The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-10-20

! G Collias for rpnirs an Main s. l,61
Wan r. hnnn for hauacnffs &c 422
W.. II che, for repair. on Nam street 5..'3
Patrick King, sane 1883
". G. ntace, fer candles, nails &c. %
G. Corke;v, for services 5000
The Council then adjourned
The Mexican Boundary Con,,ni.sio"-More
Wing Ex:rava.ance
We commend the following article to the
careful perusal of every v''er into who's" hands
il may fall ltsxpou ano' h"r lnstance-a most
Il igran, and slaring insnnce of pr higacy inthe
whie party when IN power
THIS article shows the ;ndispr'able and nndls
pr ed CT that Stree j.. MS Is WALLER left The
Commas sion in i-.9 a, the proscriplive bidding
OF tho rayf,r ad air .,raion the rnnnirg Of TIM
b,un iars line between Mexico aud fhe Unit, d
States has cos, the people $36s,0l0 d.llars
Five mont hs ago, the Senate demanded n'orna-
lie n a. 10 how thiseacem ms and unpgrcrdent
ed 81 u cf money had been spent. 10 this
hour Information has been given.
81: the wors, is not yet told The line has
been run so as 20 defraud this government Of
900 eaare mrles # territory, in plain violation
Of The trea'y,-This charge made weeks
ago bv the Ua.on, and we have not seen il de-
ned bv the organs ut the administration Read
.ha, the u,.ion says - Ohio States maa.
In tire debate of Friday evening upon the ei-
| vii and p'.rmaic Appropriation bill, Senator
Weller of California, rlslny To m We that the
app O, iat:nn of Sl21,00n demanded by the
admin stration ct IN boundary COMMISSION be
riken out, s'a'ed some fac's which must pro-
ducr a deep il, preston upon the public mind as
I. the wasteful and reckless expenditure of the
pablo money b. the presen, wing dy nasty.
MIR Weller, we understood him, stated, IN
L ~ 10, 1ac th., MI cin IN
t5l9, three huadred and siIty fee thousand d. l.
hrs have been already asked and appropriated
for its expenditures. A further appropriation OF
one hundred twei.ty thousand doll. is now demsn
dad In anticipation of this state of hings the Sc
nate, FIVE months ago adopteda rcsolIt on calling
upo, the administration to inform the Senate
and he country how the three hundred and say
| tn FIRE thousand liars have heen spent. To
| Ia IS call olive months standing not one word OF
answer has yct been given. The administration
h1s received the money; hes spent il; wants
N re and that is all that Congress or the peo-
DIE are We permitted to know about the mt;ter .
| By way ufexcuse for this most scandaous state
of things, Mr.. Senator P,arce stated that the
Secretary Of tie interior had informed him that
| III, accounts were no, in shis Office, Blu. were
somc wher, else These accounts run through
nearly tho last three years. and are returnabie
| quarterly; and ye, the Secretary coolly states
| that he cannot lay his hands on them Of one
thing he is sure, however, and that is, that more
money is wanted for the commission.
Ia reply ~ the observation ni Mr.. fearce,
/ Mr. Weller stated with great force that it was
| t. him a matter of no couse quence whether the
| acc un were il the Secretarys officer or IN
that of the accounting or rolling officer, his
/ accusation being asains' the 'ohig admiaistrati'
lon To show the ,ntras', however, between
| the courae of the administration in relation to
accounts Of the commission when democrat
was the commissioner, he would state that whe n
! his own accounts as commissioner were called
I ", with inent to charge him with improper ex-
| D ,ndiiur- Of the public money to the amount OF
| ff,Y thousand dollars, thHse acc ,unts were fur'
nish-d voucher. and all /, in jus, seven days after
the II was made lnste ad of slin..ng him to
be in default, they showed balan.e due him OF
free thousand dollars, which has since been al,
lowed aud laid at the treasury But now the
accounts Of the commission in whig hands, for
three years pas, have been demanded by the
Senate for Are months aud are stiu aci:h-
/ held!
| Is sny CON nent needed upon such facts as
these?
Must they not impress UPON every candid
! mind the conviction that wing policy and ad
m.nislra,ion ST great deal more than they
come to
Mas. they no, b. regarded as establishing the
conclusion tha, the wing party, as now organ z
ed and managed, c'nnot be s'ftly trusted by
the people with The management OF the puole
funds
4 Snch A conclusion would be inevitable, even
il the " ork OF the commission had been properly
performed Blu, the fact is, that while this vast
sum Of money has been expended, and the ac-
counts wi hlield and now more is asked tor the
tune o. abou, h1lf million Ia all. the boundary
line IL been ran in such manaer as, in p n
violation OF the Treaty, to subj ct the United
S ates, 10 the loss OF about fire thousand square
miles Of territory
/ No, only has this been done but the survey
or, who, whirh the commissioner, is made by the
treaty an Independent, and responsible Judge o.
the correctness of the line, and is, as, such, re-
cured to sign and certify the adoption Of the
l,ne has now, upon his re!usual to sign the
report of the conin ion, been peremptor'ly IN
strucled by the Secretary OF the lhter.or so te
sign il, whether he approve il or not.
The tt. atty provides that the line prescribed
ia the treaty, when duly signed and certified by
both the commissioner aud surveyor shall bt
d, emed port OF the treaty itself In enter
ing into this agreement the United States re-
served two fold protection against error-Firs
the commissl' n,r-supposrd 10 be a man verset
ia civil aEfiis-must be satsh d oil the correct
10 be a man of science-must be satisfied. Both
must attest by their gna,ures, their saisfac Ii
on that the line was rua as prescribed IN tbs
treaty; and n, and not till then, the United
States agree that the line so run, and SO certl
Sed, shall bee deemed part of the treaty.
All this tie present adm nistratinn has usurp
ed the power to levrrse. II finds the commis
sisner aishtd with his line, which is blunee
and loss !, finds the surveyor dissatisfied.
iastructs the surveyor 10 give his signature, ats
ties ting that in his Judgment the line is right
when, in point Of fact he avows his judgmen
to be that the line is all wrong.
In this state of facts. it is obvious that TIT
Senate could do no less than it has done BY
ad ping the amendment to the appropriatins
Use, offered by Mr.. Mason, the chairman o
the Committee on Foreign RELATIONS, with thu
avowed purpose Of either breaking dozen n
commissiGn ,rhcre 1t stands, or forcing it TO re
trace the steps which, under the instruction o
the adninistra ion, il has violated the treaty ant
, 81 ,r,iced the rights Of the country!
. Taking into account the whole Of this case
the enorm US expenditure, the accounts with
: h, ID, the blunder and loss in the boundary lir
$ adopted By the commissioners we suppose tina
the history of the country hardly offers paral
llel case of NAL administration. Let the peopl
th;aa Of 1t!
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