The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-06-26
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y hg ~ deposite with Mr.. Stubs, the or.
binary discussing agent. This had no,
been done Leiore for 4 long time. 4 knowl.
edge oil the inc dean usage ia Iesucct TO The
/ keeping and disbuis % this fund, il is not
improbable, led Mr.. Ingerscll into The er.
ioneous belief that this money had cont
improperly, ard without the pfes.d,nt's
sanction, at MIR. Webster's instance. into
hls hands. But there can be no doubt hat
The President had ample authority 10 com.
mt 10 his Secretary the keeping aud Dis.
huIs sing OF this money, and that lie alono
had right to Judge Of IFS expectancy. TIE
committee find from the testimony tba, all
tue money pu, into his hGnds was placed
there with The know ledge and sanction and
" The order OF the Pros dent, and 80 mucIl
/ OF II as was necessary was disLursed in ac.
coidance with his views 4 balance. not
+ hPeded Tor the purposes Contemplated, was
afterwards returned by Mr.. Webster 10 Mr..
oiuhos, the discussing agent, with whom,
me testimony shows, there is usually on de.
posi'e larger amount Of money Than is re.
CURED TO meet present drmards Win
these remarks the ccinmitlee dismiss nj,
ana proceed TO notice The second charge.
10 that charge Mr.. Ingersoll accuses Mr.
webster with using the public money to cor.
Fupl The party presses. Among the agents
employed BY Mr.. Webster, under the au.
lhorIIy Of the Presden, as above explained.
was Mr.. Francis Q. J. Smith, Of the State
OF Name There is IN the Department oF
State, among the papers relating to the Sc.
cro' service fund, letter from that gentle.
man to Mr. Webster, which contains an
expression that, unexplained, might Justly
lead 10 the impression that, be Mr.. Smith
had used the money Of the Government,
in that ray. The committee have fully
Investigated this charge. They do not
ueem Il necessary or expt diebt TO 90 INTO
SPECIFICATION u the nets OF this agent, who
was employed in secret service, or 10 in.
qnIre into The Propriety OF employing q.
gents Tor the secret service within the lin.
lis OF the United States and paying them
cut OF the contingent fund for foreign inter IL.
course, but will content themselves with
SIMPLY temarklng that the testimony they
have taken fully explains whatever is of OBJ.
scuTe or doubtful meaning in this letter,
and removes every foundation for q belief
or even suspicion that the public money
was used TO corrupt the parry presses
lhIs brings the committee 10 the third and
last charge that when Fir. Webster went
out OF office he was Public delauder.
From an examination of his accounts, il
appears that, when he retired from Office.
there was OF the moneys that had been en-
trusted 10 him an apparent balance of 1920
IN his hands as stated by MIR. lngersoll.--
lhe expenditure Of this sum remained 10
be accounted for by hun. There seemsto
have been delay IN procuring vouchers from
the agents whom Mr.. Webster had employ.
cd tor The moneys advanced BY him TO them.
For payment of a thousand dollars, which
he claimed 10 have made out of the fund 10
his hands he alleged The vouchers had been
LOST, mlsald, or not procured, and it has
not yet been found or obtained, though eli.
forts we're made by him 10 iiDd OF procure
it, The causes occasoned a delay in the
settlement of his accounts for some eighteen
or twenty months.
Ia the autumn of 1874 the period having
arrived when il was necessary for Mr..
Stubs to close his accounts at the Treasu.
ry, and Mr.. Webster not having then pros
cured the necessary vouchers, he proposed
TO pay the apparent balance against him,
with the understanding that the Govern
ment should refund TO him if he Subsequent
~ procured the evidence Of his payments.
This proportion, which proceeded from
Mr. Webster, was acceeded 10 BY the Pres.
dent Of the United States. Ia the month
OF November of that year Mr.. Webster
procu cd voucher for a payment of $500,
and paid IN cash So 600, the residue of the
apparent balance in his hands. This mo-
ncy was RENTED by him in part from Bos.
ton and III part from Philadelphia. Ia the
following winter he visited Washington, and
on the LIST OF February, 1916, presented
vouchers tor payments made by him while
in office, and not before credited to him, 10
the amount OF 81 ,050 which the Presiden,
Of the United States directed to be re runded,
aud that amount was then repaid 10 him.
Mr.. Webster was urged by MIR. Stubs to
collect and transmit his accounts and vouch.
ers, that MIR. Stubs nigh. close his &C.
counts with the Treasury, but the com.
mIuee find no evidence Of any threat Of ex.
posure having been made by The President
which induced the payment of the apparent
balance against hlm'
lfit be assumed that Mr.. Webster as
correct in his impression tina: he had paid
the above mentioned thousand dollars out of
the fund in his hands, and if to this amount
be added the vouchers for 81 $50, procur.
ed by him after his retirement from office,
making together So $50, and this last a
noun. be deducted from 50 300, the appar.
enI balance agains, him, it will show tina,
the real balance IN his hands when he went
out Of office was $40 only. On reviewing
his accounts, the keeping of which was for
the most part entrusted by him TO MIR.
Stubs, the dlsburslug agent, the committee
have been led to doub, whether on The final
settlement an item of 5000 was not by mis-.
take carried TO his credit which had been