The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-04-23

/ will appeal.
Whe'her, when possessed of the proofs q
Mr. Secretary W, bs,e'S malvcrsilinn, cor
rup',on, and delinquency, his off noes viii
be deemed lmpcacIlable misdemeanols il
office, conviction for which, night remov,
hun from The Senate, and dsqu,lify him 't
mold any Office Of honor, trust, or profit
under the United States, will remain TO bl
considered.
4 Should il prove necessary TO 90 TO thal
extremity, the smili,u'ls will bo wonderful
wnh geat English lawyer, called by a
poet, the wisesl and meanest of mankind.
Ii will be perceived thai the de,e cliun, if
am moi mistaken, which my fo'mtr dsclus.
nles may lead 10 merge my individual wrong,
and even the injustice done through me, Ia
The representative character, iie. dom, and
privilege, in this Housp, in The much greater
Importance of misd, Ineanur in office. When
C"ngress sues The proofs proposs to sub
mil, they will Judge all parties and do wha;
Is right. 1t IS Us less, and would b. w.rse
han useless, for me 10 apply ep!thtis t, Mt.
| Webster. desra 10 tiy h III, and 10 tried
myself, by proofs.
now offer the following resolutions, 10
which presume no Objection will be made
l ask '"at 'hey may be iead fJ' information.
Aud no obl cson having b, en- made, The
resolutions Was read, as follows:
ReSoircd, Tho, ,le Secretary of Slate
tanish tbs House an account Of all "
InenIs made "n Presidents cei iiaatts, from
the fund appropriated by l,w, through the
agency OF Thai department, for the conln-
gent cxpensls of toreign intercourse, s,rce
The 4th of March, 1871, with copies of all
entries, icceIp,s, letters, vouchers, mcn-
0ranGums, oI other evidence Of snch pay
menI, 10 whom paid, for what, and p,rl.cn!-
aIly all concerning the northeast boundary
dispute win Great Britain; also, copies ol
Mha: yer communications were made from
the Secretary Of State, during the last ses-
sion Of the 9Th Congress-pIrlcuIaly
February, lS43, 10 Mr. Gushing and 10 M.
Adams, members Of the committee on
Foreign Af'.ns, Of the Ilousr, of the wish
Of The President Of The United States to IN
also, copies of all letters on the books oi
the Department Of State to any officer Of the
United States, or any person in New York |
cunceInng Alexander Alcl.e ,d
ReSolred, That the chairman of the com
mil,e On Foreign AifiI of this House.
subnl, 10 the House the 'uini or minutes
OF thai comnIitae, during the lasl session OF
he 21,h Congress.
Mr.. DRuMGUoLE Obtained the floor, and
made sulne Very severe Iemlrk: respecting
the Tyler adm.IlIs ration, lis corruption, &c,
for VII Gu he did not hold the whig parry RS
ponsLI. He sad:
In allus sion To the northeastern boundary,
snail not call by name lhe individual vii"
was pretended dtrocrat, who the Pr, ST. |
dent appointed as u comm ssioner TO run iha,
line. Ii Was sufficient Tor him that SOL "i
DANIEL WEBSTER, the S cretuy, WIS eu-
gagged in lhc business, and i, WAS suiiicien
Tor him 10 say 'htl if they could ex,ur; all
The correspondence there will be pIoof ih:
ai"sl absolute, not only OF corrupt use OF
the money, but, from me letter itself of The
then ), c rlaIy, that he slnc,ioncd aud re-
cox Emcnded--ycs, absolutely recommended. |
IL corrupt use OF the fund. lie would merely |
5 y iunner, then, that they wanted The Latter,
aud if they could get ii, they would b,
borne out in this chalgc. lie W, mt for 'hr
resolution; aud he called for the yeas and
uayS, BECAUSE he wanted to see the vote oi
ms House, and see whp was in favor Of
probing this matter to the bottom; and, as
ne had done in the comm ncenent of his
remarks, he exoneraled honorable wings, be-
Cause there were honorable aud patriotic
men among the whig party. He conclude
by repeating what be had belure slid, thar
HE most corrupt administration that evei
cursed The c0nnuy WAS the adm nisralion OF
John Tyler.
An extended deb1te followed, in which
Mr., BAYLy and Mr.. lNGERsoLL were the
chef speakers, the former atf,rds the ad"p-
non OF The resolution, ou grounds OF exprd-
ncy, the effect i, w)ni hive, &c. Mr..
ByYED offered the following amendment,
wn Gil Nj. lNGERsoLL accrptt d:
Provided, That no document or matter is
requ> s,ed to be furnished by the foregoing
resolutions which, in the opinion of The
President, would immopsIly involve the
;i'zen or subj CT of any io,ei ign power.
The discussion VS. further continued.
Mr.. fIrLLIARD, of Al bum, and Mr.. WIN
ruRor, Of Mass 1chnsrns, speaking with
nach eloqnence in ben,lf of MIR. WEBSTER.
Ii would crafty us much TO give lhenr re-
marks in full, but il is utterly impossible tor
rs 10 do SO.
The bate on this subicc, was resumed
N th. HuIs,. on The lOih an ( 4 verll SDe gch-
s were md The best by any friend of M.
WEBSTER, being from Mr.. Dixon, of Com
ncclicu, to whom Mr.. YANCEy, of Aabam' :,
replied in most eloquent manner. lie
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