Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-06-22
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from the Norfolk Beacon, of June I6.)
THE ANSWER OF MILES KING.
Late -Anpu Hpenk nj AarEnLL

Late Many agent at Norfolk
10 tue Letter oil the Secretary of the Navy, and tho
Report CT the Fourth Auditor, upon the suIie,t NJ
his accounts. jew
Inc publication OF the Letter Of the Secretary of the
Navy, OF the 26h Of May, with the R-pcrt If the
a, h"d'or accompanying II, transmitted TO Congress
at the close OF it' late session. and since publish ed in
the w. States Trls graph, ard other papers has mno.
su upon me the unpie asant dirty OF troubling the pub
&c WIN sone remarks In reply. That those commu-
h'cahons, indeed although made, ostensibIy in obedi
ence to resolution of the House, were both con,riy
GU u calculated to nJure my reputation, far a, iea,
s wa ueemen necessary Tor the vndcaton Of the ex
Uaordinary proceedings OF these officers in relation In
my accounts, must he obvious ALL canr OF hui e. 81
tnat owe IL TO myself TO my friends. and to
my generally, who may take any inter
est I'D my case repel The false and caumnious cbarg
es "hichh nave been thus openly and maiciousy adj
Vahceu' or lnsiDuattd, against me. In doing 90 how
I' sna ehieavour to abstain as much as possible
from the expression OF those feelings of honest indie,
ha"on' whch the treatment that have received il So
wen calculated 10 provoke. IL is not my purpose or
OF my WISH IN any thing that shall write to inflame
'e Vioehce OF party spirit; shall address myself
10 ether the enemies The friends of the present AL
mh'sTaon as such but TO all candid and con.iJ.rat.
persons oil all parties, who, feel confident will do me
Tue Jusuce 10 weigh the facts which shall submit and
craw their own fair conclusions from them But he :
lore proceed to state them must beg leave IN m
Few preliminary observations, which seem 10 be ne :
light. " VIC" P'oPer
have to remark, them that received nv first an
Pontment as Navy Agent at Norfolk from the venera
atiouf rn
me, or, as far as knew, from any of NV friends and
continued to hold il from that time to the Ilb nj An
gust last, when was suddenly and without any REL
soh assigned TO me, dismissed from il by the prese M
secretary. During all this period nv conduct had civ,
en- as had every reason to believe entire satisfaction
10 inc distinguished man from whom my appointment
mad enanated, and also 10 his successor Mr. kIonroc
and to his successor Mr.. Adams by both of wboro I
had been duly nominated TO the Senate for re apnoint
het upon the expiration of the of four years for
which my Office held by law On all thsso 60
Of me-
unanimous vote OF the honorable body to which Il
made and this when the practice has always been for
July 20 CONFER ny committee raised for the pur-
pose with the Head of the Department TO which the
nomination more particularly relates touching the char
Hcer ana conduct OF the officer designated by the Pre-
previously 70 heir acting upon his nomination.
ne hlorence IS therefore plain, the fact is certain
mat my whole course of conduct had been fully annrov
ed by the Secretaries, Mr.. Thompson and Mr. South
uu, VINO u VIII easily be supposed, must have known
DOM my duty and their own, at least well as the pre
chlncumbcnt Under these circumstances IL Il had
seemed good to Cen Jackson, Immediately upon his
eIeYauoh 10 the Presidency, to dismiss me at once
rom my place, or rather to decline nominating me again
10 the Senate should have had OF course no nerson.l
cause TO complain. The ground Of his proceeding in
ueeu would then have been apparent 10 all and Sould
Only nave Decn regarded retaliation tIpon e FIR tIs
decided preference which had always freely bu
moderately, avowed for his predecessor and which b
nau not mad the generosity to forgive and viewed If
mM Hgni ms act could have left stain upon mn, rbar
acter though II might perhaps have cast .oroo srat
shadow over his own. At the same time a. bo,b ,,,
fortune ana my spirit raised me above depending unoI
any man, could easily have consolcd myself TO- a.
loss OF the honour and profit Of my Office by the caim
conscieniio'ness OF my integrity and the ,ollector
Wat was only suffering along with many, and "a,
more worthy men. in other quarters of cur countr,,
whom had suited the vndicve policy OF the lew Al
mIhlsUauon to proscribe-But 7 was separated from
mem, II seems in the first instance, only to be made tn
oJeo' VI more secret ard subtle malice in the end
was accordingly agaiH nominated bybin, IN C,o sn. IL
IN March 1870, and he committee Of ,si bodv b,vtn
again cont2pcd with the new Head Of the De5srI,re;
oil my official conduct, and rteeip,d from I,,, ~
must presume the assurance that ma accounts min b
impairment teere all /dir and regular again mani
m0usly confirmed my appointment And yet il was b,,
little while afterwards in fbe cour.s N ,n,,, ~ I
'oNo"ing mat began 10 be whispered about az com
ing rom his own lips that was 10 be refnoy ed 1r