Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-20
From tho Mobile Commercial Register.
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The following correspondence will show the result
OF the measures adopted by the citizens of Mobile, In
relation to the claims OF the late President Monroe. a.
gainst the Government of tho United States. The a.
mount OF those claims, it will be recollectcd, was about
s~ixty-eight thousand dollars. The act of the last session
appropriated thirty thousand dollars towards their liqui-
dauon. AS the sum appropriated was insufficient TO re-
heve this faithful public servant from debt, and as there
appeared no prospect that Congress would afford him
any further relief, the plan. OF raising the balance by
individual contribution was projected. How II, may sue
coed time will determine. This city and New OIleans,
we are proud 10 say, have felt the appeal, and have set
a noble example. Ii New-York, Boston, PHILADELPHIA
and other large cities Of the Union, second our exertions.
ana DO as we have done, a reproach will be taken from
the nation, and the old age OF one of its most faithful and
honored beneidctors redeemed from the thradom of ne
cuniary embarrassment:
MOBILE, March 81, 1881.
10 the Hon. James Monroe: The citizens of Mo-.
bile, penetrated with a deep sense of the services YOU
nave rendered TO our common country, through n long
Inc oil pubic employment, and perceiving the tardy
movements OF Congress in relation 10 your claims against
the nation, have determined on setting an example.
which they doubt not will be followed throughout the
country, OF contributing individually TO the extinguish-
ment oil a debt which strict justice, as well as honor and
gratitude, requires them to discharge. The enclosed
check Is Tor the amount collected in a few hours from
our citizens; and we trust that it will not be less accep-
table when we add, that, in order TO bring the privilege
within the reach ot all classes, no individual was allow
ed to contribute over a single dollar; and, in behalf of
our cihzens, we beg you will accept it as a proof, not of
their groti,ude barely, but of their sense OF the pecu.
mary obligations under which this nation lies to one of
its earliest benefactors.
With our best wishes for your health and han,iness
aud tho most profound regard for your public and pri.
vate character, we have the honor 10 subscribe ourselves
your ieliow-ciiizens, AS. LIPSCOMB,
I. SANFORD,
WILLIS HALL, IS
VIM. BARNEWALL,
a. w. ORDON
NEw.YoRK,A prii 8, 1881.
Ftiloto- Ctfisons: / have received your le,sr of the
2lsl uit. eommunica ing The kind md friendly feelings
whch my ieilow'ciOzens OF Mobile entertain fer me,
and The generous manner IN which thew are di,po,ed
TO contribute their all 10 render me justice, md inism.
niiy me fer my Losses and .aciihces 10 The service Of
my country, 10 The long course Of my public life. in
the most critical conjun,iurss thai bavo occurred since
our revolutionary struggle.
In presenting my claim. before Conefess. which I
would never do, for reasons which have been cxpIsin.
e', un'ii ihe moment OF my retirement from cfhe e. q.
bout 80 years after the first and heaviest Injuries were
received, II was TO tina. cody that l locked for som.
pie's redress. Under our happy free system of gov.
eminent, the sovereignty is in the people but nv hope
mas been InvA!iable that their Representatives wonid
inset he'll sense, and perform what they deemedius,
and pfopsr. No part of our Union was naylec.edbv
ne' wG,e l WAS in efice. Every psri, | well know,
received the atteniiJn in the stations which | held.
wien the pressure on II required, in the grea, emer-
i'ncies which we have passed; but those bordering on
the Mississippi, and eastward OF II, being particularly
oppressed, received corresponding exsttioas for the eS-
Enlistment and Profession OF their rights. which were
rendered, snt with good efsot.
Although l have never looked beyond Congress for
redfces, yet i have received the communication Won
have made, OF the generous sentiments entestaiued Of
my services, by my fellow. citZsns of Mobile. with
great Feasibility, and we'll knowing that The provision
made by the acl ia!ls far short Of a just fepsratIon, |
cannot decline, tho aid they are di,posed 10 render mo.
FOR The dclisate and Interesting manner in which YOU
nave made tho sommunleaiion, accept my eeknow-
ledgT enis
With sieatfe'psa'. 1 am your obsdirnt petvsu,.
MI MONROE