Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-04-27
10Th con q RES >.
FIRST SESSION.
,Vss,IlseroT, April 90.

n WsshisGTos. April ~
IL fhr S.rsie soothing al importance ipok place, ex
cepi The refusal by Of 90 10 81 To concu IN The
amcndmen Of the House the Resolutions of notice
resolution adopted to print % 600 copies OF The
Report Of the Commissioner of Patents.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The House refused 10 suspend the Rules for the re
crTicn Of Reports tom Standing Comsnitiees.
Mr.. c. ]. tNCERSOLL offered a Resolution that
when The House adjourn on Thursday. the ooh IN
slanl II adjourn 10 aeri again The following Monday
and that IN the mean time the officers al the lnst
have The Spring mating put down and lie House clean
seJ.
Mr. JONES Of Ga wished to knew II the Races did
not come ofI at this time.
Mr.. iNGERsOLL said he knew nothing about the
Mr.. JONES said ,ha, they usually come off about
thai time.
Mr. KING Of Ga. moved ltat one Of Espy's ven.
iia,ors be put upon the Hall Of the House. Lost.
The Resolution was then adopted, offered by Nj
Ingersoll.
The House then went into Committee ofthe Whole
upon the bill io regulate trade and intercourse with the
indan tribes in Oregon and 10 preserve pence and friend
ship with and among the Indians"
The bill was read and debated briefly and vas found
TO contain provisions for rev Agents and sub Agents.
for the purposes indicated in the BILL
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT.
The Committee rose, niotion of Mr. BAGBF, u
receive Message Ia writing irom The President Of The
u. Safes.
The Message was read, beginning with recital Of
the resolution calling for the items The
fund. The President snys that, with an anxious de-
sire 10 furnish the information If il consistent to
do il, he must decline. The toregn intercourse Aci 81
!Sl0 in pursuance Of which information " as coinunca-
ted, was stated.
The law required the public items to be given public
ly, aud the private items 10 be stated privately. The
Presidents certificate only required 10 be presented
10 The accounting ,llirer 10 the paymen Of the
SAINT Had The public items been called for they would
have been communicated with great pleasure. But the
secret expenditures caanot be made public with
out injury 10 the public interest. Some o his predeces
sors have not specified for what the und
was expended.
Hts predecessor had declared that the sum of S. AGO
was expended TOR torei.n intercourse Mr.. Polk say
The question is whether The resolution be answered
al all with pr"Wiety. As general rule, it should not be-
done, aud whether II could be done under any crcu
stances or not is subject for serious consdera
The President may keep the information in his own
hands he chooses, 10 which e items do nobecone
public records by being filed away. They not seen
by the accounting officer.
i he provisions Of the law of 1889 were then stated
and explained, hen Mr. Polk says that il called upon
TO answer this Resolution, he wou he under the me-
cessiy OF answering all such calls whether under ad
nihsiration or another, or whether IN Peace in War
The President says that he aware Of the prejudices
against keeping any thing secret but there are ccum.
stances which muy require IL.
While in office, says Mr. Polk have had no account
settled upon the Presidents certificate and il wonlA 80
an extreme case that would allow him To usa his ccrf
lcale Sull, If there neeessilv vr his he shout
most cheerlully take the responsibility ofdoinp so. The
House. as The grand inquest of the nation have right
10 "'esugSe 'ue conduct Of all public officers but il
Most always be by committee. Such committee would
have The night to demand the appearance Of every public
and private paper, but they would not communicate
what was done 10 the injury of the public interests
No communication is found upon the files Of the De,
parmen IN reference To the special mission Eng land
says MI Polk, and therefore this par, If the iniorma
ton is no' given. desired, by Mr. Polk All public
papers (and they cover forty or fifty pages) are
ncated.
The message having been read,
NJ. L. }. lNGERSOLL said the Resolutions had
been answered in different from what he ex
pected
II had been said, since this subject was up before that
there had been conspiracy upon this subject II there
is conspirator, he (Nr. - was the only oue Nobody
knew OF the assault but himself and all that had been
done had been nslgated by himself. lie had when pros
voked by The attack in the other luuse gone To the
State Department and spent Eour where le found in
formation very unexpected TO himself and which had
led to the introduction of Resolutions which he regretted
The President had not lhous hi proper To answer.
MI lngersoll said he had information in his posses
SION by which he expected to prove the charge that Mr.
ecster did make application The COMMITTEE on For,
elgn Relation for special mission 10 England through
The gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr.. Adams.
Mr. ADAMS said that The fact of the application of
re Secretary OF State 10 the Committee Tor specia
mission To England was undoubtedly true. He recul
leced oi no communication 10 him, and ihere had been
he should have Known il. lie did not believe tina, any
standardization had been made far sJecsI mission by
el.er TO himself lie never thought how tha, there
was any secrecy in such or any treason
whatever in it,
Mr.. lNGERSOLL contended tina, the fact was sus,
tanned which he had asserted. aud which was thai Mr.
" ebsier had asked Cor special mission IN closing
Mr. said tina. the charges he had preferred were en-.
ely true. and they were susceptible OF proof though
i was not his inlentio1 10 any iur her In the ran
'ideraio of the question.
Mr.. KING. of Ca, replied with many interruptions
upon points of order. lie denied that the nenh, from
had sustained sing lie one of all the chary,s
which he had made. lie was surprised when they
were made, but he was more amazed al the aempt IL,
subsanliae such charges, though not one scnlia ot
proof had been offered, and upon the head of the
member who made the charges, all the responsibility
would rest.
The previous question then moved aud seconded
and the main question ordered l6 To 90.
The papers were then ordered To be printed
OREGON.
Mr.. OWEN moved 10 take M the
SENATE OREGON RESOLUTIONS
Mr.. OWEN moved Committee of { onl.tsn.p bicb
was not in order aud after confusion ii the most die
orderly character, the House came To a yne ma, ill.,
question Of receding and By yeas and nays 1t was dec
ded NOT TO recede from their former amendments
Yeas, S7-aays, IS.
The House then voted to insist-Yess DC Nocs 50
Committee Of Conference was then pr,nos,d ,nJ
ordered. Mr.. DROMGOOLE commended ,hs, ' ,%.,
COMMITTEES Of Conference VIVA mn, in o,J 80 VIC