Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-04-29
G o ngresstnnaI Synopsis

!. fence of the Ashburton Treaty from NJ
. Webster. lie spoke three hours each dav
!, Abiding to some assertions in speech :,
e Mr.. lngersoll, of the House, leatiye d
0 his (Mr W.'s) conduct as Secretary Il
: State, he denied their truth, and lenonnc.
ed Mr.. |. in terms of bitter invectiye. So.
nator Dickinson, of N. Y, he'd alluded n
: and repeated these assertions, in a printed
speech, and he, too, received unmeasnred
abuse from Mr.. Webster, in strain sell.
dom listened TO in the Senate chamber
Our space will not permit us to attemnt
even an outline of Mr.. WIS elaborate de-.
fence of the treaty.
The House was principally engaged du.
ring the 9TH and 18th, in the discussion Of
5iIl making an appropriation in land for
the Cumberland road, which was finally
rejected by large majority.
APRIL s. iSenats.- Mr.. CIavton,s 70
solution, calling for further correspond.
ence, came up, was opposed by Mr. Allen.
and finally informally passed over.
MIR. Dickinson then took the floor, and
in mild, dignified, but keenIy sarc asIio
manner, repealed the vituperative assault
of Mr.. Webster,
House.-The House was engaged dur.
ing sitting of many hours in discussion
on the Senate bill to provide for the orga.
nlzation of a regiment of mounted rife.
men, but no vote was taken.
APRIL 8. Senate. -AGer some unin.
teresting proceedings, Mr.. Mangum took
the floor, aud expressed his views at length
on the Oregon question. Mr.. NJ. spoke
in favor of the notice, qualified according
to Mr.. Crtienden's amendment.
House -ImmediateIy after the reading
of the Journal, Mr.. C. ]. Ingersoll arose
and said:
Mr.. SPEAKER have put the few words
| desire to say, in writing, that there nigh.
be no misreport or mistake about them.
| would not ask the indulgence of the
House for my personal yindication, but
the occasion involves the most precious
privilege of members of the House, in
which the people are represented. lis
freedom of speech has been grossly at
lacked, though me, by Senator, Mr..
Daniel Webster OF him, as Senator,
or an individual | never have spoken
here. OF Mr.. Daniel Webster's miscon.
duct, as Secretary of State, have often
spoken, mostly TO censure it, in the in
stance which provoked him this session
with severity Which acknowledge jus.
tifies retort
All | now rise TO dOy is to ask the House
to indulge me with word of explanation
Of some resolutions, TO which, | suppose,
there can hardly be objection.
If adopted, presume they may be an.
swered by next Monday; and then shall
pray permission to speak on the subject.
One of them is desigaed to bring oilici-
ally before this House, the journal or
minutes of the Committee on Foreign AZ
fairs, in February, lS43, when the honora-
bic gentleman from Massachusetts, [Mr.
Adams, was Chairman of the Committee,
According to good precedents and au.
thoriies, | am entitled 10 read these mi.
nutes to the House, without its leave
But, as doubts may be entertained. prefer
to obviate all objections, by obtaining its
sanction in form.
These minutes will prove that Mr.. Sc
cretary Webster made known to members
of that Committee, by written commune
cation, the Presidents wish for a special
mission, think, il will sufficiently appear,
was to settle the Oregon question, by
yielding which, Mr.. Webster has lately de-
MED our right to claim
The resolution for information, from the
Department of State, will bring forth
proofs Of Mr.. Secretary Webster's mis-
lemeanors in office, his fraudulent misaP-
pication and personal use of the public
unds, and corruPting party presses with the
money appropriated by law for contingent
expenses Of foreign intercourse. When
discharged, as he was, from the department
o which he was so great disgrace, he
vas delinquent, public defaulter he
I'D not account for public money he frau
iulently distracted from the department,
Until more than year after he was expel-
ed from it, and did not account for inc
most of il then, by paying back the money
le distracted, but by vouchers from noso-
lously base agents of his choice, who re-
'eipted for it to be expended in managing
'arty presses. Papers from the Depart
nent Of State, some of them signed oy
nm, will reveal the mystery Of which one
# his corrupt agents. in letter 10 nun
marked "priuate," applauds as Mr. Web
ter's new and admirable mode OF setting
he Northeastern boundary question, allef
he forty years laundering, however no.
lest and patriotic, of Washington, the Az
mses, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, jack
on, and Van Buren,, who did not CONSIDER
right to expend the public moneys 10 cor
uping the press and the people.