Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-10-04

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n mole - CONF cn'ary, sNp'anat.tE nus ~
1 ,,,r r n -. .iE.~ 4, \ ); ~ tht @,f.a!t4' .''
name, ,l,nt Il could lie Tor IA m,m'n,. SuP' -" -"
I'll. onr,y la such q uu,k any commentary OF y"
n,,,nn Of NV own, much mare may hing hufi'S "
s;ichiest degree. a political clara Ter. ."u,u , :" .oan
t,tta. ned such a notion al an, tI""r, u v no ',,.h :,
s,nurrsscd hy the prrUsni o' the "ofR isfi', ~" {"
I,.,;rgr.shrd hy Mr. hlaGisnns own r. mhfkaof "ts-
lion IN Tins respect; and is as b'aniiui rom - '""",
and truth. as IL is valuable Tor The exceeding
lis historical and political '"cts dn :.
The circumstance which has h"en ni'con,r'Nr'
L,,, vnur CORES pnureuts IS probably THIS: lhr "n'R
.,nsisIs ur n diary and correspondence MI "''''e" "o''
,hau Gi,y. aud mnch Of it nearly sixty. years uS'
Since HAT time. numerous letters ana lacts, ""'" -
rra,sIy md inc. drnta!ly referred 10 IN II, nave ut'"
rr,bi;.bcd in ,he writings aud lives Of Washington,
Franklin, j. tarsc-, Lee, Jay, Morris, anu o'hef'' ~ II
D,uioms:;c Correspondence printed by "Fdr, III :"
Greg: in The journals vi Congress aud oi me save i'
9e,slaiurcs and in other works Many d The letters
ss;nce unfinished in these works, are The immediate SUB
i,crs Of Mr.. Madisun's remarks, as ere legislative ana
other official proceedings and ocumrn's Ihere ~
nlsn illusions. in the course OF corresponoence . - =. ,c
haze. 10 pamphlets, articles in the nrwFpapers.a "o oc
c,sion.I publications. y hich are not nt ensy or convent.
en-. reference TO general readers, nor to ne M" 'nH"o
without some inquiry. The number OF volumes 'n'"u9N
which IlIrse letters and facts are spread cannot tall sii"i'
of one hundred; most OF them are WITHOUT ifot@pFi a"'
The placns where some Of lhcm Gle now 10 be ionno are
not generally known.
was thought thai, under lhpsr circumstances, 1t wa!
not only proper, onl lhnlsprnshoIe, 10 eHHtN U ~" pug
n, The end Of the volumes, containing orief references u
come of The principal Of these passages, bot IN such
manner as moi. in The slightest degree. or even nc appear
arce. 10 connect them, or interfere with The ie1tor @ofi
of sir. Madison hinec!f They nre not SO NUMEROUS 4
,l.rv might have been madr, perhaps with ahG'liona
ndyapragr; and SO anxious vas 10 abstain from IN
beast attempt al commentary, remark, or explanation
lha. avoided even notes on historical facts developed
by sulsr qncnt publications. and confined myself 10
simple reference | may add also, that, from The samt
motives, sought To limit these references to works con
tanning contemporanpnus and original documents.
This task was undertaken solely in the belief that
WINS a proper service 10 the render md the Public :
Though r0t unattended with considerable labor, II va
vet so unambitlous in IFS character, that could not hnvI
expected il 10 lead to any notice, either of crnSnye crap
probation; and certainly, il any one motive governed ne
more Than anUlh-r. in the mode OF execution, il WIS
desire 10 avoid that Of which your correspondents accus
me. Very respectfully, yours,
September %. 1879 II G'LPIN.
We suhiOin O table Of the receipts and eIPenditn'e
orlhe United States from the year 1917 10 the year lo3
inclusive taken from the Washington Metropolis. 1t
making il up, The trust funds. as they are called. hav
no, been taken into the account They are no addition
TO The resources of he nation when received, and the,
make no part If The actual expenditures when paid oni
We have seen many laundering articles lately IN ih
Wing papers on The suhj,ct Of The expenditures undo
Mr.. Van Buren, and those under Nj. Adams, the wriler
of w!,icl, mjrht pPrhaps speak more piausih'y OF III
subject ir,liey would look n, The statement b"lis.
Eccsi,ts and Expenditures # M Ented suites
Table ri the Receipts and Expenditures Of Tie L. S
from January |, l-i7, to September 80. 1888:
ArrrtpT.