The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-05-07

We took occasion the other day, to make
gencer, signed Veritas, "lascus q non hscendo,"
and we have now to call attention once more to
that letter.
We extract from it the following
1t (the report) was not furnished to the Committee
on Poblic Expenditures without the knowledge of the
Executive.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives hav-
ing issued his summons to Mr.. Pondexer to appear
before that committee with all the papers in his pos
session relating to the investig aons of the Commits
sioners into the affairs of the New York Custom
house past and present. which summons was served
on him by the Sergeant of the House Of Re
representatives. he forthwith addressed letter to the
Secretary of the Treasury inclosing copy OF the
summons and asked instructions from the President
as to the it would be proper for him TO take on
| No fspy having been made 10 that communication,
Mr.. Poindexter compelled to appear before the
| committee in obedience to the summons or stand out
in contempt Of the process Of the House He deemed
it to be his duty in the absence of instructions from
the Department of the Treasury from the Presl-
dent, to obey the CALL and accordingly delivered to The
committee his original report, with copy OF all the
| evidence taken by both Boards Of Commissioners and
the official correspondence of the collectors, Hoyt
| and Curtis and other documents and vouchers on
which the report Is founded.
Mr. Poindexter states here that he ddnot furnish
his report to the committee of which Mr.. Stan
Iy was chairman, wit hout the knowledge of the
Executive, and proceeds to state how and why
he did present his report to the committee.
| But Mr.. Poindexter, in his letter, does not give
dates he carefully avoids saying aohen he first
presented his report to the committees land leaves
| it to be inferred that he did it only when he
was obliged by the " Subpoena duces tecum''
| of the Speaker and after it had been served
on him. Now his friend, Mr.. Stanly, yester-
day, in the House, when charged with not hay
| ing had time himself to read the report-the
| Speakers subpoena having issued on the 9th,
and the report having been adopted AMI pre-
scented by him the neat day-let out the fact
that the committee had the report aoeek pre-
yious Yes, a meek previous, and thus, not
wthstanding the statements of "Veritas''
whom we take to be no other than Mr. Poindex-
ter himself, it appears that the report aoas fur
nished to the committee without the Knowledge
| ofMe Erecutipe, that it aoas not in consequence
of the Speakers subpoena that he gave his report
to the committee, but that he did it several days
previous to the issuing Of that subpoena, that
the subpoena was got in consequence of a secret
understanding between Mr.. Poindexter and the
committee, and that the committee had the re-
port 'sthe original on file in the Com missloner's
Office" as Veritas calls it, about as soon as the
President had his "copy."
Thus we see plainly that our charges are
sustained, and that it was plot and plan to
do tie President an injury, entered into between
Messrs. Poindey ter and Stanly, and that every
thing was arranged beforehand, from the secret
transmission of the report to the Committee In
the first place, down to the presentation of II
on the 2Sth to the House.
And it further appears that, though the Com
mittee had the report as long as the President
they themselves had not read IL, and we pre-
dict that it piH further appear that had they
read it they would not have adopted it. We
are anxious now to see Mr.. Stanly's report
borrowed from Mr.. Poindexter, and when it ap
pears we will hold Mr.. Stanly responsible TO
everv word of it, and show the country wha
sort of Wing Mr.. Stanly is, Judging from hi
opinions on matters and things as set forth il
his report on the Custom House at New Y ork
We asked certain ques tons the day befor
| Yesterday of " Veritas," an answer has beer
given by Mr.. Stanly to one.
We shall have some more to put soon, an
hope for as satisfactory a reply.
] Veri,as shall be sought after by us with a
e untiring zeal