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por.ant work on The Pacific coast notwithstanding the
starving foley adopted towards him BY the admins
uallo As 10 his want Of the calacy and proper quail.
hcaohs TO Dis hare the duties OF commissioner as the
senator States am willing 10 let the country Judge of
that His bayirg ioughia battle being brave
was not bis any reputation when he received his sp
pointment. H. had national reputation as an engh
ened statesman long before his achievements in Mexico
or his appointment az commissioner,
Inc senator says 70 get out o. the reach OF removal
San Diego He says. fuihsf that here was no prospect
for such transportation and COL Weller knew il, for he
writes that he will likely have 10 wal until some United
States vessel touches al Panama In all of these
ments the senator Is mistaken Il was known all
the United States that the steamship California was to
leave Panama the LIST OF April for California got
ticket TO 70 upon her in this city the 9th OF March,
ls49 and il was stated the face OF the ticket that she
10 leave on the 25th OF March LIST of April Col
Weller, as United States officer important national
business il was known, would be up on the first
steamship as he was As il would take time to get
his supplies over the lshmus, he hurried of from New
Orleans IN order 10 be ready TO 60 up the California
So fixed was the impression that this steamship would 70
up the coast on the LIST Of April. that many OF us who
had tickets were 10 great apprehension that would not
arrive al Panama In time to take passage upon her is
equally well known that she failed to meet her engage
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hurry 10 leave the United States The result proves
the reverse As il was, he did not get to San Diego until
two days after the treaty stipulated she should have been
there; and il the Mexican commissioner had arrived in
time, as he did not difficulty might have arisen
account OF IT, As stated above, the failure OF the Cali
forna to meet her engagement on the LIST OF April caused
%s delay and no want q diligence On the part q Col
Now. as to the complaint Of Lieut. Whpple, OF which
the senator wishes TO make something. It was a mere
dispute among subordinaes about the time and mode OF
transportation after Colonel Weller left Panama There
were two steamships going up-he Oregon and Cafor
MIA and all those attached to the commission who had
not accompanied Colonel Weller, were to 90 up on
these two vessels Well, they all wanted to go up on
thnE rDx
OF difficulty; but u was mere bagaeleno worthy OF
notice, and OF which Colonel Weller was not cognizan
And, sr let remind the senator that this originated
more IN the want OF the necessary funds than from any
other cause. The commissioner was economiZng his
funds to be able TO commence operations at San Diego
without delay.
The senator speaks of the extraordinary confusion in
the commission at Panama justification OF Colonel
Wellers removal but this the OF the removal
The senator cannot pretend that was for if this state
ment was true, which deny, this state Of affairs was
unknown and uncomplaned OF at Washington when he
was removed.
Mr. EWING. He was removed before he LEI, Panama
for the reasons stated The complaints made pre-
vously The senator from California has complained of
my removing him. The complaints were made before
he was removed and stated that as OF the
OF his removal before.
Mr. GWIN. stated that he was removed on the
26h OF June His removal at that date, and his disms-
sal by the senator Secretary Of the Interior in Decem-
Der, are two distinct events 1t is true, he
eyed. because Colonel Fremont bad not relieved him.
The senator dismissed him. He was only notified unofi-
cialy that Colonel Fremont was appointed to supersede
him The order for Colonel We!er's removal was not
sent 10 him. but TO Colonel Fremont his successor with
instructions not TO deliver j! till he entered upon the du
sof the Office For satisfactory reasons Colonel Ere
mont never entered on these duties, and il notorious
for a long time that Colonel Weller was discharged.
though he was not relieved He could have left the
commission, but to have done SO would have been
great disadvantage TO the United States government He
was compelled BY. the circumstances in which he was
placed TO remain there and discharge the Duties in order
that the public interest might suffer This remarka
ole state OF things produced BY the fact that the letter
OF removal not delivered 10 him, and bis successor
The senator says he removed because he was not
ut for the Office. fths vast the opinion of the admins
ation from the first why did they not act upon il, Why
fornia ambassador general T. Butler King He was the
CONFIDENTIAL agent OF the administration, and familiar with
all Of their secrets He met Col Weller at Panama. but
never ntimated That he would be removed The truth
u, II was not determined upon then him. The
shrewd Secretary OF State thought he could accomplish
this object In another way il was to s,arve the
missioner BY allowing him no salary and thus force him
70 resign and before ambassador general King left the
United States the following letter addressed Col
"smi have to inGor., you that Congress- at s late
session. omued 70 pass prescribing the
the salaries Of the civilians attached commission OF
which you the head Consequently until this s.ion
be remedied compensation fr your services commits
sione and Tor those OF Mr. Gray surveyor be
lawfully paid"
This letter is remarkable in two respects il attempts
to sarve out the commissioner aud surveyor. and thus
get clear OF the odium OF removing them and charges
MI. Claytons predecessor, MIR Buchanan, with doing
an unlawful act MIR Clayton says until Congress fixes
the salary you ''cannot be lawfully paid" 1t is hard to
say whether the Secretary OF State exhibits igno
rance OF bad manners IN this assertion Fifty thousand
dollars appropriated TO this boundary The treaty
required that there should be commissioner and surveyor
Without them the commission could not be organized,
and the appropriation would be useless Congress did
not stulty themselves by making appropriation that
could not be used, nor were far negecul OF their
duties 10 fail 10 provide for commissioner and sur.
yeyor and thus leave the Mexican treaty unexecuied So
MIR CLAYTON charges for only by the passage OF this
appropriation did Congress provide Tor carrying the
provision OF the treaty in relation to the boundary This
Is the celebrated letter addressed TO San Diego, Mexico
instead OF California.
The senator from Ohio constantly refers TO what Col
Weller did after the order for his removal emanated
from the State Department TO justify the ACT OF removal
But charge that he was removed without other than
political causes, while an aemp, is made TO show that
he removed for other and when those making
that occurred after the removal This worse than dis
ingenuous II is an attempt TO deceive the public and TO
leave false impression on the public mind The sena-
ator shall not escape 10 this way. have charged
that he removed without cause and have proved
by the public documents furnished 10 the Senate by the
senator himself He stands convicted from his own re-
ports and has just acknowledged that he msstaed facts
and dates bat instead OF acknowledging the injustice
he goes on 10 attack Colonel WeeIs acts commits
was absent twice during the year for length OF time,
and The employees doing nothing owing to his absence
This latter statement Is mistake the reports OF Emory
and Gray show They were actually employed all the
time The commissioner was absent And why was he
ABSENT Trying 10 raise funds keep his employees at
work uyrg 10 remedy the neglect Of the administration
in not sending funds Who forced him from the 6ed OF