American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-06-01
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, May IS.
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Mr. Lipings.on, from the Committee of Investigation in
the case of the memorial of Nnlan Edwards, made re-
port, observing, that gave him satisfaction state thar
there were, IN the committee, no dissentien voices in
adopting the report.
The following the recspuIaon and conclusop Of the
Report.
Referring what has been said in the introduction TO
his report and repeating that MIR. Edwards has had
an opportunity Of supporting his charges by his presence
and testimony, the result OF the facts Whch have appear
ed 20 the committee thus iar in this investigation and of
their deductions from them, when applied the recapu-
aon OF charges, as stated al the end of the address,
First, That the evidence referred TO, and examined,
does MOI support the charge OF having uismansged the
public funds.
Second, That the uncurrent notes. mentioned in the
second charge, appear by evidence satisfactory the
mtee to have been received and deposited by public Re-
ceivers at time when they receivable under the re-
solution OF Congress of 1916; that in the principal case.
that OF the Bank OF Missouri the Bank did make itself
responsible tor such notes cash. and therefore, the Sc
cretary was bound to receive them from the Bank that
although the Banks of Tombeckbe and Edu arvie ere
liable to account for such deposes, cash, it the
strucuon which the committee gives their contracts be
correct yet both the Secretary and the Banks expressed
different opinion to the meaning of those contracts and
that the Secretary receiving GOO dollars from the one
and 10000 dollars from the other of those Banks appears
to have acted according what he supposed to be the
rights Of the parties and with proper regard the in
ees Of me United States under the circumstances which
then existed
Third That no intentional mss,atement has been made
10 the House OF the amount OF bills received
from the Banks, although sum Of $50 dollars of such bills
was omitted through mistake.
Fourth That, although the Secretary may have mscon-
rued inc erect OF some OF the contracts with the Banks
TO The extent before mentioned, the committee find no
grounds Tor the charge that he has msrepresented Them
nasmuc asthe contracts themselves were submitted with
his report to the House,
Fifth, That the Secretary did omit to communicate to
congress the reasons which led him direct the deposit
OF pubic moneys in the three local Banks of Chilcobe
CINCINNATI and Louisville, where the Bank of the United
States had branches but there no reason for
that any concealmen intended, that the omission
was occasloned by design
Sixh, That IN some instances papers, called for by
solutions OF the House, have been with
other papers sent in such calls but that these
omissions have happened either from accident or from
belief that the papers, omitted were immaterial or
not called for and that there is evidence that any
document or information has been withheld from improper
motives.
Having already expressed the opinion that this invest.
cation ought not TO be terminated until the person press.
ing the charges shall have been examined and regretug