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

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the sricest justice he invites, and affects to desire,
am sure, that with my views of his deserts, and my
most hostile political feelings towards him, disc.aim
ing all of personal character, could not myself
refrain from crying out-Lord have mercy upon
him :! The following statement taken from dif-
fcrent parts of Mr.. Ms expose, and put together,
contain the whole of his statement hay ing any ma
teral bear; upon this transaction.
The following is taken from the first column
near the beginning
As Think that Justice has been withheld from me-
era instances. ia both missions will Commence with the first,
marked character. The first consist OF premature su,pen
sion OF MY compensation in that mission. Ii will be hy
the public documents. that recalled from it, without AIRY
previous notice and that nv pay suspended eth
December 1885, the day which received my letter Of
c1 aud when inposibie Tor leave the country,
without exposing family to the dangers of winters
rbc fact is thai iii and could leave France
t,e Goth d April following during which time allowance
whatever made to Had resigned aSrd
,l, the period at which would have taken effect would
haze been arranged IN MANNER Co guard against ncon
,cncce and loss 1t would doubtless, been postponed
tiI the Spring the time when did sail 1. unjust that my
recall 'h"uld operate IN such take from the
allowed to the mission Tor the term during which
could not saul Noo,ier example fthc kind exists thu,
the easedrpcndS it, circuni'tlnce without the aid If
peeeden'' ihe,ve the ,aet iobe. h', lad been willing
have enoonroda winters passage v.h nay fimy could
haveProoured ves,rtu hri,g home. commerce
with France was then much inrrptcdby iiriiih boeka
we'd French restri'tur.. Documents showing the diff
Guilty e obtaining aPa.sase from France attat ca.nn,
fachedo these remarks They are frou e'araeers OF great
Ie'pecah'y VIII" present at the ,ime engaged
The following from the bottom of the same
column:
My for the Mission settled my absence by
friend Mr. Dawson, and general idea my instruction,
Tccoiett respecting It, which liberation then
,elaootvthe Administration, and te ddicu,. had 10
coune make none Ohcr and duties then
TO the opposite scale"
The following from the Sd column--inol uding
Mr.. MS whole statement respecting this item:
With respect FIR question TO be decided
is, reihey jn,H The second, if Just a, thing
tolar them: On the ii, st Point have ntns more to
adj ON the second, have obervq that, lu delay
allowing them undoubtedly injury and the longer
the delay the greater he injury THAI have NOT re>,e ,em
horctaOre on any branch OF the true When
will judge how far 1t ought 10 Operate to my prejudice. On
tbs point some Further explanation will, presumed, not be
the account presented nv Mr. Dawson for the settle
ipcni Of aal, contingencies &c. ia my fri mission Fanae
1874 the first item omitted and il the second included
only the which allowed, the Cause sugg, srd in
letter the Secretary Of State, December $40
10 which hcs leave TO refer the true There could
nc none other always thought that was Justly cnicd
the usual compenaton which accrued after my recall during
IAy detention through The Wiute and uu sailed for the
that inadequate allowance contingent
eNPenes ~ that mission In the settlement of tina; account
object Sa, already obsers Cd bring ard claim
which could he disputed and bou debt by the
ncnt meet the demand 1c6cc aud with the greatest
pro,u itude and acted that principle had also an in-
superaIe repneacc claim OF succeeding admni alton
thing which ad not been allowed by preceding
II With INV feelings 50 submit la The entire los.
fhr make such appeal any subsequent administration.
fad however, been disposed, do not know that could
have acted otherwise than have done Not long after the
y,rj important missions, the details of which have areai, been
Communicated In writing TO the Secretary of ,iier nv
rcurniron these latter mi'sions respecting
in the for them, adverted 10 those claims arising
but certainly not to require decision em by H. Tor such
did ao wish
that The which applied the 9th, would apply,
vah still greater force The others IL Already been
stated that this Item suspended blythe order Of the Pre,i
s~I AL The tho.
SUM France Great britain and Spain, rofrrtdto him
by The aeeoanns oacers Of the government through the De-
partneu Of SaeIn that stale still remained, when
ihto Department "a May, 1871 from which period,
the pre,,es touched the subject with view obtain
alm, 10 of the claim My Tor sustaining from IT,
while predecessor held shu oee will conceived
as twill be, why could not decide elected
his When that event known ! thought
PER nutiee it, in communication 10 the Comptroller the
Treasury for the purpose u continuing the while
remained 10 this high trust and OF requesiDg Also
for that missions rather for the several Missions
independent Of TIA item, aud Of every other claim ght he
ysss =, ers9 : se & esa es 70 b a. .1 sa@s
ete q my first missios, ii plain
respecting which there could be ersiy 81 opinion Twas
iirae,sd BY uy letter Of recall which reserved the 9th
December, 1885, to take iiieny lease Of the
srnen Cor which as Audience on the lay
that received it. The audience given noe en- the hrs
the receipt my letter Of recall bly, pay was stopped on tbs
9Th dag December, the day which received H. aad not
duty aud might have been censored such retired
without obtaining the audience ard taking thr man
refer you my epiespOndenee with tbs Comptroller
Pectins Il"
LIST. That in 1896 Mr.. Dawson settled Mr. Is ac-
counts by his request-2nd. ThatstIte account pre-
scented for settlement was made oatsby Mr.. NJ
3D. That he then fixed upon the tirie for terminal
ing the receipt of his compensation himself and al
so, the amount for CONFERENCE.-THE That he was
aowedby his country all claimed--5th. Tha, he
acluiesced in the settlement above twenty years
9th That he would make no claim during Mr.
Madson's administration-7th That he would
make no claim whilst acting as Secretary Of State,
or War. S5h. But when President himself. in
the first fruiton and freshest vigor of ofcinl pat
ronage then he found fit time to push his claims ;
and this he did upon his own comptroller BY letter
limo other facts than these had been disclosed, and
none other appear in the body of his expose would
not every reader at once have concluded, that the
claim OF the extension of.hs compensation, was to
he submitted to the decision of Congress with his
other claim or why all this fninutie of expl ma
ton about it? Could it have been for exculpatory
piTposes9 Surely it must have been considered by
every that this claim stood upon the same foot
ing, with the rest. But not so, says President NJ
he had settled the point himself and had already
pocketted the cash; as must be presumed How
much, he does not tell. The following wonderful
disclosure appears in note appendant to the ex-
pose.
that Is in 1917, and that The allowance then me
Tor the interval between the 9Th December 1896 and the Isl
January, 1877"
That error corrected in 1917 /! (! and the allow
ance made him for % or 20 additional DAYS com
pensation Under whose authority his own
Under whose decision 7 his own by what means!
BY letter TO his conpu oller % drawing his atten-
lion TO an error which had been committed in the
settlement of the account Of my first missioni''-
Upon what grounds was this settlement nader
hog 10 ot,,g, ,,ft
tracts from his own expose When that event
was known WHAT event WIS Known Me NJ