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

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'e'l'as IN every other bu, in which au era
ure had been made, Mr.. Barry wa. originally and /
properly charged; and that was there assorted TN,
hose erasurcs had been made by mistake. The gen
lcnen had not time tn pursue their inquiry, and no !
Xamination was made into those casrS originally /
charged TO your memural,st
In Whatever manner these mutlations 81 he or;rin-
IL document may have occurred, and these false
amendments TO Il made by mS'drc NJ, thr effect
must be. IT II goes to the world, to nju-c ir not 20
Destroy reputation upon which your mcmorl ;st
after nearly forty years puSlic service, mus mainly
rely Tor support. The Senate has, no has b .cn
informed, directed this report 10 b. printed.
III TINS should be done, aud u sh ,uli wi'h al It's
faisehoods and injurious tendency be spread before
the people under sanction Of he Senate OF the United
States your mrmoraliS submits that great injustice
must necessarily follow IL HIM. IL. therefore prnvs
that such order may BE- taken ny III. Srur,e IS will
secure his right y csp ciay preserve differentiation
which documents ibshcd by the MI horny ut the
Senate should always rpss IS. Aui your III moral
list. Us III duty bound, &c.
March /, 1881. ABRAHAM BRADLEY.
Mr. CHAMBERS moved hat the order for the
printing OF the report referred 10 he r,,crnded.
Mr. GRUMPY thought the better Coarse would be
The right way 70 do usticc-'o print the report, and
suoJo'n to 1t the memorial of Mir Bradley, and The
testimony Of Mcs>rs. Brown, Su,cr. ~ nj.
MIR CLAYTON. Chairman OF the Select Commit
lee TO whom those documents had been referred.
rose and observed that thy We're very volunrnDus
purpottlng to be answers tn the resolution of tho
t''A
Fosinister GHnerdi - rep M ''rli II all cSS Jar
contracts mad by him oc his pred .caSior m u.ict
ION which allowances have been mad for nj 1tlonaI
service; dCsignaiing III cnch how much and
what additional service has b:cn y r:,'rnrd ana by
''whom II was reqIr -, nud DIS run'rr ais, what
"sIn has boon allowed each Gus. TOR such n,l,li-
"ionai service, and by rtom II rjy all nrr,i" Tn,
anSwcrto this call was kept hack until about tn. TO-
of the Ia i month. During IN debate ,yhlch orcurr
cd here on the resolution al to- .'At;.n IN ra Ton
ncSscc, among other things then said. c1mnl,tn,S
or tins delay as evidence al dr,ri - ht!i IN
quiry into the Concerns o the DEPARTMENT. aud ati,r
that, the report called lDr III Apr Is ~. cam. in
IL was first referred To- The Standinr Cn,t go, a., Tin.
Post Office, allh.u.h I prayed for lis reference 10
the Select Cnmniti;cr, t. whom urquestiunabv. as
we nov see, 1t properly belonged. The Standing
Com"ii''cc' without examination, we must sup
pose rccUmm 'ndc, Ii DC pril I'd an The, S,r,ic
ordered 1t To be printed. Ancr his, aud about
week SIEGE 1t referred tn the : lie Committee
they examined and have SCREAMED Int IN t4irf.,
HF cases ni extra a"waucc 10 contractors scattered
through the documents. embracing some of the ross
est violations ofthc law III granting away III, uuh.
tic money To mail cnnirac. ors IN, r,lowIrc,s bnvo
been falsely set down having b .an made by Abro
nam Bradcy,os Acting, or Assistant Post Master
"rnerni, when IN these very cases the advances
were actually made by the present Post Master
Genora': and for Ia" truth frhis refer to tn? dc
position of Alr Bradley. those oiihc Clerks in tho
u par'tncn, and he report sc: of the Post Master
Hccrai IN answer 10 the call all now on tic Ia bic
rom Ma!ne and Tennessee, (MCSsrs iIuLMEs and
TRuNnr.) who went "a tho n ,pIrn!.nt AS , Suh
committee, ny Your directions. Ia ascertain hc facts
nose uvcuhieIiif, ~ "ncl Oi I! c. exhibit 10
Your ~" pa paHiG rrasurcs. Wncr, the name n,
William i Barry. POST Mister G. .urraI' has bccn
rubbed ont and that uf Abraham BraLlrv Acting
20 Master Con raj, inserted The result Of The
examination WAS, that Mr BaTry's name vas orGjn1I
~ written down "n The documents the person Tho
MADE The allowances, acCordnr 10 the tri,ih-tba,
The nam of MIR BtIll " wa al; rvi~l. ,ns,-icI
and nov stands 81 n Of thns" 'Li.,y.S.y co..,
which, cll them lal>ehond<, crro-s. O. what van
phase certainly misrrpTcscnt the fact
In n t IL aso ne :cs.ary 40 state tina, the otter
oil AbTah7m Braiicy IN tho PRESIDENT which va,
read III the debate here the resouI on of Inc SIN
a'o' rom Tenn S5'c, r'igI g Mr. Barry with gross
Voia ION OF the Jaw III of these cases (part Gil.
iery III the case OF the South Carolina contrac) was
written more than year ago, and shortly after his
removal from oic that tn letter had bnen svo,n ~
by Slr Bradley in the Committee and ,ha, he ton
Hehcy OF tins alSicatIon of the documents if undc.
tcctcd, was to convict Sr Bradley of swearing false
" VINO III saying, an b ) oath, that the Post Master
IcneFa made the allowances. stated the exact truth
Sir, have bestowed much attention on these napcrs
una DO not undertake To say, that these are ali Tho
contained III them. They are
e"oug" however, 10 iHducc the Senate, both in JUS
IiSe 10 IT'S own character and the reputation of nm
excellent Citizen and innocent man. TO rerir,. %
give any publicity TO documents winch all c,n sne
ana All now admit 30 be spurious and mt,iila, cJ re-
'cy uc Prlhteu even Win The evidence Which
thein iase stu injustice may possibly resl from il.
Tor IL VIII appear to the world, tfat the Senate had
some cohIdence III these papers; and 1t may happ,n
that th Sc who shall hereafter read tI, ca1mny oil
nos among such a masss of papers, also advert 10
tue reiutAtion OF II. At the tine these papers were
seut IN Bradley was witness against the Der,r,
neht' and under eKamlnatio before the ConlmIitoe
All mere Know what an effort was made in public die
Iussion 10 inpcach hIs reracty, and trust all Will
now admit how entirely that effort nilcd. Bu, viii
not 't.p to inquire into the mo'.v.s Of those vino
directed those alterations to he made With mol,ves
we nave now uolung to do But TIE Gtc, IS iucrp
reversible, that these dJeumen's are unwor,Iv or
;rcjr. II Is therefore unworthy of the SENATE tn
publish them, and hope the order R.r their public,
ion' made IN an ungudrded moment, may be rescn.
led. w e'1"'
Mr. HOLMES snid-Mr President, having bcc,
'elected by the Committee as a srb.con,mtte ,y,,t
he Senator from Tennessee, (Mr GaUxpYl 10 90 T."
bo Departnin, examine the books, aud ascertain
wat was the truth, took with us he witness mn,
IeI examination, and proceeded 20 tic General Pos,
)ihc". We took also lie dbstrdd Of allowances
low before the Senate This abstract was Obtained
~ call made on tho iith Of Apui last made nv a
:natOr from Ohio, (MT TuuSET ! r.uut,ipo 60.