Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-05-16

pated that the baby, who was considered old e.
nough to take charge OF the contingent fund, and
bear messages to Congress, would run blubberlng
TO tell his daddy that he had had his nose pulled
and his jaws slapped for his irnpudence.
But the President has sent his messages 10 each
| House of Congress. And wherefore. Did he be-
lieve that further Legislation was necessary to pro-
tect his son from Violence or did he believe that
his communications would be INSTRUCTED for want
| OF it, No. He did not. His son has boasting-
iy said that he was only prevented by the inter-
position oil MIR. Dorsey, from Furnishing the insult
| as it merited. If Mr.. Adams was prevented from
committing violence upon Mr.. Jarvis, why were
the messages sent? Was il because the President
considered that Mr.. Jarvis had been guilty of a
breach of privileges. Ii it should be construed in
TO breach of privilege, it will then remain to be
considered how far it was decorous in the Presi-
dent, under such circumstances, to send mes
| sage 10 either house upon subject belonging
Exclusively to such house, and upon which that
house was better informed than the President him
sell could be. That the President did not cons-
! der it contempt to either house, appears from
the TACT that he sent message to both. IL it was
contempt OF the Senate, the House cannot pun
isi. and if u contempt of the House, the Senate
! had nothing to do with it. tit be contempt of
ooM Houses, will Mr.. ). be punished by the
House hrst, and then handed over 10 the Senator
and II punished by both, the question will then
remain how far the Civil Authorities of the CITY
can Interfere We have no doubt that our neigh
bours OF the Intelligencer and their Grand Jury
viii ferret out this offence, and we have as little
doubt that there are others. who, after the culprt
nad atoned to all these authorities, would hand
him over TO the offended House of Braintree, that
they might " use up what remained.
he writer does not hesitate to avow his belief
oil the secret motives which induced these twin
messages. Mr.Adams was no doubt much excited
that an Edito1 should have dared 10 insult his
son. But that insult never would have produced
these messages, had not other and more powerful
motives operated. He knows that the central com
inttee OF correspondence in this district have pro-
missed and expect in few days publish the proofs
o! me BARGAIN between him and his secretary
ne knows that the committee on Retrenchment
nave ierretted out many abuses, and that their re-
port TO be made in few days, will expose the most
corrupt and profiigate waste Of the public money
lie knows the two great hobbies Of Internal I'm
ProVement and the Tariff, upon which his partizans
nave attempted to deceive the people have rim
down, that the fraudulent pretences of his parti
Zans have been exposed-in short, he knows the
corrupt bargain and the corrupt abuses of the adj
nhnstration, the proofs Of which are about TO be
Drought to open day, is the weak point in his case,
ana he believes that rlOience is the weak point of
his great competitor for public favor Under this
impression, he believed that by sending message
TO each house complaining Of the insult offered to
his son. by one OF the Editors Of the TELEGRAPH he
cou,d Pr0uuce strong current OF public sympathy
Identity himself Herewith SO as to weaken the
force OF public indignation, which would otherwise
follow the exposure OF the bargain and the subse-
quent abuse OF public patronage, and at the same
time identity General Jackson, who was at his
farm in Tennessee, and knew no more of il than
Tue man IN the moon, with private quarrel bet,y cen
two private individuals
announcer consideration, doubt entered into
MS inducement, to send these two messages The
session OF Congress had already been protracted
one; every effort has been used by the parzans of
the coalition, TO protract it still longer If discus
sion on Mr. John Adams nose could be got up,
several weeks could be added TO the time spent
in useless debate.
nat these considerations produced the MESA
ges, Is manifest from the course pursued by the
partizans OF MIR. Adams, in and out of CONGRESS-
elem Dorsey, Storrs ohm C. Wright and others
oil mai description, could have been more pleas
ca II some political Spectator had under written
Tor the whole vote of n. York
DUFF GREEN.
The Postmaster General takes great pleasure
in exhibiting TO the public, the true history of
transaction, which has been misre presented. Some
circumstances, TO which reference need not be
made, render this course proper
lie came into office the LIST july 1929 and short
~ afterwards gave notice TO all Postmaster- that
payments must be made promptly and to certain
PostInasters who had fallen in arrcar among Others
Mr.. Bache, late Postmaster of Philadelnlia, that
all balances must be discharged within limited
time. MIR. Bache, by great efforts and tbrough
the assistance of his friends substantially couvii
ed with the rcquisition
10 the senior assistant Postmaster c. neral wlo
manages the fiscal concerns of the Department
positive directions were given TO report all Post
masters who failed to make prompt payment. This
order was repeated, times without number and the
greatest anxiety expressed, that il should be faith
fully executed.
Where the accounts so extensive as in the
Philadelphia Office, much labour is required 10
make out the quarterly return. From the pres
sure OF The daily business Of the Office il is found
often, inpracticabe TO make this return before the
lapse OF several weeks after the expiration of the
quarter.
The balance due from each office cannot be as
certained, until these returns are examined which,
requires the labor of three months
The following is statement of the balance due
by the late Postmaster of Philadelphia, ut the exp.
ration oi each OF the quarters stated This balance
shows the full amount due by the office al the time
including all former balances:
Fol the quarter ending l.. April, 1926 the office ogerpai
S2.s3I 10
10
5s" ib@IJ f.46S y
Apri, tsl "a
July, sau a.;
Ottober, 5ssD "a
Jlu iG49, lO.7 -
Between tc lst january, and the 1st APRIL last
MIR. Bache paid $4,000, hut the return for tI,..
quarter ending The lst April has not yet been re-
cevcd.
1t will be observed, that before the above mar
terly balance could be ascertailed pavtnents had
been made by the Postmaster greatly exceedjng
Ne amount.
u almost all the large Offices, accounts are kent
with letter carriers and persons who have boxes