Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-12-24
From he Ge~sst0w,, Columbian Gaseth.
AUDITOR KENDALL'S RE- ORT.


A full exposition Of he fallacy Of his reasoning,
Of nj. mis-s,a,emcn, Of facts, aid Of his at
,emnt 10 throw upon the last. Administration
all the odium (if any is due) for the confusion
Of the aceoun,s relating 70 :he Navy. A few
extracts win .uife E, aud 1--WE have not access
to the public records we rely mainly on memo
~ for The truth Of our assertions.
W. uahss i,atiuEey aver that ell the blame
CONSEQUENT upon want OF system in settling
accom- S and in granting allowances, is a'tn-
suitable to Congress Lone after time, have
calls been made for plans for Peace Es'ao'
lishmen, for the NAVY, and as often have nose
calls been answered, only TO the unheedeG ana
neglected Let the records Of the Navy De-
bar men, or he files Of Congress be exam'n'
ed and il will be found tina, every secretary
since The termination Of The last war WIN
Grear Britain has urged upon Congress 'he
indispensable necessity Of Naval peace E''a"'
lishmeni f; aud what has Congress done 70
wards secondins the views OF hose besl quail
fed 10 Judge? absolutely nothing While me
Army has been o. sanised aud rr-organised and
a system Of allowances introduced ana sane
TONED the Navy has been suffered 10 remain
in the same stat. SO far as relates to It's ergani
cation, as when ii was hrst commenced thirty
wears ago The Arm, has preparatory a
cadrmv where every "fficer acquires k"o"l-
edge Of his duyy before he en.ers upon TIE ae'
Tive disch OF il; the Navy needs si.n'
lar ins,itut ton no less than the Amy I'm tac'
il needs il more, because an Army "m'er may
be drilled in private, while The MidshiP"a"
mus, arm his duty on The quarter oeok, ih
the ORE ST. nee Of his brother officers aud the
crew, who are ever ready to ridicuIe me oluh'
der, Of the unlr,,iated. The du les o. the Ar
,r.1 Trnn
Familiarity with Mill .ry psrades, but IN many
ins ances Navy Officers are taken from NE
woods where they never saw ship bu' MS
is de,ia,ing from our purpose OF an examina
ton of he Auditor'. letter. In The following
we have an instance OF that
''vaulting ambition which o'er-leaps itself"
"tis safe. and think, a correc, principle. that
the Executive cannot rghtfilly increase or diminish
the emoluments OF public officers whose compensauons
has been fixed by law
Mr.. Calhoun whsa Secretary Of War, was
pro, srbial for his lavish allow nces 10 the OF
Scers OF he Army. and he and his party were
then termed the "Prodigals" now, for the
sake Of acquiring a iirir popularity, he can
bee ONE as voc ,feraus a"Radicsl' as any onr.
and the lale reduc,i which II is generally
understood have been made in these allowan
ces are the most severe cenSure which can be
passed upon his fnrrper conduct - fore
chose who are now so ready 10 condemn thu
las Administration Err It's proGigslity, are not
perhaps aware 'ha they ere giving 10 MI.
Calhoun "a al stab viii they would rather
avoid. serrg how near the party Is, already,
TO Come by the ears.
"ln speaking Of ratons, the law knows no dlstinc.
ton between the seamans ration and the officers ra
tom Yet by executive regulations, the officer al
lowed &c per cent for his ration than the value Of
the seaman's ration Tie money paid the officer tor
Is ratons, would purchase 20 sesmen's rstons I"
Thu Audi or here either betrays an Ignorance
OF facts or wiliully suppresses Them; sh- qnes-
ton OF 'educine me price OF the r,tio" has
tten more than once suggested by the RcfoI M
rrs of the Age and resisted by the D par,mrn n,
as impoIitc; for although the ralinns NAV be
OBJ aimed In this country BY con ,ract for less
than tie price estimated, yet IN foreign sta ions
tn cns, ia frequently dnubl The resuls'iors
of the service requiring that fresn meat and ,e-
geabes III ulr be furnished IL the crew W en-
in port. a. a pI-servat,.e against or cue far
the scur,y, anu 10 promote their genera h a'h
aud contentmen,; p,ovis are frequ n y
,poied BY 90 long Keeping, and are consr-
quco;ly thrown away; the fl ers oi ships WHIT n
IN por furnish heir own blcs at an expense
exceeding tue sum now allowed, aud i, sea
mus consum- one ration in kind, So that they
save liule or no hing ~ this portion Of their
pay.
"Iet me not be understood to mean, that the COM
pension allowed bv law j., in all cases, adequate.
design only 70 shew, that the Navy Department has
d,sregarded the law and taken the liberty increase
the emouments OF these Agents according its own
discretion. If the compensation Of Agent. found
inadequate, it the duty OF the Secretary repre-
sent tine to Congress, and obtain change in the
law rather than attempt to remedy the defect by ind.
re ction'
Here IS grs'ui Gus and unfounded accuse.
tics se ANS f'rme' A'mini ira ians, shat The
Nary Department has disregayded the iaD;" what
a pref us rxpounder If thr law We have the
good fortune now TO possess, in the person of
this same Auditor
"a second Daniel come to judgment"
The allowances o Navy Agents for Clerk
hire Office rent, SC. were made in yirtns of