The daily union., 1852-09-09

there 10 not senator this floor who is permitted TO
know how dollar OF that money been expended
and si they ask US for $4,000 prosecute
this work must be satisfied that the amount hereto.
fore appropriated has been honestly expended before
will consent 10 give them any more. 44
Ihis ofeer wasinsruced 10 reurn his vouchers quar-
teriy Is there any difficulty in showing these ac,
counts, II all is honest and fair9 How long will il take
the accounting officer TO make out The and
mn them 10 the Senate II they cannot transmit all
why not send his settlements for OF the quarters
Of The past two years Ii they for the
whole appropriation, why not show us how portion
OF II has been expended II they cannot do either. why
not honestly III If the charges which your whig
administration falsely made against true to my
successor depend upon i the day OF exposure will come
And yet whilst we are kept in the most profound gno
rance. are called upon 10 appropriate 20 oOO which,
together with appropriations unaccoun,ed for will make
nearly haf million Of dollars To this fact desire to
enable the people how public affairs managed
by those now in power Il may TO enghlen them
| as 70 Their duty in the coming contest. ~
There is another thing connected with this mailer 70
which desire to allude found very recently, Tor the
first time, that the Mexican minister this city had ad
dressed letter to The Secretary OF State, under date Of
April co. 1850 in which he complained of the delay CT
the American commission in the prosecution Of that work
will read you short extract from that letters
" From the information and data which The government
OF the undersigned has collected together II be
lesed thar the Of deining the boundary line has
been suspended and postponed until the month Of Novem
Der OF the it has resulted entirely from the
the commissioners of the United States
quendy been absent in California, and that laey the said
commissioners, with some exceptions, have parcpa
ted in The operations of settling the boundary 1t
commissioners of the United States who proposed
the only by which these important abos could be
continued that the prosecution OF the should be de-
layed until November. General Garcia Conde chief
othe Mexican commissioners IN agreeing to this proPosi-
zion, only yielded TO the force of necessity and although
this chef found him.c encompassed with difficulty
nue In The discharge o his duy yet he was deiermned
he ntimaed 1t the United States commissioners,
interrupt the operaon the management of which had
been intrusted 10 him by his government
1 Now sir not aW are that the Secretary of State
ever responded to b allegation. He quite willing
that should be censured. Here was grave complaint
complaint preferred by the representative oil foreign
government, that the commissioner Che seems to have
forgotten that there was but one) the part of the
United States was delaying the prosecution OF that i'm.
porant work To this letter, say the Secretary OF
Slae made any response. although the Department
of the Interior had then in lis possession abundant test,
mony TO show that it ntrly false and unfounded.
They seemed to be quite willing that l should be con-
i Mr. CLARKE Will the honorable senator tell me
what commissioner is alluded to in the letter.
i Mr.. WELLER. | am the man. | the commits
soner alluded to- By the way however there another
letter from the Mexican minister which might read,
complaining OF much more grievous offence on the par,
OF my lustrous successor whom my friend has often
defended In that letter the Mexican minister has CON-
planned that he the American commissioner has organ
lied parties Tor the purpose OF exploring the country ex
aiming lis minerals, and hunting up all the bugs 10 the
country believe he has parties in the held examining
the geology and mneralogy OF that country and to this
1 presume the Mexican minister alludes The appropa
ons have been made for the sole purpose OF running and
king the boundary line between the two republics,
and il would perhaps be somewhat difficult TO justify
the commissioner in organizing these parties Ii lhe
counts had been under the call OF the Senate.
might have been enabled to ascertain how much money
has been expanded in this way
But speaking of the letter complaining OF de-
lay The record then, in the Department OF the Interior
showed that, far from delaying the prosecution OF
the work. the delay had been the fault OF the other side
reached San Diego, the point liked upon by the terms
of treaty, tAe 3is OF Mayone day after the time
agreed upcn-and tho Mexican commissioner and his
party did arrive until the third day OF July and the
joint commission was organized on the sixth. l was
therefore compelled remain i've weeks after the time
fixed upon for the meeting, wholly Inactive because OF
the failure Of the Mexican commissioner 10 NEE! me- As
was fully aware OF the sensiuyeness OF the Mexican
j nation, would not suffer my party 10 make any move.
ments whatever in executing the work un the repre-
sentative OF that government arrived did not in
tend give them the slightest preiext for complaint OF
these facts the department had official knowledge at the
time the complaints were made.
But there is another point in this letter OF the Mexican
minister, TO which invoke the attention OF the Senate.
He says that II the fault OF the American conms-
soner that the commission adjourned in February
TO meet at ~ Paso the first Of November following
fhis is wholly unfounded. as can readily show In a
letter addressed by to the department. under date OF
February s. 1850, (Which lind 10 the printed document
before me- and which file at the time this com
plant made, used the following language:
"Thc Joint commission to run and mark ths boundary
United States and the territories OF Mexico have
ageed to adjourn 70 meet % again a. y pa,o IN the Sae
drsd that The Hpeeirnx should take place at eartir day
but Is understood that during the ainy season Ia New
Mexico ualy, August, and Scptember) successful
opcra could be carried in the field, nothing perhaps
would be lost by the delay"
Now, sir, there was the distinct declaration made in
that letter which was hle in the department at the
lime, that had desired that earlier day should be fixed
upon for the meeting OF the joint commission. Such
was The fact In hxlng upon tae tune Tor adjournment
| proposed July General Garcia Conde insisted on No
vember, as it wasimpossibe to carry on held operations
during the summer months; and ! confess that was
therefore struck with surprise that the Mexican minister
should have addressed letter TO the Secretary OF State,
complaining OF my delay The journal OF the joint
commission will explain the whole matter. II reads
thus #.#.U s9.s. ~ aar.#
1T wa. determined, nothing remains to be done on
this side OF the line, that which has already been
provided for and is mpracttcabe IN the present
diuon OF California 20 advance from this direction beyond
the mouth of the Gila aud towards the frontier OF New
Mexico, that the mission should adjourn 10 meet at
III Psso In The State OF Chihuahua, the fret Monday
OF November next"
tErraet from Journal, 10Th Fb., 1850
1t true that my drafts bad been protested, the appro.
praon exhausted, and whatever left 10 prose-
cute the work still did not choose TO let the Mexican
CON missioner know my real situation. did not choose
that he should know OF the infamous pursued by
the party in power towards me did not choose that he
should know that my drafts. drawn in conformity with
instructions, and within the appropriation, had been pro-
tested, and that my parry suffering for their pay
Hence IL was, as the lourna shows, 1t mutually
agreed 10 adjourn, and for the stated 10 the
tract which have jus, read. had too much pride
American TO confess my inability, Tor want OF funds TO
20 on with the work
l. MT PRATT Mr.. President, the chairman OF the
Committee on Finance called the senator from Rhode