New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-12

SIa. The Accompanying papers are uai-hllllcu 10 /
Won a. the organ Of the House OF Representatives with
the request that they be laid before that body.
They are not what / have wished AMI intended 90 /
present but the day hNed TOR the adjournment OF Con
rress forbds any farther delay my part and until /
nv intention can be executed they must suffice They
VII answer the purpose Of dispeling IN some degree
At least the utter mysrhcaron with which the mind
OF our country has been clouded up IN regard 70 the
Treaty OF Peace and al matters touched upon IN them
During great portion 81 my absence IN Mexico ]
have been entirely cut OF from 81 mt ans OF knowing
what was going home; and during the entire pc
Rod my attention has been urgently pressed upon aud
constantly engros-ed by subjects OF the greatest mo-
meni 70 our country Ii was consequently out 0i my i
power 20 make use even Of such means az presented
themselves when the channels Tor conveying them /
ceased 10 be closed On my arrival home the state OF
things among unknown 20 me, except from the
mere glmpses Afforded by an occasional and hasty |.
glance NJ a ncwsp4per
soon became aware Of the modification above
ferred TO- As the only way IN which Z could De thor /
oughly dispeed determined % lay before the repre-
seutves Of the people connected and detailed nara
OF every thing that has occurred % me having the
slightest bearing upon matters which the public inter
ests demand that the country should know the exact
truth OF This exact and fun knowledge and thorough
understanding il is Of the very highest importance 70
her that abe should possess IL IL 50 for RHlbts rea
som that deeply concern her and concern ncr IN
the boundcs hereafter. The generations which are 10
follow long nation shall exist, ana aer u
shall have ceased exist deeply interested in this
matter Should the American people fail 70 obtain ms
knowledge the evil consequences 10 that people
and m all future Uulei ana through tncii W uiA
kind connot tail TO be such Is human mind can cal.
custe We are the vanguard in the movement OF
this age. and upon chiefly depends the direction
which that movement is 10 pursue.
Deeply impressed with this truth, this plain aud obYi-
Gus fact formed the determination above stated u
remains, however, az yet uniulhled The attention !
demanded by my private affairs, the necessity OF pro
vidng home Tor my family, and variety OF incidents
have contributed % prevent lts funllmeut. mis- nos"
ever will take place ~ lice a month or two longer
The example recently set BY Ialeyrand viii not 0e io
! .N..NN. nHrr "a nHHE -
be- read only century hence The highest interests OF
our country and of mankind through her demand that
she sha know the truth that she shall know Il H0r
/ She shall have IL she shall have Il H0ir.
Had Congress continued to III month OF two longer
I should not Al this moment have broken silence ]
should have bded until could lay before the country
through her representatives, the HGrTdre 10 which
have referred connected, unbroken not single gap IN
H. detailed tar necessary 10 establish clear con
nexlon This e. the only way in which truth can be-
presented IN shape 10 leave doubt a. 10 ia being
! what il is Isolated prominent facts will not do.
However true they may be- they can always be deHisd
and or less plausibly coniroverted Inc @h0,s
truth is the thing. this the peope shali nave. IL
viii then be rim, among those VINO seek tneif con
hdence viii b. 80 bold as to pretend that ne does not
| In one of the accompanying papers deter 20 the
Representatives Of the American People, under date
Mexico February H. ISIS y my belief u expressed
that Congress aid the country had been deceived 3y
the individual holding the trust OF President OF the
United States" and that the object Tor which that DC
cepton had been practced was the indefinite protrac
ton the warthis protractOn Of the war having Tor
is end the conquest Of Mexico and her absorption INTO
| our ni0n This my belief then; Il Is my belief
now In that letter and particularly In the notes
recently appended H. my belief i expressed that
corrupt has been made Of the power and the inhu
attached 70 the trust Oi President OF ine lnueu
States even 20 the extent ~ subgrHGf0H u pcyIVy
Upon both these points my belief IS positive AMI hrm,
distinct and clear Equally hrm sud clear in my mind
the farther belief that to make the former the belief
OF Congress and OF the country, nothing Is necessary
but that the Representatives OF the people should eXef
else the power Of inquiry inherent IN them a. the grand
inquest OF the nation-as the body exclusively in
trusted by the Constitution with the power aud con
| se0uenty with the duty OF Impeachment
IT'S but yesterday that the welkn was made TO ring
! throughout country with the accamations that
burst forth from our democratic bOscms AZ the spectacle
exhibited by the people OF France-and most glorious
spectacle II was Congratulations and fluctuations
poured out from Us toward that people our hearts
were drunk with noble JOY we aud our public serv-
ants We'd with another ia giving uerance 10 the en-
thusasm which filed our b0s0ms.
The cause OF that enthusiasm consisted in the
fact that the French People had liberated themselves
| from the Government They had risen IN the
/ majesty Of men, and had upturncd that Govern.
ment. upturned the Throne a. that Govern
| ment was called This they had done Il bad
been at the cost Of civil strife Of brothers blood spilled
BY brother hand II had been al the cost OF ANARCHY
That the hrst result; and no one could tel now
long IL might last what u was 10 involve while u
lated or IN what II u end. And yet we reJoiced
The object In our estimation worth all this cost all
this risk Of whatever else IL might cost Egen In the
unce anty 10 its being secured IL was enough that
this should have been the object 20 make reckon as
cheap make disregard as dust in the balance what
ever might happen.
Al the head or very the head, q speak from in
dsnci recollecton) OF the redsoas which had mpeled
the French people to act which had crea ed the ne
cessty for their pungng that Of carnage whose
shore no human eye could discern-at the head or
very near the head Of those reasons stands recorded
| " The corrupt Of Ereclfire influence"
II Is time, high time. that we should LOOK At HOME
| Corrupt use OF Executive influence, sucn as, ac-
cording 70 my solemn belief has occurred among Our
SELVES within the last six months, cannot nave Deen
.HrDassed by anything that formed part OF the fnsrue
OF the Citizen King" In point OF unscrupulOusness
and aagitiousness, u cannot have been surpassed In
point Of audacy and efrontery doubt iii has been
equalled BY anything ever yentured upon oy that
| " monarch"
Just as the task Of preparing the papers now trans
rntted drawing % a Close, envelope reached me
| BY mail bearing my address in the hand Of a bosom
friend whose is irrespectiyely Of locality
and country among the very highest Of the profession
10 which he belongs and who has Intimately known
during the latter half Of my life. That envelop con.
tanned without note comment, the words which
will here transcrtte am no LuTHEH, nor have ever
proposed 10 myself 10 act the part Of The task
| am now engaged in mas been f0rced upon me by the
power of circumstances Il will soon be At AZ end
and with IL viii for all Incidents arising from
= come xiOn with public affairs. Except In dischargng
my duty 70 my country A. private citizen, they are
! henceforwafd 70 be beyond my sphere. ! have bid
farewell forever 20 al public employnents and al pub
I dc posts When these words shall be believed 1ier
| let my counry brand me lMPosrOR' and ascfihs 10
the desire FOR once. or for notonety, all that shall
have done and said in regard 10 things Of concsnment
| y her.
But although inapplcable TO me, the very name Of
LHfhsr, presented Ia such coureXOa this, comes
iraught with significance which cannot but be felt
even though the day gone BY when omens were be-
lieved IN This incident though prophetic virtue
be in IT, may prove the forgsHHer Of storm that
shall purity pDs,tcal atmosphere, and dsspste the
seeds death with which already il has become load
ed II riH prove II the Representatives Of the Peo
pie DO their duty.
| These are the words referred 70 LUTHER says
II b have fault would rather speak too harsh
'y and thrust forth Truth unwisey than 20 have play
"a the hypocriie 70 any and held Truth in 20 far
a. nj CARDS myself do not believe that have spoken
too harshly or thrust forth truth unygisey Upon
this point our country vii judge. All ask Of her-and
ask this for her sake lar more than my own
account-is, to suspend her Judgment until she saH
Judge d" wisely.
a. ~. r-fy respectfully yoar lovct y P. Ti,Isr
LIE Couzla- q The O. % A-ft 70 he Mercan f-pro
In the leuer Of the present Secretary Of War Gen
Scott under date & ADr Il, 1913, which published 10
All nae throughout cur c0uly care taken 10 preccupy
her mnd With he belief thai have bee acuaied BY his
molve. The Adminst .on have studicusy Withheld from
her al Snogs led - u hat my c0r-e has oeer Al ne
power and az H. influence attached ~ ne trusts he'd By
inos~ have been exred 10 mys1fy TIE public mnd n
regard 10 The whole subject win when have acted. II
has been rendered mpOssble fir that mind - form for
i5ef any 1dgmens in regard 20 my motive Ard yet not