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miitee in ita incuiries. The flouse besed ite right to inveatigete on its “ ocutrol over the exvenditure of -ublie acney,. When the Co.cittes es.ed the President for the papers relating to the campaign, Fresicent Fas'ington colled a cceting of hie Cabinet. Present sere Thoass Jefferscn, Scare tary of State, diexender Hasilten, ceeretary oF the Tresavry, Reary Enox, Becretery of ar, and Edaond Randolzh, the sttoruty General, the Preai- dent atated thet he had galled bie Cabinet together beoruse this wen the - first dezand on the ‘Exequtive for papers: within nis ocrtrel and be. denired thet in so far aw the acticn taen would ecretitute a precedent, it . siould be rightly conducted, President Yashington reedily adaltted thet he bad no doubt cf the prezriety cf wat the House sas aire, but he | 444 eonceive trat tere aight be papers of so acoret a patcre thet they ought rot be given up. The Precicent end nis Cabinet | taue te a unenincus ecne.usion as followas a | a _ . oe _ : First, tat tie House wae an inquest, end therefure might institute inguirles, Second, thet it right oall for yavora generally. Thin, toat tie Lxecutive cught to qonaundes te Buch papers aa tue potlie good would pere zit, and cught to refuse thoae, t the Giselesure of wile would injure the pubiie, ee a the precedent there set wy President Feshington and his cebinet we followed in 1776 whea he refused we eoayly with a ree-lution ef the House ~*~ o wi.teh recuseted his te Dey before t3e House @ ao5r ef the instructions to tae United Btates Winteter who negotiated rN treaty with Crest Britein, together with the eorrespondence and dosveente relating; to that treaty. Ie declining te conply, President Wesbington stated; SAS it 1b ecsential to the dus adaiai stration of the Governsent that the boundaties fixed by the Crt. stitation between ‘the various depertzents should be preserved, a jurt regrrd t: the Cunstitution and to the duty cf ny offiee # & # forbids a ece lience with your request.®