Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-03-22

justify the Senate in the rejection of the no,nu,
.'oh: or, IN other words, whether, or nos, In,
items Stated IN the publication, TO be i'm tIc &c.
counts, would present such an extreme case a.
10 Justify tue Senate in the rejection of the no.
mnid'ioh: The Senate determined they dld not.
! neither it dccid d CORRECTLY nr not. may me- g,
! question; but there can he no question of the
iau"ablc motive Which induced the ,!eciSiDn
u't was I'D pass over all decisions upon the
onecOohabie items IN the accounts whether
right or wrong, except ;hry did present nm
extreme case; and To give all their and to the
president IN forming hi, Cabinet, and in con
Quoting the highly responsible CONCERNS of his
ONCE, according 10 his own views: and | pre
sumo mat my uniting with the Senate i'm This
eHoit to anu the administration, i'm the selection
oil It's own officers, under such unpromisinar cir
cuHls'ahces as they appeared to me To be- ought
al least TO exempt me from The charge of male
Voieht hostility against IL. If committed AN
error al all IN tins transaction twas not the ror
Oh hostility to The administration; bnt of too
| 'nuch sacrifice OF opinion upon the altar of con-
cess'oh ana conciiiatIon, and can truly say, |
never did on any other occasion in INV whole no.
litical course, make SO great a sacrifice. For
al the moment of presenting the report. read
the IterGs of the account stated i'm the u,,bIica-
ton, to the Senate, and rs freely and frJnIlv
expressed my most pointed decentralization of
thein, as have done in the publication: and
hhaiiy voted Tor the nomination with PROTESTING
IN my place against The 0bicctionable mems of
the account. Whatever others may think oc
my conduct, when placed in this delicate and
dlihcult dilemma, after tu!I deliberations and re-
1ec'lon, took due care, that my own con-
science should stand justified TO INV own God
subsequent events have convinced me that M
good 10 the u. > has grown out of TN, c,nciIia
Z mi 1
'umiy OF making Tins Justification of INV con
duct, upon an " c,.iDn. which has herctofora
subjected me to much msrepr,.so NATION and
lander, arising from rndlcyucncc. or ipnJr.rsc
| az, Unwilling, that MIR. VI. who 10 screen him
self as beIl' 4, has thrown this acceptah Die obi
gatiGn M, should escape from hls own res
possibility brou",.t upon himself bS his own act
|, therefore, here ag.,,ii assert; conscientious
" believe that every item ,Dntnincd in the pub
lrcation, contained IN The acc, Ints flied with
the Senate; and that whether they n, =. or not
can with certainty he ascertained bv The To- bli-
cation Of those accounts. Whcther the S,nai,
dId right or wrong, or whether ! did RI rlt or
wrong, IN this extraordinary case cannot enter
into the right wrong of Mr.. Ms own conduct
AMI If Mr.. VI. shonid nave any agency i'm caus-
ing the publication Of the Journal of he Senate.
c mn" but consider II as a mere stratarein, la
escape from Ia, own responsibility Mr.. NJ
can never be permitted to do TIM, He must
come ont eiilicr'y iii'iis,li, or his agents and
! meet las own responsibility. Can there be the
least 'iIiiicuiIN IN doing ths2 Take the, state.
rncnt OF tho IL ST item Ia Mr. Ms account, for
instance. $4,000 outfits to Paris. Did or did not
| MIR. VI. make this charge against the q. < ,
was 1t, or was IT not, dsalloged at the Treasu
ry! and allowed b. the President Did he Oh.
dill he not receive in one year { y 900? Vera
/ l,sGN
the same year,
Where can be the difficulty of answering
! these questions directly Yes, or no. # vcs
lnstiiH thrrn i he can. limo, say so-and stale
What he dad charge aud receive | believe he
did charge aud receive the whole; as well as the
whole oi i'Ic other items mentioned in The uub
iication. II tie did not, then am more mistaken
tllhn ever was on any other occasion i'm mn,
Whole hic; and slal! more regret the mistake
I}ut 1t Is aid the publication is wTono, n noin,
OF tlme-why was il not made earlier lVhy dis
tnrb the repusc of a retiring President? Sc SC.
" no Is TO blame for nil those ducfiIl Complain
mrs: Did not MIR. NJ. choose his own time for
making this investigation? Did he not himself
invite 'th" most severe scrutn,3n Did he not
himself set upnc,c claims for oil scrvccso WIN
did he not himself present these claims earlier,
tie say they are very Interesting TO him AZ mi,
time. Have they not been So nj all i,ur,2 lIc
says he believed, Justice has been withhek, from
ll'n III many instances, greatly To his injury
l'id ne ever cnihJilIn ui these great INJURIES he
iore' W h dad he never complain of these r,e,t
injuries before? why did he NOT before search
for redress
Why did he heretofore overlook these rre,t
interests, and great inJurie,? Can it be bcliey
ed: that If ne thought himself entitled 10 any
gust CfdHtS, when he presented his unustiabe
ones, To Hlr. Madison, he would not have pre-
scnt3d the just ones al,O2 Could he have hnnsd
Tor more auspcIUns moment for their prcscn-
tatiOn, il they then existed. even i'm his own
Imagination Are moi these ae,o claims. Bc,D
thoughts? brc they not founded upon a new
notion OF claiming per crntage upon di,bur,e-
nents, not then even drCami of,-Iools al the
sPrit which dictated the presentations of his
claims at that day. Look al the spirit which
dictated the decision upon them: The circum-
stances "inch proceeded, and the results which
| followed the presentation. The one. seemed to
present all the Imagination could conceive; fbe
other disposed TO grant all, that were presented.
| Certainly no disposition to do injustice TO Mr..
VI. but to extend 10 him prOfuse bcrality; and
l think unJnstilablc Indulgence. The time
therefore, chosen for the publication. was pre-
crscly that lime, when the occasion called for il.
That occasion grew out Of the acts of Mr.. NJ.
hot mine.
But il Is said, the motive for the publication i
bad. Whether good or bad cannot enter into
the merits of Mr. Ms accounts. Good. or bad.
1t IS an affair merely between my own consci-
eDce, and my God. That point shall be here.
after explained, and the motive for the publica-
ton abundandy justified.
BE pleased, gentlemen, to accept my respect
ful considerations. WIN. il. GILES
UigcGn,, .Uarch 8, 1926.
NOTE
"Ihe nmbIIcatinm hsserl. lhat Tho ..ritn. LII IL