Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-01-26
Correspondence of the Baltimore Chronicle.

won't Declarations 10 a select committee lie
said he wished this matter to be settled and dis
posed of. before he called up the Appropr!at ion
bills, as he had proposed to do. The question Is
upon the motion to appoint the commit;e by ballot
.Ir Leeare tool, the floor; and. IN the course
of his remarks. noticed objection which fell
from Mr.. Cambreleng, that To appoint com
mitce by ballot would be to appoint IT in the dark.
Mr. CambrcIeng said the mode Of appointing
The committee was matter of Indifference.
Mr. Lcgarc Then what Is the meaning of
the gentleman inuendo, If he means nothing
bv il, why not say 50 like man.
Mr.. Legare noticed the remarks of Mr.. Tho n
rs that the administration ought 10 have ma
lority of the committee, because having lost the
money they were most anxious 10 get it back
3 II he believed that all parties would be equally
Glad TO get ii back. The facts OF this case could
not 10 reached without committee of the most
searching character The only objection TO
riea rocc vote as proposed by Mr. IhoFnas IN
choosing he committee that It would con-
sunlre much time, and The only advantage OF II
would be that gentlemen who could not be trusted
would be prevented from skulking. There
time when proposition. with such an object
would have been universally ani unanimously
He reioiced to hear his colleague,
Mr. Pickensl say. that he ready To probe
this matter to the bottom. He rejoiced in such
Sir, VIC arc conservatives, must
be so. We have no nope but IN the preserva-
ton of the institutions of our fathers. The
sceptre has departed from US, bat still; the
5 outh NAV hold a ceusorial--l trlbunItIve power.
Mr. Gushing made remarks In reply to
the gentleman from Virginia., (Mr Robertson)
who spoke some days ago.
Mr.. Cushman spoke the subject, and sta
ted that the better mode of raising all the COM
mittees Of this House was by the appointment
IF the Speaker The gentleman who proposed
frnrr, and
10 appoint the committee by ballot might not
lavc intended DELAY and prevent any Investi-
ration, but such lis etfects,-tor 1t was not
o be supposed that the House would at once "a
,ree to SO novel proposition
If the Secretary of the Treasury were here
md could express his own wishes he would tell
,nu that he wishes an investigation and that he
not whether it be a committee appointed by
he Speaker or bv ballot,--or By secret or by .
pen ballot He hoped the House would take the
question and appoint the committee.
Mr.. Cambreleng. In order that the House
,ay take the question at once, modify the mo-
on that the committee may be aPpoln ted ri
a roce by the House,
Mr.. Wise. the gentleman though slippery is
auCht at last The motion can't be made with (
ut Il suspension of the rules and vote OF two .
lirds.
Mr. Cambreleng. NV object was to divide .
&c question, SO that the part relative to the
lode Of choosing the committee, can be fixed by
vote of two thirds.
rofession of willingness to Investigate the
lattcr is insncere. He gives us Il committee
VIC can get ii by two thirds vote
Mr. Cambreleng, / withdraw the motion rs
seems to embarrass the ge ..an .roune
lie House on this subject, were 1t not that some
his constituents had been alluded 10 IN the de-
ate The people were not now, he SAID, about
lie horse, but they wanted to look at the stable
, sec how all these deinquencIes were conceal
/ They wished to know how these dcEalca-
ons could be prevented hereafter. gentle
an Of extraordinary sincerity OF manner and
,pearance rises IN his place and tells us that :
q object of a committee must be to recover
e lost money, and that the administration were
ercforc entitled to majority OF the committee. {
nc gentleman might hlmselt be put on the '
,mni,tee bv the Speaker, and he would there
,rhaps render the administration more serV ice '
an bv his argument. lie (AIr Hoffman, would !
Their have no committee Al all than commit
g appointed BY tho Speaker, after this annun- I
,iion from a gentleman high in the confidence
the Speaker and the administration. lie {
ouUht too that the term of existence as n V
bic body was short that 1t would be O
tter to remit the subject to our succ essors-- O
It his chief object IN now rising was to re- O
4 somo insnuations thrown out by this gen $
,man, (Mr. Thomas against some OF his con- |
tuonts The gentleman inlmated that some j
the Wing merchants of the city OF New York
Il not paid their bonds, and that the default Z
IS III fact on their part, and divided between !
EN- and the public officers. He would like 10 I
ow from what quarter he had ever heard that $
Q merchants of New York had not faithfully K
d honorabIv discharged their bondse I
Mr. Thomas. | never heard It suggested Y
I'M mortal man. Nv intimltIon was that. by
ssibilitv It would be found some of the bonds v
d not been paid &c. He did not intend to tax t.
Y imputatlon upon the merchants OF \ York Fl
2 gentleman said. and not what he meant. he
id 1t woud be one of the duties of the commit Il
: to inquire whether these bonds lad been paid. :,
d remark ed that the merchants were friends T
d associates OF Mr.. Swartwout, and recon- II
,nded him warmly for reappolntment- II the
ntleman did not intend to throw any lmPuta-
n upon them he would drop the subject Il
His colleague had said that the Morris Canal
mpanv was concerned with Mr.. Swartwou;. 7
answer 10 this, he stated that Mr.. 5. had no +
lcern with that bank except IN buying and sell L
its stock He had notes discounted at the :
nix but his accounts at the bank were closed T
the 18th March. 1886. His colleague, be had X
derstood. had explained that he did not charge
II the Morris Canal Company had any partlci- ~
ton in the defalcatIon. F
Mr. Cambreieng stated that he was misunder- r
cd BY two of the reporters to intimate Il con-