Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-04-29


gentleman from North Carolina to modify his original resou-
ton so as embrace the reply But he asked the gentleman
from Maryland be at that time dreamed Of calling for
any thing had 10 be written afterwards, by the modica
ton which he had proposed to the resolution 0s
Mr. McLANE would answer with great cheerfulness. He
had designed reach the reply Of the 2lst Aprhe reply
to- despatch Of Gen Scott, which they had obtained
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Arkansas, here inerposed with call
the orders of the day and moved that the House resolve
itself Committee of the Whole the state OF the
Union.
The SPEAKER stated that that motion was in order.
Mr.. STEPHENS. Can the gentleman get the floor to
make it
The SPEAKER replied that after hour devoted to
ports the orders OF the day might be called for and the motion
go into committee might be made
The motion accordingly put and rejected.
The question then recurring the resolution and amend
Mr. STEPHENS repeated the question: Did he then un-
dersand the gentleman from Maryland to state that he ex
peced something to be sent In which was not then written
Laughter.
whatever It had never entered into his mind inquire whe
the despatch wholly written or not and he had not
known whether it wholly written or not He only knew
that the gentleman from North Carolina declared that the des
patch received Gen. Scott the despatch called for IN
the resolution as the Clerks table and he had de-
signed in good faith to have the reply OF the Secretary OF War
paper Gen. Scott dated in Mexico after his arrest
Mr.. STEPHENS resumed the floor, but yielded at re-
quest to-
Mr.. HOLMES Of South Carolina, who said he wanted to
understandthey all liked have understanding the
subecwhetheI the between the TWO gentlemen did not
resolve itself this proposition whether, after call for
information upon exciting topics, that call should include
letter be written for special purposeor the purpose of
ssuitng exactly the case That was the question.
[Cres Of g Yes, and laughter
Mr.. STEPHENS. That is the question.
Mr.. McLANE again wished the floor.
Mr.. STEPHENS said he would yield if the gentleman
wished give categorical answer to the gentleman from
South Caroina. A augh
Mr.. McLANE understood to object to new issue be-
ing presented and that the put by the gentleman
from South Carolina did not in his opnon meet the case as
presented by the words OF the call.
Mr.. STEPHENS said the point to which he wished to
bring the attention of the gentleman from Maryland this
Whether the time he made the suggestion to the gene
from North Caona he had any idea that the Secretary
of War; under the suggestion he Mr. McLASE) had made,
would send in any thing else than reply which had been
made before that
Mr.. McLANE. Not the least.
Mr.. STEPHENS had supposed that the gentleman could
have had such idea This them showed the of
this House when the resolution passed. and when the
very amendment made which had drawn out this reply
that they did not dream that the Secretary OF ar would send
in here letter which might be subsequently wIitten and
which the gentleman from South Carona said was written
for particular purpose
That the point which he wished to bring the aen
ton of the House. And what the position of the House
They had called for letters which had been suppressed
and yet when this particular call made the Secretary Of
War had and written letter and sent that and still
suppressed the very thing for which they had called That
the position in which this House placed before the
country He did not wish to be understood opposed to
publishing this letter be willing to to the
try He wanted the people of the country TO the letters
for which they had called and which had been suppressed
and the general in Mexco-whch the President and
Secretary of War decided fit for him and not fit for
the peoples representatives and who after Withholding that
upon call from the House, had turned round and manufac
tured and in long letter all he wanted that these
facts should go to the country.
There was another important fact to which he
wished to call the attention of the House and the country
with regard this Major General Pillow, who had higher
place the confidence of the Executive, seemed than the
peoples represenatveswho could be entrusted with
identa despatch from foreign minister commissioner
when this House could not be entrusted with it, If
true this General appointed to that Office by the
President twelve months ago. and his domination had not to
this day been sent in to the Senate The constitution Of the
United States required that the nomination should be sent to
the Senate and why had not been done, when Congress
had been in session nearly five months Why had the Pre-
sident withheld that nomination
He did not wish 10 detain the House that point He
gave gentlemen, however, think Of and to bring for
ward any Defence if they could
He concluded by remakng that the resolution amended
by proposition embraced all the correspondence the
ect of the He wanted all go together. The
country would the manufactured letter. gotten up after the
call The call made the 18th of April this to
Gen. Scott dated the 2ls Of April four days afterwards
Let oil these facts TO the country He did not wish TO
suppress any Of them He submitted the House and the
country whether il not trick Of Secretary Marcy The
gentleman from Maryland himself admitted that when he made
the modification he dreamed that the Secretary Pre-
sdent would send any other reply than had then been made
This reply had been made since had been manufactured
for the very purpose He wished il to 90 to the country he
wished to keep nothing back.
Mr. COBB Of Georgia, said, take this debate all in ALL
and he thought the good Of this House and the country
would pronounce the extraordinary that had
cured
"A Voice "H is a most extraordinary topic
He glad that gentlemen the other side responded
would be seen, (he said,) from examination Of the de-
BATE that every original issue had been abandoned and that
there had been constant effort the part OF those who had
brought about this call to change the issue rapidly
facts had been presented and ovehrowR the positions they
had taken.
Mr.. STEPHENS (nerposing) inquired f he understood
bis colleague say that all the original issues made in refer
ence TO this correspondence had been abandoned
Mr. COBB replied that he would endeavor to allude TO
those which he REFERRED and which had been abandoned
far arguments concerned
Mr. STEPHENS wished his colleague to allow him sug
gest that had not hawss that important dispatches called
for had been communicated but had kept by the
President Did he understand his colleague deny that they
had been kept back by the President
Mr.. COBB. To what important dispatches does my coli
league slude having been kept by the President
Mr. STEPHENS, Observing that that not answering
his question, said the original charge that important de-
spatches had been withheld the instructions 10 Mr. Side
bad yet been In this communication from Mr.
Trst had yet been in This very communication
which they had received yesterday had previously called
for and not sent in and bad only in in SUBJ
squen CALL and no given for Withholding IT, This
was the original CHARGE and his colleague supposed that he
had abandoned II he much mistaken.
Mr. COBB said he alludins TO facts familiar to the