Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1811-07-22

4 iOWeC, tEen an application Husi heCcs-
sar;iy be made 10 Congress Tor an ap'
| propFiation OF Ike sum to enable the
State Department 10 discharge the
just demands OK the claimants underline
Treaty. |, moreover al the same time
stated TO Mr.. Madison that the agency
0! Nh Erving had been from Sepie1n-
Der, 1901, 10 S1p.embcr,i sos, and that
the priyaIc letter Of November, 1904,
| giving to him 1882 dollars ia addi-
ton to his annual saluary Of 900 dol
lars, was III fact, allowing him com
pensation OF 1888 dollars FER annunl.
! As, how ever, il appeared TO the Presi-
I dent That, consistently with this ,trfvafe
letter, MIR. Erving could not in candor
or in equity be called upon TO return to
The Government this money, Twas of
course instructed by him TO give his
claim to it the sanction Of the State
Department, and moreover, to consid-
er and put o. .jfle, as nubHc letter, the
hTivate letter of Nov. 3, 1904. And
an application was afterwards aCcor-
DINGHY made to Congress for the requi-
site appreciation.
The Senate having passed resolu-
lion calling upon the President for
certain information in relation to this
s,iblect,I frankly declared to him, that
in case of his application to the State
Department for a report, every consid-
Grafton of duty would constrain me TO
set forth all the circumstances Of this
transaction He manifested great per-
turbation and fretfully said. that the call
ofthe Senate was evidently made with
view TO inlure him. In connexion
with this unprecedented observation,
perceived unequivocal indications of
dissatisfaction with respect to myself.
And well assured as am, and believ-
ing, as | sincerely do, that this affair
had contributed in great degree TO the
rupture that has taken place between
Mr.. Madison and myself; cannot but
consider it proper item in the cata-
logue to the view Of our fellow citizens.
II will suggest to every mind the fol-
lowing questions
lss. AS President Jefferson, in the
year 1901, with view to save the pub
public money, did, with the approba-
ton of Mr.. Erving, appoint him agent
of the United States in London, with a
fixed salary 1000 dollars per year,
to perform all the duties, which had
been previously performed by MIR.
Williams, Mr. Cabot and Mr.. Lsnox,
why did Mr.. Madison, In 1904, in a
frtrate way, counterfeit this economic
cal policy, by allowing to Mr.. Erving
sum of money about the same III a.
mount as the removed officers would
have been entitled to claim, had they
remained in Office.
2ad. Why did Mr.. Madison allow
70 an officer having stated salary, an
! extra compensation greatly exceeding
in amour. his fixed salary and esps-
cially, as that extra compensation was
not for extra services; but; but mere
ly tor the same services for which
the stated salary was originally allow
ed y
3rd. Why was the letter, making so
unprecedented an allowance, not an of.
fetal one hnd why was there no, left
in the office some trace Off
An. why did he depart SO much
| from established usage, as c.take the
liberty OF using the name ofthe Presi-
dent in letter granting money, when it
was intended at the time, not Only that
the letter was to be private one, but
that no trace of it should thereafter be
+. found in the Office
SIT. If, in November, 1904, it had
been considered, that Mr.. Ewing was
entitled to the additional compensation
ofso large sum as 1882 dollars for
services East as well as future, why
had not the case, at OF about that time,
been presented to Congress for the re-
quisiie appropriation Why had it
been suffered ~ remain, SO many
years, enveloped in security and dark
ness
9Th. Why did Mr.. Madison au-
thorize Mr. Ersing to retain this par
ocular sum OF money, as il was not the
property ofthe U. States as il was, il
fact, in the hands OF this Government
merely in trust for certain citizens Of
the United States; and especially, as
he could not but have known, that the
honest claims of those suffering CHI
zens would in time be presented for
payment and that, IN that case, TO sat.
isly those claims, the same amount or
money must necessarily be drawn from