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THE FREE PRESS.
The following 10 90 e.srsss fros. The pressed
'ass In the u. 5. Se~.se sa The 70 q uh:
THE HON. GEORGE PolNDExrER.
The CHAIR laid bsfses the senate . letter
from the Hoo. GfoHss Po,.DsXrsa, IN the
following terms:
vAsaiseres ctrr, vss. 2lst, 1895.
Sr; ] address you. ~ the prssidisg offieer
OF the senate. on . subjses isvolvisg eriai-
AL charge, highly Injurious 10 ny moral
character, sad which. II true, ought 10 cause
my sxPoissou from the august BODY Of which
! an msaber. An article IN the form Of :
letter IRON person Ia this city 70 hin cor.
respondent in New York, hss fouod IN vav
INTO the public prints. and has already been
widely eirculsssd thsosghoas ths oou.sry. al
Isgiag " that The Adainistrssion wa possess-
Cd OF dspositioos taken from three iodivA-
ush vhe swear that Richard Lawrence, shs
sssessia, we ssss By tAsa IN NE privsss roso
Of The Hoa. Gsergs Poisdszssr, ths two dsys
.mssdisssiy astsrtos 20 his sttsoptisg tke
life Of Gen. Jackson."
No. one, ! presoos, sir, can mistake the
purposs Tor which thess dspositi have
been procured. Ths evident design h 20 an
90 NE the most Infamous of sii eriuss. th.t
Of having been IN accessory before The fact
70 % attempt 70 take she life Of The Chief
Magistrate, By the hand Of IN assassin! A
ehasBs % nonsfrous, and 80 rspugnant 10 the
ssecr % ny pest life. ressisg simply on The
astnority OF IN sooaynous letter, 10 the co.
iunns OF nswspapes, might well b plseed
10 the general account OF the calumnies of
The day, which have Of late been 20 fr..iy
esst on ne. and % sueh, would searceiy
merit contrsdiction from me. But The ioyes-
tigatioa which have thus fer given 10 the
leoospirsey sgsiest my chsrsessr, has enabled
me 10 trace The authority On which the state
nent IN the lettsr referred TO wss founded. To
member OF the Hooss Of Repress nsative.
from Rhode Island. and the dspos it;ons there
10 spoken Of have been taken NJ the instance
Of the Fresidsnt hinself. Having ascertain
cd these facts, deem 10 % DO . duty which
] owe 10 myself, to my constituents, to socie-
y nj large. and 10 the Senate, 10 ask the q D.
poietmeat Of . special comnittse. clothed
~nh powsss 10 send for persons and papers,
and 20 inquire Into the truth or fsLsbood Of
the charges imputed 70 me, having reIation
10 the Chief Executive Magistrate Of the ns-
uoo, that. u found guilty. ] may no longer
dngraee the sest which occupy In tbi, boSv
have the honor 70 BE-. with great respect.
your ooediest servast,
@. PoISDExTER.
WAsHnsToz, Rss. 81, leaS
Hcn- Gsoaos Posnpsxrna:
In reply 30 yosr aots, which received thiu
Dorning. On nt liberty % state, In snsver
10 ne intssrogsiory which you hare pro
poende4. "is whoss hands DID ysu zee the
sbdasits 81 vAIsA 200 spssk," sIai TIE Az
dasits we're b. ne reed 81 Ne Asuss Of The
Prssidsat of The Usissl States ne, vsrs
headed 10 ne, b his rrsssses, by q frIsed 81
hs, ~ ne returned 20 The President. ana
were put iate hls hands b. the saissts then.
ssivss. - ] have tsso informed By hia end
J an further authorised 70 cay that other tss-
ti@ooy Of the Kind b expected.
Your vsry OBJ ssrv't,
DUTEE =. PEARCR.
The Letters Aaviag besa reed b. The ssers.
tsry,
Mr.. CLAY rose and said, hat the eomnu.
n'eatioa which had just been reed eosId m.
sptre 10 other ssntsmssas In The boaom "a
every Senator prsssst, but tAoss Of ths deem
est regret He Asd hoped. vAsa he sav <is
suiels' 10 which che letter Of The koaosabIs
Senator referred, IN Q ssvspspsr, that il
vss without the slightest foaudatjoa and hs
vas unwilling yes % bsiisvs n ,he eo,,,h,I,.
y Of the tsuth Of the siassmsss costainei h
me accompanying letter. That sn parts an
SAWS imp'iestieg the character Of sens
.os o. the Onitsd States should have been
atsUn Without botifying Aim-O ithout the
slightest intimati0a that they were 20 b a.
kea-and that they he'd bees procured Al ~.
instanee Of the Chief Magistrate, sod pv, on
nile. 70 % used by him, whsn and how he
might think proper, we sos % BE- hsl,s va
oas upon NE highest and most aalheatie ev.-
dsoes. lie would ssy IL vas no, poss:LIs
lor bin Jet 70 credit tas statement, Imposing
es wss the for1 IN whish s was pressatsd.
u YES tnpossibls foe him % credit that any
humsn being could eOsesive Of such q plan
fer injusing fellow eitisss-visboes posir.
without she smallest opportunity 20 hin.
70 proe2re aesdsvits froa psrsons ankso = a.
snd pus then swsy, 70 - used o. some sub
seqosat occasion. vhsa 10 might BE- isspossi-
bic % eootradiet their statements. or 70 ad-
duee ssy exlpipasoFy evidence.
de wes @oss fsluetass 20 behave il. and
wooid MOI selisvs e, bat upoa higher EVIL
oeass shas that which was sxhiSitsi. re-
sPsetseie - u wsG u vas suGieisst, hov-
sver, 70 form the basls % say Inquiry. And
ne eo1aunbeaisOn which he'd been reed eel.
Ies epos NE senate ~ perform . most pais-
Iei sod unpleasant duty Add ihis, Shea
mere YES rsnnsss of bus seven or eisht
oays befors The tegAisstiou Of TIE session.
SD the Gloss of the oGickal exnasnes, a Is.s,
Ter the present, % the Senator Who STOOD len.
pi'eated. The tins, theirs fore, w1thia which
the investigates wa % be- made, Il vas
maeh 70 b regrsttse. Was sxtfemely eireum-
sertoed short - u was, there could DOT be
I've opinions - 70 the course which the Sen
ste wss bossd 70 tshs. Its duty 20 iis ous
character sod dlgaity. spd % Ell eoaoers.A
demanded The isvsstlgaitoa.
" were POssibls 10 believe. ssd IL should
turn out on the Investigation 10 be establish.
- hsf shs sssssog hsA had The slightest
participation - he siFocious aiismps 70 e.
sessiosts fellow citizen, ssd be che Prssi-
scot q TIE United sistss, ths senate would
De esllsd upon 70 Psffosm the painful duty.
Inoe aisd hy The Ssnatof himself, 81 purEinE
tee oosy o. sseh en- unworthy member.
Oa the e0sifaFy, " tie result Of the inoairv
shosld b.. e. ~ asast belisys a would BE-. a
establish that thsFs y not The slightest fOun-
dsiioo for the ehsrge o. II, AZ he rousl hope.
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