Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-08-31

nneatS in the money 20 J"rnlSna' - or IN
ney paid Fl. IN The treasury 10 ni'' DenU' ~ be
his attorney ior him, was nos '''e nm" Im, accord.
aaid ~ I'm nnrsers Tor disbursement, eu, aceoiu-
ina ~ the nurpose ard object OF The conlsac, ~as
- hn .ycbaneed. ard o.her coin, current ""s,e
=. - =, no nsei. was 10 be substituted, II heces'
-. tnl,ors that the cJnlraci, ii Wiihia INC p'o
s .ilops If The law, was illegal ON aud ai'et .c
snn.,reasuIy act went into operation, ,ecause W.
oo's lion could no, lie executed, ara Inc 'ei'''
~ The contract carried INFO elect.
m con,yn,n.nt lp1s 5omiE p7p ITS faon's..
o,raad in currency d,GJenr from nat pau
,,o1n he t,ecsuru How vas his Guy 10 pe ps.-
inrmeo3 How was The money IN tne leaSu'y j.. ;.
h. transmitted 10 the foreign STALLION WIN n, ,i's
10 be paid oul2 Ii could not DC gone zone m"T SAC
use OF agencies ut s,me sor'. ~ ~, ,o,.. I'D
was not constructed 10 repeal 'ad. " 80 n,ar.
10 give effect TO both acts OF long ' Ard
c;es were considered as legally IN eIisence. anu
tho contract as proyding me III 81 convenient
NEAR 3 of SURVIVING he squadrohs aolodu " 9ss.
sarv FUNDS. Objectionable as may ", 10
,r,de ia known which can be adopted WIN elss.'
or safe,y ard more convenience; Inc rehieuy, :"
cass of iai!u.e is the bond and security gwen
hv The ap.n,. Thai may he aYailaoie 10 'ils
Ease une.s those who checi 10 lhe course ".
oanr,o =, n,,sued Shall esiablish thatthe contract
in,s ah,ooatsd by lne terms OF ee suoiIeasufy
ac, IF MT b. so, ;hs mo.e Of payment eS1s.a
n ke 1sm1,l The cu'iti,s are Mot bcunc' ara tH'
noney mn.t be los. that the present admins.
,rarinn do not take this view, - proven ny ~.
fact Ina, suits have been Instituted asain'' W.
DENNY. aud On his bond against ms su'e' ~
while the records w'ii $40" I'D. OIL u.nS
monsv moi paid over b. him was aaVan-
csd from The treasury since the suo'Ieas>
urv acI was in lnil force. And there can
BE- no doubt ihat payments are n'U mao
bu the present adm.n,strot;on by means Of a2en'
Is ar they rers teforc Mr. Mason pas Sse'e
ta.v ofths Napy and havs been ereT since. Our
Diplomatic agents abroad, and our sqnalrons oh
The Mediterranean and olher foreign stations, are
s,ill paid through The agency oil Messrs basihs,
Brohers & Co, who have an agent rcsicca' 10
hi, coan!ry, 10 whom payment and advances are
made nv The government, and who RENTS inc
same 10 his principals al their risk and accord
inc 10 his Judgment. We venture TO afhrm, lha'
no head OF department has ever known or inquH-
ed into the terms on which Mr.. Wsro acis as
their agents, or The mode in which ne renii's Ineih
the money paid him here; but there cannot De
donb, lba. he does not remit 10 them, nor do they
NV n the public creditor, the identical money
received from the treasury. MIR. Osborne WIS
70 MIR. Deohy, the asen, al Marseiiles, what MIR.
Ward is 10 The agents al London. We are as
spred BY all parties that The LATE Secretary OF
The Navy had no Information oil The conditions Of
Mr.. Osborne's agreeman, 10 ACT Tor Mr. Denny,
or of The iacl Of his using or The mode oil remit.
ling The money received Tor him.
i will not satisfy the public for the friends oil
the present administration 10 say that the con
slruc,ion given to The sub treasury act by MT.
Polk,s administration has been adopted by them,
and vet in.;st thai the construction is wrong, and
especally when no little credit is claimed for
the admins ration Of General Taylor for hav-
ing corrected the blandsrs of their predecessors
General Taylor is bound b. his oaIh OF oitlce 10
SEQ the claws executed" according 10 Their true
inten, and meaning; ard he has no excuse Tor
an erroneous construction, because his prede-
c.,sors set him tho example Of disregarding The
law. The public had a right 10 expect oil The
sssailauts Of the late administration tsat they
would show, al least, if the mode Of paying
,ho,e 10 public seryicc abroad adopted by that
admiLis!ra, n were erroneous, some otncf IN
which such payments can bs made. TGay hare
not onp ati:d 10 meet This first erpscd'io1 but II
is taeitly admitted thai the present administration
is fliopipg IL tts footsteps Of its predecessor.
When pressed ioi their charges, The accascfs
IT the Ptpub!is have ms de f urishiug and spe
cifc enumeration If balances in MIR. Denby''
hands. ami OF insulated payments 10 h'm or eis
agent, without any direct charge, cut WIN me III
situation that the balances were suffered 10 fe
| main with the agent, and payments were hlaus
to him, not with due rega 10 the vans OF 'ii'
public service, bat for The bentfl' O! MI. Deno)
| or Of Mr.. Osbotae. We are happy 10 llld thai
| sc have brought tn organ OF the administration
| to something like a specification. If not OF us
cna,ass. al least OF the reasons Of IFS denuncia-
tipps We stale them in their own language
| and we undertake 10 demonstrate The ulel
| prncn3Iessresa Of lheir shameful insinuaions
aud that. there has never been an inslaGce OF sue
III M et suSnn rsssf
mas dared Ia venture against the lac Secretary
81. We aver, tina. irom September lhi5, IL
September 1876, N. Denby temporary naval ageL
o, the United States a; Marseilles, had alancs
1t $4,000 in his haads aal that during 'ht
who.c pc,ioi he ii TO- pay single dollar fol
suy vessel 10 The Mediterranean. Mr.. MasoT
commences MS annual report OF 1916 by stating
ha., "sincc The las, annual leporr, no naval iorc;
ba. been maintained ia the Mediterranean"
III. We ave-. ,ha. in bis accom-! Of Septe'n'
her, lS47, Mr. DENLY admits thai he bad received
turing the year p-evious, 100000 in addition
| 10 The unexpended balance; ard inal up 10 May
1913, The amour: 81 his paymcnis Ia The iied!'
,enanean squadron, on rarscIs requis'Ions
VS. s76 900 lea wing ia his hands balance cr
May /, ,GfS, oil $4,000
all. We aver, that in October, 1919, MIR Den
ny ackuowh d rel the receipt OF 100000 in Two
drafts OF $4,000 each, noting Gil his acchun
against then, both ,chich reeeiusd no edpis'
Of" We aver, that from May TO NovembeI-s
period oil six months further payments were
made on account OF the Mediterranean squadron
by Mr. DENLY, excepting rursefs drail OF 5ol
l;ancs We acge that Mr. Denby's account 9
November |. 1919, admins balance due the U
States OF 1854 S72 So IL is admitted hat, al
far as MIR Oeuby is concerned, TINS amount is
total loss to the government"
AS the Republic failed 10 publish the contract,
without which lac rights and obligations oil lh'
parties could not be understood, SO they have
Iailed TO publish Inc account OF payments 10 Mr.
DENLY and his agent, without which IL canno
be seen whether larger payments have been
made than were authorized They have failed
also in another particular TO give with truth aud
caniof other Information watch was necessary
ID the correc; understanding Of the conduct VI
The late Secretary ., the Navy, wnom they have
assailed That Information, though contained
10 printed public documents, they did not per
IL ps possess, as they have, according to Their
solemn asseveration, obiantd no Information
from the Navy Department. One would have
supposed, il the object had been 10 censure only
wnerc crnsuIe was due, aud 10 lay before The
public with fairness and justice The Official con-
duet Of retired public tunctionary, nothing
exienualing nor seuns down ausht in malice,
they would have inquired al The Navy Depart
men,, or at least consulted the printed official DO
cuments emana'iDg from that department on the
subject. This Was especially indispensable, as
The amount OF payments depended ON the wanna
OF the naval service.
On tho 10th Of February, lS45, before MIR.
DENLY left tho Uni cd States, payment was
made 10 him of fifty thousand dollars, while the
Secretary of the Navy was authorized By the
contract TO pay him one hundred thousand dol
lars Mr.. Mason left tho Navy Department
soon after the 4,h of March ensuing. On the
2iIh of July, lS45, Mr. Bancroft made an ad-
vance to DENLY Of fifty thousand dollars.
Before those payments were expended, the
United States squadron was temporarily with
drawn f!om The Mediterranean, under Mr.
Bancroft's orders When that wos done, a
balance remained in the hands Of the agent OF
IT, LII T. nhy Sti