Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-03-08

"a; w. mad aouots at first of the proprety of
prit'ng inc paper out he believed no injustice v,s
intended towards the individual concern.J9 Me
should be discovered that those allowancsa 80
m'ons ne au no, no" injustice could be done
10 any BODY The record dc S show by WHOM, III
allowances made. Ths-- Clerks in the nE ule
whom the ubcommittee had consulted, did not kno,
oF whom the crasures were made-they had w,;,eJ
on Mr. Brow' (he Chief Clerk who was at that time
scE' and with the aid Of certain book to which he
" referred them, the discovery had been made that
e name OF Mir Barry had been first inserted and Orc
w,n,ll :" o"e printing OF these papers, injustice
Wo"u nave been done MIR Bradley but for his memoS
.ai. Ioei'ncr the head of the Department nor the
liner Clerk were chargeable with any act that neej
,ssr 'ne Hglt For himself, Mr. G. said he was .a,;c
neu Una, mere any thing wrong in the allow.
WI bradley was not chargeable with the wrong
~, ~ T e'asures, they had been nnocentlv made
ne vote to suspend the printing until the new
SESSION, 'a' .hc whole matter might be put right Az
E re aa Seson better opportunity would be offered
.o eASnih'hg INTO the transaction, and in the mean
Tune tue parties would prepare for it, ~
Mr. CLAYTON said, he wished the pen,leu,, from
"eSSee' when he expressed his opinion that Others
'ei'e'ed no fraud intended hy the erosures h.d
confined himself 10 what he knew ur had better r.,
son TO believe than he hal cos:!rscended to nam.
.he Other members of the committee would tbinL
Tor themselves, and had not made that gentleman their
organ to express any opinion ON this subject, He sai3
hr understood the gentleman saw by wav of e,cu.
r 'nsSe mu'iiated d"cumens that in of the ca,
ses' Mr. Ml.ean had made the allowances Sir an in
hPccon OF the evidence will show that in nearly al
not IN every case, the reverse the fact The Select
he NJ
pssthS"', ana me GePosltlons and papers to shew
this which have ali been ordered IN be ,r;,,oi
referred to IN, and form part of the report Amon
these IS a communication from Mr. M'Iesn in yh;nSS
he informs the committee that Mr. Bradley 49,
made an allowance while he was in the Office ne PCT,
master General But, sir there is yet another reason
why these documents should be printed Tbey ar.
entirely e'asve of the resolution of the Senate In
majority OF ali the of extra OF
forth III them, they do not state the additional SER
vice 10 be performed, and which was the cons;dera-
ton for the allowance. They are now snread ~ H.
Secretarys table and you may see that tbev do mr.
constitute, without the contracts have an apolorv for
Il" answer TO the requistion made by the Senate
orally, they do not give the length of the routes mr.
iof the time IN which they were to be perform Cd
6nt leave you TO refer to the contracts themselves
winch 1t not proposed to print. And in one case
where the excuse for the extra allowance is set down
I" ne an increase OF expedition by carrying the mail
honsh TWO hours sooner, the proof, you will see
ny the deposition that it be carried throuob
only one hour and lfsooner then before the EXTRA
compensation was allowed The law explicitly directs
mat the extra allowance shall be regulated by the ori.
MAJ contract and apportioned according TO the in
crease Of duty to be performed. To de,erm;ne TIC
IPFoprF'y OF the allowance, the additional service
must be distinctly stated; and as this has mt hae
done IN most OF the the documents without ref
erence to the contracts, she~ ng nothing are not
worth the cost OF printing. But it is enough now to
ay mat ie Senate will not deliberately give publicity
10 what they know to be utrue.
Mr. GRUMPY hoped he had mistaken the object of tho
LEI; ' ; e"'e hs senate tie had thought
view 10 90 justice TO Mr. Bradley he was wllng IN On
o let he understood that he did acquiesce in anv nn
G'doh oi e ohcers OF the Post Office Department IL was
true mat MIR BaTryS name had been and Mr. Balev
substituted IN its place; but clerks tell us was a
that was innoceuty done He not understand haI bo
answer oil the POSTMASTER General resolution of the
was evasiv he had no, been able give SO full an
was desirable, perhaps but the next session il ph he
tanned lie knew that Mr. Bradley was charged with navno
n0ne which lie should not have been he also knew thai
Il resulted from an innocent mistake of clerks
MIR CHAMBERS said he had welded the fo., 70 affair,
ohe senators an opportunity TO explain their views II was
'o Proper 10 c%in The objects of memorial II was no
that tie sent Postmaster General hos wlGIv And con,
ant d" Allegation injurious to the reputation of the memorI
or mat ensures OF Mr. Bary's mare and ntslineatops
OF MI baGcy's now admitted have made AZ the T
fnent made irautuently and corrupt IJ;s oh;ao
LtTTed no such course, and therefore did not Dsne i
" hradey mas stated and that extra allowances
''i toned ~ HE memorial made MIR Barry and had
iae this TACT the foundation charge preferrd a..;n
M barf TO TIE President of the u States MIR Bay's epoT,
fearing me authority OF his official station and mis- Signature
asserts hat ie extra allowances by MIR Bradley
II ercnfe charges the statement affidavit Of the memorial
stt2 he ii!se II Is now admitted all hands and concu
ey proven by an examination the books the Department
't 'H allowances were made by the present Postmaster
General, VII 1aFTy, and not by Mr. Bradley; and thai the na.
Viz na'y originally and property inserted in the abstract
4" TO- mas been erased, and the MIR Bradley su-
% " ana Is therefore conceded, that the representation
gwen by Mr. Bradley true that given by The rensr,
F Barry the Postmaster General false Pis false renoI, has
"'ete" ny Inc senate to be printed The memoss, asks
o' NN singular affair The question for considera,ion -
%ehar the Senate will contribute their aid 10 crcu,ate
ehod ana thereby make itself auxiliary TO the dsrbion
" "'de no" admitted TO be utterly untrue deepy offensive
10 Inc character of who grown grew in
o MS county, and who has attained an honorable old age !,
'uS % active lie without repoach his integrity AS
c!"e OF tile same State, he had his pro;ection had
cheeuIy been accorded, and he was happv to be eve M
MEMBER oi the Senate would withhold vote now become ne
Iy 10 preserve an innocent from unnlerited and
"ntounded mputaon. Oh"
The question then put on suspendug the nrin,pg mud
HgsInlLned IN tine affirmative, con. o.