The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-06-30

~ HAAANa n ah1f VI iiNHHh tNHi IA HNhiHl
expenditures, we say. even then. We shonld
have been prepared To believe m the uaritg of
then motives, though W. might have disscnted
from the correctness of their conclusions. gn,
the aspect in whia' the official journal Of ,hcn
proceedings, Gas published n the Washingto ton
lelegraph) places them before rs. forces upon
ms the conviction that they we've moi aiUavs eui.
ded in their decisions b, areSul 10 Justice. We
do not refer their deyiatious from It. however. SO
much 10 haSenrssof purpose. ~ In that blindness
to an opponent, merits whicl, pollficsi hosiilt
ty is so sure to create IN heated partizanq.
The first thing III their proceedings which
seems 10 be entitled 10 special notice IS The en-.
quiry Into the mission of the late uan,cl =
Cook 10 Cuba. Rumprs bad long been floating
in the public ear Of the utter usclcs,ncss Of mi,
mission, aud OF the eNtravaesnt compensation
pad to the agent. Nv the Grsf. it va, hoped 10
superinduce the hclicf that the piesrnt admn,i,-
tration created the office as a reward 10 a part.
aan and a favorlte, aud. by the last, 10 give a co.
lor to the charge of pfofIsiou aud extravaganza
"lttH ilifi lBtii - IilfoNtf@itA dhI i1INFiN uInF1
against the National executive Bat. how came
the committee To probe the subject al nh An,
what was the character Of the Informant bv
whom they were urged to do 50 Al the meet
nag Of the on the both April. the
chairman (Alr. Ilamilton) stated that d citizen
Of the District of Columbia, had enqaired of
him whether IN any accounts OF the contingent
expenses OF the government, the L. S. were de-
bited wllhtliesun Of "a, 900" gre hope the read
cr etN marx he aauy1 = paid TO the late Daniel
Z. Cooh, for certain diplomatic services" &c.
Reference was made by this sig and secret pa,ir
! oCd jnctoR 10 the Postmaster general Mclean.
Nr. Barton ofthe Senate and Mr.. I.riclIer OF the
! Il. OR who were forthwith summoned 10 ap-
pear before the committee, as witnesses ar.
Hamllioo remarked that he was not Al liberty 10
We ~ the name ofht, informant aud this pro
@secpiioa was commenced ON the dictum Of an a..
anonymous dastard-thc Witnesses icing summo
ned by the majority which the JackSoniaus al.
ways mustered in committee. The ohIect ofthe
enquiry, for so runs his biIo 4 lHIjtimcat. hay.
ing beer to discover whether Z" the government
of the United States were debited With the sum
of $3.50 rsid TO the late Daniel +. Cook,
it would have been tar 10 prcsumc ,hat the COM
mitiee would conhnc themselves To this enquiry
But no: they inierIogatc the witnesses a. to
| NIr. Cooks health as to his knowledge of the
Spanish Language As TO his aspiration ion to
appointment Of Minister t. Colombia as 10 " he-
ther his Cuba mission was NOT a sort Of doccnr
for his disappointment in Interpretation As T.
the time he was abroad and as to tie quantum
! ofscI vices he performed. II is true, the Other
point, wiDhregard 10 the So, 800 was not ~nrqlec-
| ted, but IT bad almost been lost si.ht of in the
anxiety Of this new species of inquiSltion, to eli.
cit something from the witnesses, which might
20 to FIX on the memory Of Mr.. Cook the stigma
of having sold himself and his vote TO Me-. Adj.
ans, aud upon the latter gentleman the no less
degracefl fact ofhaving used the public mon.
ey for vile and corrupt purposes. Having seen
that the 0biaci Of the committee was industri
ously to seek ont matter Of elimination agairs.
the Executivr-,bat, for this purpose. IT coode-
sccndcd IT, act on the information ola man Rho
dated not openly avow his name-aud thar, II
went, in It's investigation beyond the information
given, we Will INV proceed to examine hou
far Their Report agrees uih The lacis uhtah were
prorcdR
/ From the Report, the public are compelled
to understand that Mr.. Cook did receive $1,000
when not one single WITNESS introduced could
testify 10 ms having received more than i 900
and when Hs fact was either kaouu 10 the
committee. or the means Of ascrrtatning ii were
perfectly accessible TO them, that he received
only $500! They may say that they did not
knom that Mr.. Cook received only this sum.
and therefore could not say SO with proPrlcty
Indeed Aud dil they know that he had reccn-
ed the large sum which they stated without hes
%itation We cannot refer to this case Of MIR.
Cook without feelings Of deep disgust Mt the I'M
manly course which has been pursued in rela-
ton to it. Although this portion OF the commit
tees Report has been shown to re false by oil
cial documents, which The penner Of it would
not deigu to examine, yet It has been circula-
ted throughout the country, and is still contin-
ued to be circulated by every print adverse to
! Mr.. Adams, either by the publication of the Re
port itscl, or by extracts nom II. as if they
had never heard of the contradiction, and did
not know the Statement Itself 10 ne untroc Our
rcadrrs may Judge Of the correetne@ oflhe O.
ther Statistics Of the Report by THIS magical COO
version Of $ SEQ into %5, 500.
?, The Report would make it apprar that
! NJ. Cook's health, not only at the moment Of
/ hls %start,ar for Cuba. but after he had reached
hi, rlacc Of destination, was 50 muca impaired,
that he Wa unqualified to attend to the pertor-
nance of the duties entrusted to him. On TIE
other hand. willie the Witnesses admit tie tee
hlpnes, Of Mr.. Cooks nealth. tIey all concur in
$ atiug thai it had SO much improved, vh,lc he