Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-11-06

tnngne, pen, or pistol, for he had fought
some desperate duels. The amendment.
he objected. cas-. impualion. libel. on
our land and naval officers, who had
distinguished themselves as much by
humanity as valor.
Alter sher, discussion, Grosvenor's
motion was rejected but by only major
ity Of twelve and The speaker announced
the specia, committee, without putting
Mr. Grosvenor upon 1t. according to COM
mon parliamentary usage 10 place those
tive part in debating the subject matter.
The war members Of the committee were
Nathaniel Macon. John Forsyth. Robt
Wright. James Clarke and Perry w.
Humphreys: the lederalis,s where Will
liam CASTOR and Thomas Cooper. Mr.
CASTOR was one of the ables, and most
pleasing speakers of the House. leading
member of the opposition, afterwards
Chief Justice of North Carolina. James
Clarke was afterwards Governor OF Ken
lucky. John Forsyth Governor OF
Georgia, Senator of The United States
Minister 10 Spain. and Secretary OF State,
Mr. Wright had been Governor Of Mary
land and had represented that Stale in the
Senate of the United States.
The select committee did not make
their report I'LL The following December.
1913; when it appeared. and was printed
in volume of 200 pages. written by
John Forsyth. OF course it required
time to procure the evidence and diges, it.
Under several heads the report explain
ed; first, the bad treatment of American
prisoners; secondly, their detention as
British s;blecis, as natives. or naturally
ed. third. detention of mariners as prison
ers found in England when war was de-
clared; fourth. compulsory service uf
American seamen in British ships Of war
fifth, violation of flags Of truce; sixth;
ransom of American prisoners from In
dams in British service; seventh, pillage
and destruction of private property in the
Chesapeake Bay and neighborhood
eighth. massacre and burning of prison.
ers, pilage and shooting of ci.zens. and
burning of houses after surrendering to
British and under their protection; ninth.
outrages al llampton-lhe last thus men
TONED in the report:
The sfrieks of the innocent victims of
internal lust al Hampton were heard by
the American prisoners. bu, were too
weak to reach The ears or disturb the re
pose of British officers, whose duty as
men required them TO protect every fe
male whom the fortune of war had
thrown into their power. Human Ian
guage affords no terms strong enough to
express the emotions which The examina
ton Of the evidenre has awakened. In
the correspondence between the American
and British commanders. will be found
wha: is equivalent to an admission Of the
facts by The latter. No punishment has
followed conviction Of the guilty
The power of retaliation being vested
in the executive. no measure is proposed
| by this repor,. Such enurmiiies. instead
Of inspiring terror, as was probably in,en-
ded, beng calculated to produce the con-
,rary effect, the committee closed with a
resolution that The President be requested
to collect and present to the House evil
dence of every departure, by the enemy
during the war. from the ordinary mode
of conducting i, among civilized nations.
Mr. Humphreys. of Tennessee. and
Mr. Cooper. of Delaware. were not. be
lieve, in public view after that Congress.
| The other members of The selec. commit
lee from whom this report emanated, were
all conspicuous IN various public stations,
as governors. judges, foreign ministers
and secretaries. But none OF them reach
ed posthumons celebrity which THEN
kch airman's name has come TO, no doub
without his either expecting or desiring
it; and as remarkable specimen Of Amer
lean democracy. it merits full exhibition
Representative democracy is moaerr
experiment in politics which has nevel
vet been fully carried out. None of It's
disciples was more disposed than NJ
Macon for lrial-so tina. candid portrait
ure Of him is as curious as i, may be edi
flying.