Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-08-09

ndnty af the cnnlnitleh pr0poSJ!l after ,he
inquiry had been entered upon, that it should !,
be so extended as 20 ascertain whether the
expenditure from this fund settled during the
present Administration, and appearing char
ged in the accounts. or any, and what part
of them had been incurred during that pc
riod, or whether they were not in iuliilmcut
OF engagements made by former Admins
tratIon. The resolution for these purposes
appear among the minutes. They were neg
atHed by nolority Of the Committee, as
vas, also, the offer Of the Secretary OF State.
20 communicate III confidence to the Com
mittcG, the amount paid 10 an individual sup
posed to have been employed coniidcntially
abroad, with respect to whom the evidence
OF witnesses had been received.
She evidence received, and tho evidence
rejected, has thus had the precise effect Of
showing that the late Mr. Daniel 2. Cook,
Il distinguished citizen of the United States
well known fer his integrity, talents, and
long public service, was supposed. after the
termination Of his services in Congress, 10
have been employed by the President in u
confidential agency, which he, Ill the cNer-
cIsc OF his discretion, thought necessary; and
II shows nothing more. That for his scivi-
ces, II he was elnplorcd, Mr. Cook WAS paid,
Is not only probable, but may be taken for
granted. There was no particular reason
known to us. why he should not be paid
! That he was not paid ilorc than Re was lust
y entitled to, is perfectly certain. The mi
nority of the Committee have no doubt he
was paid. as such agents usually are, at the
rate OF $500 Il year, for the time he was
actually employed, and, therefore, that he
received about 800 OF $1,000. Those
who doubt OF this. il any such there be-
may make the inquiry. The Committee
not having thought lit 10 make it, the mi
! uority, submitting to the decision. are bound
TO believe that Mry entertained 10 doubt:
and, indeed, it sccu.s TO them iinpos sible
/ that just laan can bring himself TO anv
! other conclusion than the one which the
minority have arrived ii. Il: there be any
snc.l, his duty is plain before Iim, and he
/ ought, at once. fairly to assume the rcspon-
sl6iiity Of performing it, or else TO refrain
from the injurious surrlises.
The evidence received, and the evidence
rejected, also concur TO leave the whole
matter Of the account Of moneys to be set
tied upon the certificate OF the President.
upon the SAME footing cxa city as if no inqu,
rs had been made. 1t was in the power Of
the Committee to have gone into on an exam
nation ofthe expenditure, and to have an
t'4'''''N IL ~ IlltSC INDUSTRIOUS
men who have enjoyed the high distinction
Of being placed, by their country, in the OF.
flee OF a President. 4 resolution Tor that
purpose was offered. twas rejected. The
minority Of the Committee, therefore, conf
IDENTITY pronounce the deliberate conviction.
that, up TO the present moment, that find has
been, and still continues to be, sacrc,llv de-
voted TO the purposes for which it was de-
signed, and that nothing has occurred in fhe
least calculated to disturb OF weaken thai
conviction. lfthere be any who differ from
them in opinion, (Which they cannot believe
possible,) they repeat that the path of du-
ty is plain before them, aud they are bound.
by every obligation, TO follow il. or to a.
bandon unjust suspicion.
| THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
And first as to the general contingent en-
penscs OF the Treasury Department. inclnd-
ing the ten subordinate Offices
II he aggregate of the contingent expenses
for the years 1925 IS Z, being the period at
which the present Secretary has been al the
head of the Department, is rs follows:
! 1925, S28,792 80
1926, 8n,oG6 10
: 1927, 35.936 %