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

ONO but do his duty, and all is well; TOl
will be elected, and democratic m, iorily will
be secured in both branchas Of the Legisla
turc. And whiggery, with her oppressive
AMI unjust laws, will be consigned To III,
tomb of the Capulets. The laws passed by
the last two whg Legislatures, trenchins
upon the rights Of the people in every PAT
sicular, will be amended or repealed.
Emulate the example set US by the Dem
ocRAcY Of Connecticut and all will be well
Let the motto be DAVE TOD, DEMO
CRACY and VICTORY -!
IMPORTANT DEBATE IN THE U. S
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, -
Mr.. WEBSTER CHARGED WITH
CORRUPTION.
On Thursday, April 9th, the U. S. House
OF Representatives was the scene Of 4 most
important and exciting debate, not exactly
growing out Of what Mr.. q. J, lNGERsoLL
would call cancular sympathy" but ilom
scharge preferred by that gentleman against
MIR. WEBSTER, of grave character.
Mr.. BAYLY, of Virginia, was entitled to
the floor, but he gave way to MIR. INcpRsoLL,
who said:
Mr.. SPEAKER: have put the few words
desire to say, in writing, that there might
DO no misrepOrt or mistake about them.
would not ask the indulgence of the
House for my personal vindicaiion, but The
occasion involves the most precious privilege
of members of this House, in which lhe
people are represented. lis freedom Of
speech has been grossly attacked, through
me, by senator, MIR. Daniel Webster. O
him as a senator, or an Individual, ! never
have spoken here. OF Mr.. Daniel Webs'e'o
misconduct, as Secretary of State, have
often spoken, mostly to censule it, in the in
stance which provoked him this session, with
a severity which, | acknowledge, jusifies
retort.
All rise now to do, is to ask the House
to indulge me with word of explanation OF
some resolutions, 10 which, suppose, there
can hardly be objection.
Ii adopted, presume they may be an
swered by next Monday; and then, shall
pray permission to speak ON the subject.
One of them is designed TO bring Off
cially before this House, the journals or
minutes of the Committee on Foreign al
fairs, in February, le43, when the honor
able gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr..
Adams, was chairman of the committee.
According 10 good precedenis and author-
ties, am entitled to read lhess minutes lo
the House, without its leave. But, as doubts
may be entertained, | perfer 10 obviate all
objections, by obtaining its sanction in form.
These minutes will prove that Mr.. Secre-
tary Webster made known to members of
that committee, by written commun cation,
the Presidents wish for a special mission To
Great Britain, which special mission, think,
it will sufficiently appear, was 10 settle the
Oregon question, by yielding which, M.
Webster has lately denied our right 10 CLAIM.
The resolution for information, from the
Department of State, will bring forth proofs
Of Mr.. Secretary Webster's msdemeanors in
Office, his fraudulent misapplica'ion and per-
scnal use of the public funds, and corrup-
ing party presses with the money appr"priat-
ed by law, for the contingent exp nses of
foreign intercourse. Wnen dischalged, as
he was, from the department 10 which he
was so great disgrace, he WAS delinquent,
a public deaulter. He did not account foI
the public money he fIaudulen'ly abstracled
from the department, ill m,re than year
after he was expelled from il, and did no
accoun: for most Of it then, by paying OK
the money he abstracted, but by vouchers
from notorously base agents of his choice,
who receipted for il, to be expended i'll man
aging party presses. Papers from the D..
pariment of State, some Of them signed by
him, will reveal the mystery, of which one OF
his corrupt agents, in IA letter to him, marked
"priuate," applauds as Mr.. Websle,'s new
and admirable mode Of settling the No1beas-
tern boundary question, after the forty yea's'
laundering, however honest and patriotic, OF
the Adamses, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe,
Jackson, and Van Buren,, who did not CON
slider it right to expend public moneys in
corrupting the press and the people.
It is sickening, if not sad reality, that
man of fine abilities, as prepos'erously as
profanely called GodEke, should be exposed
in his mean and paltry contrvances and as
sociations with notoriously base fellows, in
palpably vile misuse of the public money.
When ! spoke the offensive words of the
secretary, which appear TO have goaded him
to the madness generally betraying the gull
ty, had no idea of The extent of his offence.
Indeed, have not now, for detection has
only begun since he called me TO it. One
Of his condutors writes TO the Secretary o
State, that he presumes the contingent fund
is ample, and the Secretary's control over il
complete.
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