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tanned by Mr. Tyler the head of the adninistra.
ton, (ihough communicated through the De.
partment of State, and Governor Seward. One
Of the most unfortunate circumstances attend.
ing the then state of things was this very coils.
ion between the general government and the
government of New York and il was point
upon which was infinitely more apprehensive
than was as to the difficulty with Great Britain.
Now, il is well known that the gentleman from
Pennsylvania was very much dissatisfied with
the negotiation of that treaty. 1t is well known,
for he said so here, time and again, that he
wanted to take the sense of the House upon il ;
and he once said that the ratification Of the trea.
ty depended on this House.
Mr. Tngersol And the proposition was put
down by the previous question.
Mr. Adams. Then you admit you made il
Mr. Tngersol. do.
Mr. Adams We'll, you remember the fate of
your proposition, then: and we all know wha,
has been The fate Of al cppos tlon made to thai
treaty both IN tins House and til" other. We
all know tina, the "advire" for MS ratification was
given by very large majority. How far aren.
nant of scnsbi'y IN the ISSUES made IN the OPP
posiiion to illa, treaty may have operated on the
mind of the gentleman IN inducing hlm tn offer
resolution to revive this controversy, It is not
for me to inquire. Nor Is it very Important
He d,sclaIms all personal resentment or ami
mostly.
Mr. lngcrsol was understood to say, have
made no such disclaimer.
Mr. Adams. WE'LL understand the gentle
man to do SO. If he now wthdraws II, that
ground is gone and suppose the House viii
give little less confidence TO his patriotic de-
nunclaiops of Senator in the other end OF the
capitol, if il is satisfied that they arise as much
(r,, porSnnol ani,positv and as
from a desire 10 promote the good Of the coun-
try.
Mr. Speaker, I believe have given to the
House nv most material objections to the adop.
ton of this resolution as il now stands. II must
be very much pared down to call for documents
from the Department of State. which must, as a
matter, of course, be there before ! can vote for
it not that oppose it on account Of the gen.
tleman who is, in substance, impeachcd before
this House for, las my honorable colleague,
Mr. Winthrop, says) he is perfectly able to jus.
iify himself, and whenever an attack upon him
,s made, would rather be any where han in the
place of him who makes il.
IN regard to the proceedings of this govern.
ment, in the case Of Mcleod, every gentleman
here at that time Gin lS4l, thnk.) will recol-
lee, how anxious'y, how long, and how ably on
both sides, all these questions were at that time
debated in this House. The final conclusion of
It was very signaily manifested, not only by the
defeat Of every proposition against the treaty. or
its ncgoiaors, but by the passage of an act OF
Congress. now The law Of the land, ascertalnlng
and removing from all possibility of question,
that which had constituted the grand fiiculiy in
the case
Mr. Ingersol. VIII the gentleman allow me
to ask hun n question.
Mr. Adams. ! will allow the gentleman Ia
ask me a question: it he will allow me to sit down
aud not 10 answer him.
Whereupon Mr. Adams took his seat.
Mr. Ingcrsoll. ] wish to ask the gentleman
whether he recolects that gentleman from
New York, who then represented the Utica
district (Mr Fioyd,) moved resolution of in.
quiry on this subject, upon which and others
! spoke, and that, too, was put down by the previ.
Gus question. We never got word of answer
from the Executive on this subject.
Mr. Adams. | refer the gentleman to the
journal of the day.
Mr. Ingersoll. | have already examined the
journal wish the gentleman would do like
| wise.
After some further discussion, chiefly on the
part Of Mr. Ysncey Of Alabama, and his colleague
Mr llIlIard, the previous question was moved
and carried, and after an amendment the reso,
ulions in the words given above, were passed
bv vote Of 1876 to %.