Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-04-22

Il 1uTlHeT CdIi. MI' N"'i'ouh ''Piy "
NJ, Allen on this suIj"ct, will be ionnd
To be very decided and characteristic.
He has shown that it is The right and
duty Of the Senate to obtain all this in~
formation, before they vote on the ques>
ton before them. The question has
not yet bren taken on the resolution.
Mr.. Mangum spoke or the Oregon
question, and will be followed by Nj.
Bagby.
MIR. Wrbs,er's cas'igation and scolii.
cation OF Mr. c. ]. lngersoil, has been
resented By the latter in manner that
threw The Huuse into a ferment, and
may yet occasion much more agitation.
Abandoning the former charges, MIR.
Ingr:sol made new issue, and charged
M. Webster with misdemeanor in Office,
as Secretary Of State. He said he had
mol known the facts i'll this time, and in,i-
mated that he had been recently and
officially informed Of them. He charges
that Mr.. Webster used the secret ser
vice money for his own corrupt pur-
poses that he used il in corrupting the
press, and in promoting the liberation of
Mcleod. He had taken this course on
account of the gross attack made,
through him, on the representative char
acler, freedom and privilege of this
H,usr. When Congress saw the proofs
he would submit, they would lhrn judge
all parties.
Mr. Ingnrsoll offered the following
resolutions, which, assnbs"qncntly y mod
fled, were as follows -
Resolved, That ihe President Of he
United States be requested TO cause to
be furnished to this II nnse an account of
all payments made on Presidents GER
li(ica,es from the fnnd appropriated BY
law through the agency of the Slate
Department, for the contingen, expenses
Of foreign intercourse. since the 4ih ni
March. 1871, until the retirement of
DamicI Webster from the Department
of State; with copies of all entries,
receipts, letters, vouchers, memoran-
dums, or other evidence Of such pay
menls; to whom paid, ziur what, and
aarticnlar sseon nesa tisg 'as.-etIsg
Eastern boundary dispute with Great
Britain. Also, copies of whatever COM
municaliuns were made from the Secre-
tarv of State during the last session OF
the 27ih Congress, particularly Feb ua-
ry, 1913, to Mr.. Cushing and Mr.. Ad-
ans, members Of the Committee Of this
House on Foreign Affairs, nf the wish
Of thr President of The United States
10 institute special mission 10 Gr"at
Britain. Also, copies OF all letters on
the book, Of the Department of State
to any officer Of III United States, o,
any person in New York, concerning
Alexander M:Lend: Provided, That
70 documcn! Or matter is requested 10
be furnished by the foregoing resolution.
which, IN the opinion Of the President,
would improperly involve the citizen or
subjec, Of any foreign power.
Resolved, That the Chairman of the
Committee Of this House on Foreign
Affairs, submit to the II use the journal
or minutes of that Committee during The
last session Of the 9Th Congress.
The debate on this question was very
spirited. The resolutions were not op-
posed by Mr.. Webster's friends, they
cour,ed for him full investigation. But
they commented ON Nj. InsersolI's mo>
live:, as being personal and malicious,
rather than patriotic, as he pretended,
and intimared that Mr.. |. would not be
very drsirous Of making his charges in
Mr. Webstar's presence.
Mr.. Webster was eloquently defended
by Mr.. Hilliard, of Alabama, vino de-
clared that his name Was more honored,
loved and respected in Europe, than
that Of any American and that every
American who went abroad, would NC
,ic'' with pride and satisfaction, that he
WAS held in the highest estimation. This
was not relished by some of the demo>
cratic members, who expressed words of
disapprnbarion, and sald-in under
tones" he had better 60 there and
live."
M. Yancey, in reply 10 his colleague,
pronounced an invective against Mr..
Webs,eI-his course during the late
war, and during Gen. Jackson's admin.
isl'alon, in opposition TO the rights Of
the country; his injudicious treaty, and
his being procured as an agent, accord
ing To rumnr, BY the manufacturing in>
lercsts of Mass.
Mr.. H'|iard rej"ined in an eloquent
strain, and denied that those who lived
only in the atmosphere Of parry, were
compe'en, judges of the merit and char
.l.l.