Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-09-30

and pay for other property sold by said Devereux
without authority Of law, and not heretofore account
ed for by said DevereuX, provided fnal settlement
be made within five days; andH settlement be not
made within said five days, that the AdluanV Ten
eral be instructed to institute legal proceedings
against the suretes on said DevereuX's bond.
On the same day, Gen. DevereuX paid for the
shed and iron, $SI7l99, and promised to return the
cannon at once This he did not do. Mr. Alger
would not give up the guns unless pad Tor ABOUT
800 of expenses in repairing them, aud TINS occa'
stoned the delay The Council, finding that the
guns not returned, passed an order inS'rucung
The Attorney General to prosecute Gen. DeVerenXs
bondsmen. On the 3D. of July the following letter
was sent to Gen. Devereux;
COUNCIL CHAMBER, Boston, July 3, 1907.
Dear Sir-The engraved guns not having been
returned to the State, agreed upon between your
self aud the Military Committee OF the Council, am
| directed to give You notice that II the guns are not
returned on before Wednesday, the TN INST, the
matter " i'll be placed in the hands OF the Common
weah's Attorney, to be proceeded in against your
self and bondsmen.
Very respectfully, your obdt servant,
(Signed) AARON HOBART,
For the Committee
To Gen GEO. II. DEvEREUx, Salem.
This letter was sent on the Sd of July, and on the
18th of July, the guns, which had been sold on me
10Th Of February, 1850, were returned to the state.
Gen Devereux complains OF "the imperlous ana
harsh action of the Council.'* In March, Gen.
Stone discovered that these guns were missing; on
the Sth Of May, he notified Gen. Devereux OF the
fact, and "the imperious and harsh action OF Inc
Counc did not bring return OF the guns untii the
18th of July. Perhaps, when is considered that
public officer had paid out of the public money $4o
for private use and left office without accounting Tor
it-that he had sold, three years before, $l7l99 OF
public properly, made no record OF the sale, ana
pocketed the ploceeds-that he had sold these guns
without any authority, made no record oil the Sale,
and appropriated the proceeds, amounting to %Zzo,
rs, to his own use, and then when called upon, he
had employed counsel, one Of the ablest lawyers
in the Slate-perhapS, say, when this Is consider"
ed the PUBLIC will rq awe he Council s for 1 6eg
ereux and his sympathizing Wing friends never for
give Gen. Stone for his vigilance in detecting these
innocent mistakes, or the Council for acting with
vigor in securing the property thus used, my hum
bic sell in exposing these transactions, it is to be
hoped that the people of Massachusetts will pardon
us for these our errors
/ have thus proved, beyond all cavil, doubt, or
question, the truth Of each and every charge made
against Gen. Devereux in my Worcester speech
The task is not pleasant | have feelings
OF personal unkindness towards Gen. Deveieux, but
when great party charges those with whom act,
with corruption, and when public officer Nth such
record joins in the cry, choose to carry the war
into the camp OF the enemy. Vague aud indefinite
charges do dealim leave that sort Of warfare
10 those who are denouncng the men who adj
minister the government Of Massachusetts, and whose
duty it is 10 correct the abuses of the past. When
make charges against political party, or the mem
bers of that party, hold myself personally RESPONSE
BILE for the exact accuracy of my language,
HENRY WILSON.
The "harsh and mperions' order of the Council was
passed several weeks after Devereux himself proposed
TO return The cannon. The Council, finding he did not
fulfil his own proposition, on the last day of their session
passed the order.