Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-01-16

ask him or any man to believe il without
the strongest reasons. have preferred
the charge openly--in the face OF the
Department am ready to take The res
possibility of making il before the gentle
mans own Senate. lie says he must
have strong proof; no doubt, and will
give him proofs as strong as Holy Writ:
but, though one rise from the dead, there
are some men who will not believe.
ask the gentleman from MARYLAND, seri
ously, respectfully, candidiy, how il is
possible he can rise here in his place, and
talk about requiring strong proof, when
there is proof before his eyes. He holds
the document this moment in his hand.
| ask him ii he has read IT? Has he care.
fully and patiently eviscerated its CON-
tents9 ] pause for his reply.
Mr.. Thomas here said that he did moi
suppose so voluminous document had
been read throughout by any member OF
the House. He had looked into the doc
ument and rend parts OF it, but he had mol
read the whole.
Mr.. VISA. have read the whole
every word, and lett or, and figure, from
page | to page 400. ! have read the
whole OF these 26O letters to his Recei.
vers and doubt whether one in filiv of
the gentleman's own party would not, if
examined now, be found totally ignorant
of the facts which these letters disclose.
Yes, sir; gentlemen rise and reproach
the Opposition with making charges like
the starting, aud they themselves are ut.
terly ignorant of the true facts Of their
own case--ihe true condition Of things in
the country around them; ignorant of
| admitted facts-facts admitted by their
own official associates The gentleman
objects to printing the document. Why q
Has he read it? Has il been sent to the
People Has one in a hundred Of them
ever looked into il! To hear the centle-
man talk, one would think they had gone
through the document-masticated it, and
digcsted all 1t contains and yet they are
as ignorant Of il as their constituents,
who never saw the outside ofthe book, or
ever heard Of what is inside. Still they
cry, "useless useless extavagant ~
The gentleman from Maryland says
that there have always been dofalcations
that they ran through all administrations
from the foundation the Government. -
But that has nothing to do with the ques.
ton. propose to print only what has
happened between the years 1894 aud H.
80. Has that gentleman, wonder, for
gotten that this administration came into
power in 1870? rather think not. Well
sir, give him up all the interval, from
1929 to 1884 Yes, sir, five years grace.
Though this administration was conceived
and born in sin, and has grown up in man.
fold iniquities, will give him space like
that required for the growth Of the mnrus
multicaulis will not touch his planttil
its stem is firm and its fibres we'll compac.
ted, and its leaves full and fourisbing. -
And after that--since 1891 will show
SIXTY, cases of defalcaiion fully known to
this Secretary of the Treasury, where
the delaulters were warned, watched, re-
preached, threatened, forgiven, and Their
default, while still existing and continuing
in some cases actually SANCTIONED By A
DENOMINATION TO OFFICE.
Sir, the gentlemen actually objects to
printing report Of the Secretary of tn.
Treasury! What sir, has it come 10
this Have you Secretary whose re-
ports cannot be relied on--whose reports
you dare not print lest you spread before
the People a libel ,!
Mr.. Thomas. ] certainly said no such |
thing.
Mr.. WISE. Why, sir, the gentleman
made such objections to printing one oil
these reports as actually induced me to
strike it out of my resolution. did SO
on his own argument. viz. that The docu- |
ment contained false information.
Mr.. Thomas. said erroneous. -
[ A taught
Mr.. WIsE.-Well, you may be as
gentle in your terms as the Secretary |
himself to his delauting subalterns it |
does not alter the matter. The gentle
man from New York (Mr. Cambrcleng)
did say that to print the documents would
be to publish multitude OF ibels on good
and honest citizens. The reports ofyour
Secretary, then, are to be suppressed for
false and libelious matter. Did | ever
make a worse charge against your Sec
rotary? Was ever grosser charge made
against man at the head Of the most
important Department of the Government
than that his friends are under the neces-
sily Of suppressing his public official re-
ports? Verify it is time we had change
oimen. What, a Secretary ofthc Treas.
ury, whose duty it is TO send 70 this House
nothing but true aud authentic information
touching things under his supervision and
which his own friends dare not send a.
broad, because it is false and llbelous
Sir, believe what the gentlemen say of