Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-02-18
RICH .MOND WAEG.
FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 10, 1872.
MIR. MONROE.

the autho. charges tuctS, aud viii be found not Il
little cuTt0uS, and If they f., not less discrc-
'iitahlc to the aged man, who in fortnight mo-
retrcs forever from his long career OF public service
MIR. Monroe has lately appealed to his country tui
arTcaragc> III consideration oil public services Ion.
since performed, to which he considers himself
titled. The author of these extracts, identity
tinately acquainted will, tine transactions al that
day, deuIcs that such balances due tn him, Rmd
charges him with fraud and siciniing, towards the
government of the country which had ddrdnced.
hony"rtd. supported him.
These charges, al grave and dishonourabe {,
character towards !iim against whu'n they ic-
vc!led-- preferred such moment, and by an inI
dVidua who IN spite of his ptecaution To remain
,onccaicd ion public view, Is known with moral
Itanty be oic. vino has filed the highest ho-
nour OF the STATE, and emjoy the ii,st intellectual
vminGnce, have made aE Impression extensive and
se,ious.
II ,wevcr inclined we may feel. iof the honour of
the ountry. To defend its Cnief Magistrate against
such charges, tits idle to- attempt such thing upon
speculative grounds. 70 say We believe these ale
CATIONS, is to confess total uf confidence in
the integrity OF Mr.. MUntue-to say that we dis
credit them altogether, would be wanting in ct
to the di -tiuguished gentleman who makes them,
aud the evidence of circumstances. The truth
is, that they only be clear up by supplement
til evidence, explaining away facts that now APP
Suspcinils aud dishomorablc.
1t is undei stood that MIR. Mumroe's recent claims
for compensation were founded upon tie very SER
vices, FOR which this writer says he was paid ex-
travagantly, Illegally! Can il be possible? Would
Nr. Monroe make appeal of this character Ia
the justice of his country, when hundreds were
iving-Jeftrson, who employed him, Madison, who
passed his 1.-THE accounting ofcers-the Senate
of the L. States, who were such when his accounts
passed un'ler the revision of that body-were liv-
ing, to fasify his statements if they were wrong
II seems iucrcdible-a degree of cffronterv or of
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and confidently believe, until the reverse appears
that Mr.. Monroe late application tn Congress was
uot founded upon the services to which this writer
referS--and that however we'll he may have been
paid for the latter, he has good reason thk him
self entitled further compensation for the former
svAis.s .f alSe.,,ee fi,,thpv e, I've ,rffr
ON account ot the feeling of the writer wi,m
these charges Whist ne is incapable of Departing
from Jocks, his irritation of temper, from political
o. bodily causes, has probably thrown them into
The strongest aud most imposing form.
The writer OF this communication processes
To be well acquainted with most of the services
rendered by Mr. NJ, the various Genuine
tures of his country, and with must of the com
pensatons he has received from his country
for these services, and this knowledge has lei
him TO from the following opinions, in WHICH he
thinks he cannot be mistaken:
LIST. That Mr.. Nj. has received more public
money from the general and state governments
"a fret ompcnsm o7 for SCI sices, before his ee-
walton tnthe Presidency than any other citizen
ed. That he has rendered less public Sc. vices
for such compensation, than any other citizen
of common intellccts, and common acquire
mcnts would have done, if placed in his respcc-
tive situa tons.
3D.. That III some of his country's difficult
conjunciurcs,' he has failed from incompctency,
10 render the benefit, which other citizens more
competent could and would have rendered. If
placed i'll his situation; and has subjected it to
dishonour through his ministerial character,
both in Paris and in London.
Ths~wrter proposes TO speak of sums of
money III round numbers. 1.-The should com
init errors, they will he unintentional; and all
such errors, It any there should be, may be cor
rected bv his own references. The writer esti-
mates MIR. M's receipts of public money, from
both the general and state governments, before
lie become President, with some incidental re-
ceipts, believed to be neither just nor legal, nor
meited, at 6 $780, 00.-He thinks they will ex-
coed that SUM but hopes the sum will be a;cer-
tanned with ariihmetical accuracy, by references
to the proper vouchers. This is essential to
the formation of correct judgment respecting
tie charge OF injustice brought against the coun-
try. His compensation as President amounts
precisely to $500, 900 doubly enhanced in value
by the aPprec citation of money. Grand total of
public money received, S350,OO0--yet the Pre-
'ident charges Iris country with Injustice in
many instances, and wants more public money
for Mr. James Monre, when disrobed of his
high trust. Desperate, indeed, in the opinion
Of tie writer. is the effort to- obtain it. Alarm
ing, indeed, is the precedent intended TO be in- |
trOduced for the future "noyenents of the Co- !
Miserably condcscendnr, indeed, !
IN the Judgin ent Of the wrierAnust il be. for !
the President oflhe United States, todiist acting
muller The imposing sanction of "his high trusts !
TO charge his country before the world with
many lntauccs Of Injustice towards himself for
his own individual ctnoument even if it were
true. What then must be the true character
OF tic charge, thus solcmniy proclaimed to tho
world, by the first officer of the nation if il be
not true :.
BY tl'c newspapers, MIR. Mercer is made TO
say as follows
mir. MERCER again rose, and said, that the
President having deferred an exposition of Il @
nature Of his claims until tue appointment of a
committee on tl'e subject ii seemed to be due TO
hin, Oh tic part of those who might be i'm pos
session of any information on the subject. TO
withhold {. But. after what had been said. he
might be excused both b, the House and the
President, for referring 10 facts which came TO
hts knowledge twelve or fourteen years ago,
long before Mr. Monroe became President, the
statement o. which might serve to remove the
only objection which bad been seriously urged
10 an investigation Of the subject of the mes
5agc.--Mr. VI. here gave a brief statement of
Ihe rendition. BY MIR. Monroe, of his accounts
for settlement. after his return from his dipIo
matte service in Europe-of the settlement of
hem being deferred, &c. You very well know, !