Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-08-11

racts, 481 copies were made twice over, which, ut
IA limos TO contract and 40 to page, equal l19
pages, which, added to 125, makes 214 superiuous
pages, and deducted from 761, makes the real work
required only SIT pages. The limos in the written
documents were very short, and ten pages day for
one hand would be called fair days work for mere
copying. But this not exactly copying, wo
may, for arguments sake, allow that eight pages
were days work. Two hands were empoyed,~
which would mako 16 pages in day; and 10 in SIT
equals nearly 80; say the whole would have been
easily accomplished by two hands in thirty three
days, and might have been reported by the Goth
of June; and if four hands had been employed,
in Is days after the resolution of the Senate
passed, instead of nearly nine months
1t was this gross dolly which MIR. Clayton consured,
and Mr.. Woodbury. attempted to excuse. The do
cuments are now the files of the Senate; the
written part is PACED the copies numbered, and
any Clerk i'll tho Socretarys office make the
estimate III ten minutes.
Will any one say that in this Mr.. Woodbury. put
Mr.. Clayton down. The whole of Mr.. Woodbu-
rvs speech was founded like false information,
communicated to him, L have no doubt, by Mr..
Barry and his agents. But l do not wish to come
III collision with Mr.. Woodbury.; believe he dis
covered enough to make him heartily sick of the
cause he espoused, before the session was overs and
should not have mentioned his name, if Mr. Bar
ry had not forced this notice from me.
But what shall we say of Mr.. Barry who pumps it
up to 5000 pages2 Will he ofby saying that it
is great labor to send in armful of printed pa
pers, or blank paporsl Will not every man say, of
whatever party he may be, that deception of two
for one in public officer is monstrous, thing
unhoard of, but here it is between eleven and
twelve for one. We may exclaim with the poet,
"Shame where is thy blush,'
But MIR. Barry that his predecessor, Mr..
MLean, had made such engagements to compel
him to expend the $114, 000 that if there was any
fault. it the fault of tho latter his. Let us
see II Mr. Bdrry's own reports do not contradct the
assertion, and show that it it Mr.. Barrys doing
alone, and that no part Of it was attributable to
Mr.. Mclean.
BY the statement made out by Mr.. Barry for
Judge Mclean, copy of which is annexed, the
expenditure for transportation and incidents for the
hrst quarter of 1899, was 1914, 1897
From this all the extra allowances made
by MIR. Barry between April 9th, and
July LIST, are to be deducted; among
which was Harrers allowance, proba-
bly, amounting together to 5000 or
$4,000, say 5000
The clear expense, therefore, for one
quarter after the new contracts came
into % operation cratic NV, was soe,sa7
The annual expenee as left by Mr. Nc
:, Lean, was S1,aa7, 748
BY Mr.. Barry's report to the President
for one year ending June 80, 1890,
see report, the gross receipts of post
ages was S1,850,5S3
Deduct the expenses of
Postmasters, (same docu-
ment,) 595,235
-S1 1895, 34s
Honce it will be seen that there
would have been an actual profit to the
United States, if Mr.. Barry had not in
creased the expenditure beyond the en-
gagements of his predecessor, in that
year, of 81 GOO
l am aware that extra and back allowances are
made necessarily, every quarter, but they gen.
orally something near an equality, and
enough to the truth to this purpose All of this is
actually shown by Mr. Barry's own documents
excepting the $4,000 of reduction. Thus, MIR.
Barry's own documents show conclusirely that the
expenditure in that year not attributable to Mr..
Barry's predecessor, but to himself alone, to the
extent of S82, 125, (see the same document and
added to 1927, 600 profit, equals Ss109725 for one
year. This does not look much like putting Mr..
Clayton down.
Let US take it upin another of Mr. Clayton's
views, who says
"From the Postmaster Generals answer to call
"of tho other House, made last year, 10 ascertain
''the excess of expenditures which occurred in the
''three last quarters of Mr. McLean's adninistra-
"uon, it appears that the for the first quar-
"ter of the new administration, which commenced
son tho LIST of April, and ended on the LIST July
lS29, was SS32 OOO,f which, added to the SS2 900,
''the of the ensuing year. shows that in the
thirst fifteen months of his administration the funds
"of the Department were reduced Sl14,000."
his is speaking in round numbers, but near
enough for his purpose. If it had been on a suit
at law, it would have been near enough; for Gen.
jackson has placed the whole funds of this great
department into the hands of man who has not
the smallest property to recommend him, without
single check, and without the responsibility of
single surety.
BY MIR. Barry's report to the President, doc.
No 2 p 49, the nett produce of hostages after the
doducting Postmaster's expenses, was 1,707, Alb
DOS, 23o= $ 1,148, $50
The produce for the 3 first quarters,
by statement to Mr.. Mclean
was 279,6l2, 274,772, 297,OOs= 851 800
Leaving for the nett produce ofthe
first quartz Under Mr.. Barry, 1885, $3.50
1nc expenditures for transportation
and Incidents for the same time,
were 287,2iG, 292, 104, 314,934
=894,257, from which deduct
the amount of the Richmond ac-
count, which, improperly added,
the expenses being 1858, Tor
- S4,462) leaves for the expenses
of the three quarters $500, 604,
The expenses ofthe whole
year by the report, were DOS, 895
Leaving for the expenses of this
quarter, 332, 291
Excess IF expenses of this quarter,
beyond the produce 35,4O2
By Mr.. Barry's Rep6rt to the Presi-