Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-03-14

expenses his return, but which now appears
would not have been the case, that journey
was made chiefly by water, but his return must
have been by land, aad by the same route as that
takeu by Messrs Gallatin and Bayard, and equal
ly expensive, $50 SO. S679 g."
Here is another allowance for the Journey back
from Client to St Petersburg, accompanied by
the most disgustingand disgracefu falsehoods. AS
lar as can learn, the grounds of this second al
lowance were as follows: The travelling eXpen-
ses oil MIR. Adams family, from St Petersburg to
Paris, were charged at the sum OF 500 dollars, so
that the hrst allowance OF $50 dollars SO cents
made to him under pretence OF journey from
Client TO ST. Petersburg, was not sufficient 10
cover them. After the fist allowance was made,
MIR. Adams discovered that Messrs. Bayard, and
perhaps Gallatn, had charged and received 500
dollars 81 cents each for the expenses Of their
journey from ST. Petersburg TO Client, and no
Drthwith puts in further claim to an equal al
lowance for his pretended journey, in order to CO.
yer his tamily'S travelling expenses This also is
Allowed, deducting the previous allowance! Mark
the false reasons given for this additional allow
ance Ii is said Mr. Adams's journey from st. Pc
tersburg to Client, was made chiefly by water,
but has return must haze been by land, when,
In fact, he never returned at all. 1t is added,
&c and by the same route as Mattdkeuby .NeSSTs.
Gdlidttit and BGydrd, aud equally erPcn-
see" mere pretcKt for obtaining 679 dollars
oS cents more than it had cost him, by his own ac-
count for travelling over the same ground From
which IT appears that the allowance OF $50 dollars
So cents originally made under false pretences,
was afterwards enlarged to 1866 dollars 81 cents,
under accumulated fctions! He finally gets, I'M
der prctence Of a direct journey back to st. Pc
tcrsburg from Client which he never perfnrmed,
as much as Mr.. Bayard got for circuitous jour
ney from ST. Petersburg by Cheat TO London
How Mr.. Adams could descend TO procure from
the public Treasury his familys travelling eXpen-
SEES, which he knew could not be legally allowed,
By filling the records of his country with gross and
repeated misstatementS, leave to his supporters to
explain
When Mr.. Adams was appointed to aid in nego-
ating the Treaty OF peace in April, 1913. the Pre-
deut sent out TO him SI3, 500 dollars, 81 500 on
count OF his salary Minister to Russia, and 50 900
as an outtitfor the peace mission. Afterwards the
President asked an appropriation by Congress
to cover this outfit, but as the finances OF
the country were exhausted and embarrassed
by the war, and 1000 dollars outfit considered
rather extravaganza for n Minister already in Eu-
rope, that body appropriated only $500 for MIR.
Adamss outfit, and he was directed TO enter Gre
dit son his account in favor of the Government,
equal to the other $500 dollars, the balance of the
$4,000 sent him by the President This-he re-
fused to do, complaining bitterly OF Congress for
their penuriousness and declaring that they had as
much right to confiscate his private property as to
require him to refund any portion OF the money
which had been sent to him by the Government.
He never did refund the money, or enter credit
for it, and he stood charged with it on the books of
the Treasury until 1922. To compel detaulters to
settle up their arrears with Government, Congress
passed an act prohibiting the payment of any sala
ry or compensation to any officer OF the United
States who was in arrears with the Government.
Mr. Adams was then Secretary OF State, and in o.
bedience TO law, the Treasury officers refused to
pay him his salary until he accounted for this
81 500 which he had received in 1913. He now
reiterated his complaints, and appealed 10 the Pre-
sident, who referred the subject to the Attorney
General. That officer gave an opinion, that the
Presidenthada right to give the money, and Mr..
Adams to keep it, in despite OF the authority Of
! Congress, and without an appropriation, although
the Constitution says expressly, :" no money shall
he drawn from the-Treasury but in consequence of
appropriations made by law SIC.
Mr.. Adams retained the money and received
the credit, although appropriation has been
made to this day. Thus it was, that he realized
an OUTFIT of 900 dollars, when sent upon the peace
mission. The peace mission commenced the 29th of
April, 1873, & ended the 9th of FEB 1915, having
continued one year and ten months. Mr. Adams was
then appointed Minister to Great Britain, and his
mission commenced 2Sth February, 1916. Upon
this appointment he claimed another outfit of 900
dollars The Government hesitated at making
the allowance, because there an act of Con-
greSs which declared, g that il shall not be lawful
in any case for the President TO allow Minister
Plenipotentiary or Charge Afaires going from
the United States TO any other foreign country,
outfit which shall exceed years salary" Ii
was doubted whether any outfit could be lawfully
allowed to Minister who had been actually fit
ted ont, and was already in foreign country, upon
transfer from one court 10 another. But il was
finally decided that this law did not bar an
outfit in such a case, and Mr.. Adams re-
ceiYed another 5000 dollars on being transferred
from Client to London. Thus did he receive
within two years, two outfits Of 5000 dollars each
making 200 dollars.
It'll has been said, that during the Client mission,
Mr.. Adams charged and received double salary;
viz. 5000 dollars per year, Minister to Client,
and 5000 dollars per year Minister to Russia
The document on which this charge is predicated
IS now before me. 1t originated as follows in
April, 1922, the House of Representatives adopted
resolution, calling on the Secretary of State,
who was none other than Mr.. Adams himself, for
" a statement exhibiting the amount paid for
outfit, return, salaries, and contingent expens-
es, TO each Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary, and Charge des AfIdres, from
the United States to the respective foreign courts
from lSt January, 1901, to 3lst December 1921 -
MIR. Adams called on the Register Of the Trea-
sury TO make out the document, which he accord
ingy did, and communicable TO Mr.. Adams. bv
whom it was sent TO the House of Representa-
tiyes. This document contains the following ac-
count OF the amount paid to Mr.. Adams as Minis
ter TO the several courts therein mentioned which
have exactly copied:
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