Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-21


At the suggestion of Mr. HOFFMAN, previously
| made,
! Mr. Bolts moved that the rules, as amended, be
adopted for week from that day. which motion was
| agreed to; when,
II The House then adjourned.
Friday " I sES1T T. 1870
i Mr. CUTlIBERT appeared in his seat to-day.
The resolutions of Mr.. WILLIAMS were taken up
for considerations to which Mr. RUGGLES had offered
the following amendment:
Resored further, That the President be requested 10
communicate to the Senate far may be ncom-
pablc with the public interest whether any, and, if
anv what have been taken, under the act of
Congress of March, 1889, otherwise, TO the
rem0va expulsion Of the British troops, which have
taken possession of portion of the territory Of Maine
claimed by Great Britain and especially whether since
the last session of Congress, any military posts have
been established in Maine any other military mea.
adopted, preparatory to just vndcation of the
honor and rights of the nation and of Maine,
nected with the perseverng claim made by Great
! Britain 10 portion of that State.
| On this question there very interesting debate,
in which Messrs: BU CHANAN, RUGGLES, DAVIS,
. CLAY of Kentucky, ALLEN and WILLIAMS parti-
cpated, and the resolution amended mous-
THE INDEPENDENT TREASURY BILL
Was then taken up, and after being discussed by
NIessrs HENDERSON, WRIGHT, DAVIS, BUCHA-
| NAN, WALKER, and YOUNG, and the adoption of
some unlmportant amendments, ordered TO be en-
crossed for third reading by the following vote:
Ieas-Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Buchanan,
Calhoun, Clay of Alabama, Cuthbert, Fulton, Grundy,
Hubbard King, Linn, Lumpkin, Mouton, Norvell,
Pierce Roane Sewer, Smith of Connecticut, Strange,
Tappan, Walker, Williams, and Wright-24.
Nnys-Messrs. Belts, Clay of Kentucky, Crittenden,
Davis, Dixon, Henderson, Knight Merrck, Nicholas,
Phelps Prentss, Preston Robinson Rugges, Smith of
Indiana, White, and Ioung-lS
! The Senate then adjourned until Monday next.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
| Mr.. MITCHELL asked the permission of the House
to lay before it the letter to Gen Green, which had
been referred TO yesterday. He had since his re-
marks that time, received copy, which he read to
the House, as follows
i WAsHISGToS, December Is 1889.
i DEAR GENERAL: As we shall, in few days, elect a
Printer the House for the Twenty Congress, it
has occurred to and other of my political friends,
that such an arrangement could be made with you as
would Justify the entire Wing party in supporting you
for that office We neither expect ask you 10 sacri-
flee single principle which you profess, nor to do any
act usthabe to your conscience and TO the world.
Il satisfied that Gales and Seaton cannot be elect
ed; and that if the contest has to to strife be-
tween them and Blair the latter, in my opinion, will
succeed.
Now. what had passed through my mind, was SIM
ply this that you should the OF your election,
offer Gales and Seapn 10 share equally with tber re-
speetively the profits Of the office, after allowing them
fair compensation out for their personal services; they
to do all the work at their office, and you to be elected
TO the station.
The profits cannot be less for the whole Congress
than $50 O00 this would give you $40 600, you having
{ no trouble responsibility whatever. Now suggest
this on my own responsibility but nevertheless, ha
{ card nothing the conjecture, that if you here and
/ put in, the thing be managed adroty enough to
ensure have strong desire TO defeat Blair,
and would be glad to do so in way TO obge you per-
sonay. Write by the receipt Of this, and if you
can be in this city at the earliest possible moment
ID IL.
berland
Il Your obedient servant and friend,
d CHAS. +. MITCHELL
j Gen. GREEN, Baltimore.
\ Now, Mr. Speaker, the House Judge whether
there any thing in this letter to Justify the charge OF
an attempt at bribery by 1t is simply PROPOSE
ton for Gen Green to become candidate for public
printer and he to receive proportion Of the profits
arising thererom He made proposition to any par
ty-to Green's personal friends, to any else.
| The suggestions made by me merely as an in
ducemcnt for him TO become a candidate
The gentleman from North Carolina, (NIr Fisher,)
STATING the contents of the letter. the best of his
collection commenced by saying hat is pretty well
ascertaned that Gales and Seaton could not be elected
and that the writer's aversion TO Blair was so great,
that he wished General Green TO come and be a
candidate believing that if he could get few of his
friends TO vote for him, he could be elected that the
printing would be worth about $4,000, and as Gene
raj Green probably had not the of executing it,
f he could make arrangement with Gales and Seaon
do for him-he retaining $4,000, without any risk
or responsibility whatever and Gales and Seaton re-
ceiyng the remaining $4,000 for doing the work and
mourning the trouble and responsibility Now, was
rather remarkable that that gentleman should remem-
Der what the letter did not contain, when he stating
that which il did contain. He did not state that 'dd
not wish General Green TO do any thing not us6abe
, to his conscience and to the world He thought the
gentleman had very peculiar memory, but he would,
E however, leave that TO be settled by his own con-
science.
The gentleman from South Carolina, (NIr. IIolmes)
shrunk from it. and was so astoundcd that he could
sufficiently express his holy horror OF the letter.
That gentleman spoke of the propositions made TO
him. He had made no proposition TO him. lie had
but written the single letter to Gen. Green and none
others If there were other letters he thought they
should be produced.
i MIR. NJ. here made some remarks in defence Of Gen.
Grccn who he said, had not acted IN way dishonoraoe
in the transaction, and then read the looWing etter
from that gentleman
"Dear Sir: hand you copy OF your letter. |
cannot withhold my surprise at the use lat was MADE
of it, but cannot believe that Mr. FISHER or MI II un-
ter have authorized the language IN the Globe. Will
give that attention to this matter which requires at
my hands. Your friend, DCfF UhEEN'
The Speaker he said, had already disclaimed having
authorized the language which characterized TINS letter
as case of bribery the statement puolished IN tne
Globe. The gentleman from Nof!n oa.ohna as9' u,
acknowledging that he gave PERMISSION to the Editor
of the Globe publish the statement discaimed nav
ing stated to that Editor that either he or the Speaker
had SO characterized it case OF "brbery but that
it was third person, gentleman not of this House.
He cared not from what quarter that charge came he
pronounced falsehood, and he demanded that the
author should be produced. ,
4 Mr.. FISHER, who was absent at the time Mf.
Mitchell made his explanation came IN al subsequent
part of the proceedings, and, by permission made the
following remarks:
Mr. F. observed, that since reaching, his seat this
, morning. he had been informed that the gentleman
made some additional remarks the subject OF his let
ter to General Green, and had introduced copy OF
thu letter He had only to remark that this was al
proper enough though it would have been as wen II
the original itself had been introduced In the course
of the genteman's remarks, he understood that ne
had INDUCED himself in reflections on his !Mr,