New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-06
Passage by the SENATE Of tho APProPrin.
ton BiIi-New-XorkC Custom House hc-
Correspondence of the Tribune.

Correspondence Of the Tribune.
In the HOUSE or RErREsENTArIyEs, to-day,
the motion of Mr.. WISE to print the Reports OF
Messrs. NELLY and STEWART, of the New-f ork
Custom House Commission, was again taken up,
and occupied the attention Of the House during the
day.
Nh TNprRwooD denied the constitutional au-
.L.-:... o. the President to institute this Comm'-
sion or suisst-l ~ g. g -
public money, cOutcEding that If II was IN the
power of the President, at hi. own discretion,
without authority of law, to institute this, ne
might also others. and employ hordes Of officers
to ,ub,crve party and personal purposes and run
hi. hand. without restraint into the Treasury.
Mr.. CUsHING (at Mr.. EvsRErTs request and
with Mr. vs. compance) sent to the Clerks
table. where it vas read the Commission Of
Mc>,rs. Poindexter and Kelley, given under the
hand Of Mr.. Ewing. Secretary OF the Treasury, by
order OF the President, dated May 10, 1871, au-
thOrisin. under the clause of the Constitution re-
quiriag the President To see the laws faithfully
executed. the Commissioners to examine into the
alleged dealcation- and corruption IN the Custom
House. whether the necessary number only OF
clerks il employed, &c. &c.
Mr. WM Cosr JoHNsOS read from the Sub
Treasury Act to show authority for this nye'ti-
CATION.
Mr. CYDERwoop said the Presidents friends
now abandoned the ground of authority claimed by
the President which the constitution.
Mr. WV. c. JOHNSON said if the gentleman
alluded 10 him. he would say he had read this act
A, additional authority, but held that the clause of
the Constitution fully justified the institution oi the
Commission. Mr. USDERwooD farther conten-
ded thi. Commission was not authorized By the
Constitution and condo mned it u most danger
Gus assumption OF power Executive encroachment
and an attempt to destroy the Legislative power
and concentrate all power in the hands OF one
man. tar exceeding in enormity any thing that had
transpired in Jacksons or Van Buren,. admins
trations which. if tolerated, tended directly to the
overthrow OF the Constitution aud the Government.
Mr. PROFIT produced the letter Of the President
To Mr.. Poindcxter, n portion OF which declaring
that the Commission was instituted Tor the fresI
dent. own information. had before been brought
forward and the letter of Mr. Pondexter. 10
which TIE first was reply. in which MIR. Pom
dexter declares his determination to do his "
fearlcs.ly and thoroughly. and deprecates the de-
vices put IN requi,ition by such men a. Curtis and
Webster 20 DESTROY the confidence once enter
tanned by the President in him, &c. The PREsI-
DENT in reply say, that Mr. Webster had iutIma- |
ted nothing preju1ical 10 the report that Gas be-
fore published. It will be for him to determine
whether to az the report before Congress or not |
&c Mr. UNDERWOOD contrsdiced tn toto he
report of the President to institute he Commits
a en- said that as rebuke to this illegal proceed
ing he was for refusing to print the reports but |
one having already hot haste been ordered printed
the others should be- and he concluded By offering
an amendment to the motion to print. declaring |
that the House did not Justify the conduct of the
President ia nstituting the Commission, that il |
va. without righifu authority, not being cxprcss,
provided n By Congress, &c.
Mr.. PRoFfIr replied to Mr. Underwood, ard
condemned the conduct Of the Committee on Pub
lie Expenditures IN obtaining the report of Mr.
Poindexter. alleging that great injustice had there
by been done 10 the President and Secretary of
the Treasury. a, time had not been given them to
examine il and that the responsibility Of recon-
rendations in consequence OF the disclosures wa.
Ievolyed from the President, upon the House
Mr.. SIASLT briefly adveried 10 the remarks OF
Mr. Profit, and went into a reply, NOR. particg-
ary 10 Mr. Wise's speech Of Saturday, which he
characterized as consisting principally as u.ual
with the senrlsmsn's speeches. OF bold. idle de-
-lamatiou, and assumption without argument
tie defended the course OF the Committee in OBJ
mining the report, and referred to yariou. precc.
tents OF not only Executive communications and
i,fer-, but Cabinet Councils having bs,en brought
% examination BY Committees Of the House. and
published to the world. He ridiculed Mr. Wise.
,reteI; Of delcacy in bringing forward thi, report.
eistred to the action and report of the Inve.ti-
Eating Committee OF which Mr. Wise va. Chair.
ilan in 1887, aud said that he had intended 70 ap-