The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-09-21
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which the Union at least cannot impeach.
Our eleventh "innendo" Is, that the mon
icy thus improVidently advanced 10 AIR.
DENLY and Mr. Denby's agent is alleged to
have been hszarded ''in Tie haHds Of various
tsuroptan and .AmericGH houses-and thai, /,
10 consequence Of their failures, Mr.. Os-
borne failed. Our "nuendo," in this in.
stance, is The mere allegation Of Mr.. Os-
borne, but the Union vouches for Mr.. Us.
bOrne's honor.
Our twelfth "inuendO' il. that the six.
teenlh section oithe Snb-treasury acl makes
the conversion Of public money, or ifs in.
Veslmeht ia merchandise, by any persoa in
TO whose hands il NAV come for ang pHrpose,
ielonvi and that all persons advising or
participating in such act are llzbIe to fine
aud imprisonment. This is a .'damnable
innendo" Of the statute, we admit-bpt the
statnIe IS not Of our making and we are not
responsible for any thing that is "damna.
ble' about it,
Our thirteenth "inuendo" is, that the loss
of Sl55,0u0 by Mr.. Denby's d,fiuI, was
known to Mr.. Secretary Mason, before Mr..
Polk prepared his last annual message. Our
authority for this "inueDdo" is the asser.
ton Of the Union Of August 25, that 1T was
well known TO the Navy Department, clerks
and ALL when il occurred. "And il was
well known at RIchmOnd"-the Unon adds
-"tor months and months before the saga
clous organ Of the Administration got hold
Of It; and yet il has the simplicity srd yer.
dancy, as well az dishonesty and indecency
to charge Judge Mason with suppresslng
the ipfn ~. a. III
suppose no one will doubt our thirteenth
"damnable lnnendo," though It rests only
on the authority Of the Union.
Our fourteenth ''inuendo'' is, in spite Of
the denial Of the Union. that il was Mr.. Ma.
sons duty TO report the dehlcation 10 the
President, and il was the Presidents duty
TO communicate il TO Congress. Is there
1 no duty incumbent upon the Secretary Of
the Navy, except II is specially set down in
an act OF Congress- Are there no duhes
growing nut OF moral obligations. Of social
ties, OF political connexions, Of official rela .
tlons! Will the Union say that Mr. Mason
violated no duty when, as an adviser and
friend Of the President, ne permitted him to
state to the American people that, under
the operation Of the Snb treasury act, there
making the most distant transfers Of the pub
lie money is it not the duty OF the Secre-
tary TO make an annual report OF the cond-
ton and operations Of the Department, and
ls moi that report annually sent IN Congress-
Was not this defalcatlon Of Slj5 ,OUO worth
communicating IN report which runs 10 the
length OF six hundred and thirty pages, and
which gives ns matters with such lninute-
ness Of detail that we can learn from lts pa
ges the price Of every jack knife ana iron
spike that was Used in the servicel
Our fifteenth "inHendo" is another "dam.
nable" statute "lnuendo" to be found in the
18th section Of the Subtreasury act, 10 the
following words;
SIC. l9. And be II further enacted. THAT OH
the first day of April one thousand eight hundred
and iory-seven, aud thereafter every officer Or a.
> gent engaged IN making disbursements on account
OF the United States OF the General Post Office
shall make all payments in gold and silver coin
or in treasury untss. ii the creditor agree To re-
ceive said notes III payment; aud any receiving OF
disburslng officer or agent who shall neglect, e.
vade or violate the provisions OF this and the pre-
cedug section OF his act. skaR. bg tie Secrsfdrs
oftte TrPasury be immSdiateiy reported 10 the
PresideAt Of the United States. wilk tie facts Of
sHch neglect. evasi0n or rtola'iO1: and also 10
Congress, if in s'SsioH; and if not in sessinn al
the commencement oi lis session next after tile
violation takes place
= Now, Mr.. DENLY DID not make his pay
, ments in gold, silver. treasury notes, drafts,
; or even bank bills; he did no, make thprn a
. oil. 1t was then Mr.. Walkers duty to re
port MIR. DENLY to the President; and it wa
S Mr.Mason's obvious duty, under this net, ant
e without regard TO obligations Independent
Of he statute, TO inform Mr.. Walker Of III,
+. delacation, that he might communicate
;. to the President.
e Our sixteenth "innendo" is a dilemma
!. Either Mr.. Mason withheld from tine Presl
e dent the defalcation OF Mr. Denbv, or III
!. President, knowing ofthe declaration. mad
$ false statement TO the American peopl
VI under the responsibilities OF his official oath
. Here are "inueudoes' enough and dam
Il nable' enough, for one day. The Upnostio,
S journals may wrthe and rave under The "in
nendoes," but they cannot deny or rebu
, them. The facts and the law show precise
I ly what Mr.. Mason has dsne, and what h,
! has omitted to do. They show clearly @
I nough what Mr.. Osborne and Mr.. Denby
: has done. The Union may certify for th,
5 triumvirate till doomsdsy, and it cannot Ger
e tify away our "inuendoes," or certify bach
r the money into the treasury, or certify th'
statement in Mr., Polk 5 annual message in
y 10 truth. The statement is untrue, the mon
l. ey is gore and was gone when the state
= ment was made; and the responsibility O
Z. the transaction rests where the law place
J; it, upon the "three psrsOqI" no in som
=. capacity" or other, for some purpose" O
l. other, have had public money 10 their "keep
T. ing" which has been "invested" in "aler
chandise," in violation Of law.