Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives, at the Second Session of the Twenty-Second Congress, Begun and Held at the City of Washington, December 5, 1832 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1832 Excerpt: ...and the accounts and transactions of the Government would always remain unsettled, and liable to be reviewed and reconsidered at any period, however remote. Such right of appeal, on the part of the individual, does not seem necessary for the purposes lof justice, and would be exceedingly inconvenient and injurious to the public. The case of General Macomb, it must be admitted, is one of some hardship; his brevet rank was gallantly earned; it was equal to that of Generals Scott and Gaines; and the command he htld was as important and as full of responsibility ai the respective commands held by them, yet they received the pay and emoluments of major generals, while General Macomb received only the pay and emoluments of a brigadier. I am persuaded that if the subject had been brought before Congress, they would have felt the justice of placing them all upon the same footing, and I should have taken pleasure in finding myself justified in reporting in favor of the claim he makes: but upon a careful examination of the whole case, 1 think his claim cannot be lawfully allowed, and report accordingly. 1 am, sir, with the highest respect, Your most obedient servant, R. B. TANEY, Acting Secretary of War. The Pkesidewt of the United States. Approved 6th of August, 1831. ANDREW JACKSON. 2d Session. u r J JESSE SMITH ET AL. February 25, 1S33. Head, and laid upon the tabic. Mr. Datan, from the Committee of Claims, made the following REPORT: The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of Jesse Smith, and others, report: That the petitioners represent that, during the years 1816 and 1817, Madison barracks were erected at Sackett's Harbor, and lhat Thomas Tupper, then assistant deputy quartermaster general in the service of the United States, was charged by ...