Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-06-03

duced by the belief, that President NJ had violated
The Constitution Of the United States in its ainest
letter; and that the Comptroller had been unmnd-
iui oil his fidelity in the discharge of his official -
ties. To avoid the possibility of doing any inius-
tee to either of these Gentlemen upon this subject
now send you extracts from the material parts of
thls correspondence in relation thereto, which /
Deg you to publish without delay. The public will
then form It's ownl judgment upon the character Of
The proceeding from the statement of the parties
| themselves L send you also the accounts 10
winch have heretofore called the public sttention
ana shall refrain from any further aniinadversions
respecting their contents for the present. leaving the
consideration OF them the proper tribunals unes,
caieo upon TO DO so, by the assaults of others Nv
opinion OF the character of the accounts and the
mode chosen for presenting them TO Congress- re-
mains unchanged. BE pleased, Gentlemen, to ac-
cept my respectful and friendly consideration.
| WM. b. GILES
| Uigtcdm, May %, 1926
.N0te'-From these accounts the following facts
aPpear-'rhat Mr.. Monroe was at all time, indebted
10 MS country from the 18th of January 1903, to
The 18TH OF November, lSl6-and probably TO this
time. That on the 18th of January, 1903, he re-
ceived $4,000. Whether for outfits or any thing else
cannon pe material II has been made outfits to
MN u, slhce' and 1t would seem, ought TO take away
all pretex oil complaint of his coun,rys injustice in
withholding money from him; from which, he suf-
iered an injustice that cannot be compensated for
oy the mere interest money. Strange language
ior one on the debtor side of the account, II will
oerecoected that in my original publication stat
ed IN substance, that MIR. NJ. upon the settlement
OF ms account, was debtor about $500 The bal
lance against him with all the indulpences in hi.
faVor, Is SIP 40. have been subjected TO the
most iliibera reproaches for stating, that Mr.. NJ
dropped his own account and vouchers and gradu-
ated his own contingent, or Christmas account IN
on MIR Kings, by which he gained beftueen
$500 and $4,000 sag, $780," Take his own
statement Tor 1t. Upon the graduation, he charges
o,ooS' his whole contingent &C cunt and voucher.
shew SsS6oo-gain $ISS9.-See extract from his
own statement, page SO,
tEXTRACTs1
RICHMOND, December II, 1870
" SIR On view of the enclosed document
you Will find that mistake was made in the adj
Jus'ment OF my account with the government on
my return IRON my first mission to France, which
terminated on The first January, 1907
- The error is, that was credited bv NV salary
to the 9th December, 1896, instead of the first
JANUARY, 1897. Tile cause Of this error was. thar
my letter OF recall was received on the 9th Decem
Der, out my audience of leave was not obtained
until the first January following"
= he balance due me on account of salary alone
from 9th December 1896, to first January 1897
when obtained my audience of leave accorlipc IN
w1ch al! subsequent accounts have been settled is
S64l 9cts.''
from Mr.. Monroe, Obseruatioasrl
MT hlng IS account for the same contipren
cies' IN mission of six years, amounted to
y O,43S In estimating mine by that standard. il
would amount TO 1889 The memoranda which
nave OF those disbursements, do not authorize
claim OF more than $3.50, including the payment
VI certain sums Tor contingencies not comprised
within either of those heads
From VI Monroe leterS the Compt,oler Of Nos. 1916
presume, however, that there can be no OBJ
Jection 10 the correction OF an error in the set
Element of my account in nv first mission IN
rance, winch was mentioned in letter to INV pre-
oecessor, bearing date on the 9Th December 1910
OF winch send you copy. The error consists
~ thIs that my compensation was suspended On
the day received my letter Of recall which was On
'he olh OF december, 1896, and moi on tile day or
winch obtained my audience of leave of the
french Directory, which was on the first of Janu
airy following. As was instructed to take leave
oil the French Government in a friendly manner
and requested an audience for the purpose ON The
day received my letter of recall, and repeated nv
request afterwards, without being able to obtain the
audience sooner, during which time was necessa
ry detained there, itappeared to be thing of course
mat my compensation should continue until had
performed the duty enjoired on me- The other
Item In that settlement, noticed in the letter above
mentioned, TO my predecessor, that is my claim 10
compensation for the time that / was detained in
rance after my recall (t being in the wnter) be-
iore could obtain passage for myself and family
In snip sailing for the United States, it being of
character usually referred 10 the head of the de-
aaTtment, Will necessarily remain suspended
mention 1t merely to show that do not relinoush
the claim
From the Com,ptroHer's Reply Of Nor. 10 1851
" In relation 10 the error which you allege to
have been made in the settlement of your accom-,
IN Seur hrst mission 10 France, it appears, upon
examining the books in the Auditors Office in
which some OF the accounts of our foreign minis
tiers have been stated and settled, that in the SET
Element OF your account (by Mr. Dawson. az
your asent) under date of July Odd 1898, as minis
ter 10 the French Republic, a mistake had been
maze as 10 the time at which your salary as min
lster ceased, 1t having been computed only to the
9th December, 1886, the day you received your
letter OF REGAL whereas, according TO the rules es
'aoiished by the State Department, and which have
governed IN similar cases, as appears by the settle
lnent OF the accounts of several other ministers in
The same year, it should have been extended to the
lst oil January, 1897, the day on which YOU had
your audience OF leave, and which by letter from
the then Secretary Of State, it appears you were
specially instructed 10 take.
- Tins error has accordingly been corrected and
makes difference OF twenty-six days short, which,
at me rate OF $4,000 per annum, amounts to
> GAL 9-Ihis sum has been passed to your credit
leaving balance against you of SyI 10.
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
The matters of difference between your cores
pondents X. and Diogenes, they may settle u their
own way. 1 cannot but be little surprised how
ever, that Y. should make himself merry at the
" exceedingly thin meetings. he calls them,
lately held in this City, by the friends of a Conven-
ton. What the facts? The frs, meeting
though convened, by an anonymous Card in the
Compiler amounted TO at least fifty Al the secnnd