Speech of Mr Duncan of Ohio On the Bill Making Appropriations for Harbors An
Speech of Mr Duncan of Ohio On the Bill Making Appropriations for Harbors An
Alexander Duncan
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Fui'rCh Azifiitor. " The Auditor took up the case, and passed an account allowing upwards of THIRTY-OiNE THOUSAND DOLLARS for interal, when all parties concerned, J\Ir. SoxUkard, the ^luditor and the claimant, KNEW that every cent of just claim for interest had been settled and paid nine years be- fure! Yes, sir, Mr. Southard knew it. I have given an entry of his on a voucher, daiedSth of the pre- ceding March, not three months prior tu his letter to the Auditor, cimclusively ;>j-oy!nj- il)at h...e knew l!! But this i« not all. This allowance gave Mr. Binnc^' nj reeuly money. It all went as a set-ufl' against moneys due from hiin to the GovernmeDt, leavirc; him still in debt over §9, 000. Ilec-nld not, therefore, readily pay his corrujit insirumeni in this and many other gross frauds on (he Govern- ment. But Mr. Southard was kind em ugh to help him out. Money could not be legally advanced to him out of the Treasury, because he was not a dis- bur^ing otlicer, having been two years out of ofTice; but law, or want of law, was no obstacle in those glorious times, which my colleague tliinks are soon to be lestored.
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