Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-03-26
NEWPORT,
Thursday, March &c, 1885.
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LOSS OF THE FORTIFlCATlON BILL.
The parties, and their motives, as con-
nected with the disgracoful scene, which
led to the destruction Of this bill, and
which has made the last night Of the Cd
session Of the 23d Congress beacon to
warn all future Legislators, have been
faithfully depicted in the late numbers
Of this paper. The facts in this case arc
50 numerous and striking, that it is i'm
possible, we conceive, to mistake their
import. They prove to demonstration,
if circumstantial evidence can prove any
thing, that the charge preferred by Gen.
BARRINGER, in the House Of Represen-
tatives, in the face Of the conspirators,
that this bill was lost by A BASE IN
TRIGUE in that House, was TRUE TO the
letter. That gentleman, man of the
first abilities and character, offered to
furnish names and circumstances, if names
were required, and not an individual
had the hardihood to meet that offer.
Since then, as our readers have seen,
every minute detail Of the plot has been
laid bare to the public by the fearless
and intelligent editors Of the National
Intelligsnccr. Not al individual desig-
mated as an active conspirator, with the
exception Of c. c. Cambrcleng, has in
any shape ventured to impcach the nc
curacy Of their statements. This last
mentioned gentleman has indeed attempt
ed an extenuation Of his conduct, by sug-
gesting as reasons for his movements
fst, that at the moment Of his return from
the committee Of conference, the consti-
tutional period for which the House was
elected, had already expired: and 2dly,
that neither at that time, nor for IN hour
before, could quorum Of the House be
collected Tor business. In what d.
LEMMA MIR. c. has placed himself by his
own admissions Of his conduct that night,
& by the prctexts he now offers as its best
apology, it would be work of supcrero-
cation in US to point out. This has al.
ready boen done to our hands by cor
respondent the Intelligencer of March
18th, under the signature Of GA Wit
NESS" with such cogency and effect,
that on which ever horn Of the dilemma
the gentleman may elect to rest, there
is no one, we presume, who will envy
him the comfort of his position, or be We
ry ambitious Of the distinction he has nc
quired as A MAN OF CONSISTENCY AND
TRUTH.
II [From the National Intoll igencor.
THE TORTIFICAIION BILL DESTROYED
i BY MR. CAMBRELENG AND
|, HIS FRIENDS.
II THE DILEMMA.-Mr. Cambreleng in
his first letter, attempted to justify the
conduct Of the Administration party in
the House, in destroying the Fortifca-
ton Bill, on the ground that it was past
twelve o'clock, before the committee of
conference were able to report, and that
consequently the House had ceased TO
exist.
n Since writing that letter, Mr.. Cam
breleng has recollected not only that the
Cumberland Road Bill passed the House
after iweipe o'clock, (as is notorious, and
appears, among other facts, from Mr..
Gilmer's protest, to which MIR. Cambre-
leng himself alludes,) but was of course
SIGNED by THE PRESIDENT AFTER TWELVE
O'clock. That pretence, therefore, is
forever blown TO the winds. Nay more,
in this mornings letter, Mr.. Cambre-
leng, wholly forgetting the drilt and pur-
port Of his yesterdays letter, says, 81
nersr ~ The House I'LL II adjowned, and
never IN any ipstanee, decin,ed roiing"
30 then the excuse, attempted to be
built On the ground that 10 business