The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-04-09

slsshoods absolutely false downright entire malicious
asehoods he had never before any publication
IN ChrteDdcm Every fasshood here would justify the
use OF monosyliabie which some base enough
70 nave thrown into their teeth but which gentleman
wou,o hesitate to employ Every statement is literally
The Governor told that he must release M'Lsod.
ans secretary OF state never said any such thing.
~, or zee the magnificent commercial emporium, the
aAshes." he never said ashes" nor emporium. y nor
magnincsnf commercial emporium" nor any thing of
/" M'Leod must be release, said the Secretary of
State"
II is false. He never ssid any thing of the kind
The Governor asked when this would be donen
This is another letter from the Governor, asking
when the city OF New York il to be "iaid in ashes"
Forihwhn says the Secretary, and the "forfhscithp
haaeised This is another letter to the Governor by
express.
"But said the Governor the power of pardon vested
In me- aud even If he be convicted he may be pardon
This fourth letter between the Governor and the
Secretary. And here follows the fifth letter.
oh: no; said the Secretary fyou ever try him, you
VIII oring destruction upon yourself"
Such was the statementby man thing that holds
seat In One ofthe Houses of Congress- The contents %
known" but which he had received from dthe best
authority" don't know, said Mr. w, where he got
his authority unless from the psrsal OF O chapter his
recent historical work Let state what did occur
Mr.. webster then stated conversation with Gen Har-
csived letter from the Governor Of New York suggest
ing legal proceeding for the release of Alexander
Mcleod Gen: HsTrison had directed MIR. Webster to
gested The letter Of Mr. webster bears date March Il,
1sAi. marked private" The President expresses his
pleasure at the prospect of mol pr,s uggssted by the
GoverDor) for the release Of Mcleod on the ground
that will relieve this country OF the
connected with the case and at the same time Of the
danger OF collision with foreign power. Mr..
ws ss 81. Nns Attorney 6eneral also appears
~ to the Governor. This, said Mr. Webster the only
iettsr.the only letter But how shall treat this other
n IN mad with atrr
absolute talsehood, from beginning TO and He did not
want to call nsmes but no would hold up and ask any
drawn, snd to write the bottom Of il any thing he
pleased From the speech -
The next step taken by the administration was to
appoint district attorney who be charged with
the defence Of Alexander McLeod-ihe gentleman who
was lately removed from oice-and fee of I've thou
sand dollars was put into his hands purpose"
Now. this government had nothing more to do with
tho appointment OF Mr. Spencer than the government
csnna the gsn': ,D, from New York. r Dckn
MIse-theie could be no mistake in such q matter Mr..
continued the leading from II. parts Of Mr.
Couroi the State Of N York for the release Of Mcleod
ton The marshal then about to let him 70, when
ne was told by the court that he must do at his per
Mr. Webster did not know how the Marshal Of the
United states did have or could have, any thing do
with the case at all From the speech:
i" He would call upon the venerable gentleman from
Massachusetts, (Mr Adams) who had prec eded him a
OF tne COMMITTEE on Foreign Affairs, to sustain
IN In some statements which he was about to make.
Mr.. Webster said he did not find that venerable gen.
tleman from Massachusetts had sustained him. fr In
gsrsol IN these statements, and he would venture to
say that he never will From the speech: -
Though Lord Ashburton here with full power
to adjust the Oregon question, yet it adjourned II
from the boundary question They should
have been kept indvsibe The giving up Of one would
would call upon those gentlemen here who were &C.
quanted with the facts to say whether he right
ster sent note to the Committee on Foreign Aairs
askog An OUTFIT and salary for special minister to Eng
iana % settle the Oregon question The committee
Sc far, said Mr. Webster my memory serves me- and
20 snS no best 81 my recollection and belief this entire
anything of the kind But again
" These ars facts which can dispute"
dispute them (said Mr.. WI have not the slightest
recollection of them With some further remarks to
thi: effect, he resumed his quotations from Mr. lnger
soil -
He would call to the recollection of those who read
tho newspapers Mr.. Websters Baltimore speech made
at public dinner there given to him, in which he
land aud brought forward the policy of free trade az
lair equivalent for Oregon"
Mr. Webster said that in bis Baltimore speech referred
TO, ne had SAID not a word of Oregon alluded TO
Oregon He referred to the Senator from Mary land r
Johnson) as proof This then. another falsehood
this statement falsehood why sir hydrosatic nrss
sure has not the power Of condensDg sehoods into so
could not afford the requisite pressure to do il.
commercial treaty I" ! argued for Just ex.
speech to show that he had spoken not Of treaty
but of arrangements" for the admission of our Indian
corn So The constitutional power OF laying duties
and collecting revenues belonged to Congress- and not
to the power. Repeating last charge
of Mr. lngsrsoll of commercial treaty Mr. Webster
iicious One thing in the speech true The person
had said he had never agreed with Mr. Webster in poll
would The individual had once said that had he been
man IN the days ofthe revolution he would have been
tory Mr.. Webster said do not think would. This
persov had sand that the Declaration OF hide ndence
had been adopted with great difficulty ii by accident
Mr. Webster denounced The idea, and the spirit that
dictated 1t. But says the speech =:
These were facts which no one would dispute and
no did not state them from any hostility that gentle
man. whose abilities he had always greatly admired but
with whom he had never agreed politically nom the
time whom he first met him in this ball, thirtyh
years ago.
Whose abilities he haG aiicoys admired, Forbear for
Gods sake, forbear such prase. He could stand the
abuse of sue, man. but his communications we're insuD
portable What can the creature mean by these mali
cous iioelsf Ia native want Of perceptions natural
obtuseness from which he cannot discriminate between
truth and faschoodi Or has he been long in that
school Of politicians, who believe that all is lair in poll
tics7 MIR Webster quoted another passage Of the
speech setting forth the love of Mr. IngersoI for the
old Bay State and other points referred to in this
He would not now dwell upon what he would un.
He Ss often his mime ing
here. But that treaty aw--tne supre me law
of the sndand the matter settled. BY that treaty
we the right OF search gave up power Of
exusdton, in conseque ce Of which poor innocent wo
man was not long ago dragged across the Atlantic
this country to answer charge made against there
We gave mp the Dorthe astern boundary after Mr. Buch.
anan nad under resolution Of the Senate drawn an un
answersble argument which concluded by the asser-
ton Of the validy Of our title ia the disputed territory
and after the Seuate had unanimously adopted con-
clusion BY this treaty the good Old Bay State hieh he
loved wh iiaf reverence dsinserafe torn asander
This was not sll for the British Minister who negota-
ted that treaty stated the floor of House of Com
that England had right whatever TO the terri.
tory thus taken from Lord Brougham in the House
OF Lords also stated that the British claim had not
single leg TO stand upon and that certain map which
was an possession of George ILL., and which marked
by his Majesty own hnnd showed conciusively that
the disputed territory did belong Great Britain
and he further stated that this had disappeared
the public archives. These professions and tsuns Of
of the British government and
ours, had much exaspersted the people Of this coun