The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-05-18

From the Cincinnati Gssssts.l
Personal Meannen and Official Corruption
EYpesed.
Again wc IRE called upon to record off.
cinl acts Of commission aud omission ofthe
Administration, so mean and corrupt % to
degrade the national character.
Il will he recollected that the House of
Representatives called for instructions 10
Mr.. Slidell, and they werc withheld, and
the correspondence Of Mr.. Trist with tho
Government was also called for, and lha,
was also withheld, because i would get 10
Mexico aud do mischief; vet Mr.. Polk and
his cabinet send copies If these official due.
uments, secretly, to General Pillow, in
Mexico, for him 10 use in opcu court, in his
defence, in tho city of Mexico! The Poo.
pies representatives could not be trusted,
but President Po.k's GENERAL ia Mexico
could be!
Bul this is not the particular act 10 which,
we wish to direct attention. On the 18th
day Of April, the House called upon the
Secretary Of War Coz the correspondence
between Scott and the War Department.
Mr.. Marcy furnished il, but il was diecov.
cred that he had perpctratcd deliberate
fraud and deception upon the House. Ito
was charged with having withheld certain
letters, and garbled others; this he denied,
by his friends, and furnished . member with
four letters, saying TINT they were Of no
consequence, and that those four were oil
that were withheld. This statement was
officially made 10 the House.
Tho House was not satisfied, and again
called upon NJ. Marcy, and this call has
not only brought forth important ssppress-
cd letters, but letter which was not 10 be.
ing when the call was made--a letter Of
forty-ninc pages. written by The Secrets
~ Of War for the occasioa, and several
DAYS eflr tho correspondence was called
for!
Mr.. Secretary Marcy had written 10
Gen. Scott asking for specifications of his
alleged had treatment hy tho Administra-
ton. and Gen. Scott had promptly furnish.
ed them. This letter Marcy withheld,
among others, and when the House repeat.
ed their call upon him, he still holds on 10
il, until he writes forty whine pages in an
swcr TO il, aud then sends to tho house
Gen. SCOTS suppressed letter, and bis re-
loindcr, got up for the occasion.
This mean If not infamous conduct wss
exposed and denounced in the House by
Messrs. Clingman, billiard, and Stephens,
on tho 9th ult.
Mr.. Clingman denounced the War Sec.
rotary as guilty Of garbing and withhold.
ing letters, and by sending to the House .
letter Of f"r.y-nine pages. subsequently got
mp for effect, Of attempting to palm upoa
tho House aud the country . sdslibcrate
falsehood."
Mr.. billiard il represented % being
greatly excited, and Indignantly proclaim
ed that l,e would not submit 10 such . hieh.
handed fraud as the Secretary had attempt.
ed 10 palm upon the House and tho coun-
try.
Mr.. Stephens, in his scathing remarks,
charged upon tho President the withhold.
ing from tho peoples representative cor.
respondcncc and documents, on the plea Of
its doing mischief in Mexico, and then fur
nishing bis well beloved friend, Major Gen.
Gid. Pillow, with them, to be BY him used
in his defence, in open cour, ia the Mexi.
can capital! And be demanded to know
how i happened ''that the nomination Of
this Pillow, as Major General, made near .
year ago. by Mr.. Polk, had not vet bsea
sent 10 the Scnatei Why was this nomi-
nation withheld from that bodyi lie ask
ed any defender Of tho Administration 70
answer" But no answer was given.
Talk about the official corruption and ar
rognnt exercise Of power BY the monar-
chies Of the old world, but let 10 not Do
blind 10 those Dolly exposed 10 our own.