Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-11
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We hasla to la yoefore our readers (says The
Unon,) The olowig manly and eloquent letter
OF Mr.. Wis II rtules The charge against Gen.
Cass whichome the wings have drawn from
that gentlemn'. frmer impressions. We re-
commend III communication, for various rea-
sons, 10 the uen,io Of our readers:
.,cac osr.y. Near Onancock,) I
10 ne M sa.,r of The Unio'. august D ''f'' )
tors t 81 re asfaoba ksGair1 upon .ne subJec,
OF my oath efore the Cnhmiee OF Inye.tiga.
lion in lS3637 when yous of the 9Th ult was
placed 10 IN hands, encloing 10 me copy OF
Mir Gosgini speech. ! hi seen that speech the
day before. We have bt two mails week on
this peninsia, and | received The Ineliacncer
OF The 9th 'uly on Wedrsday las!, the 81 insr.
BY The SINE mail, soutf came the Richmond
Enquirer the 25h ult. never see, or rather
never readthe "Whig" Wen do see il. Pri-
vale letters, however, BY tbenail before, on Sun.
day last waDed me that therwas to be a thunder
bolt, az he3DquireI says, hrled al my devoted
head from srepor; which made in the ID ses.
sion of the 9th Congress, o the condition OF the
various Executive depaHmnts; and il was mol
until ycslerdy that was irormed OF the Jupiter
Tonans frOa whom il wld come. But Mr.
Gogsin has lot angrily lhre'n il; he has only lei,
il gently fall rom his high olympus in The hail
OF Representatives The raven solutions OF
party would AXE up and PIT This thing anony-
mously, and never be seen, n be responsible
But Mr.. Gog,n showed imsef 10 me; saw
lin in The e!eids, aud saw I'm smile, 100, when
he let the "llnndeIbolt" fal. He was not mali
cous 10 seLing down the missile, aud he is
worthy of a rply from one handing down here
among the pople upon ea-h. The "bolt' hit.
hut it does nc hurt; and as son as can get the
Sd volume olRsporls OF Committees for the ses
sion rcferrcdo-U have wien to Washington
city Tor iI-I will redeem ae pledge, which |
thank The Richmond Enquire for volunteering 10
my behalf, HAT will reply. shall do so By ad-
dressing the Hon. William L. Gosein himself
whom | hare regarded ws,mly as a PERSONAL
iricnd for mny years, and WON regard, fur
Their, as HAVING right TO an explanation OF part
OF my condct in life, which, ne does moi real
IL understand, il may perhos appear 10 him
strange hop is that / could are taken the oath
,ohich he tS quoted, and neo be a nominated
efector, ,cits my own consent, n Ii: Democratic
ticket of On. Lewis Cas-.
Wilhou waiting for the voime Of Reports of
COMMITTEES referred TO, will venture to give
some explanation now from recollection.
il will DC remembered that General ac::,n, |
thought II 10 speak Of the node in which Is
various Executive Departments under him led |
been administered, in the highest terms d
praise and he rendered to the heads, chiefs a,t
subordin,!es OF the departments complimsa.
for in;cgrity, intelligence, industry and etcienc!
the most exalted.
l, representative of the people in the Houa,
deemed that truth, and the duty which owea
to the country, required that an issue should be
joined with the Prcsiden' on this part of hi.
message, and moved and obtained committee
10 investiga the condition Of the various Exc.
cutive Departments. II was composed of six Of
tho administration and three of the opposition
members of the House, AMI was appointed late
in short session, there bsing, according to m,
not more than six weeks to conduct il.
inquiries
The mode OF proceeding which contemplated or
the part OF the committee WAS TO lake up the mos
important subjects Of executive administration
such as those OF The public lands, Indian Affairs
revenue, receipts and disbursements, ezra allow
ances, public contracts, the Seminole war m,
application of moneys Appropriated, &c. and I,
send for persons and papers, or 10 90 by subcom
mittces 10 the departments and bureau1 and IF
investigate their true condition, aud 20 rennri unor
whatever was found 10 be corrupt, or wrong y,
mal-administered. % =
This course OF proceeding General Jaclso,
deemed TO be 'inquisitorial." differed from him
widely in lhaI and claimed the executive Office.
10 be public, and lbe official conduct OF heir off
GERS 10 be properly subjec, 10 inquiru no, iponi
si'ion, by the representatives of the people. He
however, insised that, before investigation sbon,r
commence, specific charges OF malversaIion . sn y
corruption, and violation Of duty by officer,
named, should be made, verified BY affidayil ~ =
'slief merely in the truth of those charges he 20
81 pointing investigation 10 those deemed ouil,y
and OF laying proper foundation for pon;rv y
The majority adopted this view OF the P1s,;der,
expressed by him in letter addressed lo ~. q.
of the committee. "e' d
When, therefore, submitted resolution, =,
inquiry in the form which proposed the ~ "
oIriiy ofthe committee called upon me. a, un nH
others, for specifications of names and c5aras o'
md to rerify the same on my 6el,et in the ,sn,h
II the same on OATH Thus eame to he "s w ruin
The proposition regarded as extremsly ;n.m, H.
og and offensive to representative. and !, was
certainly very exciting in its effect mon ,s -
COMMITTEES, But determined H.. pon .ie