Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-05-03

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en- goods for the benefit Of the manufacturers OF
| New England. MIR W. said thsth these facts came
| out he should thank MIR Poindexter most profound .
~ for his labots; Il would go Tar toward eNeuslhs
his in relation 20 the report; although, u''
there should I've actual evidence produced that the
President was inclined TO suppress the report rem
dered to him, MIR W. did not see how It could be
excused. lie believed this very report would ne
found TO be OF the strongest anti tariff documents
ever put forth to the community; the agricultural
| interest OF the country would be grAuhed 10y MS
peTuSsl. The report only involved the character
| OF the custom house officers at New York, but also
! OF the commissioners themselves, (who were uhuc'
/ stood some of them to be ant-tnrih wings, anu
others pro tariff whgs,) and ultimately every
member here representing the State OF hassaehu
sets. This report. gentlemen might be assured
had deeper ends in view than mere reform oil aou-
ses or correction Of the revenue laws. Should u
expose the iniquities OF the protective SYSTEM ana
operate the country from their mhction, the
whole South, aud particularly the State OF South
Carolina, ought to erect a monument to the memory
OF its author. That gentleman had now Mr. WIS
personal kindness, as he always had had his admit
ration for his talents. lie the very man, OF all
others, he should have selected for such mission,
and he believed he would have been the universal
choice of the country.
Mir STANLY said he was not in the least sur
priSed at the strenuous opposition Of gentlemen TO
the printing OF this report. He had expected that
the honorable gentleman who represented the dis
trict of the ssin,ed Butler and OF the immaculate
Hoyt, whom MIR Van Buren, kept in Office after the
port OF an investigating committee had shown ms
deialcstions.) would be DESTROYS OF taking care oil
those very poUs and exemplary persons he had
| expected, too that the cowboy rNr'y would he
90 aliy anxious 20 take OF their conscientious
y President. AL this was to have been expected; and
I from the intimate knowledge which some o, these
gentlemen seemed already To have OF The contents Ct
this report the House had proof before them that
the alliance between the TIVE had been cons immat-
CO. The friends OF HoyI ard Butler on the one
/ hard. and the members Of the ootporafs guard Oh
! the other, perfectly harmonized IN their common
! Efforts 10 keen information from the People The
! honorable gentleman from New York, MIR Roose-
veltl without ary other objection pointing Of the
rcpoit save that re had not heard u, pressed for
| recon idefatou OF the vote. The committee must
not have their port printed, because /; was accom-
panied W matter ~hich had Geen brought bciorc
| them, but which was no; their own. very con
elusive argument, 80 DC sure, against printing as II
/ reports, accompanied by documents, never were
ordered TO be printed IN this House.
The printing wss opposed, TOO, by the gentleman
| frnm Massachusetts, (Mr Cushing.l than whom
there was not to he found sdroH az ingeni-
Gus erson at making upr document from other
peoples reports. IA laugh lie Sas the greatest
men at this species Of domestic manufacture that
Nj ). had ever m his lite. he comhinei re
ports which were not his own with skill truly
surprising. Here was report oi his on the colo
NAL trade, most interesting and valuable docu-
ment, TO be sure containing vast amount OF tabu-
lar statements drawn from the records and reports
OF the House. and the House had ordered 10000
| copies OF tito be ptinted-but how much Of /.
his own And then, look at the celebrated Swaft
| wou, document; how did the House get The inlor-
nation in that rot through the committee who
reported i, bu, from large amounts Of private
1 reSpondenoe. And the gentleman from Virginia
| Mir Wisel had himself reported to the Horse ct
te- or psper OF some kind from Governor Cas-.
\ which he admitted Governor Cas- had SAID
private paper, but which Mr. w. chose no, 10 coz
slider as private.
Mr. WISE here in,crposed and bessn to speak.
Mir SrANLG. | do not choose to nc interrupt
e1-the gentleman is not entitled 10 the loor and
shall not have II without my leavc.
Mr. WISE sad he wished 10 explain.
MIR STANLl said he had no objection, fit was
TO be only an explanation.
MIR WISE said the paper referred 10 only
the testimony OF two OF the clerks in Gov. Cass's
Department: they had testified before the Commit
tee, and there was nothing private IN the matter.
MIR STANLI resumed, and observed that the
committee had been armed with power to send for
persons and papers; hence these papers had been
obtained. MIR Cass insisted that they were Of
private character; but the gentleman said he did
not choose 10 consider them Was there 10 that
case no breach Of this very fasidous delcacy which
had so suddenly come over the gentleman Tn
gentleman had no desire 10 shield the Executive
then-oh, no. But change had come over the
spirit OF his dream; and now a committee Of the
House was 10 be he'd up TO public reprolch for
rep ring matter brought before them as a commit
tee, and deeply concerning the public we fare. In
the OF the report Of the abuse At Harpers Fer.
ry, the matter reported had been called for by
mere letter; the thing private and so kept tall
at last 1t leaked out, these things always would
similar cases were numerous IN the past action OF
| the House. OF how many investigation committees
had the gentleman from Accomac been chairman
Mr. s. here referred TO the case in which Mr. Wood
bury had been called before the genteman's com.
mtiee, land had charged mi cage for coming from
his Department 10 the Capto',l and also OF the
manner IN Which Mr. Whitney had been treated
He mad not been 'dossed" To the door OF the COM
mItiee room, but when inside he had been bull
logged with vengeance. Where was the gentle
mans exceeding decacy on that occAsion2 Was
not MIR Whitney as much an agent OF a President
OF the United States IN reference 10 the banks as Mr.
PondeXter was IN reference 10 the custom house 2
The gentleman was the asst, the very last man in
thst House who ough, to say one word about lie
course OF committees in this House.
The gentleman from New York Mr. ROOSEVELT
had talked about the committees censurins the Pre-
sdent and his Secretary. For the Secretary OF the
Treasury, Mr. cherished high respect and would
not voluntarily iBfici the slightest wound upon
his feelings; but rs 70 the Pfesideni, he was rs
wiling 10 censlre HIM as 10 ceusure any other
citizen Of The Republic. lie had censured him,
often before, ami should again, whenever he lborobt
his conduct deserved censure. But there was no
censure cast upon him IN this report. The com
mittce had iorborne 20 do v. They resolved onfv
70 put fourth the facts before the country, and LEI
the People Judge.
The gentleman from Maryland mir VIM G
Johnsonl had spoken Of the Commissioners heinz
opposed to each other IN relation to the tariff
Nr Johnson here explained. lie had not rs
serted that such was the case. lie had merely aut
case hypoihet e1.'y, and hid supposed Tor the
arguments sake, that such might be the case
Mr. s then observed that he should not saw that
he had Intended. lie had understood the gentle
man as lntim1'Ing TINT there we're certain prsiudi
ces m the mind Of the President Of the Board which
/ went 10 invalldate the report.
! IL was true. as stated, thatthe Committee on Ey
pendltlres Ind called on the Executive FOR the 70
! port on the 9th Of February; but the Senaie b,1
/ done The snmo IN January, he believed u, IN some
Jay m February; bot no answer had been obtained
| The committee, believing. on Sufficient grounds
tnatthe greatest source o. political iniquy and cor
/ ruptlon IN the whole country existed in the Ney
| York custom house, had desired 10 look into The
actual state Of the EXPENDITURES IN that establish
meni, and they hod accordingly called on the Pre-,
sdent and on the Secretary of the Treasury for the
report Do regard 70 %; bst they bad called in vain
and therefore they had conc luded 10 subrea4 tbs
Commissioner himself before them, eniolrtng bir,
10 ouns copy Of his report with him; which he
hnd done accordingly. lie bad submitted the 70
For nnd al the testimony. The gentleman from
mary iind (Mt Johns9n) had talked about sun .
pressing the testimony, and the inlurious ronte
quenoes ofsending forth the report wtbou, ia. toe
umony on which il was founded; but no ies.,r,o,,,
htd been suppressed, % was aII there: irnov b,d
been Withheld, 1t had been because II WIS IN lie
report Of one Of the other Committeeman.
A 10 the delay Of which 80 much had been said
The Commissioner would have Jecn able TO refo,,
Of much earlier day out for the giumbling blocks
IA HFIH To- HH.. az.