The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-11

inc anticipated pesou7uons- W tnlA OBJECT, nas
been seem the agent claims 10 have been successfn
and asks $500 or Sl25 each" for his assistants.
Accordingly, fye hundred dollars were RENTED 10
hm and, IN the accounts relating 10 the secret ser
vice fund, Mr. Webster is credited with $500 paid
to Mr. Smith for his assistants" Il is due TO
them, however, whoever they may be, 10 add, that
Mr. Smith, al the time he received this remittance
Of $500 was not informed that 1t was specially m
tended for the payment Of the assistants, = ans,
having, he thought, received more IN all than
he justly entitled to for his own services, re-
tanned the money in his own hands, and they YET
remain unpaId. Whether this direct effort OF the
general government through the agency OF one Of
It's high functonaries, and the employment OF peou-
mary means for the purpose Of influencing the egis
laIiye action of State government, constitutes an
lmpeachabe offence IN that tuncuonary, the UNDER
signed will not assume TO decide.
In regard TO the third charge, viz: that when Mr.
Webster left the Office Of Secretary of State, he was
public defauer the undersigned eoncurs with the
majority of the committee, that "from eXamlna-
ton of his accounts II appears that at that time
there was of the moneys that had been entrusted 10
him an apparent balance 81 81, 200 in his hands, as
stated by Mr.. lngersoll. The expenditure of this
sum remained TO be accounted for by him." But
the undersigned knows Of no evidence which came
before the committee in any form whatever, other
than the declarations of Mr. Webster himself, going
to show that there any difficulty in procuring
vouchers from the secret agents whom MIR. Webster
had employed for the moneys advanced by HIM 10
them;n nor does he know Of any other evidence OF
The loss or misaying of any voucher fora payment
of a thousand dollars" nor OF any efforts" by Mr.
Webster TO obtain such voucher; though II Is vary
true that such voucher "has not yet been found or
Obtained" The simple truth on this branch of the
Inquiry so far rs the undersigned is capable OF see
isg il is substantially this: MIR. Webster went out
II the State Department an apparent defauter 10
The amount Of g. $50. Afterwards, by direction Of
Tie President, he vAA written TO by the dlsburslng
agent MIR. Slubbs, and urged to settlement For
Different reasons and on various pleas the matter
~ss delayed from time TO Tune, until MIR. Tyler APP
prosshsd the termination Of his presidential lermi
vhso Mr.. WsbsteT, having In thls correspondence
been reminded Of the pecessty that would exis, for
he publication Of the public accounts, and the ex-
posare which would result from that publication If
hlnted al spggesied "a the frst place. tina, the Pres
dent should Jake the sx-sscretary's word for The
expenditure Of one skeusssd collars and grant him
certificate covering ttat smounf; but, the President
declining ~ act up<n Ne suggestion, Mr. Webster
thsa proposed % ~ ~ n Apparent balance
q sna Nm s " ss 9 SS.i, 'e Is
seauendy, however, ~ Wsssssr sosaSsa vossA.
frs 70 the ~sesere f Ah2te and vas repaid TO th.t
amount, ls.visg 400 e The rssi amount Of his
defaleaiop al de GBS ~ III tstrepent from ONE,
and Of the sxp1pdkan NJ With sam in the pssxs
service thsfe p psyoqd inc mat woru OF MI WOO
Scr, no evid~ss vhsfsoevef. - ! r...a frFs
Itia true, Mr. Wehster At hrss eisimed TO have
paid ths sum 70 Mr. Hesly; but, me disbursing
agent having shown thar he had himself paid thai
gum, and hat Mr.. Websier had slrsady been cred
aed with the amount paid 10 Mr., Healy, he still
claimed TO have paid tito some person employed IN
the public service; bat, there Is no evidence before
he committee that, subsequent to this time, Mr.
Webster ever pretended 10 state specifically TO
whom, when where, or for what purpose, the
whole or any part Of this sum was ever paid by
him,
Whether he could have expended this sum for
public purposes and for purposes so important and
delicate as to require draf on the secret service
fund, without being able, within two years there
after, to designate, even TO the President whose
agent he vas, any Of these particulars connected
with its expenditure, the undersigned will leave it
TO the House to determine.
Having thus supplied what he deemed defective
or erroneous in the report Of the majority, and be-
lieving that no injury result TO the public
vice from the publication proposed, the undersigned
begs leave to offer the following resolution:
RsoIsd That the testimony and exhibits taken before
the select committee Of this House instituted TO investigate
the charges against Daniel late Secretary Of State
together with the reports Of the majority and minority Of
said committee be laid upon the table and printed and
that said committee be discharged from the further consd
JACOB BRlNKERHoFF.