Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-07-03
R01IIGGAGa
MR. IOSEpu NOuRSE.

IL Is with regret tnat we lind ourselves compelled t.
lay before The people, statements which calculate,
Ia impair their confidence in the per,nanency OF on
!nstilutons. Such must be- the effect OF The expo
-ure OF dealcatioDs the part OF those public off
Gers, whose o'hcsl reputation and private character
rave ca1t around them mist OF reverence almost for
bidding public scrutiny. 1.-The ieugth OF day. through
which the late Register OF the Treasury has filled Off
cal stations, hIs strict observance Of the forms Of
ison had led those who did examine into the de-
tails Of his public and private lfe 10 believe that he
was above suspicion. We DO not wish 10 be pro-
vokcd 10 the exposure OF acts which unveiled s true
~haracitr. But HI manner u which The intelligence
vi yesterday undertakes TO vouch Tor his veracty, il
persisted in by othcrs. will compel us TO r.-pubsh
cer,an parts OF the report of the Committee OH Re-
rcnchmcn', sshich will be calculated shake the pub.
tic confidence.
Ii isat,empicd TO impress upon The public mind, be
lief tat The President in his conversation with AIR
Nourse, referred to the certificate which he gave rela
tive othe Billiard table The lniesencer, referring
to this report appeals to the character oil AIR. Norse
as proof OF its truth; and the N. Y. Com. Advertiser
speaking of Mr.. Nourse's removal.says:
NO other toms relation matter require passing
In the course of mia soo1uy with IN lasou s,oS
sgs ITO the cour, style, which poor
formed besides The necessity making spiritual prepare
ssS H. ce:oS sras association Of thin; raTSr sni tang
awful rhi. certificate related TO charge OF Gy dollars
Department was charge for the repair. of slia,i table,
with the peoples On being called upon the
the Of the President House which
bound, TO- paid BY
so~ billiard table, wh all IT, apparatus had bsen purchased for
item, according to former usage This was however, tho oe
committed in addition to having yod so long Six moahs 5soc
pu Green had said in the reeg@Ph eve him General
Jackson Wis: Pasis. Mr. NoIse, register of the Treasury
hi, certificate" SO Mr. Nou;c a; punishal But shah no b
aad find no free press supPorthim' We not"
Now nav "a. best authority, hority wliici,
cannot be mpeachej, for saying. tnat no reference
whatever made to the certificate about the billiard
Ia r 10 oil luri tin
conversation between The President and Mr.. NcuIse.
Since the statement in paper has been introduced
ana nescanteu upon anu snce ,he editor oil the Com
merca Advertiser has gwen 20 the consequence and
cooring which IL bears IN The quotation above we will
Explain what we have said.
Gen. Van Rensselaer,, a. chairman OF the committee
in question, had made official report accompanied
by al official accoun OF the expenditure of the furni.
;ure fund, made out by the of he President That
contained the charges for the purchase of the
Herd table Tor Mr. Adams; and the statement that il
had been purchased for NJ. Monroe, is untrue. After
Mr.. Van Rensselaer, report Haie public, NJ.
Nours knowing that the public money had been drawn
from the Treasury, and expended stated in the ac
count Of John Adams. Jr., made certificate that no
charge appeared ia the account Of Mr. Adams as set
led ,la Treasury. This certificate was no! given
o committee of Congress. II was made out for cleo
onerTing purposes, and placed in the hands OF one oil
the Kentucky Members OF Congress, who had voted
Tor Mr. Adams TO be used y him An evidence before
the ec,e. TO fa'sify he public ccords In speaking
81 MI Nouse, gave the fact thai he had giveI, AL
official certificate for the pGrpos. Of practising dece
ion {! people, sufficient cause for his removal
We confess that this certificate the first act of Mr.
Nourse, which led 10 believe that he was unwor thy
IF public confidence And the Pres, oi this country
will be in degraded state, indeed, if high public off
permitted to give such certificates with inpu
nity.
'r. Nonrse having published his letter to the Sec
etay Of the Treasury, have applied for and have
been permitted to take copy of his reply which we
give below: ~. $. Tel
TRrAsURY DEPARTMENT,1
June l7h 1929 {
SIR-Your letter Of the 9TH inst. was no, received
until the Sih, aud the pressure OF other business La.