Author: William Simmons
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Published: 2015-07-11
Total Pages: 22
ISBN-13: 9781331176398
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Excerpt from A Letter to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Gentlemen - Finding that there are many of my friends in both houses of Congress, who are unacquainted with the manner, or causes, for which, 1 was suddenly dismissed from office, as Accountant of the War Department, which I had the honor to hold, nearly from the establishment of the Department under the present Constitution, I therefore, feel it to be my duty, to republish, for your information, the statement of facts, as they were published in the Federal Republican, at the time of my dismissal from office, and as I then promised, that I would remain at the Seat of Government, to give Congress such information as would enable them, by legislative provision, to correct the defects in the law, and the total want of system in the War Department, to check the frauds and imposition in the Commissary and Quarter Master General's Departments, which has been practised by some of their officers, to a considerable extent. It may be observed, in the following publication under date of 16th July, that I remarked to the President, that "a representation had been made to Congress, of the misapplication of public monies, and that a committee had called on me, for certain documents; a part of which, I had furnished them with, and some of which, went to implicate one of the Quarter Master Generals, and his Agent, who had produced fraudulent vouchers to a considerable amount, charged against the United States; and that I should now, be deprived of bringing forward, and supporting the charges against them, and exposing their villainy, so as to save the United States from imposition, and fraud to a considerable amount." As this is one of the cases which I considered also implicated John Armstrong, Secretary of War, and has been one of the motives for my dismissal; and as I am now deprived of reporting it officially, I think it due from me to state it in a summary way for the information of Congress, and if they should judge proper, to call for such documents as I can point out to them, they will be able to get at facts, and will be satisfied of its being a case that calls aloud for investigation and an example to be made of those concerned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
