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^H U S H E D ON WEDNESDAYS.] i , * 1 r* i#« 7 sn ^ i t * > 1 VXKDfTO BUT TO 9WPMI- TO MBEfiXt A*l> XA ^-w-^O VAYOU I W at 8 us, AND HQ JEAIf SHADE AW?. m \ „ i^v? “ / ■ Woi'u f a* '» ^ l < ih f r> ■ : - ----- ____ __ v _ m i i n No. i o . ] ' s s g l , ^ „** * 1 K}!$m [BY ^ ,« f/foM U Jt wrt. i, *. i t w c a c o t m r o & t o m p k i a % w x..:pecE ^ a M g , j;.ijj> * or — \ s * ’ 1 T \ E F AETLT having bcefi matte in the payment, of ^ I J certain siya ofdUWiiey, iequied’to bo PTOU ®yv 4 ' certaiiMiiiottgage, the itth ^ o f ; thousand ekht bwttdred and Oighweu, eXfcdtwi by gtmuei Love, otthe town pf Groton^iu %bp county pf; Tonmkws mod Gate ©fNew-Yorfc»to E ither Iruinble, lutuor, ofthe game place, of the one fourth part of a d tl8t Mill, n itfr all the privileges o f water arid l&nU- to said mill belonging, apil tbe one fourth pMtOfajl the appurtenances qf said null j situate on,p orgffc call? ed Fifty-Free m the town of Groton aforesaid, being , the same premises lately conveyed by the said Luther frurable, juqior, *° <he said Jsaniucl LoverdWice fiiete/ors ti hereby gwen, that by virtue of a power , contained tn said mortgage, the said mortgaged pre* nines will be sold at public yendub, pursuant to the gtsluta in such case made and provided, a t tbe Cplum *< biarifnn, lu the visage of Ithaca, in said county o f - Tqwnkip?, on the eighth day of January pest, at ten^ o’clock TO the forepoom Bated July 5th, 1819 ' * LUTHER TREMBLE, junior v By ’WoouqocK & Bbutm, Atty’s. 1 July 7 th— 6 ra '•■’ ' •firjlEH E A h John Lawiey, Und Polly liis wife of T f the town of Rector, ift the county of Iowpkms| apd state ofNdw-York, fop sepermg tbe payment of, acertub sum of money, by Indenture of mortgage,\\ bearing date fifth day of. March, in the ye*p eiriilBeu hundred and nineteen, did convey upto John White ofthe same place, “ all that certain tract, piece, oi paresV of land, situate, lying and being m the town aforewad, netrtg part,of lot number seventy in th? township of Hector, bpnndedws follows, to wit south, by lands owned-byEfieriezer Beeman ♦ ea^t by lamia . oww^Ay-JAraotlm* Bren* and Obediab BrWvn, on letttUJriberseventy-one insaid town; north by lands^ owned by Mohray Owen, And west by lands of Ebe-; ■ pe?er ;Cf^pcuter, containing etghty*seven acres and a half o/land,” and wheneaa default has been mad? in the baymtnt of the sum o f one hundred dollars, *^3l^|^|lb^i'ilijB^&--Kotice is therefore hereby* f git^,^haf the said iribrtiaged premises for^mh part .bcrndficieat to satisfy the said jwm of on» hBrid^^oHat^'i’^ thwtntere|t aud‘.c 08 t($rwil^ ho i»ld at the house of Solprnon Porter^.innkeeper in Ovjd Tillsge, in the conpty of '\Shfiech* .on ihe' fif\ tsenth day of MaiCh n,eit, a t nine d’elock .*W|Se^lhtt#^5lciW5y iidgift-’; : ■*' . ••' ’*. * *'. -* ■'; ' •> ' • * ; «W7 i.'f.. »— rfi^ E A g David Ayeirs, nfDty*sesf in th “ i‘^1w^fAjpfapj£in5# diet i$f- ol mort=f rthefiftccath day JaftMaty, one thou-, Kuudr# uhdt i.iiuethpn, fo^Securing the r%fr. hnndredil9.(iaM,iu ibe.tnnoMt.tb?re- in .the village of ltbabu, iu the coilnty of Tompkins Ih^StamijfslfeW-yorit, apd fenowft and fllstinguish « 1 .|W M^uinber'^kiyftwu. iu.ihe sajd villBge, and hoantieil bn the north by Qwegp-streBt, east by Tioga/ ftrwt,»quth by Greeii-stoBeti and W^st by lot number tixtydprige, w n g iiflobath'us»fth atjii south two hah- dred «udiixty-slx ifoet, and J n breadth east apd west, lixty-idxfMt^ ^aud- 'iVBbiffs mlcT'OidrfgBgemw heap rdalf, assigned to Ferris Finchs of the . city of Rew-Yotk, krocert_ and wSeren^mmbl t ha? been, made m the fiolftflTion bf tbe said m.otfgage*^ gd Creek, ta'dJi kept up fufficient to turn ’the water jntfrMdl Creek or the Creek tfant. runs froui the lit tle Iake,4n common low water marg^JV&fuiS' it hereby given* that by Virtue of a power contained in said * mortgage, rind irt pursuance of the statute in «ucb_tgse blade and provided, the above described premises will be sold iit public vendue, at the house ofHooker Bal- |tf lard, lnnkeeper in the town of Brydcn, Un the tenth 1 day of Jannary Tiextj a t tea d’cloefc in the forenoon of that ijay Dated June 24tb, 1819. ^ BENJAMIN LfiTY Burns Bcaca, Atty. n98 6 m 'lATHEREAb John KortS; of. tue town of Ulysses, » f. - in the fthon) countyof Seneca^on the thirtieth cay of September, m the year.of oiir Lord one thou- .. sand ^Sgbt hundred and fifteen, did by indenture of mortgagOr'for securing the payineut of a.certain suni =^>wuoney-|hei»ift=^peci 6 ed,-gr 8 fntrbargatH?-*eH*alien^ release and confirm unto Elijah Miller, of the town of Aurelius, indhe county of Cayuga.: S i that certain . piece or paicel of land lying in the town tlf Ufysies, I. j 0 the county of .Seneca, known and. distinguished, by bfemg lot number seventy-eight in the - township of Ulysses, Containing bve hundred hml eleven acres, ex clusive of the Statens One hundred acres iri tbenoufh'- erfst corner, and.hftyacres in the northwest corner o f *»|tl lot, which are hereby excepted > and reserved—? rind whereas defaul t has been made in the payment of k part Qf the principal and interest secured to be paid in and. by said mortgage: Notice is therefore hereby giveipthat by virtue of a-power contained in said mortgage, rind m pursuance of the statute msuch case made and provided,- the said mortgaged. premises' Will be sold at vanduc, at|Eoe’s hotel m the Villageof . Auburn, m tbe connty i>f Cayuga atoresaid, on the- last Monday .of March next, ftt 10 o^cock in the fore Boon of that day. Dated Auburn Sept. 17; 1819. nllOom ELIJAH MILLER. \m . . III...' . BY order of the honorable Richard Smith, esquire, mat jndge of tbe court of common pleas, ill and for Tompkins county, notice is hereby given to all the creditors of Nathan Sayer, of the town o f Hector, in ^ *aid county,an insolvent debtor, to show cause if any they have, before thp said judge, at his offitie, in the town ofHis^br, hi tbe county of Tompkins, on the- .'th d«y of January n«xt, at & o’clock ipjtbe afternoon, t»hy an assignment) of the said insolvent’s eAate thoul4 not he made, knd his person be exempted from ’•aprisonment, pursuant to the act entitled, ' an act (o t Molish tmprisouinanHer debt in edrtam cases/ parsed p p d 7, lb! 9 , Bated thc 20tU of September, 1819. a € coy . T o m p k m a ’ t i e t t e t ; ^ $&.ArsMbaM Bs#. qf 1 the State o f keubY&rJt^' ^ « (Cooiiuueti.) ’ ^ Itw a s foi’ih e raising o t these monies thus obtained, and thus expended, and in view of tlie great iosse& whith | had.eyt dent[y sustained in jour setllem entofm y accounts, that the patnoMc and euiightelltVr ed legisldtuie o f tins state passed the i»w ofthe last eessiqo, out o f which th is cot^ troversy has grown, and in the pekvetsion and defeat of whieh you have aeted so conspicuous a part - a law, by whieh tltey intended to allow me the same pmniutrt whieh tbe geueial government bad nijov^* ed to othet s for llie same Services, undM’ cu eumstanees eet tainly not more liieiffd/ nous.- T o them, a stipulated prepwatft wns given fat raising curient money fot* the use ofthe government, add t o ’enable them to do so, the coiuiaeiors the deposited the eelDdcatea o f stock atrM , banks and other places, and by'adding their personal responsibility to the depos it, procured the money. To me they an* vanced 1 1 easury notes, by depositing whieh, and adding my personal iosponsibihty, and . (ho little influence 1 enjojed, these indiues were raised by me and charged to the go- veinment. * - ••* ,l:u(as jehhi’gefi with atid held personally rionsiblo ibr. the tretisurv notes advan ; responsible fojr the ' ti’Citsury ced to me at Uieilf.par yaiae, aud with tbe loss Which was sustained on such as weie . fpreedintothe market. ‘What tbcn,iai>k, ^ constiiuled (iie allowance made by govern ^ niiehVlb not to exist • iri. ^Wa* the difference, except \bQl- tb^ tb&w were not tne? TbeFet ’ is indeed a differeepej^but I did hope, apd j I atiltmow* appears^, vainly hoped that tbii difPerenee* Wiould -hever have\ been ^ob j jecfed agairtst m e,, ^ p s .^ o .^ o » |^ h 'C i^ f • While individuals pn:(he one hand, pf the' most ^ a r k ajid gloomy crisis of our Affairs,? seeUtTti, their discount by ;guarded and well digested ^ contracts,^ Ion tliefdtneir^ as I was -advised by iO friends,, trusted indemmty for loss- cf, sacrifices and reSponsibilities, to llife magnatninify ofin^eddnfry.^ They-^h^e so as to provide lor the hnai seRlemppt ofac? counts between the United States^ and the state i ^ mdivHttaily.” _ _ t/i h No candid arid dispassionate mmd will /leny, that the reason^ principles, and policy of the law, of which the state has availed itself, apply witli^ full force to the<!a$erm question, and slmuld have induced a liberal and cheerfulacquiescence in the provisions of the act under consideration, ■ s You clsuna great merit for the pressing rd anner in whicETby letter and oflierwise, you urged the < settlement of my accounts after I had left the Mate government It is hue, that atthatpeuod, when youknewthe difficulties under win c h i la- NOHGEis, thetrifore^hereby gives ,'jibrit by Vir- tiW'pTYpiwer conlained iu. laid WWt^ge, ?ndf!n , ....................... jnnriiBffieg-oif-the; stBtoiesJnwich-uitfrmirilp-Anil^ro-- -reeeived-tbeie-pi’em iuttiT o ^ - th e u tterjn o s t via^dw M/d 1. farlhing! but to p»y claims, nhw /ivheri _ . _ . my the danger is past , whe * “ progressing in’ b . our country is tbe full tide o f cfwill be ibld at public vendue, nt (lie bou«e.of Jona-. tkrittB.BeacIi, in lie tonvn of Satina in the couiily of Onaulaga. on the twenty leventii uay of * - i B l f t ^ r | ^ r t n n g y ^ h H ^ i i ^ h u ^ f l ^ | ^ n u f ^ h a t n a y . - . -;DiteAAi 4 « 8 t teth.T 8 i?/. . , * ,r.r . FEBRIS FIKCH^ Assigriee. . CniSilBrjrOKAWv ' . •• • i- i\ . . -r IgCTWPlU. ^ , ---- ——— D EFAULT having* bceif made in the pny niprit of . tbree buadl-e j iloliars, *nil iht* interest timteott, wcareil to biipnldRy * nt 6 flgnj,o dated the twentieth .&ypfM,ay, (ine thtaiiwnil eight bnndred amf sijqeen, execute il by i f illiani Huttoa ami Harriet TJutton, of the tftWfi o* cbiittty qf.iStjiiga,\ nokr county of Tcaipkins, to Benjsnftin Lacy, of the same place, on the following piece of land, being a part of lot No. forty-eight ih said town of Dryden. andis hmiiuled as follfiws: beginning fifty rtnfs soatU of the nprtheast enrntr of jot no forty-eight aforesaid? thenee west siicteea todsj thence iiortb sixteen rods,; the'nee west fourteen rods: tbenCe south seventy rodsj thence east thirty rods, Ibenee north fifty fonr roils, to tbe plsefLoU)£ginniiig_L,ctintain|ng elev,en .acres and one . half acre and foursquarorods of lanfi, strict'measure , ____ . _ __ _ always reserving Yf»>’ ifty j B i a h * i S p j f l i e ^ w h « A t baye ________ enjoyi peace their valfiir Iiau ^op, it ip repli ed,' where ifiyppr contract ? *<lt Is npt in ■Uip.bd^.^’;Yftti’ baye stipulated fht1 'lih- tliing and therefore nothing is due to you* x fTbeW siiv ^ e theeircunistaripes ufi^'T which the monies in tj|ueition were raised,? thesp, the grounds ppon whiieb.tbc fegtsia- , ture in’ its justice passed the lavf ^iilfeh »* tHe pretences upon w hieli that justice lias bepn refu|ed» Judge then, o f nay feel ings, when fiiee this act ;df justjee con strued b y you as a donation ! a/meregra-: tuhy! r% vcf alwaysIbehn, I trtfst, as'j so repeatedlyreeeived from my iellow cit izens, and as ready tp aeknnwled^e-them}, .but Ilfeei that I. eannot but tlieppittlen^Of eybi'y /bo.nOfabfe bnj minded maa, in repelling with, ihdiina- tion tbeldea, that the law whiob ^ou have ’ shown su«h overweening anxiety to defeat* has flowed I tom (be generosity, and not the justice oi my couptry. 'Suppose, sir, that instead of refusing to exeeute the intentions o f tbe legislaiuye, you bad made me the allowance they con templated, what would have been its ef- fect? Would it have been gain to me o f that amount ? No, you well know that it Would n o t; but that on the eohtrary.it ..alii lOiv NATHAN SAYEIk would have gone to satisfy my just claims for monies actually expended in the pub lic service, and for Which I am now made a debtor to the state, and held up to the nation a s a public defaulter, because, ow ing to the pressure oi the times, and the exigencies Of the service, some o f these disbui setnents were not strictly authorised by existing law s ; and for others, owing to the nature o f the expenditure, and the kuny, confusion, and casualties insepara ble from a state o f war, I am not able to produce such vouehet s as are strictly le gal, and technically correct. ( 'For a rigid scrutiny o f the accounts, and ajiertect conformity to the acts of ap preciation in their settlement, if thereyou had stayed jour hafld, youw o u jd have beaid o f no complaint irotn m e; audit Was to guard against the injustice of the application o^ those principles, tfefcf the law ip question was passed; it was iqi^ that tcason jliat tjhe state assume^14 ^^ponhi Inlrty. which though equitabh\and honor ably binding on »i, was only stuclly so on ofthjAlaW, that you have done,me the greatest injustice>aildjs|(owft the wbrst designs* g v jit has hot pow for the firsttime been disco*, tered, thatinastateof war, expenses afe often mfe; dprred which may not be«tn?tly iegdl, or for, Which, owing to the state pi the tunes? satlsfacto^ ri voucher^ may not exist, nor is it nov^ for the firet time that tlfe principles hpon which the act ' OfAthe last sessidfiwas founded, havd bedn act- edluppn. •* 5 * Ikftef therclbSeof our-revolntibhary contest^ similar difficulties growing out of the wfir, were foujidtoexistmthe settlement ofthe account* between the general and state governments; pud to remedy ffie injustice which might result from theify an act was parsed by cpngress m 1 T9fy 4 appombpg ConfimssjQiiers to settle their nc- ri counts; and the §d seotrop of wlpch is m the following words ' * • ' r t - ^ oMWM wi* # Awl T^e itj further enacted, ^Th^i it shall he add, to their arrlngtment *dnd classSSItoMTf B dutv. o f the. said Commissioners to receive shall rhfieffnllv nttonrf* ml /2 vXth&AiMmu* i aa*2fti!'i exhibited to them before the first day of July 1791, andto determine on all such as shall have /accrued Jor the general or particular defence during the war; and bit the evidence thereof, adcoi dmg to the princqdes^ bf geheral equity, (although such cTaim rnay not be sanctioned by 4fte resolves of Congress, or tupported by regahX Voucher#,} so as to provide for the final fion to insurelpe the least semblance qf justice, ; yoii shawrej tb: force me. to ,a. ‘ se^femeiii, as you haye s|nce{ m 4#$iug eva'ditig the d^ired.Adjtmhnenty • ,. JEt is to b e wondered ttf,yir,that undfir ex istih^ ^cirCumsfances, v^fth health impaired by fah|aej7 Ana^iies^a^ddaboum, of three y e^rs public^ ser vice,f apparently desertedby my^Cbimtry'’s pra- tection, when no iSi^er tiseM to her^ vandliahfe tb pfe Wnirbrii a family that is dearer to ttetban any ffiht cOpatry,) thatf. I -phoiild jected me? .Canit boa Rafter of smpns^toany o^lhat J slfolild 'Bave^Waited ’ ’for fon^ in ^ h r t e e F ^ * ^ ^ h # 4 ^ r h e ^ S ^ h ^ riqtfired: ofyduVwhetheryohwonfd^^adffiit to my redit the amoupt o f vonfeHers rendered W yoii itf 8j%.biit uev^<sis^p^#^niS^whlch were y lOs.tinyoflr office, hiad ^Uidechne j i .fnptwitll-; \ standing, tfie atntmt^-wffich acedmpanied tho^e •yphebers were produced to yon, wiffi ybur^ ^ ihar- gltf^not^ upond'mn, whichmoethave y wlhat the evidence ^expynditurehadonce b^n; thftt yoh refinedAo m® , e ^ d i t / ^ Jn°re^ opcfrs and agents n f the goyeinmeftt;, u^e^in addition, to iafisfdetory vouchers of the paytneht of ibqney tdftlieto, lehpufd also pfo'diibe to you strict evidence that they (being forty-nine differ ent officers and agents- employed daring the war, some df^whom are deadj dhd'dth^ Stiadered over thestate and the United States,) Had well and faithfully expended it. - ‘Wbed such Ofldy, we re, th# prine^les upoq4 7 'W^'^Qtf.vv^s'‘c^!saBt to ma&e a' setdehient, whai adV^tag^Jsyfiyid |thai^.jb^o^q,.h^f|Y^i’ . have eu- abledyqhatjiiefiit^e^od to' baven^ifledyour- s'elf bf ad unguarded cojifidencej to -hold me yp to public suspicion add ridicule, by publishing my private papers as voilchbrs of public expend** lture, butmeitherto the state nor to me could it have produced any beadfiCiid-result, ......... By the journals of the assembly jh 1818, it- wdl appear that you reported a bbiahce against me m that year of- ' * ^197,297 67 and that the suspended Items i •,» of my account then rendered amounted to \ 141,641 79 . 7 *•* • •\•■• maiuug a balance o f h $55,655 88 against me; for whieh no vouchers were rendered. Why they were not produced the preceding de- velopement of facts sufficiently eXplaib. .-•-Had you, at my solicitation^ consented to al low me even for vouchers proven to have been m yorn possession, and never returned to me, : awLalso-trfhdve credited the amoUnt credited to the public, and advanced to agents of the govern ment; instead of this enormous sum against nie, your report would have exhibited* a balance of 67 88 m my favor, independent of vouchers sipce discovered and rendered id you, by which ■; that balance is increased to 22,274 15* The settlement of my account upon principles so ob- viously equitable, would havejproduced very dif ferent results, m maiiy respect^ * 1 should have been spared the shafts of cqluWiy whidh have been with such en#enom£d raaligmty levelled a t ' my peace—arid you the necessity of relorfmg to the various shifts and devices you have practised, to protract and finallydefeat its liquidation While, upon this subject, permmPeAci place ’ upon its propeL^oonclthe lnjury i haye received at >our hands m the commUnH»tidii Of my ac-1 coiUlts to the*le|feslafiuro Jam?ar^4$19, Wtth - 44 - / * V. *.: *r: • . '-K ■ 'msm&s&n whicli have Been so puhlislied to mypre^’ jttdice and the apuoyande of fiends, .apdjfqt a raopien| tq cop^ider the4po|o^rp^i|ha>e m a^' |n the month o/ Jiily^i^if, t>ce»vk^ fifm# y ou a letter dated a Camp^oterV Qlfick'' ^ 1 \ { ' \ 1 whidh, a f ter s p d a k in^pf sbtne^olliidr m a tter^ tujrfi' requesting mb to furrnsh y dir \yrth iny, reio4«ittqr , \o n c h e f s ,conclude? h i follow^ s*-u. i It t , { , u You hkedtkft he ed t]ie,trmUe^f w y j f r * , Hiitgement dfthmjihatfmltattq^tc^iM gsetf yjf give younflf the trqutye of dqtni )Vith mysincerp resqjeejtsjfj^ave thehopor \q be, ypur excellency?ainost obedient servsuitl ^ ARCH, Uonipt ^■gd in a letter qf fhe-20ih ^eptemb^-aft^ making the sanm request, add suggestion^ you add, to their arrangement !dnd classffieittoif f shall cheerfully attend; arid iddted pour estetik lency may recoiled, that kb attentiqit iehatso- ever has been patd to the afraiigement o f any qf thi vouchers lately rendered^ * ? ^ , After the receipt of those letters/ldr Trbn^de delivered to you a bundle of papers, which you say, and say truly, f* was the -most defective of thp whole, and contained more of the exception able items than any which had before been ren dered,” you might added, upop iyiuch you had madespme-of your ^pqst offensive remaihs The remarks you say.were intended for my iye alqne^;and;ypu;^sk if l*^as dissatisfied wttlt been in theh’abit of ci^p|itiiflg, bT|hjcf ndt^- state what was^ dope,’ aip'ffiOi%hy priety of yoto Conduet.^-’ ‘‘$ ^ 6 ^ ^ to A j l W ' stateidbht fiiriaish'ed inpj matty b f^yoaeh- ers reUdereE tg mq at.di%r^ifim!^, w^;dn^fe » catesf(Whichit t^fnsiom a rV .Jttrlpg^fq W m k i most cases to take,) apd omd|igvffi^..ah(>t7. rthCre had beeatent,-rtlttOHghinadvetteU^S^7- 2Qth Pctoher.,h§lH, wrdfe, to you tp return me JaUjjWi’vouchers and solutely passed to my credit^ fhe fecmpt dftliis leHer you admit; ^ithdutkttiii^ foim’ifetenn^ ; On % 4|h ofNoveibhei) 1§(8, you^^turnqdJfd; ine the vouchers list of the sdnfe, eicepriiag1 SUeh' is •^%hdf.p^* injtted tb h etiil^^W ashli^n^im li some few. detained for special p'ft^estt After this, ,l A 1 i i by we, and tim&mmed, oi had been furnished^ jdod which hud beent$eat to ’ yQu,underypurlettersipyitingrtp„awantof_tcem aUdsCniriny, could ever be regarded by an,t * ‘ .and ' hOUse whether the conuhissioners appointed ’at the'previous'sessloh toseftle my accpunts, -had- executedthe dutteaoftheir appoiiitiueni; aniTif they had not,’ %h to Teport \detaiimi state* ment qf the unsettled cMVgkinthesaidmiComL . and tief&jections tcr their allowance, to the end Mtttsomeprpper mode might b e p m ^ b e d f o r „ fhtirfiqaffetthtnegtJf ‘ . ^ o n F ’ lodging as your reasoft for* rqf^tiiig thom/'ftat* ipy thetta®col«t ^gdsstithe stafey yaHoW to* - - T ’ - '7*- vy oiuuiaf ■ description, thp tOCOipts for which yoiihad long' . before ^ iny.r^^^tiirhedlhiri& e ie' tool yof reported'tq ;tfie'. legislatate, with your £t>rulai reasons for their disallowance. Could you, sir for a moment suppose, that papers of this descrip tion Were embraced in a c^ll for the itnsettkf ckargesjqfmy accounts?’ Could j on bdxy^ that the legislature required your \objections to the allowance of ’ duphdate and private re ceipt, which I had long befoie that tune with- diawn assuch? ^ I s it possiblw-that you could foi a moment,think that the legislature contem plated to prescribe “ a mode for their final set tlement i ” No, sir, you could, neyer have be- hevedit* and if I do npt much overrate the np telhgence and candour of jny fellow citizens it will be impossible foi you to divest this transac tionofits trtifi character, a mischievous e\ef cise ofthe authonfy-ofyCur office, todrawupon me the oppiobrium and reproaches of the puohc, and eminently calculated to disclose the real feel mgs which have governed the* whole of your re cent conduct in toy aftairs, and the end which was hoped to be obtained by it. • But if you had eyen believed that the resold turn c-tlled upon you for a report of these ihat teni, and your comments upon them, coulcl you not have spared onbmolmept for an explahatoiv jremark 'i To have stated thexii cUmsthnces and the assurances tinder which the vouchers had been rendered ? ' To haye stated the simple hct that those which were sp palpably objec tionable, had been long pmce withdrawn ^ You say,“'Indeed, t%t you « could not know that ihe rejected, nod susppndqj item?, and the remarks thereon, w§re,ever to be published.”— How wretdie^is this sub)eifuge * Whak sir was the oped communication of them to th ^assenibly, n Publication? Was fnen entry o theJoUrnals, sofliihg Y\ Were you so little eoi vdrsept with political affairs asnottaknovv f> 1 1 ORIGINAL PAGE(S) MUTILATED } a . , .v - • ’ .* •• ' * : * . , - \ 1 '
