Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-07-15

NY Ss'f. s'r 60 -. ts'all communication iou lie Exc
81 Sa,e 20 the ehswp,n Il this commtse N. -, n,
lb.se'n honor t"r-n"" very ts'senIlv vsur oh.-
Mor. Henry Clay, Secretary Of stu-n -
Reader, look we'll at this paper~-have patience.
and give your best attention the contents of this
explanatory letter of Mr.. Clay; then ask Your.
sclf-Do they not disclose both co;lsternation and
confusion! do they not contain equivocai ion pre-.
varicaton and sIheriuge. do they not disclose n
consciousness OF something wrong The first par,
neither admits nor denies the correctness OF the H.
formation the Conini'tcc are stated 10 hay, r. .
ccived, respecting any money said to have been
received by Mr. Cook II true, why should MAJ
Mr. Clay frankly anj publicly say 50. Is il po.
si5ie to assign any good reason for this equivoca
evasion! But Mr.. Clay has the hoaor. what AZ,
honor! to observe, that he is {. not aware of the
disbursement OF any money through the agency
OF this department, tic account of which has moi
been, or, IN regular course OF settlement is not
tooe, audited in the usual way at The Treasury,
sc. does not Mr. Clay here play, - Dick the
dustman is throwing dust into the people,s eves,
particularly, IN throwing dust into the Commit
ices eyes! VIVA; then. < or passed unon CERT.
hcate. OF the President in conformity with IN. pro
visions OF me 81 section OF the OF the lst NAV
1917, entitled " An ACT fixing the compensation
OF public ministers and consuls residing ON tho
coast oil Barbary, and for other purposes " or in o.
Their woT'iS-'. an act for disbursng all Sc cr.t ser
vice money Tor this is the real object of this secret
service money act the title NOTWITHSTANDING Mr.
Clay could not presume, ..at it was the inten,ion
ZINE Committee to enquire i..,o any disbursements
Wnicn may ,iatr been malc agrepahly 10 that ,yr.
ton; ana an Others are accessible to them in Ebe
nid1'ier ,cifh other e1pe,idifnres' Nlor, dust IN;
the committees eyes. Indeed Mr. CLAY are thew,
illow Kind your indulgence! But the Committee
without this kind Indulgence, had taken the ibsr
yof inquirins OF the Register into all other dis
bursenents IN the whole OF the Treasury depart.
mems. ana could lind none account OF Cook
Bnt, Mr.. ay,pcrhaps Cooks account may never
thcinss be locked up in this very secret service
fund, which you seem 10 think TOO sacred for IN.
PROCLAMATION OF vulgar eyes. 1t may be so, Mcssrs
Committee men; but sacred indeed is tina, fund
TOD sacred 10 b: profaned by your inousitorial
wand It's indeed perfect :. Touch ms. not ),
Noli me tangere. II is the Presidents sanctum
sanc,oruln-lf indeed Cooks accounts he there:
there they must inviolaby remain, and YOU must
desist from your sacrilegious search But Messrs.
committee men, you may ransack every Other
department. IN the Treasury saving The: Presi-
dent this dark prison house. What Il liberal mar
mission, when Mr.. Clay knew that Cook accounts
were not to be found, except in this same dark
prison house? Here then, Mr. Clay throws moro
dust into the committees eyes. These speciaI
pleas are, nevertheless, entered witt. professionals
For fear, per hazard, they may he set aside, will
now make assurance douby sure. Now, for bar
gain with you, Messrs. Committee men Hearlen
then 10 my most honorable proposition in nv
own ,Sords: have, however, the authority OF
the President Tor saying, that will make TO tn.
Committee confidential communication in rea
uoh W ue expenditure, 10 which they sup
posed 10 alude, q wonder what il can be y thev
VIII signify their desire for such communication !,
What an honorable proposition! What CUNNING
continuance! Look at 1t, reader, you have it, yer.
batim ct literatn-and ask yourselves, what is its
true meaning! Is it not simply this? will tcIl
you the whole Of the supposed secret. not thai
know any thing about any secret, provided you Will
ION MT Adams and myself in keeping the secret
have heretofore thrown dust in your eyes and
nope have hoodwinked you but l will, now even
NS, UNf .t,L,
III throwing dust into the people ewes and hood.
winking them? What would have been The effects
oil an acceptance OF this proposition by the Com
Inittee! Would il Eot have made The Committee
fsr'icipators In the concealment of this secret
transaction! In iact-particeps criminis. Could
any thing more clearly demonstrate Mr. Claws
own confusion! and that he was thrown upon his
last trumps! How was the insulting overture
received by the Committed Proposition.
have however the authority of the President for
saying, that 1 will make TO the Committee a conf
Dental communication in relation to the expendi-
ture TO ,ch'ch they are supposed to aiiude if they
VIII signify their wish for such communication
Reply-Resolved, " That the Chairman inform the
Secretary OF State, that, from the views the Conn
initee entertain OF their duties, as well as powers
hey 40 not feel themselves at Hberty to sienifv
desire Ton a confidential communication iron,
the Executive; on the subject referred to in the
letter OF the Secretary Of State the Chairman of
this Committee, dated the LIST inst' Unlucky-
Inflated project,-Dead for aduckeG What then,
Then comes forth Mr. Everett, presumed TO be in
ochalloi the vassa" conterrees;" and after Mr. Clay
mad declined making any but a confidential COM
nsun'cati0n, offered resolution requesting the
information - c0nfdentialiy, or otterinise" Re-
Jectcd-Again, Dead for duckcL What would
nave been the effect OF adopting this resolution.
Would ii not have been, TO throw back upon MIR.
Clay, an option, which, with the authority of the
Fresiuen', he had already made? 10 wit--a conf
Dental communication, or none? Would il not
have put the Committee completely in the power
OF Messrs Adams and Clay, TO make them partici-
pators In the know ledge OF secret transaction. un
der an honorable pledge to keep it secret and that
TO- after afull knowledge OF tile option made and
peFseVered In by McSsrS. Adams and CLAW? vet
Messrs Everett and Sergeant, The minority of the
committee, were willing to place themselves in
tniS degrading condition, and in this humiliatiDg
act, they proved themselves the devoted represent
taives OF party-a party too, III hobble, and not
the independent representatives Of "a great nation
Most unhappy choice Can it receive the sanction
OF the American people! Is not every honorable
american patriot bound 10 disconnect himself from
ahis minority, as they were bound to disconnec ct
themselves from Messrs. Adams ami Clay! TO leave
them TO the safe keeping of their own secret? and
70 abide their own fate, for their own unworthy
deeds! In what way can the people do this but
py their protests, proclaimed i'll their elections:
Let then the people with accord Danish all
former preposessions, and i'll the approaching eiec
non, prove themselves American patriots: Lot
them do themselves justice, and demonstrate to the
whole world their capacities for self government?
In this condition did matters stand between the
majority OF the Committee at the time of mailing
the report, and Messrs. Adams and Clay. The
Committee could not ferret out Cooks accounts
iroin the Treasury; from Messrs. Adams and
Clay. They had TO rely solely upon the evidence
Of others, for this half,told tale-and so was the
report made out. What has since happened,
Messrs. Adams and Clay still under the influence
OF alarm and confusion become dissatisfied With