Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-11-24

When hlr. Nionroe'S account was settled, for ts II
w second mission it appears iatinr t!.e mission To
france nc was allowed nothing, except his salary that
no allowance was made 10 eac t;in To settle his al
fairs at home before his lcparture 10 bear his ext
penses from home 70 New York nor for his detention
there for his instructions, and lo his voyage and Jonr
ney thence o Paris for the heavy expenses lnci>
dent TO his arrival and residence in Paris during the ne
collation. except the salary. The money which had
been advanced to him for these latter objects. d
vered from them and charged 10 his outfit 10 Eng
with which mission he unacqmsiued, until all these
expenses had been incurred BY the settlement in this
rhode he was brought in debt rather than S9 600.
Had the settlement been made the principle which
the money was advanced, making due allowance for |
those pesos, and for the paid for his passage in
vessel in which he did SAIL the balance, doubtless,
would have been less by nearly $4,000, which sum, |
whatever il might have been, would have been deduct
ed, and by which the balance would have been reduced
in equal amount. But by allowing the outfit III the
settlement thereby changing the principle which
the money advanced that sum wa sexcluded, and
the balance augmented in equal degree. As he fell in
debt at the time os the settlement little more than The
amount OF the outfit after charging him with every cent
which he had received in his several Missions III salts
faction Of which debt the outfit then admitted, it
follows that, If il had been advanced at tie time of his
appointment, he would baj ewed nothing, aud would
hare avoided, in other as great embarrassment
and loss. II is further be observed, that if the
xpenGed lin lis journey aud voyage Paris, and
salary due him his arrival there deducted from
the amount advanced befjre he sailed, although the
outft had not been allowed, the accommodation afford
ed hun by that advance would have been trilling. To
withhold money from him. principle which " as ad,
united 10 be untenable and given up; by the withholding
oil which he was broug i'll debt 10 the public, aud TO
give TO such debt the character Of OUTFIT which had
been disclamed and refused, and, such assumed
character. To refuse interest the outfit for tie time
IT was withheld, and interest the amount thereof at
the time IL allowed from that time Till paid, would
appear strange The injustice of would be the great
err, and MOI manifest, from the consideration that ife
proper allowance had been malc when the account was
settled Tor the extra expenses incident his detention
IN England, the years and months after his re-
turn from Spain, the equity of which then admitted
The Government would have been considerably in his
debt.
The difference between the allowance OF the outfit at
Tue le oi bis apr ntnent, before his departure and
The end OF his mission, on the settlement ohis account
ana Tor the payment of debt, besides the modification
OF being placed in that state readily be conceived
Had it been allowed in the first stage the money mould
have been his He would have been accoun,a bic
To no one for the application OF it, and he might have
awaited himself OF If for his private engagements well
as his public duties, according just calculation and
correct sense OF the obligation in each instance Bat
by refusing tile outfit at the time of his appointment on
principle OF economy, and making the advance for
specia! purposes his hands tied NE in the use oft
aud 1t may be distinctly from detailed ye,y of The
account as settled on his return well as by the enec.
Prouuced on his property at home, that small Of
The money advanced TO him his appointments was a;-
pied TO his private purposes. Although his EXPENSES 10
aIS' and al Fars on his arrival and in the negotiations
had been considerable: yet it appears from view of
the account, when lie TeCeiv ed his appointment 10 Era
land that the public were indebted to him pcr;ion Of
OF rather, that lie had
bankers, from whom lie authorised 10 RECEIVE il II
appears also, ta at the end lie YEAR while in Fnn
land, although aiiowsU made to ;r I'm The,
tlement on the principle which the money had bcc,
advanced before he sailed and tiiat advance as CHARGED
against him on principle, and applied 10 his cnt
int 10 England, that they still indebted 10 hits
was 10y is long detention in England before he recey
cd his order 70 proceed SPAIN and his detention tere
after his return from Spain, under the circumstances
heretofore stated that his expenses and debts accutnu
lated TO such an amount that the interest on the outGi
fnfh Tc Ofi,or n
literally viewed, will fall far short of the demands
against him. and for which e pay bv the sale Of
ms private property MIR. Monroe never owed 10 his
country one cent. On the contrary his country has
been indebted 10 him b. the rules applicable 10 oic,
IRON his first mission to France Of 1894 to the present
!if'e, ana no triiDg SUN, especially if the amount
estimated by The effect produced his private pro-
! perty.4 FN
To boy many of the public servants, pavrnas,ers
9"a'e''hasteis' and others docs the Government ad
t"ce money, 10 enable them 10 satisfy the Just claims
VI o"ers, witch they retain in their hands i'm part for
years. and without demanding from them nterest FIR IL
or making any deduction from their Just claims on The
se'emeht OF their accounts, for such advances? When
me nature OF the trust which committed 10 tbis in
uVIGual, ard more especially its importance are cons;
oered O. winch Just idea may be formed by pe,u
SAL OF the letter OF MIR. Jefferson, then President ,yho
kindly permitted ii 10 be communicated TO the Co,,
Tee, does not appear that tie motive was necuI;
urgent Tor making very liberal advance TO him, And
IL Inc advance made was, from motives of ccono,nr
winch are always conmendablc. especia!y in Rennb
lie, more limited than had ever been ,nade r., a, III
MINISTER IN times, and under circumstances in all
Spects more favorable can any Just cause be assigned
why The injury resulting from it, so far at least rs In
pace him on footing with Others with the common
allowance Of interest on The sum withheld, si,onH mol
DE repared' 1t should be recvllected at this
nent had not been Sought nor expecfed. tI,at ta &c.,,
akeD from Tie bar, TO which he had Just returned and
WIN far prospect of success after having served his
naFe State the constitutional term Of three years in
the Office OF Chief Magisirate and under circumstance
Vi great difficulty, arising from his former mission
Oh ihe second item OF this the second mission the
claim being for money paid for passage engaged in
made; nor need there be any on The third which relates
10 "e contingent expenses Of that mission. He claims
Only VI the latter instance corresponding allowance
"n u'at WINCH vas made 70 Mr. King under circurn-
stances most favorable to economy Mr. King bovno
pee" mere large portion of his time in peace; where
as curing the whole term of Mr.. MonrOes service
p1cvalea' Is known that state ofpeace is more "a
oInoc 10 economy than state Of war, in all contfn