The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-29
MIR. Secretary Mason.
From the Union of august 2S.

From the Union Of august %.
For weeks the organ of the Cabinet--of course
with the appreciation of that concave, and particu-
larly of William Ballard Preston, the present Score
tary Of the Navy-has been indulging in the basest
and most damnable innuendoes against the charac-
of Judge Mason, the late accomplished and ercei
lent Secretary Of The Macy, in connection with the
DENLY defalcation, which its limited ingenuity
would enable it to invent even intmatng that that
eminent and most estmabls gentleman has been guilty
of criminal and feo,iious connexion with the Den
by transaction.
Knowing well that there is not single crcum-
stance connected tciDi the defaIcation Of DENLY that
could the least impiicate the character Of Judge Ma
son, The late Secretary, (Mr. Walkers
being dropped from the diatribes Of the organ,)
put in the Union Of Tuesday of last week, certain
inquiries involving the whole ground of moral and
official delinquency on the part Of Judge Mason,
and challenged specification of any one or all the
charges which it had insinuated against him. The
organ Of the Administration, and the authors of
the bels against him. ,choly Graded those inquiries
because its conductors knep that If they answered them
fully, ii tooild ichoay eretipats Judge Masos from
epsry ground euer Of suspicion, and conuict themselves
Of the ISLANDERS ,ohieh they had nUented aud pat into
| circulation in relation 10 ham.
We copy the above certificates Of char
acter from the ex-official journal, in favor
of three gentlemen, by whose transactions
the Government has lost Sl55,000. Mr.
DENNY is an honorable man and above all
suspicion. Mr.. OSBORNE is an honorable
man and above all suspicion. Mr.. Secre
tary MASON is an honorable man and above
all suspicion. $50 are they all-all hon
orable menl" But the moneys gone.
Now, let Us look moment at our ''dam-
nable innuendoes" against this distinguish
ed triumvirate. Our first "innuendo' is,
that the Government has lost 1856, 900.
If there is any thing damnable in making
that ''innuendo," we must submit to the
imputation.
Our second "innuendo" is, that when
this money was lost, jon Y. Mason was
Secretary Of the Navy. If this is "dam-
nsble innuendo," we are guilty.
Our third ''innuendo' is, that Mr.. Sec
| rotary Mason continued Mr.. DENNY as
temporary Navy Agent at Marseilles; and
that the Blue Book for lS47 informs us
that Mr. NATHANIEL DENNY, temporary
Navy Agent at Marselles, France, wa,
''paid four and three-fourths per cent. OF
disbursements.
Our fourth ''innuendo" is, that from Sep
TENDER, 1915, TO September, 1916, Mr.
DENNY had a balance of $4,000 Of tbs
public money in his hands, with no public
use for that money; because we had, dur
ing that period, no naval force in the Med
iterranean. Our authority for this "Tnnu
endo" is Mr.. DENBY'S own account, ant
the Union vouches for the honor OF MIR
| DENBY.
Our fifth "'innuendo" is, that between
September, 1916, and September, lS47
Mr. DENBY received from the Secretary o
the Navy $4,000 in addition to the un
expended balance; and that up to May
1913, the amount Of his payments to thu
Mediterranean squadron, on pursers requi
sitions, was s76, 900; leaving in his hands
J on the first Of May, lS4S, the sum o
$4,000 Our authority for this "innuen
/ do" is the account of Mr. DEABy himself
and the Union vouches for the honor o
c Mr.. DENNY.