New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-29

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Iths some .ertemsn with prenN t' nis name
And BE- was constranei apply - the secretary o.
the Treasury certifying nat Efs Nf"'f, ls - 80 y
s-,.ou iH fis H1ass Had the House ssked the Secfe
tsrv Of the Treasury for any Information on tns MAY
teri Did they w,n; any " basis Of the Nnd or ESQ
the Reporter or Editor o. The lri1 lne tsAeh Jpn
br.e The s-suous and difficult duty h stated tnsi
h. rad baen obliged frst 20 20 @ tire clerk OF the
House then q the srEesni sArms then % the >ecre
isry OF the senate then TO the secretary OF ne
FOR the purpose Of obtaining this Information s. the
bs.. OF some seton OF this House. tie must De "a.
Ne vsi.beS nov 70 resd another extract . show that
,his Editor was exceedingly patriotic inst he DID NOT
I rfsh IN iniure sny I've man especially Member oi
Congress Psrhsps he was under the influence % the
sublime doctrines Of Fourerisn that would destroy al
the forms u society that would mix up men, women
and children Indians negroes mulsfoes and whites in
one cong'onerstei mass. that would break down all
avs snd all tire ssu'ary restraints Of society - ~
present organized perhaps motives Of this kind sctu
stei the individual who peuned these lines he VT
T0uls not charge bin By any mesns with v1shinS %
inure The character Of any member 90 mis- House IS
/ pe-sliy OF the gentleman from Louisisns, NJ NoRsE
but be would resd smother paragraph from the same
srtcie
ans members charges from hs residence down he Red
RIVER % Mississippi Nsw Orleans. iheuce b1ek -
snd . up Wheeling. snd By Baltimore 70 " sshinEson
~ Nossv ssi he represer,sd the Red River District
but Re did not travel foot upon the Red RIVER either
going Up or down nor did he charge for any such
travel
NJ. Travra said. OF course the gentleman who re.
nted the Red River District must be involved sni
he feft it Tor the Gentlemen O. settle thar matter
/ He did not know he said but he was engaged 10
| very smsl business gent eunn near MIN suggested
thsf the writer of this article would not be believed
| ANYHOW that therefore IL was no SANDER But his
| constituents living OF GOO miles distant might not
De OF the facts and therefore u was that ne had
deemed 10 necessary % repe the ssnderous chsrges
,nf imputstons Of fraud far they concernt MN
he did not feel disposed 90 pursue the mstter 50 isr
I rs words were concerned. he had risen particularly
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matter because one OF two things apparent % the
American people either that every member on this
aoor was an arrant thief and addressing the Speaker
yourself smOng the number-ior you are charged with
the pettv larceny al Sf J0o that the writer 0f that
article had bssey falsely ovingy wilfully under
taken % SANDER upon this House H the face II
| the American people and the civilized world.
Mr Turner concluded by moving series of res0 /
lutions which We hsse given on our fret page
Mr. T. demanded the previous que iion bot su1se
oucnt'y Withdrew the motion
Mr. EVANS OF Ma renewedt
Mr. GRTRLEY gave notice that when these resolu. |
tons were disposed Of he should rise 10 privileged
question.
Wr THOMPSON Of Ind moved thsi the resolutions be-
laid the table.
The Yeas and NAYS were asked snd ordered ami /
being taken were-le cas- -s Nays ls The cas- Mere |
I as tliOws
Yra,-Me..r. Abbott Ashmun Boydoa. Canby. Gran
sion. Drkey, caneu Duncan Nathan Evans Farrely, /
Fisher. Ga-ss Giddlgs. Hale Hudson Huut Moreheai.
MIhn. fa.rcy, Root Schencs. stephens IhihodesuN, /
rem snd Wh.ie-2}
So the House decided that the resolution should not
be laid 0l the table.
And the question recurring on the demand Tor the |
previous question
SIR Fhiss inquired ofthe Speaker whether the ques
tion was susc 'ptbic of division.
The SpEAKER said that the question could be taken |
separately each resolution.
A number oil members here requested Mr.. Evans g. /
withdraw the demand tor the previous question.
Mr Evans declined 20 withdraw the motion and de- /
sired o. state tne why be- did The reason /
was that che gentleman from y. - MT GREELEy bad I
spoken l0 al audience which the Members ot this
House coulf not speak n the gentleman wished o. .
sssa any Member OF this House et him do so here.
The SPEAKER interposed and was mperiectly heard,
but understood o. that 10 out Of order % re-
fer personally o. gentlemen on this foor
Mr. Evans saidine would refer 20 the Editor OF The
Tribune and be insisted that the gentleman was not
entitled % rep T.
loud cries from an esrfs Of the House Let him
speak" with mugling dissent
The question then taken on the demand tor the
previous question.
BIT trr House refused % second &c.
Mr GlEgLEY after abiding Gin manner not heard
by the reporter o. the comments that had been made
upon the article n The Tribune relative the subject
oi Mieage and th' abuse which bad VIGOROUSLY been
practced relate 20 10. said be had heard no gentleman
quote ono word n that article imputng an Illegal
chargc any member or this House impuing ans thing
bur legal proper charge. The whole ground OF the
argument wss This Ought not the law 10 De- changed
Ought nor the mileage 20 be settled by the nearest
route instead Of what was called the usually travelled
route. which authorized a gentleman coming from the
center oi Ohio 20 around 1y Sandusky, Albany New
York Pr Iaiephil and Baltimore, and 20 charge mile
age upon that route tie did object To- any gentle
mans asins that course Il be saw IL but was aat the
rlu.c upon which the mileage ought % be- computed
Mr. TrnNER interposed and inquired % the gentle
man wrote that article
Mr. GarELry replied thar the Introduction 20 the ar
ticle Mileage written by himself the transcript
from the hooks ~ Ibis House and from the accounts
of the Senate made by reporter his direction.
That reporter, who was formerly clerk 10 me Post
Ofe Department. lMr. DOUGLASS Howard had taken Z
the laeai book in the Department which contained the
stances Of the several Post yce- in the country from
Washington and from that book be had yot-hOnest !
y. he knew though might not have been entirely &C
cura'e JOB so instance OF tsOhe official let OF the dis
ances of the several Post Ohiees from this city In
every case the Post Once OF the member, whether of
senate the House had been looked out bis d.
1uce as charged cot down then ne Poet Office book
referred o. anf the actual, honest distance by the
shortest route sci down opposite and then the compu
tauon made how much the charge was an excess not
of egs mileage but of What would be- legal il toe mile
age Wss computed BY the nesrest mail route a
Nr kfNG Of Ga desired At this point Of the gentle
mans remarks 20 say word the gentleman sad that :
the members charged now. he Mr.. desired 10 say
with reference q himself from the first he mad
ways refused 70 give any Information % the Commit
tee Mileage with respect % the mileage 70 which ne
would be entitled He had told them IL was their ,pe
thing o do with 10 he therefore nsd charged
nothing n
SIR GREELEY Continuing said be thought all this Il
showed the necessity % new rule the subject Tor
the responsb ity, and throwing 10 from one place 70
another Nobody made up the account but somehow N
Of ~ $4,000 charged In the accounts a
for mileage, and was paid irom the Treasury
Mr. KING interrupted and asked II he meant to =
charge aim NJ X with Sinking Was that the gen i
eulsn's remark 90
Mr. GREELEY replied that be only sad thst by some vi
mean other this excess of mileage charged
and paid By the Treasury This money ought 10
BE- saved The rule ght b. be applied mem
lers of Congress that app led % other persons u
Mr.. hiso desired 10 AJAX fhs gentleman from New "
ork % boz hai correctly stood his language for d
be- had heard him incstnct.yi he IMr X had made nj
the positive statement that be- had had anything iii
10 DO with reference - the charge of his mileage. aud
boz had understood the gentleman from New York b. !"
peak ~ Sinking from responsibility lie desired 10 p
<noF 10 the gentleman applied that term 70 him 81
Mr. GREEI sad be nad applied il = no member q
Mr. MING asked, Why make of this term, then !,
Mr. GREELEg reply b this interrog atofy was lost Z
n the confusion which prevailed 10 consequence Of 3
members leaving their and coming forward 70 the p
urea In the center Al
The SFRAEEa called the House b order and re- ~
laested gentlemen % take their seats. ~
Mr GaEELEY proceeded There was no lutmation %
"a me article that any member bad made out hts own n
account but somehow other the accounts had been "