Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-02-18
Congrsss;onal Debate oa The Missio.t 20 Rus,iu.
Mr.. burgess, spEECH-Con,inued.


self would let him pass. It is kind Of Domtiau
amusement. this killing flies " it'll u bodkin. Gladly
would say, with The commiseration ofuncle To-
S n.y. g s the 2; little su5,ng Inconvenience, when
world y surely wide enough for thee aud me-"
have some apology for giving some attention TO
tue speech Of the gentleman from New York. The
plaza, however may be filled, does give kind Of
character to what Is said or done in it. No matter
how utterly inconsidefable, even contemplate a
person may be. whenever constitutional portion ohe
people has placed n al ono of these desks, replying
70 what he may have said, though il my not DO We
~ crcditable, set must be excusabe, in any Mem
bcr Of this House. The Romaas were wont to place
sooods. i1sase in their gardens as tho special pro
solAoquy Of one Of these Roman deities, wherein he
gtvcs some account of his apotheOsis; ~ uas'
Sad tho Prispus, 'a useless log, until the carpenter
f,okuse In land: but ne has uorted up into a
gid" The people of New York can surely turn out
as good work as the Roman carpenter.
We are by this learned and hon. gentleman re-
proached for want of magnanimityI and are told
that no objection, for any such case, was made by
him and his party to any appropriation. The true
difference between his and efforts will be found
in this: We laborto money from illegal and
less appropriations he labored to abuse those who
had in pursuance Of legal and useful appropriation,
honestly paid il away.
What were the dongs Of this magnanimous gen.
tIemsn in q committee OF which he was remarkable
member Here is the record book Of that commit
Tee. have selected, ordinary sample Of this
gnntlcmans iabors of retrenchment, four cases. and
will trouble the Honse with few quotations, aud
f:w remarks upon them.
On the 25th April 1925, the Committee being in
session
"The Chairman then stated to the Committee,
that he felt it his daty to mention, that citizen
resident of this District, had inquired of him
whether, in any of the accounts Of the contingent
expenses of the Government, the United States
were debted with the of i've thous and five hun
6rcd dollars, paid to the late Daniel r. Cook, late
Representative in Congress, ftom the State of ILL.,
nuis, for certain diplomatic services, upon which
Mr. Cook was supposed TO have been sent abroad
during the last summer"
The Chairman stated that he did not feel at Ii
berty to communicate the name Of his Informant
but in regard to the psrp,rt of the CON nunication
he felt such reserve, and II Eir The Commit
tee to nuke such order on the statement they
might deem proper.
at was, on motion Of Mr. Cambre!eng,
Resolued That the Committee consider the COM
municstion"
Sir, this Committee under this resolution sent Tor
witnesses honorable members of both Houses and
the Postmaster Genersl were called before them
Why call for the himself. for Daniel p
Cork ngainst whom this anonymous information had
been nader He was dead. The man whom the
gentleman from New York magnanimousIy aimed his
arrow, slept quietly In the green bosom of his
beloved Illinois. The voice of the nameless nfor-
rucr, embodied by the resolution Of the gentleman.
thought Il might pollute every threshold, and vio-
late The harmony of every house in the nation, could
not reach the sanctuary, or interrupt the repuse Of
:
Daniel r. Cook; because every man who hears me
did not know him many OF dld who sat in this
House with hun. He was rnau whom the gentle
msu from New York would probably not call ge-
Mus; but his mind Of that cast and capacity IN
the transaction of human affairs, to which every
mao would wish to commit tho mana cement of his
own His seusc was that OF the every day intcr-
course Of men; and would pass, like the most ore
clous, or mort useful metals, wherever s1ch com
nTudty could be in request. A man, IN whatever NAV
tc required Of manhood; child in oil that GLE
ness of heart and purity of purpose, which render
childhood SO atniabe. With those who knew him
WELL he had so fixed himself in their hearts. tlat
though they might wish TO forget the pain Of their
loss, they can never cease TO remember his useful
public labors and many eDdearing social qualities.
Oar relations with Cuba have long been inter-
esing and important. Gentlemen will call to mind
tina, we have frequently heard from Europe that
Cuba might be transferred from Spain some 9th
sovereignty. Such report was rife in this coun-
try in the winter Of 1867. Ii was believed by the
friends Of the last ADMINISTRATION, that confidential
Agent by Mr. Adams sent to Cuba, to ascertain,
If possible, the truth Of this report; and that Dan
icl P CUek was that Agent. lie had, it beiiev-
Cd, been paid out Of that fund which Congress has
ever since tile foundation of the Government annu-
My otherwise appropriated, and placed in the hands
Of the President, for theeconpensation Of confden-
tsl services. All this muy be known to the gentle
from New York non; and had there been fraud
IN the transaction, we should have heard il on this
occasion, called at his mouth, by its harshs, Eng
lish name
Inc gentleman might nave Known the whole af-
tdn at that time. This appears from the following
letter from Mr.: Clay, thea Secretary Of State
-. DEPARTMENT STATE,
Huntington, May I, 1923
To JAMES HAMILTON, Jr. ESQ. &c.
STR have: received your letter under date this
day. stating that sit having been ascevtained that the
late Daniel P. Cook, late a Representative in Con-
gress, from the State of Illinois received a sum of
money from the Government, during the Spring or
summer Of the last year, for certain services suppo
sed to have been either foreign or diplomatic YOU
are instructed by the Committee on Retrenchrnont,
IN request 10 inform you where they are TO took
Tor the auditing of the sum. said to have been re-
ee'vrd BY Mr. Cook, and If not audited in the usu-
al coutse, what was it's amount"
, without admitting or denying the correctness of
The affirmation which the Committee are stated 10
have received have the honor to observe that nm
not aware Of The disbursement Of any money through
The Agency OF this Departmenttthe account Of which
fas not been, in regular course Of settlement ia
not to be, audited in the usual way the Treasury
orpassed upon certificate oftbe President in confr
nifty with the provisions Of the Sd section Of the Lot
May, ltlO entitled IA act fixing tho compnnsa-
ton OF public Minister'S; and Consals residing on tho
af Rurha anIC E. 81.