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

gentlemen IN support of the uct that sstis!aror-
y appeared to them, that i'll this of uarrals
"eii Us In eYory other case but III which era
sure had been made, Mr.. Barry was originally and
properly charged and that IL there asserted that
those erasures had been made by aistGkc The gen
ueeh h2u not time to pursue their inquiry, and no
examination was made into those originally
charged to your meinuraltst
In Whatever manner these mutilatons Of the origin
Al document may have occurred and these false
amendments to Ii made by mistake or not, the CI C.
must De- II II goes to the world to mjgre II MT 10
aestroy reputation upon whic. your mcmnr,a .is',
aer nearly forty years puo!ic service, must inauly
rely ior support. The Senate has, as tin has b zen
informed, directed this report to be- printed
II tEiS should be done, and it should WI il all its
iaisehoods and injurious tendency be spread before
the people under sanction of the Senate OF the United
States your memoridsi submits that great injustice
must necessarily follow to num- He therefore prayS
lhat such order may be taken by ih Sent as viii
secure his right u esp, c:alv preserve the reputation
winch documents ibl:hcd by the an horl'y ut TIC
Senate should always possess. AMI your nfemorlal
lst, as in duty bound, &c
March |, 1851. ABRAHAM BRADLEY.
| Mr. CHAMBERS moved that the ord II for the
printing ofthc report referred 20 be rcScinded.
! MIR GRUNDI thought the better course would be
the right way to do Iustice-to print the report and
sublnin to it he memorial Of Mir Bradley and the
testimony OF hlcsSrS. Brown, Suler. ct ul.
| Dir CLAYTON. Chairman OF The Select Conu1it
tee to whom those documents hal hccn REFEREED,
rose anu observed TIA! j very volI nous
Senate OF the ifh April last, winch directed tho
Postmaster General rep ri 'c1.i - OF a cxs ly
"contracts made by hm his pred 'cessor III u.ca.
ION which allowances have been msl, for ldilona!
"scrvicc; designating each case how much and
I"what additional service has been % rt,rin"d all! By
''whoul 1t was REG -, and dAsirluluy IS, what
'sun has been allowed ach CHS ur such adj
"uona service, GGi by oltopr IL 10 8 Ill ged" The
anSwcrto this call kept back uni 1T .u tn, o h
of!hc last month. During III debate which 0, carr
cd here on the resolution OF the "at'cu ~ from ren
nessee, among other Things thrn sa.l colnplainr,l
vi tins delay as an evidence OF Gcsg:! tn h.fl IN
quiry into the OF the Deparin mt, and after
that, the report called for IN April, 1880 cane IN
1t was hrSt referred 10 the Standing Count ee on t
Post Once, alth"u IN prayed for its reference ~
the Select Committees, t, whom ununeStlooaLly, as
we now see, 1t properly belonged The Standing
COMMITTEE, without examination, as we must sup,
pose, recommended To be- printed, AMI tl, S,nnt
ordered 1t TO be printed. After his, aud alb u, 4
week since, 1t was retired to tue Sole Committees
They examined and hive ascertain, ID hit in f1;rsy
sir cases "t extra allowance 30 contractors TERED
through tho documents, embracing some, of rho ross
est violations Of the law granting away TIL pub
nc money TO mali contractor the allowances hive
been falsely act down having nladc h.? Abra-
nam Dfad!eY,a as Acting, or Assistant Post Master
General, when, III these very cases, the allowances
were actually made by the present Post Master
General: and tor tn" Truth of his roiar to the dc.
position OF Air bradley those ofIhe Clerks in tho
Department., andthe report itself Of the Pos, Nastn,
Genera! IN answer 10 the call, all now on the table
before you, us well as The Statements oftha Senators
rom Maine and Tennessee, ..:cssis HOLMES and
EaUNnY,) who went ," the D"prrmart AS 4 sub
committee, ny your directions ascertain tho a, -
These documents. ZACH of these ca O.. eyhih, N
your ny" pa paGin rrusures, where the norDc y,
7 William I Barry, p ,sl II .stcr General has hnnn
Tu o'ea ont and that Of abraham BrodI..y Acting
70 Mister Gen It!,' inserted The result of br
cXa1lsnnon was, that Mr. Darrvs name was oruinai
~ written down on he documents as he person VIII,
made III" al!"wanCe<, according to The tru;h-tha
the mans Of Mr. B-Iii'y wa1 nfi"r,vtrIs iosc tn
ana ih'W sands III each q! these ihi-'y-six cases.
which, cal them tLischood>, errors. or what vou
! Phrase Ger anly m;srcprcsent the fact
II '" u y so ne 'cSsaTy to state that The !rte
oil Ao'ai,am bradley I" the President wncn wa,
read IN the dena.r here "n The resoufio OF the Sen
ater from Tenn $50, 0ia:g g Mr. Blrry with gross
viola ION OF the law of these cases (part.c
IaFy N the case OF the South Carolina cotracr was
written more than ynIr ago. and shortly after his
removal from othc' that this letter had been sworn to
by MIR Bradley iii the Commit. &C. and that he t.n
dehcy OF TINS a!ShcaInn Of the Documents if IN ie.
iected, was to convict Mr. Bradley Of swearing false
~ WHO "a saying, on h 5 oath, that the Post Master
Lehe!ai made tie allowances, stated the exact truth
SIr have bestowed much attention on these nannrs
ana 40 not undertake TO say, that these are ali the
misrepresentation contained them. They are
enough, however to "ducc the Senate both in ius-
IlCe 10 It's own character. and the reputation of nm
excellent citizen and an innocent man IN rof;,s. .,
give any publicity to documents w!nch all Con 500
a"u a'' no" ADMIT To be spurious, and muiila ed If
'IJ NC PiIIteu even WIN he evidence which
mem Iase still injustice may 20 sbly resnr from il:
Tor 1t VIII appear To The world tisa the Senate mad
some confidence IN these papers; and IT. NAV haDnsn
that tn SO who shall hereafter read the cannv 9v,
no'' among such Inasss of papers also advert to
the reiutatIon of it, At The tie these papers vero
Sent ~ bradley was witness against the Degart-
mcnt, and under examn alton before the Cnroni, toe
All hare Know what an effort was made IN public dis
cuSsl"n TO mpcach his veracity, andI trust al will
now admit how entirely that effort failed But VIII
MOI stop to inquire into the motives of those who
directed those alterations to BE- made With motivos
we have now 'ohmg to do But the Jact IS incon.
reversible, that these documents are unxorfhy nF
cFedI'. 1t rs therefore unworthy of the Senate 70
publish them, and hope the order FIR heir publjca
tlon' made IN an ungnaTded moment, may be rescn-
Ged.
Mr. HOLMES said-Mr President. having been
selected ny the Committee a sub commute with
the Senator from Tennessee, (Mr GRUNpY) to 90 to
IN; Department, examine the book = and ascertain
what was the truth, took with us he witness M
Ger examination, and proceeded to The General Pos,
once. We took also the ubshdct Of allowances
now before the Senate FhIs abstract was obtained
by call made on the It'll of April last, made by
D nator from Ohio, lMr BURNETT requiring arucnr
otheF thngs, Information ofexTa allowances made IN
contractors ond for what additional sevicez that the
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