The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-06

We took occasion the other day, 10 make a
remark on the letter in the National lntelll-
gencer, signed Veritas, "lucus a non Mcendo,"
and we have now to call attention once more TO
hatletter.
We extract from il the following
tuhe report) was not furnished TO the COMMITTEES
on Public Expenditures without the knowledge OF the
Executive :,
The Sneaker of the House of Representatives haS-
mo issued his summons to Mr.. Poindexter to appear
before that committee with all the papers IN MS pos
session relating to the Investigations OF the Cos
,ioners into the affairs of the New York Custom.
house past and present, which summons was served
on him by the Sergean at Arms of the House OF Re
representatives. he forthwith addressed letter to the
Secretary Of the Treasury inclo'ing copy OF the
summons, and asked instructions from the President
as the it would be proper for HIM to take on
the occasion.
No reply having been made to that communication,
Mr. Poindexter was compelled to appear before the
committee in obedience to the summons or stand out
in contempt of the process of the House. lie deemed
it to be his duty in the absence OF instructions from
the Department of the Treasury OF from the Presi-
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, tioy
and Curtis and other documents and vouchers on
which the report Is founded
Mr.. Poindexter states here that he did not furnish
his report to the committee of which Mr.. Stan
" 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 when he first
presented his report to the committee, and leaves
it to be inferred that he did it only when he
was obliged by the "subpGnq duces tecuna'
Of the Speaker; and after it had been served
dav, in the House, when charged with not hay
ing had time himself to read the report-the
Speakers subpoena having issued on the 27th,
and the report having been adopted AMI pre-
sented by him the neat day-et out the fact
that the committee had the report a meek pre-
rious Yes, apeek previous, and thus, not
withstanding the statements Of "Verltas!'
whom we take to be no other than Mr.. Poindex-
ter himself, it appears that the report pds fur
nished to the committee lcittOut the knopledge
of the Executive, that it acas not in consequence
ofthe Speakers subpoena that he gave his report
u
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 ''he original on file in the Commissioners
Office as Vertas calls it, about as soon as the
President had his .'copy.n
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, Poinde lter 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 It
on the 2Slh 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 IT,, and we pre-
diet that it piH further appear that had they
read it they would not have adopted il. We
are anxious now TO see Mr.. Stanly's report,
borrowed from Mr.. Poindexter, and when it APP
pears we will hold Mr. Stanly responsible for
every word Of it, and show the country what
sort of Wing Mr.. Stanly is, Judging from his
opinions on matters and things as set forth in
his report on the Custom House at New York
We asked certain ques tons the day before
Yesterday of g Veritas," an answer has been
given by Mr.. Stanly to one.
We shall have some more to put soon, anc
hope for as satisfactory a reply.
Veritas shall be sought after by US with al
untring zeal.