Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-06-22

II Is unnecessary Tor Us to detain the reader by
single remark The reply of MIR. King will be pcrH-
eed with interest," corresponding with the deep con-
Germ which the community have felt in the vindica-
t"n of character hitherto upsued by the faintcst
breathing of suspicion, andno for the first time
saled. That his vndicaion is amply and satIsfacto-
r,iy made out in tho explanations he has given on all
the points of accusation, think mind that rs not
utterly deaf to cunvctiun will deny.
THE ANSWER OF MILES KING,
Late Navy Agent al Norfolk,
10 the letter the SECRETARY OF THE Navy, and
the REPoRr Of the FOURTH AUDITOR, upon the
subject Of his accounts.
The publication Of the Letter Of the Secretary of
the Navy, of the eth May, with the Report of the
Fourth Auditor accompanying it. transmitted 10 Con-
gress the close of it's late session. and since publish
ed in the States Telegraph, and other papers, has
imposed upon me the unpleasant duty of troubling the
public with sUne remarks in reply. That those CON-
ruuIicaons indeed hough made ostensibly, in ODE
dence to resolution OF the House, were both contrived
and oinJure my reputation far at least
was deemed necpssafy tor the vndcation Of the extra
ordinary proceedings of these officers relation TO my
accounts, must re obvious 10 ALL cannot but feel
therefore, that owe it to myself my friends and
to my fellow citizens generally. who mAy take en- in
teres il my case t. repel the false and caIumnious
chnrges wh1ch have heen thus openly and maiicousy
advanced, or nsnuated, against me In doing so
however sail endcavor To abstain much as pos
soe from the expression of those feelings of honest
Indignation, which the thol have rece,yed
Is we'll to provoks 1t is not my purpose
or my wlsh any thug that shall write, to inHame
the violence OF party split; shall address myself
10 either the enemies the friends of the present ad
rInlstration such bat all candid and considerable
persons of all parties, who, feel confident will do me
the justice To weigh the facts which shall submit,
and dra " their fur cuSonS from them But
before proceed to state them, must beg leave to
make few preliminary observat which seem to
be necessary tc place the facts themselves in their pro-
per light
have to remark then. that I received nv
1Tst appoint nent Navy Agent at Norfolk from the
venerable MADISON in 1915, and without any solicit
taton from me. or, as far as knew, from any of
my friends and continued to hold it from that time
to The lth of August last, when suddenly and
without any reason assigned me. dismissed from it
by the present Secretary During all this period my
conduct had given as had every TO believe,
entire satisfaction To the distinguished man from
whom my appointment had euianated and also to his
successor, Mr.. MoNRoB, and his successor Mr. An
ANS, by both of whom had been duly nominated 10
the Senate for re-aPponiment upon the expiration of
the term of four years for which my Office was held
by law. On all these OCCASIONS too the nomination
oil me Vas sustained by the unanimous vote of the o
norable body to which it made, and this when
the pacfice has always been for that body confer
oy committee raised for the purpose with the Head
OF the Department to vhoh the nomination more par
ticuary relates, touching the cha acter and conduct
o. te ofl er designated by the President previously to
ther aching upon his nomination. The Inference ia
therefore plain, as tina fact il CERTAIN that nov whole
course of conduct had been fully approved by tho Sc
cretares, hlr. THOMPSON, and Mr SoUTuAnD who
u VIII easily be supposed must have known both my
duty and their OVID least well as the present in
cambent. Under these circumstances if It had seem
e. good to Gen JACKSON, Immediately upon hrs ele
Vaton to the Presidency, dsnise me at once from
my place. or rather to decline nominating me again
I'D the Senate, should have had Of COURSE no pers-
gal cause to complain The ground of his proceedine
ndeed, would then have been apparent to all, and
could only have been regarded retaliation upon
ne for the decided preference which had always
fieeiy but moderately, avowed for his predecessor,
ahe which ne bad not the generosity forgive and
FVed IN that light. his act could have left no stain
Woh my charact# though it might perhaps haye cast
Sme small SHADOW over his own A. the same time
Is both my fortune and my spirit raised me above
depending upon any man, could easily have conso-
ed myself Tor the loss of the honor and profit of nv
2h1ce, by the calm consciousness of my integrity and
Inc reconecton hat vas only suffering along with
many and far more worthy men, in other quarters of
our country, yhom 1t had suited the vindc: i've. policy
d Tue new ADMINISTRATION to prescribe. But | was
eparat I'd from them. seems in the first instance
npy 10 DC made the object of uore secret and sub
lie malice IN he end. was accordingly again nom
iDated by him to the Senate in March 1928 and th.
coinmNtee OF that body having again Conferred with
the new Head of the Department now the honorable
Secretary himself upon the subiec; of INV official CON
duct, and received from him, must presume the
assurance that my accounts NTH the Department mere
on 20" ana regular, again unanimously confirmed
my appointment. And yet it vas but a little while
afterwards, IN the course of May or June following
that Ii began 10 be whispered about as coming f;om
bus own lips, that to be remove ed from INV Office
the government
Now ISL not apparent, ask, apon the very face of
the proceeding that this charge wthou, any lust
foundation in fac?For can it be supposed that the
honorable gentleman who was hardly yet warm
IN bis seat had, in the short space oftwo months be-
come SO thoroughly acquainted With the state of nv
accounts as to have discovered from them what had
escaped the sagacy Of oil his predecessors and even
DIS own but little while before, nat was default
ter 10 the Government to large amount? And is it
Dot rather more probable least, that the calunnv
was the Find snggest ion Of some familiar toad" who
had WINS ered 1t IN his ear, worry convenient ex
cuse Tor transferring my Office to another? Indeed
the gross prevaricaton which be stopped to use at
hrs upon the subject of his charge against me- broach
ing IL only 70 my enemies and denying it 10 my friends
and the different representations which he made NJ
oincrent times as to the extent of the pretended de-
falcatlon all showed thai he had, as yet, no such
knowledge my accounts, could excuse his charpe
against me % HIMSELF hnrh