Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-04-28

3entlAE e0eAmpmenS,. 30 - 10 cePtete inc
treasury by mesns Of the horrible. wssse Of
human life. !.
:. Whovill deny matters SO notorious d.
hcme! :
q Msan,ime las executive patronage has
been dihused in rami6cations, the manage
mont Of esnpioyments abroad. has operated
to draw eli money IN various sillsJ and
ssreams from the treasury. Witness the
disbursements fot the two. descriptions Of
foreign Intercourse, that are distinguished
asa;bbmstic or consular Both are with
IN shessuPeEiusendancs of the department
Of state. . Aeeousts Of both are made
sehargeable for regulated allowances, and
foycontingens expsnces. - - -
The department. Of state, however, is
mot the Only department, whose field ofcon.
tingeneies has been made broad enough, to
admit various irregularities in expenditure,
and such 20 might favor spesious DISCUSSES,
and cover abuses, to. Be expected from
want of responsible system, or want Of ca
paeisy, or want Of honesty. ~. Under the
larger appropriations for contingent expen.
ees, there are;in general more Facilitates 70,
covering .sFom the public eye, the 'par,ieu.
lars esaonies that may be lost to the pub.
he ey Ignorance, oEnesligenee, or MANA
'nagement. ,., =.
4 Al.hough.shs increase of such facilities m
any of The depart ments, may be arranged
40 tending to encourage the impos.ures Of
pretended patriotism, the "eoniirss neies
within the province Of the department OF
state, afford peculiar opportunities for pc.
euniary indulgeneies to favori,c,, whether
oSieeis or age inmates or messengers.
While appropriations for contingent ex-
penees OF intercourse, may cover the appf.
cation Of monies for secret service, they
may also cover incidental allowances, for
perquisites of favsritism.
In attending to foreign interesuyse, II 10
to be remembered, that the charges for re.
gular disbursements, and contingencies. on
account Of public ministers and secretaries,
emPioysd-i III Europe and South America,
with allowances for conveying communiea-
tions, whether styled Official or private, and
various incidental particulars, have rrlssion
to the -4itlematic service and they form
one large branch of-,hes<xpenditure. The
charges relative 10, consxlas agencies, in
various parts of the world form another. /
Amsng these, the charges relative TO
some OF the eonsulsses in ths north of A.
fr'ea, are observable for multiplicity and
eaormisy. Within less than FIVE years, that
10 to say, from the 4th of June, 1905, to
the end of.the year 1909, the monies ,d.s. |
6arsed froua ths treasury of the II. States I
tor expences of intercourse with the Bar6ary
powers, amounted to more than six hun"j
dred thousand dollars (,hs precise smouat
being 61S, 7e9 dollars aud SIS cents and Q!
those monies, more than THREE hundred ana
thirty thousand doilars, we're paid to the
consul general, whose accounss remain III.
sestled.
So much appears by report from the
treasury department, transmitted to the Sc
nate Of the y. States on the .22d OF Ianua-
~, 1870, in compliance with a resolution
of.has body. From the same Official source
1t appears, among esher things, that the |
end OF the year .lsos,is the latest period,
fsv which any accounts have been received
~ Tue treasury yrom the eonsuI general.
And the transcripts Of his accounts to that
time, asrsmainiug unsettled At the ueasu
~, betoken> divers curious and cunning
matters in. relation % che monies of the
~. States. 4
i Cast an eye over the series of i.sms
charged 10 such accounts, as have been ex.
hibissd by the american consxi general in
RarbGyy. He 10 the person who negoe lated
the treaty with Tripoli ia June 1905, by
which the Pirasieal usurper: of that regency,
was to receive money from the u. States,
tor agreeing 70 tsrms Of peace, uotwith.
standing oil the heroic achievements under
commodore Prebls, and Gen: Eaten. He
was appointed BY precedent JeGsrsou, and
has salary 6xedby law, at rate not ex-
esedissf four shsssa'sddaAars annually. .
Rents for consular house and for consu.
Lar country house, wages and gifts to eon.u-
lar Turk guard, repairs for consular hous.
es in town and country, gifts to servants On
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