North Carolina Newspapers

'V 4 '--si V" " '- 1 v if m i : f " f -i Communicated forth 'liaU fgh Hegtstkrs ' r; Tie power 'f:th6 Sccreteof Var K: liatTarrivedratits Tiighestvpoint about the dose of the jearr1819T ,fle had 5; Jj? produced atrr impreTsioiiupbn the I Xlembera of Co: ress, 4as well as upon: 1 4 98r thefyublief that to oppose his measures; ; .$f :ly 3msis to oppose the administrationof the :' 'Xri'T " P thus lie avail? JumselfJto a certain ex ' -ytentSt tlierweightifof LJtfi Monroe's other j strong : impression; ; which still A! senis to pretaifthat he laUmoreinflu- . enpe txtaipther jjinettil procurino; appointments to 6f ' Sfice i anqV i this 1 however grqu bdiess, ' llaSibeert F1 the greatest advantage . to him.; ' It luas rfyen him extensive influr ence&-adUpjigiou the faci a natibnbf hi inahjiers f It jias brought to hia parjalj.; the .office-hunters in ;:eJnJinioTj: -inland. tatcen Collectively,1 : 'J bo'dy. V- His measures sidered as wild and extravagant by some . of the old" fashioned republicans, had . metwitli no decided opposition hy a 'i -'ihajbrityofi either hbuse of Congress! ;,. isut nis estimaies oi . me appropnanon "J1; necesafbrhis;; department for the V year. 1 820 startled those who had plac- tli list year, ; ih - the thfeet.tast y iars 4 tiraore ttwi I2,000jnen.hayebeen enlisted j anatui the Aggregate t)f the &rmy "ftt thelclosetif the last y eat lid not exceed 9,XK)Q mert 10 -0 i ." It " is true, only 300 men are entitled, to dischanrebv the crDiratioii xf their term ; artill ifthe desertions' and other casualtrdsJ. should be as ereat'as in former j ears, the wny. will not exceed 8,000 men t the dose of the year tnr.liirlrnic th vpr-rriitii whtrhmav he bbtained with 21,000 pbllaf voted for that purpose, YI have thehpnor to be Sirybur .obedient servants -z, a , Y . ' ' VrD( pARKEB; tAdjt & Insp'. Gen!,:, " wTKe Skckxtjlbt oir AVah.' f 1iThisletter which the Secretary makes his own,by commmunicating it to the Senate Avas eidentlmeant as a severe reprimand upon the Hou sev of Repre- sentatiyes, ior inegiecuns xneir uuiy , and n admonition to the Senate to attend r to theirs; ahd amend the bill so as to Correspond with the wishes arid, instructions of j the It shews too, that the Secretaryperfectly u hd erstbod that the House ofKepresen tatives had determined to authorize the recruiting of; 1500 men ?. and no more for the year : 1820pr-0: vr -M ;:: 1 The Senate on this point were as re fractory as the House of Representa tives, and notwithstanding the instruc- 4 talents fbr;husmess : 1 veti those who upon thejwbearance -of the Secretary. had . believed ; jail the accounts of the igreati saving in: the OVV ar Depart i nierit'Jnow" began to examine i()r them- scl ves into his expenditures. The con sequence of. winch' was. that a majority or- Dptn houses oi : v;ongress concurreu h? the prwprie tr. of arreVtinff the Secre- tary in h?s favorite, but useless and ex travagant scheme, of sendinor an army to the i enow atone Kiver, niteen nun dred miles up the Missouri. : They de termined to check the . recruitintr ser vice which he was urging with as much ardour, as if a powerful enemy had in- vai led our shores, ah d 1 was march i ng fto VV ashmgton. And what was still more ydfTensi ve, they: adopted pleasures for re ducing ine army to six xnousanu men. t For, these and similar offences, they nave pee n suguiauzetias naaicais, anu dnbuncd as enemies to the adminis- tratioh . The Secretary has made war npon them by every means in his pow- er. A paper;, has been established at -s.i Yvasningioii v:uriuer nis immeuiate pa tronage to write them down. He has pursued them into the remotest parts of , me union : ana aouin Carolina is not ! the ; first nor the last state, in which , nis vindictive nana nas oeen seen ana : " At the commencement of th year 1817, the army in the ag-gTeg-ate," amounted to 10,024 tions , and admonitions of the Secretary, and tKe utmos exertions of his friends, they passed the lull as jt was sentto them. Congress had refused an appropriation for moving our trops from Gouncil Bluffs to Yellow.Stone, & were adopting nieayure3 for t reducing our peace esta? bhshment. Ihis was pressing very tar But to limit the rccruitiri": service at the warning he had ariven, particularly I to the Senate; was auTevidence of mark-i year foil owig. the. Secretary, vrAnd -this precaution J - th e year 1 8,1 7 IHere" were' recruited 3939 rrieh, and, in the .year ; Si 8, 4gS8,i although; Congress rmeanttoTpro vide for- the recruiting of no more' than 2500 iii the former year;, and 3000 m the lat Iter. r The secreiaryrauthopzea tms excess of recruitmff overthe appropria tions: v nrobabl v iunder some j tisaste of the War iJeparimerit by -.which)ie yen tii rpft t pTr.eri nhe aDDroDriations lor any particularyear, & fill up the ranks of the army as established by law, vro vdel jie jcanj tmd uexpe cei that mabe transferred tbthat se'r.r vice And,! it, is possible; that in the last case of s0, he thought- himself, deVthe'same -pHnciple, t justified.. in disregard in;a: the -will, or Congress, ex- pressed in d re pt te rm s. ; , V , . L By the peiceieil the army wis fixed at .10,000' men ; but vvhetner fthe rankswere to be kept full at all tipies or not, depended pn the will of CJongress as they believed and hot u pop that of the Secretary of jWar. If he had) the right to - recruit 1711 men ihj 1820, beyond the number for which Congress had inade the ap- propnation, he would have had an equal ngnt to recruit that numDen even .n Congress had niade no appropriation whatever, lor the, recruiting service of that year, . :':MK (- The safety of the countrv f requires !iat Congress should have the power of controlling: the recruiting service. - In this case f it was peculiarly import ant, for they had determined to reduce the army, and did reduce it in the Mef:yito 1Q divers mnnnl . 1820; in iedtectfrk&tiumS&t ) r SXepentatiipMti4Z6tm who kni Tn t M ih th. hands othel,feA-'l:;H Treasurer of - the .U S 1 . States on. 1st of Jan.; V ffts tf'F-1' 1820 i ". M97m- ,44l;0i t EXPENSES OF Amount appropriated j 1820 . .'; eel of Radicals rress. I He ihis contumacy, Tiiere were recruited in that In the year 1818 Iu the year 1819 t .. -i j - . t . r . 1 In three! years, 3,959 J 4,238 ! 4,J04 1 12,481 At the close of the year. 1819 the armv Amounted to j j j 8,688 . Less than the ag-gregate at tlie " ,. commencement of 1817 by v 1.336 :: " Tois number added to the 12.481 amounts ., to i ,817 men lost to tlie army in tliree years. r Of these probably about 3000 were discharged ojiuthe. expiration of their terms of service ; : , . tlie. remainder ! Were lost by desertion and j-vrVother casualties. .' U ' " ' 'I ' . "- JiTr: Calhopnl required for the recruitincf sert ice oi tue year tav tne.sur x 9liU,v iz for 5,000 recruits W.' :r. . -Bounties at 12 dolls, each '60,000 y - Premiums at 2 dolls. eachil0,000. For quarters, fuel, bunks, ci-- ' tizeh sihgeons; for exainin- ' ing' th ev recruits akid attend-r hig tor the sick,' fees for ma- gistrates ; for qualifying" re- ' - emits until"; organized for Joining" Resinients or Corps, ' at 22 78 1-2 per man 113,925183,925 , Tliese estimates appear from a letter, V from-the Adjutant and Inspector Gene ral to the Secretarv of War. and hv him- communicated to' ! the Senate of the United Staues on the 20th of March s Th e Hou se of Represeh tatives paid ' v but little .attention to the Secretary's estimates and instructions. 4 v They vot ed to i apprfiate for the whple-recruit- ; irigtseryice!- of that year! no' more than 855,125, not one third part -of what the '- Secretary required. This appears from T the first section of the bill making an-, proptia tions forj tlie military service for Lf4$20;vhich a? law on the 14tlt of April lot that vear. So much -of the section as respects this appro priation is in triese words, ' For bounties ' - and premiums tor . fifi ten h n ndted . r? crujtSi) twentyne tKousaiid , dollars JFofuel, straSc all other expenses for recruits, untilijwpnized to join regi ' ' ments and corps, thirty four thousand, v. "one hundred antl twenty fivedollai's." nOnthe 23ridj O Katl pass'ed5 the Hou of Hepresentar tives, and -wai 5dependin the Senate the, foil Owing letter from .the djutant theShatetbj the Se-!:- ci-etafv" 'f-rj&rVu V ' '--' 5 if ' Adjutant & Inspector X&iieta rS Offic ed 'disrespect, calculated to call forth all the eherj;ies of his character. V'ere his magnificent schemes to be defeated, his, brilliant prospects to be obscured from the paltrvj consideration of saving J a tew thousand,, or hundred thousand Dollars? He bethought himself of all the great things that had been said of him in the public papers : He recollected, although it had not been lormaliy announced, that ' South Carolina had siven to the nation the ablest man that ever filled the War Department.?' He consider ed i that it would be thought disgraceful in the anny that the greatest of all pos- sioie secretaries, snouia yieia to a par- ln tne two nouses oi reflected, that should particularly on the part or the benate, be countenanced by the War J)epartmenf, it would soon arrow up into a spirit of mutiny that itmiht oe uitncuit to check. BesidesJ some calculations aTarmed the Secretary. If the army at the close of the year 1H20, would amount to no more than 8,000 men, including the 1,500, to be recruited by the authority ot xCJongress, when in 1 817, 1818 and 1819, there had! been recruited 12,481 years there wou I d be,, a thousand includins: those he expiration of their It followed from this, recruitina: - service be checked, the army in two years more would be reduced to a regiment, which would afford no apology fr keeping in pay, nearly 700 commissioned officers ; and might j induce Congress to reduce the number of officers, which the Father of the 'Army ought in no wise to' per mit. And should anv considerable , SIR-It appears byhntvpursl that the House of UeprentaUVes vcted"f nlytQtpOOQ j Pollers for bmuties? and? preinrumjpnac Ki couiit of the'Tecniitini iupWivHifW.' lltinc surnv -Inf" V 'Tlu r shivifUl oiliv inliat 1500 mon i '-Um th . - r. I men, in lour loss of sixteen discharged on term of service. that should the of tbb army be portion oi. ine omcers dismissed, it might endanger the elec tion of the army cant lid ate : a calamity at ail hazards to be avoided. Under such circumstances tlie 'Secretary did not lonor hesitate; . He determined to recruit 1,500 men by: the authority of uongress, and 1,711 by the authority of the War 3,211 men Department. Accordingly were recruited for the ser vice of the year 1 20. V hether, Coh";ress jis to have . any control over the -recruiting service, or . .. i - i. . at . . . whether it is tq depend upon the will of tne Secretary oti yV ar, seems a question not yet settled. By the 8th section of the, hrst article ol. tlie Constitution .of the; United States, Congress shall have power "ito raise and support armies," under which they have presumed to re gulate :th recruiting ervice, both as o the amount ofj the appropriation, and as to the. number of men necessary for i that service. ;i- . . - j In the case of 1820, they were more explicit than usual ; they expressly de signated tne numoer ot men to ,. De recruited. The words of the act are 6 for bounties and premiums for fifteen hundred recruits." In the act of the 29tli of April, j l 816, the appropriation i or , tne recruiting service t is in tnese words : Vor bounties and premiums, -six thousand dollars." In the act of;the3d pfJIVlarch, 181T, ti for boun ties and premiums,' thirty-two thousand dollars:"! Jn the!raxt of lihe 19th FeT bruary, . 1818 ' i for bou nties and pre miums, forty-four tho i sand dollars. " In the act of the 15th of February, 189, 4T for - bounties and pr! emiams.'; -sixty-" two thousand, five hundred dollars," without designating in any of these ca ses: the number to be 5 recruited. ;? The nuniler, however,, was easily ascertain ed bV calculation. ; f ; '. x v."-'1 1 Ifthe Secretary Amount apuropnaxea . . f ; - for the year 1820 H 21,000, 00? Amount x reiunued ; to? xne i reasurer ot tnei states oy sundry persons durinpr the year 1820 Amount broueht to the credit jot this appron pnanon on the boofcs ot .this- office; on set tlement of accounts. beine balances dud : thereon, by sundry) ., ); : : perspn;;ansing"out-: X0 ' oi' advancesjmade in h-l-Xi 1819 and.1820 Amount bro'tl to the credit of this appro4 pnation from thel hooks of the3d Au4 ditor, '. Amount due by nbb't. xBrent; late paymas . ter general, being part of the advance made him on account ' of bounties and pre-j , miurns out l of the . appropriation - for ABio, reiumlecl in 1820, on settlement of his account. mso vernment V M a'defiiuUer to the Go- Treasuryof the 27th nf riiu;lr T-t 26,917,54 mm iryofthe27thofNoT;nTwTfir fvW! thatbalance dng Jvmtedtates, from R6bekN'.rpnt 1 rhird Auditor, of S40,9l!ra8. g!. sides which Aere were; othr and mu larger sums due from him to the United gtetes r for bya report of Jthe Comp. troHer of theTreasury;of the 27th De bember, 4852r it appears that ho a .. deimauent to thp lammintnf 0511c W 38, accruing out of advances made tn iryui iiue Btn or iiay, 1816J itt 112;-; nel 8 1 gjieported, for MthpMay; 1820. ? t yt' suit on th( m 35,364,56 RECRUJTIJsrGJ or t tie year ;:;? 34,125 of War could thus recruit men at his pleasure, against the will, ot congress, and they were hound to annronriate for the Dav. subsistence. and jclothing of such recruits; and if he could make coutracts to tne amount of millions bf dollars, for fortifications and other objects connected with the defence of jthe- country, and impose Amount disbursed by upon congress ine jODiigauon, to maKe j sundry persons' ap the appropriations necessary tor enjry- sucn contracts into enect, then in deed, tne Representatives of the Peo ple, presented but a feeble barrier to the, power of the vy ar Department. j It is provable, however, that Con gresh will fifid means hereafter, to res train the reef ujting service within proper bounds "$ and they have already, by an" Amount disbursed td act ot the lirlt Mav, 11820, provided that 26th of DecJ on aqi no contracts thereafter shall be made by the heads of any of . the departments except uiider a Jaw authorizing the same, or under an appropriation ade quate to its fulfilment and, excepting also, contrajcts made by the Quarter Master's Department, which j may be Vnder the follow made bv the. Secretaries of those De- heads, viz ; partments.'l I If the Secretary of "War shall consi der this very radical law as binding up- ort him, it w,ill put an end to Kip Rap j contracts. i As soon as it was discovered that more j I ! ; -v : ' 'l tr tnan buuu men nan oeen recruited tor Amount available by the Secre tary of war tor thex recruiting $125,258 03 service ot the year 1820 ;i 7; EXPENDITURES. Amount ot warrants is I 7 sued by the ecreta4 tary of War to the 26th of Dec. appli cable to bounties M premiums piicable to typuntpes and premiums, and brought to the debii or tljat approphatio on settlement of the i accounts, there be ing; balances due by! them to that anrt of sundry specirid appropnauons count of expenses of recruiting 38,610, 17 9,030 41 18,749 65. Amount expended deducted 66,390" 22 ons on the 26th of Dec. 182Q folio wins Bounties & premmmsf 43,492 45 Expenses of recruiting 15,475 35 As the sixth vitenr was involved soiree; obscurity 1 iv Lee adds an; ex. pianatory note, . which Mr. Calhoun muit have, taken for a -satisfactory elu cidation of the subject, ort he Joih notjhave made ii a part of .his Report I haye examined this , explanatory note over and ( over, and; riever read any thing more ingeniously , perplexed..-! Who. would ! suppose that th magic force of a few. entries in the books of the Second Auditor, b v which not a centtwapbtained from jMr. jBrcuti and which vyas not' to diminish : flu ron,! - $91,133 03 balance against -.him to the athountiof a v ! - - auiHuri." uie secretary cr Wrtxor any; other person- ..to' draw St35,ti64 56 frovn'any fund beionn to the United States ? ) , j? i Robert Brent had expended more money upon: the article j: of subsistence than haaj been put into his hands fr that particular purpose,1 which he took from monies put into his hands to pav bounties, and j premiums j upon aoth items of account, liow ever, th! ere was a large balance due from him to the Uni ted States It is easv i to Underst' hoW nis subsistence account was balan ced by charging it with ' S35,365 5(1 which he had jtaen from the !monie9 in his hands to pay bounties and premiums, and jthat the balance on his' account ot bounties and premiums should be dimi nished. by that amount. .TJns might be a convenient mode of ascertaining the. final balance due from him on both accounts,! buticould be of no other, im- portance to him or to the United States, ai they were to receive no money front him on either account, and surely were not.exDected to navanr. BUt whence came the money r Robert Brent refund-. ed in settlement of account only.1' This is not money : Yet the money was obtained from some quarter, ; for bounties and premiums cannot be paid in settlement of account only. " i I If this sum ot 835354 5b, said to be ati4 1''- Treasury Department, 2d 28th Dec; 1820. wM. LEE, Note.- When we say Robert !Brentt late 558,868 80 refunded by; Robert Brent, but which Auditor's Office. 1 never was And never will he refunrlpH was drayn from .itheTeasui'er. of .( thp United States as agent for the Wip Department,, or from the Treasury or Paymaster General, retunaecl in lau yj5,-1 anv nfh fnnfl Kplnno-ihc; fa thp UuuA 364,56, it ought not to be understood that here- soa un: uaA .n,.., -r ' 1 'X"- 1 1 ' . i a : i 4 t I a "large amount ; his jaccnuht thp 2d of January 1821, he communicat ed the followinn: letters and statements Department of TVar, 30th Dec. ; 1820. SIR -In ieply to the resolution of the House of Iiepfesentatives of the 26th insf. re quinn? a statement, from this Department, shewing the ifuraber of soldiers recruited lor the Army, during, the year 1820,' indicative communicated to the, House of Repre- the. fund from hohieh the expenses of recruiting nfn'a htr wnv rif thrnwinw Maht tin- y is a most rare under the head of bounties and premiums, to fnAaA n nrrminf nf nti nnivnfnJ.l ofjgubsistence Koio-U Uri ; un.x was closed, bv carrying: a part of the balance, 1 . , t due by him on bounties and premiums say P V v"Vu.lf , aUlf -'P:e.IIl,ur.!,"-au. 5,364,56 to his debit on that 01 subsistence,! "leu appueu tu cue recruiting service oi by which transaction, bounties and premiums J the - year 1820 J if , all this was done receivea a creure on our uoos, wmic uusia-i Witn KOhert Brent, While tie Was Ul hi.' : a -w - ! .1 1 naa oeenpaiai wnetner any unexpena- Qn 8ubject of en edualance of former appropriations had been f , . J . . tence was debited." This statement jvhich the Secretary ated to 1 by way I grave jand 11 proves, knew nothing of the'matter. r at least, thati the Secretary is Very expert at raising he wind, r I ' In June, 1820, Robert: Brent Tas in debted to the United States in the sum 1 L j Ti : r..aPPa"i? and ' singular Document The Radi- 0R1 15.598 :8. He was dead,; and uscu, auu in wnat year saiu aporoiJiiaiiuus j - , , n j . - j - :. . . - . - : 1 t 1 t't " . ! i i was made: I enclose reports of the Adiutant cals were about as wise after tins elu- his. estate utterly insolvent :; and tins and Inspector! General, and the Second Au. cidation as they , were before it, as the money never has been nor never will bej ditbr of the Treasury, shewing the number Secretary, no doubt, intended they refunded. Ari aUemptO draw money ot recruits anct the expenses ot the recruiting should be. But a paper oH this cha- from such a fund, thus sunk in the botj It is deemel proper to observe, that altho racter, thus conVrlinnicated to Con- tomlesspit of the Paymaster's packet, the number of recruits exceed 3000, the Ar- cress, deserves a little more attention would ( formerly have been deemed as m1 has not been so much increased since the tnan It nas receiyeu. ivs 10 uie aa- i nupeic&s ua uic attcmpi, ot ,uic pauus last y listme aities many ear. Thfe difference between the en- larice of $$58,8Gr 80; remaininj; on the I pher or JLamputa to? extract Bunr beam nts and the increase, is accounted for 1 ou nf iWomkAr 1on narlv I from cucumbers : Rut this in an a-f ot the discharges, desertions, nd other casu- wrn , during the year, amounting-to halt as T " ' eV. ' i-.- k J,rtWii-- ; ' i' f t ,s ! as have &een enhsted. , " p' l r : --..T."?." I -sf T.o . I .- . ih4v. th, timcrr-tn vor nh;t W vlce-oi max year snuuu. i. , 1 ' - it was qiscoverea that xlr. Urent vaiit, ?;!l,heunus,u4lifo inf thiK particular for the year 1820, waseyid ently rfteaii t as a limitation . to tne aiscreu?n previously, exercisea Dy lion. J. W I Speaker afi jJjutaiitU I J. C CALHOUN. the IfuV8e of Representatives-. Inspector General's Office, 30tl Dec. 1820. vice, as by Mr. Leb's statement, was Slit In aiisWer to tliat part of the itesolu- 3125,358 03, leavirii a: surplus, of uO tion ofthe iioiise of Representatives, requir- more .titan Sr, 141 40- j x- The funds out of which .bounties, and premiums were paid fori 1820, consist of six items. v The first an unexpended balance In the hands of the Treasurer of R.lQr'92. This balance is not mentioned in the Secretary's lestimate; infwhfeh lie ask SI 83,925 for. recruit- m 5000 men. rCoiteresf didinot take it into consideration; or - they f would bounties, premium and other expen- had disbursed S35.364 56 for subsis- ses of recrmtin i men, , wouia a- j tence. Over and above wha t was charge i mount, according to the estimate fur- to him lf that accounts v It was tliou i mshed by 4fie war department, to that-this sum miffht be mid tb him b i gl 18, 1 1 o oi5. - i ne amount j available t the. part ot the United States to balance ntrthe number! of s )ldies -enlisted durine this yeftr ytiu refer red to me, I take the Xu heijty to make jthe following' extract,! from ray report to you of the second inst. viz: ' Ab stract of the recruiting returns for 1820, whole number enlistek during- the year, 3,211.' '. I The humberf of recruits fbr tliis year is ta ken from the returns made to this office, of the first three quarters, and fan estimate for the bres0nt:quarteL , ": x,t I, -r - - x '''' a i t a . i txT .a. ; i - ha. e appropriated a Icereain sum ad ? i . H- uTlkEiS Adjt. & lAGci,. ditiori tpthis bala,recru,t U500 tk- cn.,u n i 1 men. The second iS tlie sum or 21 ,000 the! dollars appropriated! and ail that Con- I'he a s 0bt X) pkbtmkst, ! gress lntenUed. shouia oe expeuaeu, ior Hior8 'ojcDep, 1820. C-: bounties and nremiums for the year SlTr-ln compliance with the resolution of J ig20.. v As to the thirdfimrtlit & fifth e; House bfVJtfepresentatives of the 2$th inst. 1 - !u. erXi,V nAf Uur;k I have the honor to transmit to you; herewith, '" vlu -Tr hCu a statement of the funds out of which We ex- that any body houldnderstarid . them, nentes of recruitin fbrthls vear have been Hcmiffht aswell have intormeil Uon- paid.f I have : the hohor,bev rcpec gres that 30, 000 dollars and upwards tillyi;y:bbe4ient sery fvlf J had." been retVnded - io ' tlie ;.Tisurer, discovered with,: by a. the second and close' this account of subsistence provided he should immediately refund the same, J on account of a very lar balance- due from ' him -fe account of bounties ahd premiums.; J ' But, as thi pay men and re-payment would hav been but mere matter of form. , it was x xnai ii mignt , ne uispenseu tew entries . on the- books or Auditor. X Mr. Brent was, ore. charged with this sum; to ehWy. his subiistence accouh with an equal sum on account of boun ties and premiums ; by which transac tion, says j the Second Audiir,j (he ought to have said manceuvre) y boun ties and premiums received aredit ; on our bookls while subsistence was debit- ed and the credit thus obtained was considered as i a part of, the, "ayailabifk funds,' which" were "applied- io the re-. crui ting f service of 1820 under -warrants drawn- by theiSecretaryroF far, as ii tne same naa oeen appropnaiea oy vu tj gress-foi therrecjrtkiting; service of tliaj year, 'Pi -4 a' ' : . It