Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-11-17


state JoHS wELcH, the Boatswain, beside.
several of the crew, had died of black vonit,
since her arrival there.
As an act ofjust;ce to our venerable EXPIRE
sident, We give circulation to the following
article from the National Intelligencer. III
net the only calumny that Mr.. Giles has pro
pagated against Mr.. Munroe, and We are
pleased to see, that ike all Others, it has me,
with prompt and clear refutation.
ssPresident AnAMs's recent modest visit to
his venerable father augers well. 1t is GER
tainly o tlamper to electioneering dinner par
dies, and the spirit of idolatry. 1t is, at least
a negative rcproach upon the splendid tours
of his s'eminent predecessor" Especially
when it is recollected that the Postmaster
General was permitted. not solicited, to de-
fray nearly 1000 dollars of the costs of the first
toGr-without law for such permission. How
much of the second and third tours, the same
officer was permitted, not solicited 10 pay, is
not vet told to- the public Itoughtto be told,
ami the public voice pronounced upon it
Query lis receiving cmoluments from pub
lie officer, by permission, without law for such
permission, during the Presidential office, an
impeachable offence, according to the Consti-
tuition"
This passage is extracted from a
Note TO an article, from an able hand,
which has recently appeared in The
Enquirer, on the subject OF the powers
or the General Government. The cred
i, which the writer gives to the actual
President, for his practical Republic
canism, is no more than is due to him;
but we are not willing that it should be
paid. uniustly. at the expense OF his
predecessor in the high station which
he fills. 1t is far from our intention TO
impute misrepresentation 10 the wri-
ter from whom the above is quoted, or
10 tSe Editors of the Enquirer: on the
contrary, we are sure that both parties
Willie glad that the truth shall be made
,narisss,. in regard to matter con-
corning wHich the former Of them has
been entirely 1nisinformed
The specific allegation in the above
extract is, that the Postmaster General
was "permitted to defray nearly two
thousand dollars of the costs Of the first
tour" made by the late President OF the
United States. The fact is, that not
one cent of,his expense was paid by the
Post Office Department When the
President was about commencing his
tour to the North, Mr.. MEIGs, then
Postmaster General, proposed, with
ont any intimation from the President,
10 afford him the means of conveyance,
o,,,a mar, of his route, in the mail sta
res. The proposition was accepted on
The condition that any additional charge
which the Contractors might nave
right to make, should be paid by the
President.
In several instances the mail stages
were used by Mr.. MoNsoE, and the
accounts of the Contractors were tor
warded TO the Postmaster General tor
adjustment, as the service was per-
formed under his order. The most
extravagant charges were made by
some of the contractors, and, after all
the reduction which the Postmaster
General could effect, the different &C
counts amounted 10 two thousand dol
lars, srsry dollar Of ,chieh 'rGs paid by
Mfr. MoNRoE. Had he taken the stage
as an ordinary traveller, his expenses
for stage hire, we are informed, could
not have been more than FIVE hundred
dollars.
Being in possession of these facts,
from the most authentic source, we
have pleasure in giving them to the
public.