The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-04-30

GaIvssnsss and tine Senate.

lNSHLllGxsCs By PIX HAAS.
GaIvssnsss and the ssn.se.
CUSTODY THE SsRaEArr-Ar- AIMS or rnx SENATE.
WAsH'Saror, April 30 lese
Tuno sooedens tr bunus appr- hendit eum (rauum)
gus esset OF qud Sscra, 9cts ZIP IL,
o. So.
Ifthe mode Of proceeding adopted by the Senate 10
warranted neither by Justice by law has at least
tho stamp of antiquity to recommend It II will be seen
BY the above extract quoted with irreverent feeling
that Is borrowed from the "sharp practice" Of the
ministers Of the Roman the province Of
Judsa some eighteen centuries sso The tribune ar
rested Paul and ordered him to b. fsttsrsd and then
Intercepted him, who he WAS and what he had done
The parallel IL startling congratulate Mr.. Rsverdy
johnson on h juridical stsinsnts His legal learning
is extensive II he had lived in the times Of the early
Christians there knowing what fame he might not
have acquired public prosecutor. Sir Edw Cokes
,ds OF dealing with Waiter Raleigh he doubtless re-
CARDS as the model of cri nnsl procedures He sp
parenty read the life Of Lord Edon with great Advsn
ags Lord Chief Justice Mao.asd IL sjurst after his
own heart scroggs and JeH lea have, no doubt, high
places the calendar Of his usissl saints 10 man of
his antiquarian tastes 1t must DO a source Of CON
tinual regret that the good old times Of the rack
and the "scavenger's dsughtsr'' have passed away
He has read OF tho dungeon called Little Ease" In the
Tower Of London, In which the latter mode Of com
polling unwilling testimony was in frequent use /
r.
mend that room the capitol fitted up for my USE
with similar appurtensnces This would be in keeping
with the recommendation Of Mr.. Turney, the mouth.
piece Of Mr. Polk in tho Senate who msds the humane
srggestion that ! should be tied and suffered to
rot in . dungeon" As Mr. Turney is mere in
strunent In Mr. Polks hands, verissbe machine
WHOM he he ould any other machine, for
sordid purposes-as he never ventures step beyond
his orders but natural to believe that the sentiment
originated With the President He it H. who is TO
ior It, AID not his s-nselsss and obsequious meual It
somewhat curious to the Senator from Mary.
couples sportsmsn would call it junction of Lhs
beagle and tho bloodhound For myself refrain from
making any suon irrevsrent smiltude lsst Mr. John
sons next procedure against should be for cadas
magnnfum.
Il the Senate will not remove thu Injunction OF
suon coward your small despot. They shrink
from lifting the vsil that hides their degradation
Either they will or will not at some time reveal tn sac
proceedings IL they do am content to let them 20 to
the public with little comment IL they do then it
will be evident that it IL because they dread tho
sequences
am not at all certain that they will not alter the
record II they do, thsrs 10 sufficient number Of
fraud. The bare entertaining OF such a surniss
might be attributed to unworthy prejudice, there
not already sufficient to warrant the
The only portion Of the record made public that
ned In the warrant appearing the face of the return
to the ha6sas corpus This contains two sb-o
Lutte glsring, unqualified fslsehoodsnot trivial errors
but material mis- positive aud prepense The
warrant sets forth that whereas John NuEent having
been summoned and having appeared at the bar Of the
Senate, and having been sworn q witness" Now,
the truth is, have never been summoned before thu
Senate, or before any committee OFT the Senate was
first instance, on the authority Of . prscept from
the Woe President Of the United States, ao'ing
m.ndiDs him to take the body Of John Nussnt
and bring him before the Senate in session at
o'clock, on Thursday, March 80, ls4s The ground Of
this warrant was, that had committed a contempt
.ns the Senate presume, In not answering certain
QUESTIONS propounded by the com ittee before whom
mad last appeared This happened to solemn blan-
ocauss not summoned to give evidence before the
committee. did not appear before tn committee In
b,dience to any process issued by them the author
ity Of the Ssnste handed thsm voluntary to
their questions went before the committee with tue
tho anxiety Of the ssnae-anIisty | regarded IS ex
tremely natural, sideriDg the character Of
Of iss MEMOIRS As II vas, then ! was uodsr
to answer any questions propouudsd By the committee
consequently in refusing to answer them, could not
have committed against the senate so that
the whole proceeding Of Senate grou ndess
informal, as we'll As ilegsl aud unconstitutional
The Instrument concludes .. follows: " Given under
hand this sla day Of March in tho Of Lord
one thousand eight hundred and forty.eight M. DIAL
Now ie happens that this instrument was not given
uader Mr. Daas's hand, any other hand the 3lst
Aoril in the ONCE of dr Secretary Dickens and DO
Outing the session of the Senate take upon couf
d"nty to assert that the nst' ument is NO. orh sr.s
utterly inv Aid, ADD Of no legal forcs whatever VIII
1t be contendsd that the Vice President invested du
ring tho period OF tho adjournment Of tlr Be- ate from
day to day, with the Judicial authority OF judge /.
cham sers! And If not what authority he issu-
warrant for tbs commitment OF cir z.n except IL
presence Of the Seusto and during its si,rins?
Here then have showo tn ,t the Senate the 6rs,
iostsncs h.d eg. for its proceeding and IN
toe next pisce 1T the warrant upon WHICH | am
detained s utterly void and worthless 1t ~ be aske
why not take legal means to show its invAdisy
there Is no indsP -ndeacs in the Of the
aud they live IN fear and trembling in the shadow Of
authority or Jutgs CrAnch desire to speak with
ie'gnsd and unqualified I. .psct Through long life he
has had the reputation of being model Of pure hon
est upright JUICE HIS age infrmites do not per-
NIT him graphic With great and intricate qass
tons II tho strength of his mind could mare
been brought to bear upon question: he would never
discharged.
the two material f.sehoods the face f tho
given under his hand, the more especially that war
court Of law Why should he declare that was ass, snm
moned. when he knew was not summoned? Why
should he declare that that instrument issued on
the 3lst March, when he knew 1t did issue Ill the
lsto April? The whole validity Of the warrant de-.
ponds it's having issued while the Senate In
zion. For sixteen hours held by the
arms on no legal au horv Whatever During The whole
# that time he had warrant for my custody Whist
usincstiou has Mr. Dallas for closing up this hiatus
perceive that In the Union of to day. Mr. Haunegan
has been paid the fret instsment of ooisl adulaton
nv congrstula.ons But really the President must not
forget Mr. Dix IL he have any discrimin alton and
knows the value Of treachery bsttsr thao Mr. Pok
he will put much higher price the setvoss Of the
New York Senator than those OF Mr.. Hsnnegan. II
Mt Dix derect in duty when the liberty Of q citi
of New York Was arsalsd that is no reason why
that citizen should not insist the honorable Senator
being paid the full price Of his recreaucy Mr. Hsnne
gan received paragraph Of flaming superlstiyes Mr.
Dix deserves column. GALVlENSIS.
BALrIMoRE, April 29'h ls49
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