Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-08-16

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cond Comptroller, therefore, than may be
necessary to clear understanding of the
subject
That difference exists between Mr.. /
Cults and myself, is most true. That. how
ever, IS i matter which does concern the pub !
ilc' but II would concern the public if either
sir. Barbour, oY myself, had attempted TO
"brow-beat The Comptroller into settle
mont OF accounts, contrary TO all usage and
every principe of right. Blu, this happens
meVer to luce beca attempted. twas the de-
parture OF the Second Comptroller from has
oscm Precedent$, as has been abundan.lv pro-
we'd 10y the foregoing documents, and from
The "ugage" OF his Darn office; and his having
taken up, and dropped objections; and as
signed and withdrawn one set OF reasons,
ana then SWING others, which IN so olc;n o.
case, ana ''cith precedent or precedent fore
mn, led tue Secretary of War TO write linn.
either "to pass his office warrant a,,thori
zed by him the Secretary in my favor, CIR
say to him, an sUriting, what were his obice,-
lions to IT." will not fatigue the public by
going further into this branch of the subject.
except 20 state that the warrant had lain. nm
attended to, III Mr.. Cults office, for many
weeks, and that one of his reasons. in reply
to this note from the Secretary, and When
getting over the difficulty of reasons pre-
Slously and verbally, and otherwise assigned.
one OF which that ! was debtor in upwards
or two thousand dollars on the books Of the
treasury. Is IN these words: ''T'hcrc are n,
charges, IN the Second AUDITORS books. a
,gainst Mir. Mckenney, except the seventeen
hundred and fifty dollars advanced to him in
April last, for this 8lGjm reo$on that the ac-
counts OF AIcssrs- Schoolcraft and FORSYTH
a'a'ch cohtaI" the d1ronccS made to kin,, and
from which the chgrge& ARE 10 DE raised A.
t;ylf, 81 h1y boz
'htor, are scCnting. - Letter 8th Feb. 1898 !
Again, same letter, 81 am crii.eIy ;nnoro,,t
I.t these accounts, (Nfcssrs Schoclcraft and
for$yth's.} the balance may be the one way
Or the othcfS The reader will not ONLY be
ShfPnscd 90" thc charges" could be tlscer-
nca III accounts which had not vet been seen.
but the moro so TO learn what the Secretary.
OF war knew TO be the fact at the time. as
Well as myself that there was not soEia,7,
fent, more or less, charged against me. in -;
thcr OF these accounts. more Than was my
cue rs commissioner, Jointly with Gov Cass.
AMI; 81 coarse, there were no ''thargcz;" that
could DC '.ra1sen against me- on those ac-
counts, either on the books of the Secopd
auditor or any where else Nv pay was
charged on enc side Of these accounts. and
MY services as Commissioner credited N ,hr
otiTr--the one balancing the 0ihcY: and the
letter OF Gov. Cass, as published in the frs,
extract ca TINS address, the report of the
minority OF the RctYcnchme7t Committee
proves MAS L received no more Oh those ocea-
SONS than l was entitled TO for services rem
dered; and that too upon accounts not r,.or
stated by myself Tho Con,.cis;io., ,,,,jn,
Which acted, and SIT Of which the account
10 9"e7''9n grew, was wholly distinct from
nose under which acted with Governor
Cass as Joint Commissorcr~-.rq is,,.e tI.or,
counts.
Enough has been said to sLov that t5c
idtc secretary OF Mar moved not upon this
case, except to have his warrant Dasscd or4nr
!1any weeks delay, for an allowances made
Tor services rendered, and to fulfil thernbr
contract which he himself had made. in l,c-
nan OF the Government, ana that without m
fyhS the mode, or infringing in the sIrhtcst
degree upon either the ''us aGf - or :s12.;,c;-
PIES q rig@t," in such cusce. The fGrfno;no
documents are relied upon 10 demonstrate
this. There is as little ';brou-jeatiD0, 70 i,eI
dIscerncd here, a. ~! sire there ,c,s If.
intention on the part oftie Secretary Of War
70 step aside from those Gourtcsios ,vbicI
curing his whole life, have been So cbaract,r-
lStic OF tic man Of houor ana the gentleman
MY own notes to III Cults grew out g.. the
uiPfcccdentcd and varied reasons which he :
assigned for delaying 20 ras5 the ,,.,rr.,,,t.
and the new and singular positions ss.,,,,n5
GF MN IN Ili5 attempts 1T Justification. Rut
,hey were not written with any such y;a,z. 49, /
has been attributed to them.
Bat ] am charged with I.ay;,,a been attn,
time, Il ''dcfauItcr on the ;,ools * f],n i or;
tof LII Il sum exceeding tN3shousnu.l doii:,rs ..
i iI!S vas one ri the rcasons gs4ior,4 nv NJ
'ntts Tor not passing the warrant IN m, r.
I ,f9f. IL er7ears, he applied. hiIagclc ~ thni.
IsCt5'SfHf$ oiIcc-lI state If on th, a.,.l,, /,