Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-05-27

Dental Office? or, il he be no expressly preciuded
IRON pressing the settlement of his account, how
ever plain, Is be not expressly prohibi ed from re-
ceiring the money found due TO him du,in, tht
period for schieh he rs eieetedl The ords of the
constitution are follows: 80 The President shall
| at stated times receive for his services compen-
sation which shall neither be increased diminish
ed during the period for which he shall have been
elected, and he shall not receire tcithn that period
| any other emoiument from the u. S. or any OF
them" The words OF President MS note, at tie
foot OF his expose, as follows" it is proper TO
add here, that that then corrected that is
IN 1917, and that the allowance was then made to
me for the interval between tie 9th Dec. l796, and
the LIST Jan. 1897 These words do not, it is true
expressly state, that lie did receive this money from
the United States; but they imply IT. and is not the
tactso! a clue 10 the receipt of this money by
President NJ. in 1917, may probably be found in
, the subsequent columns of his expose. The follow
! ing extract is taken from the 9th column.
at was nay intention to have sold M furniture, aud should
have sold Immediately after my election, hut for she
'a having an urgent occasion for the money might raise,
| aud which could mol otherwise readily command"
! The following are taken from different parts of
the 9th column.
Having oh,er cd that had pressing demand for sum Of
money when etme into this Office, which could readily
command otherwise than ly luni,ure, proper
that should state cause Hayn, witnessed M the late VAR
the defeelcss condition Of maritime frontier and
,en'h It. pcrncou effect, hic setting the Department
uar, and Cong,e having decided At the peace TO establish
chain OF Notifications along he and ueut the Navy
I" certain cs,tn and establish naval depot. aud dock
yards, certain distances, resolved give promptly every
impulse and all the aid my power 10 this very important
national undertaking
Il expended than furniture amounted TO. Had
not received the money for it, or raj the sale oil other
property, could not have made that Inspection The docn-
ncn relating particular item, the transportation afforded
ne "nnsh and unexpected, though useful, by the Geneal
o Ono. iparnrn', TOR part Of the distance, not more
tan "neund IN 1917 amounting Ia thousand nine Ind
those visits"
| 1t here seems; that President NJ converted his
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| Pawn broker, and he pawned his furniture with
his own agent to raise $1,000, out of the public
money and also wrote letter of request TO his
comptroller 10 open an old account of above enty
years standing, TO get little money from the
public For what? To indulge himself in 4 vain
iantastical exhibition of himself through the L. S.
For, however public business may have been the
object, the pretext for his tours the newspapers
of that day shew that they were executed with the
most idle, vain, fantastical, ostentatous parade
Never were the newspapers SO disgusting 10 me,
! as when giving their pompous accounts of the Pre-
sdent OF the u. S. exhibiting himself as rdcu-
lous " spectacle to the people; and what was
much more so, the humliaing accounts OF a certain
portion OF the people of the u. S. degrading them
selves by their ulsome idolary of their poor Prcsi
dent. Yet wonderful 10 be told!li Out of these
vain fantastical exhibitions, seems to have arisen
The spirit OF dolatry, which, at this day, in my udg
ment Is more dangerous to the political institutions
of this country; than all the doctrines and all the
powers of the Holy Alliance united SUI ely until
it appeared in President Ms own expose, no man
in the u. S. could have OWNED that in 1917, upon
his frs, Initiation from his Office President NJ was
engaged in huckstering up public money for such
an idle gratiicaiion-and although unsought as he
! says, the Pos Office Department was in ISI7
saddled with $4,000 of expence: where is the law
for this? unsought, permitted where is the differ
enee. Fine sport with public money. He does no.
;ell how much the Post Office Department was sad
died with afterwards BE il known, to the honor
OF Virginia, and Of her good old republican princi-
pies, that President Nj. would not risk one of his
triumphant entries into the metropolis of his native
state. Remember too your own most excellent
motto, Messrs Editors-' Terite Sans Peur.''
| Suppose the facts to be stated; what ought to
have heen the conduct OF the comptroller upon the
receipt OF so extraordinary letter from President
| Nj There was, in my judgment, but one plain
correct course of conduct for him 10 have pursued
He ought instantly to have rendered his Office; a
very moderate portion of honorable feeling, or of
official Independence, and fidelity would in my
| Judgment, have been sufficient to have impelled
this plain Of conduct. For, not having done
so; and for having yielded to Presidential inilu-
ence, The comptroller ought to have been remov-
ed from Office after the discl osure of that fact the
first moment the present President commenced his
official duties Not having done so then, ! think
| he is bound 10 do so now. III such should be the
just forfeiture of the comptroller, what should be
the sentence OF that strict justice towards President
M which he often invites, and invokes? The Pre-
siden is required by the constitution upon his inau-
! guraton to take the following oath s. / do So
lennly swear Cor afrm) that i will faithfully ex-
ecute the Office of President ofthe United States.
and will tothe best ofmy ability, preserve, pro-
tect, and defend the constitution of the United
States" The 4th section of the I'd. art of the
constitution is in the following words: {" The Pre-
siden, Vice President and all civil officers of the
United States, shall be removed from Office or i'm
parchment for, and conviction of, treason, brbe-
| rs, or other high crimes and rnsdeiseanors' In
another place are the following words; " The H.
of II. shall have the sole power of impeachment -
The members are required to take oath to sup
port the Constitution, Of the United Stafes.-
4" The Senate shall have the sole power 10 try all
! mpeachments When sitting for that purpose
4 they shall be on oath affirmation. When the
President of the United States is tried the chief
justice shall preside: and person shall be conyc-
ted without the concurrence of two thirds of the
members present." " Judgment in cases ofimpeacb-
meht shall not extend further than to removal from
Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy anv
office OF honor, trust, profit under the United
Ststes' Is the receipt of this emolurnent by Pre-
sdent NJ, during his Presidential Office an npeach-
able offence: Is it high crime or misdemeanor2
Especially when taken in connection with his oath
OF Office. What is required ofthe members of the
II. Of r., whilst acting under the solemn obliga-
ton of their official osths' Why did the wise fra
mers Of the constitution Of the United States make
all these provisions restrain the President of the
United States from any violation Of the constitu-
ton whatever aud to assure his observance of H.
II, whenit is violated as think it is in its plain
est letter by President NJ. he should be permitted
to escape without notice, and without accounts ,
Agains From whence came the money to pay this
F" emoument' received from the IT, S.; if recev-