The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-18

the boy neither GOOD words tufts of grass would
.a sos s so 70, virtue III. sna 10
to the Senator from South Carolina, he woutS
60 f.; It in order to psosssua. ts' tbi. treaty
Iu the Of contributions Mr. Johnson contepIeu
that the President had acted udciouy ana psopsy
and after good sensible manly speech out rs.mer
from the ground having been travelled over 30 of'en
johnson yielded the door IN. oour.. Of
Some conversation then euceeedsd ss TO 1ne ooh'" VI
Mr.. BsApsuKS called the attention OF the senate 70
the b for tbs relief the heirs OF John Psul Jones
That bill wouldtak from the Treasury rome saSoooo
ana in it's general operation 1t would bankrupt the
strongest government on the face Of the earth
Mr.. Case raised point of order. The bill was not
before the senate
sous further conversation surcesded and finally on
raogion OF B .-r,en. ts- S-nsta All ourn-d.
House VI Repres snta lives.
gsussDAy, March l6, ls4s.
coNrRAors-AsE rBERE FRAUDS?
Mr.. Cor moved rcconsider alton Of the vote by
which the House yesterday passed resolution ordering
ten copies Of the abstract Of contracts with
the War Department to b. printed He wishsd il to be
distinctly that he did not obj-c TO the print
iug the document That Was ordered som, tim. ago
II ought to be printed and placed in the possession Of the
House His obj econ tho print the extra num-
Der Twas m-re abstract OF contracts made by officers
connected with tn. army; aud gives partial account
calculated to do gross injustice to cers without Civ
them An Opportunity for explanation aud the cculs
ton or his extra uuMbsr will have the eject OF iudu
cling the opinion thai Congress looks the contractors
with SUSPICION of fraud During the Florida war, the
war OF sl2 ADD var ofcere connected with the
army have made coatr aud these have been seized
upon, not 60 reflect uoos the fcsrs, but to furnish
Executive Ds7srtmsnt Of the government and without
Any opportunity wbstevcr for explanation He protested
sgsinst tbs being neld responsible for the
aos Of the officers, who acted upon their own respons
blity. His object in rising was to move reoonsid
srAn9n " toe vote oy wnch thNexsrA number was or
dered TO be printed rha usual Der should be print
ed; and the committee the Of the War De-
partmsnt should inquire md ascertain vhsther there
have been frsuds. II so, let them be reported.
Mr. CsozIsR wa. glad that the gentleman from Geor'
sia had brought this subsct bsfore the House because
he was afforded an opportunity of making correction
OF has remarks in tina morning The
transportation of the storss of General Tsylors army
portato OF eight hundred mules and horses from the
stste Of Ohio to the Rio Grande
Mr. THoMPsoN; of Mssissippi-Why were the horses,
then purchased in Ohio?
MIR. CRozER-That's what want to know
Mr. THOMPSON That is . reason why it should be re-
Mr.. CRozIkR-There has been gross injustice which
amounts to fraud.
1t must not be made against Ohio.
Mr. CRozER-Wel, ] don't care. | am willing to
islesds why print at all? But is the product the
Secretary Of War, and why should gentlemen who
less to rely much che virtue and intelligence of the
people, refuse to let is go to them Co judge?
Mr. DUNCAN, Of Ohio, was understood to deny, in re-
ply to renark of Mr.. Fries, Of the State that
Minor, who made the contract for the horses aud
mules = whis. He original democrat, and
he did no: kno. that he had acted with wing party
Mr. DusoAr-He Is my constituent, and ought to
know.
MIR FR'Es-He is a standard whig Of that State, and
MIR. DuNcAN-I ought to know
Mr. CROKER said in reply to MIR Cobb that if the sub
% should be referred to the committee the report that
would be made would BE- regarded as q CARRIED state
by the He proposed to take the abstract
as IL was prepared by the genemsn's own friends Do
not the people know The price
of all the provisions which may have purchased by
the army and the price Of munitions Of etc The
abstract contains the items Of the expenditure Of
ty or thirty millions Of dollars He could no reason
gentleman should 60 to country The price Ct th.
printing would be only four hundred dollare A more
interesting document never enansted from Congress-
because gives account of very large expenditure
OF money Instead Of ten thousand he believed that
twenty Thousand copies should bs printed
Mr. CoBB-l have bat q single word of reply. The
eeneemsn has will not assert Intentionally nisrepre-
ssnted my argument to the House He says that OBJ
1set to the priating Of extra number because
willing to throw the document before the country and
that Am not willing TO trust the people Not So No
gentleman who has heard me, except that gentleman
would have put such construction upon my remarks
The ground on which opposed the printing is that tn.
absrset unusreting and does give explain atoms
as to the circumstances under which the
made.
Mr. CsozER--My idea Is this. here are facts and the
gentleman IL unviing to print extra number of the
.h.trse. hacsrss the people rarlot understand it.
Mr. Coss As usual, the ssnt,s.esn is as far wrong
tbs abstract be cannot tell what Contracts were made
honestly O.. frauiuently
mousy high and that nobody could whether
they were wrong or right remarked, yesterday that
fairness
Mr CoBr-The gentleman will admit, then that on a
casual examustion such as he has given abstract
no one caa cell the CONTRACTS made IN no.
nesty In fraud Whist propose is right and lust and
will commend itself to the favorable consideration Of al
most every member desire the com ittee who have
charge of the subject, to examine aud as certain
whether there has been corruption, and point it
that may al unite in necessary the
premises
Mr. STEPHENS i think tina. my honorable collesgu.
ms.pprehunds my object in votiag print the extra
copies shall against the motion to recon .ider
The design Of the publication s not 10 arrsgn the
tractors but to give the people light No charge Of
has n info matt ion in
ths abstract TO the psople Does not the argument
my collessue amount to this that the people cannot
understand it? | want the people 10 know how their
money goes They srs the tax payers-th-y bear the
burdens and they should know where the shinss and
MIR CoBs-I stated distinctly that the document will
not convey to the public that nf,rmatson winch is de-
signed My objection Is that is is mere abstract, and
Mr. srtrHxNs-It shows clearly what has gone with
money of ths psope, and this Is what they want.
Mr. CoBB-The people want TO know whether this
mon-y has been rightfully fraudulsntly expended
aud this the document does not show This is what
gentl-msns (Mr Cros'srD committee ought to inves-
tigste
Mr. STEPHENS 1t the offset of the Secretary of
War to make it impossible to tell what went With the
Mr. Comfy colleague must not understand me a.
saying that the docum mt does not tell how the money
went The abstract made under Law of Congress,
and does show how the money went but does not show
whsther The expenditure was fraudulent or not
Mr. ChozfEh-rhs gentleman wants to stick to q sin.
gle issue repeat that tbs abstract will show On its
fac. Whistler the contracts are fraudulent or not
Mr. CoBs-i ask The gentleman to put his finger on
single item
Mr.. CEozrER--l will do 1t. | mentioned, yesterday,
that contract was made in my district by proposals
publicly made; but United States officer reecpded it
and made contrsct with fsvorite. The government
thus lost three thousand dollars have spoken OF the
horses contracted for in Ohio.
Mr. CoBB-Doss this tsct appear In the abstract?
daughter.
Mr.. CRozrER-Thst should 20 to the country
Mr.. ERres-Ths gentleman has again referred to the
ho ses Tn. facts are these Mr.. Minor, in Columbus
prominent whig made the contract with Major stan.
ton IN the absences the Quartsrmaster (fererai
there any rAad the House viii that 1t lie altoge-
ther ia the whig family circle. feel some interest in
Ia. case, because the homer of Ohio is somewhat in
volvei think the subjsct should be examined by the
committee
MIR sTErHxNs-The gentleman from Tennessss has
examined the document and says that the charges are
extrsvagsnt The contracts made in all part. OF