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


fDDRESS on The Ja5jea eft5e " Re-
.,rt ofa tommitfee Of The Hsals Of Re-
s~sjsntatives, 81 OLIVER WohcorT,
.als Jeeretary IF the freafay."
TcoNTlNuED.
20 fatisfy the objects of this rsfolaticn,
gas necefIary for the, fecrstary ct war
ave recoulfe to the Office Of the facre-
Of the treafury. A aatement vas
5yiingly prepared ana tranfnisted, by.
+ !ire.tion, which exhibited, IN detail,
4uayrant, 7v1b tie fsttgs fer
Cd il evas gasl. knowing, however,
s. the fums iiIued to fabordinate agents
- cot been and could not be, inyar'a ply
,.,.cd TO the purpoies originally con-
i. lated, / accompanied the accounts
= ...;a the following observations.
. 1t is net in my power TO alais the
- exaenditures, incurred in the quarrerma!-
.'s.deparsment, under particular heads,
= IS many of the accounts are unicttled. /
live; however given a detail OF the
,apofes for which the monies were re-
laired, as expreaed in The warrants 70 the
sleaiarer.
g But though l have done all in my
sewer 20 conhne the expenditures within
.she limits of the lpeci6c appropriations, |
80 ii confident that relults will appear on
- Sc lettlement of the accounts very dit
.s.trent from the accounts detailed in my
sEse. OF the monies advanced under
'iae head of fubGaence, fupqlies have been
.sparehaled, which have been iilucd to
indians flores deainedto one ule at the
SINE of purchale, have been applied to
- :siother; the public agents, Especially 'hoie
~,.t-s dittance from the feat of government,
se frequently governed more by the real
sA.s5 appareat urgency Of the fervice, than
!; J considerations, which have reference to
+-atac form of their accounts.
/" mentioa tbes things TO PREVENT
UTuRE MISCONCEPTIONS OF MY CON
5ucr, and that there may be a due aader.
: 37uaIug Of The eircumaGners nndfr qvbieb
re Account a0qv preleated has been fran
cd
A, the rim this report was made, and
which was printed for the ufe of ccngreis,
"a bill was on its paGage in the houle Of
:. -zepreientatives, which had been .previouly
reported by The committee of ways and
aneans. Mr..GallaIin was member Of
shis committee, and ;he bill contained the.
principle tor which he had contended !;
This was prcpoiea be effected by c!aule
~~sieclasing that the fpscidc fums mentioned
IN the bill @o4la ae Ioley applied to the.
65jeas far qvbifb tbey. rcsre refsl7iveJ
1sGgaatsd. This bill paned the houie
without debate on the principle in queRion,
sand, as l prefume, without obfervation OF
yhe new clauf-. The ienate, however,
z-sefufsd to concur inthe pye9sjsIeiu10vatiou,
sand on the queRion for introducing an
~-zamendraent, TO render the bill coaformable
70 eaabliihed precedeats. two ienators
-s~only, Mr.. Mafon aud Mr.. farewell, of
Virginia, voted in the negative. On re-
confederation the houfe of representatives,
after joiemu debate, concurred in the a.,
.1nendments of the fenate, and thereby, as:
4 contend, expressly and uadeyRaxdmglys
zsANcrIoNED the eosfrut7ioe aud pradiee
e-1ftbe frsa/uy. Mr.. Elmendorf, enc of
the committee of invefigation, voted
with the minority of the houie on this
location.
1t is not neceGary for me to prove, that
sshe contribution and prattice of ,hetrea-
-fnry we're sriginaLy5reefux do9kt: it is,
certain, that the practical Interpretation
was principally 10 be defended, by hew-
S;ng that a different contribution would
produce abfurd or mifchieyoas confequen-
.ces, 1t was on this grouad thatrleglilae
rive explanations were requeaed. The po-
litical adverfaries of the former adminiitra-
lions were not wanting in perseverance
they turely, 10 their writings ana debate,
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