of this fate and difclofuss refufed.
Ii would therefore have been impcRible for the
fate TO have afcertained whether thele claims
were allowed or NOT. Here frai,ful fource of
con,eation would have been opened. IL would
have beeo urged sha, theie claims we're jufiy
due; thar therefore IL ought to be pIefuued
that the. commiiEoners Of the United States had
ailowcd them, and the fate in all probability,
would finally have been compelled TO pay shem,
whether allowed by rhc United States or not.
What would have bren the Glamour in tha, cafe,
Would it no, have been fsid thar Governor
Fenner had loaded the Gate with an enormous
debt debt which it never ought to pay 2
Would il NO; have been offered - a rsajsn thar
the a1d administration. with the patriotic and
i.SxesfiGl Grsene at its head, had rejected this
claim Tin ihorr, there is nor a fnge objection
which has bern made againR Governor Fenner
SVt Hu SVhuuSt IctduSe 10 NcIc Clafmss WHICH
does not apply with full force againft Governor
Greene. and thofe in Office with him. While
on the other hand. when applied TO Governor
Fenner, 70 far from having any force againit
bin. they ought TO be sonGdered as an evidence
Of merit. of a ~atchful care over the interelt Of
the fate. II the claim is founded in juRice, is
ought to have bcen allowed by Governor Grsene
and his aGociates in Office IL il had been sbsn
allowed IL would have been a proper charge
sgaisft the United States. But al no time Gnee
Governor Fenner has been in cffice. could any
allowance by the ffate, have made il proper
charge againft the United States. Party zeal
moR indeed have been wrought up to its hishefs
pitch. aud candidates for Public Ofscc muf
have been fcsree without preeedent, before the
opponents Of Governor Fenner would have ie-
leeted Covsrsar Creear - his autagonif by
which they are driven to the hard necefity Of
condemning the former for not doing that which
he sssl/ as do, aud which. If he could, he
ssebs xef to have done; and st the fame time Of
aPpaudirg the latter for nos doing the fame aea.
which ne cssH have done, snd Il the claim is
tounded in iutice. he ssg6s to have done.
The whole amount of the buGnefi comes
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