Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-08

Mr. GRUMPY had doubts at iiist OF the proprieiy OF
printing the paper but he believed injustice was
intended towards the individual concerned unlcss I,
should be discovered that those allowances were
wrong he did perceive how INJUSTICE could be done
TO any body. The record does not show by whom the
a allowances were made. The Clerks in the Office
whom the subcompittee had consulted, did not know,
by whom the erasurcs were madc-thcy had waited
on Mr. Brown, Uhe Chief Clerk who was at that time
SICK, and with the aid of certain book TO which he
had referred them, the discovery had been made that
the name OF Dir Barry had been first inserted and era
sed' IN the printing of these papers. no injustice
wu"ld have been done MIR Bradley but for bis mcmo
rial Neither the head of the Department NOR th,
Chief Clerk. were chargeabe with ANY act that nreI
Fer the light For himself Mr. G. said he was salts.
ied that 1t there was any thing wrong in the allow
nnccs. Mr. Bradley not chargeable With the wr,pc
as tn the crasures, they had been innoccn,Iv mall
Tie Should vote to suspend the printing until the next
session. That the whole matter might be put right At
the next session better opportunity would be offered
Tor examining into the Transaction and in the mean
time the parties would prepare for it,
MIR CLAYTON said, he wished the gentleman fror,
tennessee, when he expressed his opinion tim, o,bc,
srheved no fraud intended Nv the eros,,r.s had
coh'heu himself TO what h" knew or had better rsa-
son to believe, than he hal cool sccndcd 10 name
Tic other members Of the committee would tbint-
Tor themselves, and had made that lena, tbei-
"rB" 10 express any OPINION on this subject He said
h' understood the gentleman saw by wav M .xc,..
for these muated documents, that in some of tho 20,
se', Mr. NJ Lean had made the allowances, Sir. an ;n
spcc'ion at the evidence will show that IN nearly e
nov IN every case, the reverse IS the fact i,c
C"mmitee this morning report on the affairs oS IL
Department. and the tcpostons and papers In ,be,,
this which have all been ordered TO be prip,eJ are
referred TO III, and form part of the reDort Amont,
these IS a communication from Mr. M'Lesn in Which,
he informs the committee that Mr. Bradley never
made an allowance while he was in the Office of Post
master General. But, sir, there is vet ,no,h.r rs
why these documents should be printed Tbcy az.
entirely cvasivc of the resolution of the Senate In
majority OF all the cases of extra compensation set
"rh IN them they do not state the additional ser
vice TO DC performed, and which was the considera-
ton for the allowance. They are now spread ON t,,.
secretary taoIe. and you may that they do mot
c"nSUue' "i,h0ut the contracts, have apology for
m answer TO The rcqnisi,ion made by the Senate
orally, they do not give the length of the -. -
/ @! the time IN which they were to he ncrf,-,oI
"W; Sa'e you 10 refer to the contracts themselves,
where the excuse for the extra allowance is set L.
!" DC a" increase ct expedition, by Carrying tho mail
,n"ioh TWO hours sooner, the proof you will see
"E inc Heposton rs, that II 60 be carried
only one hour and half sooner .han before The 90,
compensation WAS allowed The law explicitly d;rcc.e
maj inc extra allowance shall be regulated by the orr
III" contract and apPortoned according 20 the in
crease ct duty to be performed. To de,ernir. ,L,
proPreV OF the allowance, the additional service
must be distinctly stated and as this has not been
done IN most ut the cases, the documents wi,bou,
crehcc To the contracts, sht.y np nothing arc M,
worth 'he cost OF printing But it is enough now 20
na' me, ,e senate VIII not deliberately give publicity
hF HNL My hoped he had mistaken the object of tho
i. ~, " Nov ,e "s senate lie had thought with
bnt let be understood that he did acouece in n sr
c'aon OF the officers Of the Post Office Department, ,,ns
True a M baHyS name had been sed and Mr. gad,rv
substituted IN IFS place; but clerks tell ne II was
mat was unoccnty done lie did not unders,ard ,h,, d.
answer OF me postmaster General TO the resolution Of the senate
was c'asiyc ne had not been able give so full an
] re,nap 9ut at the next session might he Oh
famed tie knew that Mr. Bradley was CHARGED Uni, 80,
money "oN he should not have BEEN but also knew thai
u .r'",ird n,n an innocent mistake Of young clerks
MIR CHAMBERS said, he had welded In, floor q, ,e,
other Senators opportunity explain their We've !, ~
mo-" proper To explain the objects the memorial II as ~
a {" ms ouy u 20 INTO the proofs upon subject, II, .br,,
u Tie present Postmaster General wiuy and coTrun,lv
MADE aH allegation injurious the repuation If ,bo ~
as or that eIasuTe Of Mr. Bay's name and
OF M bays now admitted have been made 81 the IN,
fhtnen were made auduently corrup,lv His oh;.c,
required no such course, and therefore did not prsuc =
Mo BRADLEY las stated and sworn that Ne eS,rs alIow,nco,
"'o,cd ~ t"e memorial were made by MIR Barry and had
auS ul's c' e Foundation Of charge preferred against
M barry 10 the President Of the States MIR Bauys renor,
tearing the authority Of his official station and his .o,S
asserts mat the extra allow made MIR Bradlev
~ therefore charges the statement and affidavit the nen,oa
''' t 'h',r IL - now admitted all hands and concl
'ey pUvcdby examination books Of the I)enanr
mat ihr allowances made the present postn,a ,,o,
General Mr. Barry and notify Mr. radcy and that the nam.
o. VIZ Barry originally and properly in the ab,sr,
Alluded TO- mas been erased, and the of MIR Bradley sun
S"eH and u therefore conceded that the
Even ~ r bad'y true, and that given by The repor, Of
Mr. larry, the Postmaster General false This Gse en1,, 10
been ordered by the Senate To be nrined TIE
h>cnsion OF Tins order This, said MIR G. the bis,orv
OF ms singular affair. The question for consideration I
~eher the senate will contribute their aid to circulate
d''ennoi ana thereby make itself auxiliary 10 the
"l charge, admitted
10 hc character Of who has grown grey IN useful service
MS I"nhhH ana VINO has attained honorable are I'm
WE 'n" oi active lie without Tcproach his integrity AZ
citizen NJ the same STATE hS had asked his potectm1 b,J
chc'"Iy been accorded and was happy 10 beIieye No
member oi the Senate would withhold vote now become ne
~ =" preserve an innocent man from and
unloundci rmputaion. ~
u" question was then pu suspendinC the prntno ard
..sps s...-- .n wv. aLLmalI.e, mem CON