The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-05-01
NUMBER 30.


now, OF members Of the republican party.
to seek all occasions, fl end unfit, 10 assail
the administration Of Mr.. TYLER. II had
not always been so. II was not 50 when
that standardization WIS IN power. The Tine
aas, when, go far from its being tie object
Of uumitga,ed assault from the republican
party il was couItcd aud caressad, faiered
and lauded, --resoUtlons OF laudalon were
passed 10 republican meetings and couven.
TONS aud II was Jeff to tfs time that Alr.
Tyler retired from Office. for odium aud
conlemp! to be heaped upon H. was ne.
yer particularly its friend, tn, do :ly That
the republican cause owes much TO II.
Mr. b. thought, with MIR. Mckay, that
the House had no right 10 cal upon the
Pfesiden, TO disclose lie disposition which
had been made OF the secret service fund.
fhl, fund was conferred in this and other
governments expressly for corruption, to
call things by their right names--a means
ot conducting negotiations which the Pres.
,dent mus, have for success. Very often
Information cen only be I'd by cortupting
spies md ln'ormers ard these must be per.
, ecuy assured that their transactions will
be forever yelled from s'gh'. 1t would be
peftidloua Il xca,d lie q breach Of faith, to
publish to he Y GRID the use5 Of this fuud.
Are tts resolutions designed, said Mr..
B., to lay the foundation Of ihe lmpeech-
tnen' Of the late Secretary Of State tie
is out Of Office
Mr.. INGERSOLL. " hat If lie is
Mr. BaYLEI. appeal to the geulIs.
man whether you can inpeaeh an officer ut-
ter he is ou, OF Office
MIR, Mckay read the l9r showing that
the certificate alone Of the President was u
sufficient voucher for the expenditure Of
such part of the secret service fund as he
may lhuk il advisable not to specify. He
said The amour, Of money expended from
1879 down TO ls44, which has been settled
upon these certificates Of the President, the
House would be surprised to learn, is the
sualI amount Of IS SEQ. The first expen.
ditnre since 500 was on the h August,
s42, AGO, and on the % June, 1913,
g. 90o-msk.nc 5 400 dollars, winch The
whole sum expended for this service from
1929 10 sid; all in two years, (not one.
That IS The official document.
Mir, BOY d offered an amendment, vhci,
Mr.. lnge,soll accepted, providing that no
document be dvulged which would involve
the clriZsn or subjec. Of any foreign power,
The resolution was further modified, with
Mir lDgersoi's consent, TO make the call on
the President, and no, on the Secretary OF
State.
Mr. HARRISON moved the previous
question, but 10 compl ance wlJh remon.
strances against the unln,rness in not allow.
ing a word of debate from Mr.. Web.ieE's
friends, he Withdrew it.
Mr. billiard said, he exceedingly re.
GREETED the unpleasant stale sii1irs-,he
personal collision Nur certainly every one
must see that il was such which had arisen
between Distinguished senator, and the DIS.
tlnguished gentleman on his left Mr. CT.
lngersoll,l whom he took the liberty 10 call
his ttiend q collision which, however deep.
" il might affect these two gentlemen moi.
vIdUally, must also 10 some measure affect
the country, because the reputation Of each
Of them, was in some degree The property Of
the nation. Still this matter did not legit.
nalely and properly belong to the regular
business of the House. Therefore he con.
sdered that the objection of the gentleman
from Nlrgno, MIR. Bayley,l was fifty and
properly made-that we had no control over
the subject, and that it did not fairly come
within The jurisdiction Of this body. Not.
wllhstundlog this, he thought il would i'll be.
come the friends Of that distinguished seua.
tor, to nerpose the slightest obstacle Inthe
way Of this investigation. 1t s mslor.
tune that man whose intellect and public
services have rendered the name 3f his
country Illus;rious, and have associated it
abroad with everything THAT'S 10 be honor.
ed and loved should have SO few personal
and political friends here.
AR WINTHROP then obtained the floor.
He said that The honorable member from
Virginia DIR. Bayley,) had ventured TO
say word IN yludIcaton Of John Tyler;
and under that example, there probably
would 6e nothing indelica,e in a Massachu.
sets man saying word in defence Of Dan.
lei Webster. He did not propose, however,
to do so. do claim continued Mr.. W.
so far as one so much bis junior may be al
lowed to claim, the distinction OF being
friend ollhat senator but think that with
10 a Gay or two past, be has gwen sufficient
evidence TO every body that he is able TO de-
tend himself always, and against every
charge which may be arrayed against him:
| do not propose, therefore, on this occasion,
to enter into any defence of Mr.. Webster.
rise in defence Of this House--of the honor,
the character, and the dignity of the House.
" hal are the precise circumstances before
u.s.
The honorable member from PennsyIva-
TIA &c. J. lngersol, on the oh Of Febru.
ny last, believe, arrayed series Of char
,es against q distinguished senator from
MIR. Webster during the
period 10 which he held the responsible sta
ion of Secretary Of State OF the L, States.
Within few days past, these charges have
been met and dcued, in what form, or with
What effect. il Is not for me 10 say. But,