Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-03-14

record or document Il is Isihsr complla-
ton ofthess facts from the letters, the cash
book and the ledger II seems Singular that
tners as no direct record of The fame iohen these
allowances toere grdnied. But nevertheless, II
happened in this case tina, THE subordinate OH.
GERS found IN difficulty Ia ascrriaining which
Postmaster General did make the allowances !;
aud nothing but tho rule promulgated by Mr..
U. Is Brown. changed the right Into wrong
WOW, II would seem that rule so utterly ial,
iheious as tbs, would operate sometimes Jor
aud sometimes against Mr.. Bradley-but TINS
strange To- telD operated IN every case against
hun, and liked upon hun the most numerous
anu exlravagant extra allowances that were
ever made ia t~ ice that distance Of tune. Coo
sidering, therefore. that Mr.. Barry had been.
long before this, presented 10 the resident Tor
extravaganza IN these allowances, that his
answer 10 a call from the Srnat. had been al
tered, by erdSarey, no as 10 remove this charge
from han, Hnd In II on Bradiey-ihat the fall
slty OF the official document had been de,ec-
ted aud Acknowledged by tue officers who have
the chef management OF the department. II -
Tor the public 10 decide whether such errors in
such department, which combine To destroy
the far fame OF IA worthy and highly distinguish
ed c''zen' are To be aacribed 10 gross igno-
rance or base design.
From all tho evidence which we obtained
from the department 1t would seem that IN ltsss
than four weeks, Mr.. Bradley IL made 10 have
have given extra allowances IN a cases in
thiity-sir Of which Mr.. Mclean aud Barry
were rightly charged, but their names were
crossed, aud Bradi"y's wrongtully inserted.
IL appears further. that though the call as 10
these eAuh allowances, which was made nine
months before 1t Was answered, extended hlso
TO The reasons. or consideration for them, yet
IN very few instances has the reason or consld
GRAFTON been giyen-and in some IL Is found
that II has been erroneousy given. In this
very case OF Harrall, all that is pretended 10
have been gained Tor this II 1902 per nnnnm j,
ekhedtiog two hours twenty -four, which
upon enquiry, tuIns out To bu but an hour aud
halt In the short time that this mass Of mat.
Ter has bccn before u.s. We have discovered
ehongh 10 convince me that this mutllaied
mangled, perverted document never ought 10
go 10 the public With the sanction Of the Sen
ate. The senator from Tennessee suggests
that the petition aud this document may both
he published. But the COMMITTEE know that
the pet,tiou is true and the document Is not.
Shall We then give currency IL official Islander
against "A citizen who has served you near for
~ years with Distinguished ability aud stern
integrity II his faithful services cuul not
save him from relentless prescription, bat he
must be cas- upon the world il thu evening o {
his days, penny less aud without employ, sure
ly we Will moi give currency To thai which, IL
tue, would consgn him TO lniamy, but which
we know is gross fabrication. II you wi
consent 10 adopt tesoluuon, directing the
PRIMER to enclose The erdsrcs IN brackets, aud
insert the resolution III IA note nj the bottom OF
each page which shall contain an erasure the
an,ldo,e would 60 with thu poison, aud no
harn, NO Id be done. But, as il is, | protest
against such injustice
Mi GltuNDY had doubts, at first, of the
Proprlety OF printing the paper--but he he
lleved 40 injustice was intended towards III,
individual concerned. Unless IT should be dis
covered that those allowances were wrong, he
did not perceive how injustice could be doe 10
ny body The record does not show by ahom
the al owances were made. The Clerks in
the Office whom tue sub committee had con
suited, did not know by whom the erasufes
were made they had waited on Mr.. Brown.
Qhe CHEF Clerk) who was ut that time sick.
and with the and OF d certain book To which he
had reerred them the discovery had been
made Ihat the name of Ma, Barry had beea
first inserted and erased. In the printing of
these papers, 10 Injustice would have been
done Mr. Bradley. bat for his memorial. NJ.
iher the Head OF the Department nor the Chief
Clerk, were chargeable with any act that need
tear the light. For himself. NJ, q said, he was
satisfied thai, If there was any thing wrong in
the allowances, Mr.. Bradley was not charge
able with the wrong. AS TO the ensures, they
had been innoceniiy made. He Shonld voie
10 suspend The printing until the next session,
that the whole matter might he put right At
the next session better opportunity would he
offered for examining iitn the transaction. aud
in the mean time the parties would prepare
fur it,
MI. CLAYTON said he wished tie gent man
from Tennessee. when he expressed his opin.
ion that others believed 10 fraud was intended
by the ernsurfs, had confined hInnselfto what
he knew or had better reason to believe, ihbn
he had condescended 10 name The otbei
members of The committee would think Tor
themselves aud mad moi made that gentleman
their organ to express any OPINION on this sub
ircl. He said be understood The gruteman 10
say, by way of excuse fr these mutIIated doe
umenls, that ia some OF the cnses, Nj. McLeaa
had made tue allowance. Sir, IA Inspection
of the evidence will show that, IN nearly oil, If
nol in every case the reverse is the fact. The
Select Committee this m0rning reported ON The
affairs Of the Department, aud tue dispositions
aud papers 10 sbeW this, which have all been
ordered to be printed, are referred 10 IN, aud
form part of the report. Among these Is a
communication lrom MI. Mclean, ia which
he informs the comm,,tee that Nj. Bradley new
er made an allowance while lac was ia The Of
fee OF Postmaster General Blu, SIR, there Is
yet anolher reason why these documents should
not be printed. 1hey are entirely evasiye of
the resolution of the Senate. la n majority OF
all the cases OF extra compensation set forth
in them, they do not state the additional
service" TO he performed, and which was the
consideration lor the allowance. They are
now spread on the Secretarys table, mud
on may see that they do not constitute, with
out tue contracts, even an apology for AN al
swsr to the reqaisiiion made by the Senate.
Generally, they do not give the length OF the
touies. or oil tue time III winch they were 10 be
performed-but leave you 10 ieler To tho cons
tracts themselves, which II is not proposed TO
print And IN one case, where tue eAcuse Tor
the extra allowance Is set down to be an III.
crease Of eIpednion, by carrying the mad
through two hours sooner, the proof, as you
will see by Vie deposnions, is, that IL VAS to be
carried through only one hour and a hall soon-