Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-08-13
Z PHE ANSWER or a6ILES KING,
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como nov 10 Nc - chsrgo rotating 20 my con
duct 10 my sabscqueut rsetcmpts to settle my
.eccounss With the Department. Aud the nrs
of thess. was the boaoraeie Score
ssry. thai AA ~fcproduccd," he termed Il, an &C
count tf e1sstS hise, DC. which had been formerly
sovedto me, "with tho items considerably increased
in suaouas: IN answes TO which, simply stated the
rcssnns which had led mo 10 advance my claims for
additioina sliouA Goes On these itcns, and which
more psrticusrly remarked had submitted to the Be-
crsfasy himself laying the account before hina7as
thb account itself Gsce published in che DocuWcns,
Acsp 60, confirms. J The point then that was con
pidssiug. was not exactly whether my new charges
"a. these things ough: To have been allowed. but ON
" whether there was any ground for the unworthy
reflection that had been cast upon me for bringing
Chem for~srd: ,hough.to be sure, did incidentally
show that they altogether reasonable and just
Now. our Audnor, in defending bis friend here,
choices to forget the point of the coutrsveuy sl-
together.(on which. he admits Of coutse. Nhat this
hon erable colleague inexcusable,) aud goes of
"a srsoe, ut great lenR that the claims ought
to DO allowed This however, b another question
Which intended to have ssssed, on my side, when
rcstupon what have already said concerngIt may
add however, in answer 20 his statements about
these extras, that he not quite sayings
that Il generally gave my prlncipal clerk not more
which but seldom paid him At The rate ofS 100 "
Yhe fact rs that for several years paid my prlnc-
pal clerk S, 600 and my second one $500. bes'des
employing extra ones occasionally and paving them
Of course for their services. Ats the came time,
I, too. 1 actually paid 600 year for oHico rent.
for two years, and afterwards used tenement of
my ovn which had been, and might still have been.
rented out Tor 300 year. Vet for clerk hire, Of
iics rent, aud other have, as yet received
no ohcf allow but that of s. s35 from the year
sGl to the year 1890 bcing about S8oo year,, and
s, 600 "a year since hs1 period. together with
$500 adiona from the year 1875; whilst tho agents
10, Bos; on, Philadelphia &, New York. as Auditor
ou,its haze all been allowed 81 goo year from the
year 1877, audit Agent for N York an additional
sun, Of $500 year from as5, for the same things;
aih ugh the business Of any of their Agencies
hs rarely cqualled, and has usually fallen far short Of
that of mine. But was there, them any just ground
of dsc rimination against mei And II the order
which have quoted applied them only in It's terms,
is ii not c!enr that il embraced also in its spirs
Atd did my being ignorant of that order, my neg
lcctng to claim the benefit Of it at the proper
time, bar me- from doing so at later period, when
sary and proper that should insist upon all
my rights' phcn To what Auditor says.
that the allowance of these extras is not found
ed Immediately on law. bot depends entirely the
has decided he reports himself that the Secretary
has the discretion under the law; and all will agree
that he should in fair and impartial man
Nor could the mere ,cc1dent of the Depart
n1ents having passed into new hands, at all affect my
right, 10 JUSTICE 10 have the actual incumbent ex-
ercise it in that manner my For the rest if
our Auditor is right in saying that the original OBJ
jcct Of this allowance was to cover actual Office ex
20 me for these things. hav. accomplished that
object And, on the other hand if he was right in
saying, in his former Report already quoted, that
domestic gents have been allowed round sums f,r
contingent expenses, without being required to pro
doce vouchers, with The evident intent Of swelling
their emslumeDts beyond 62Oe0," doc. aes) 60 n
to giro them compensation, IN that vay. for actual
services otherwsse insdequately rewarded, could
easily show that my clan these additional ALLOW
ances still more JUST for my oe3cal disbursement
have usually been upwards off 500. 900 year; and
my SALARY only $1,000, hardly SO per cent on the
sums laid olt, which was most evidently an insult
Gent compensation for the trouble and responsibility
Of the and hardly consistent indeed With the
spirit q. least OF the Law itself, which 10 have
considered per cent. thercabouts proper and
far But enough on this point for the present
Tho next charge this part the case was one Of
orr Aud tors manufacture though sonnet hing in
the style of his honorable friend being gross lnsin
uation batI had tempted To get my CLAIMS for Ger
tam items in my account, amounting to f., $50 Is
tvouchcrs No. Ito (5) inclusive allowed me sec
Dad time, years after they had been fret passes
to mycredt, to which my answer that II be
evcd myselft these CLAIMS had been allowed ant
had certainly no thought Of Preferrng them
gain; but was told at the Auditors Office N Sep
tcu,ber last. that they had been found passed te
my eredit-but were still suspended and thar there
fore, must send up the vouchers to support ihem.'
upon which forwarded the dupllcat g (laving pre-
snnted he originals before,) With view as stated
"to lei The office rectify its supposed OMISSION II upor
further exanna ion should b. apparent that it wa.
one;" aud added that hBd"a list Of these sup
posed to be suspcuded. but really allowed, items
from the Auditors Office, Ito verify any statemen
on the point Now our Auditor repeats this sill
Charge and attempts support il, in bis proper style
by string of quibblos Thus, he denies particular
ly that any such ls was ever Furnished NE by him
or by any one else in his occ;" and insist upon IL
~ matter Of great consequence, that it wac ncve
handed to mel" las il seems used that expression
in relation to it Yer, he admits AFTER ALL that ma,
have something hike it, only he is quite sure thai
wrote myself His words are, "In Sept 1929, Will,
was in Kentucky, hc called at the Office, a 1 an
Informed, and desired to examine bis old accounts
The Clerk having charge Of the papers aided hin
in the examination dissection OF bis returns be
ing descriptive list OF each voucher, with note
showing him when thew were rejected, or suspended
was shewn TO him; and from that. with the aid O
the cle rk h. made o,,t list Of appended vouchers
Now wheth = made out the list with the aid O
the clerk" or the clerk made Il out for me, 10 evi
IDENTIFY matter OF no sort Of m,ment EXCEPT 80 IN