The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-03
Prcs,dcntia,, Senatorial and Diplomatic Sc
crecy.

sion, nave ledkeu out towards every point OF the
compass, during the last year or two, it was GER
tainly act of great temerity to instigate the
Senate, OF in the Senate to do, what they did
towards our correspondent. After Mr.. Nugent
had declared that he procured those papers
without any agency of the Senate, or any one
connected with them, their right Of inquiry ter
minated; but the farce was carried on farther
and in order to show the utter folly of the whole
proceeding, we wish to direct attention to the
following statement-a brief statement too-of
some of the journals in this part of the country,
which have disclosed, through their columns,
the secrets of the Senate, as well as those of the
White House, during the recent session or two,
in reference to Mexico, and the negotiations
with that republic Here is the table,
STATISTICAL TABLE THE LEAKS OF THE UNITED
STATES SENATE.
List of of the journals with their
and the supposed Senators from whom leaked out the
secret proceedings and debates the Mexican treaty
and oorrespondenoe:-
Journals Correspondent Leaky Senator's
Journal of Commerce. Kingman, Unknown
Courier g. Enquirer, Grund, Cameron, Cass
Evening Post, Atlee, Dix
Commercial Advertiser, st.nbury, Unknown
Daily Tribune, March. Webster Hale Bald
win Phsps, Up
ham Ashmun.
North American Harvey, Berrien, Mangum,
Ledger; Grund, Cameron, Cas-.
Boston, BOSTON, l Atlas. c. March, Hale, Baldwin, Up
ham, Phelps
Baltimore Patriot, Hartman, Reverdy Johnson
Albany Argus, Atee, Dickinson
Albany Atlas, Unknown Dix.
This table, as far as it goes, is as correct
as it could be made. If there is any mistake
made, it will be corrected at once. 1t indicates
how the secret debates and negotiations during
the discussion on the Mexican treaty, came
baf t1a h. L..e IL
secret debates, and the fullest, were, no doubt,
those published in the North american of Phi
ladelphia. and in the Herald of New York.
The whig Senator'S were therefore, the most
comprehensive leakers; but some of the demo-
cratic Senators were the most accurate leakers
during these mysterious debates. And yet, with
all this leakage before the United States Senate,
they had the meanness and folly to incarcerate
our correspondent for month, while all others
escaped; and that, too, contrary to law and COM
mon justice.
But this is not all We have every reason to
believe that there is as big leakage in the White
House as in the Senate, whenever there is any
thing worth leaking out. A good deal of contro-
versy existed some time ago, relative to the do
cuments published in the Journal of Commerce.
being the Trst correspondence on the recent
treaty. 1t will be recolected that this correspon-
dence appeared only in that journal In order to
set the matter right however, it seems that the
very individual by whom that correspondence
was communicated to that journal, is an attachE
OF the Union office at Washington; but he denies
ever having got the documents from that quar-
ter. Here is his affidavit, as published in the
Union itself:
having hsep hiatt hst reafv audea
nyine documents ~ Published some time in New
York, procured BY reporter for the Unisn and
from that ofhss; and the reporter alluded to,
herewith state in contradiction Of the charge, the
following facts
Of Others of the but have with the
Union once. The trsstv never saw, except from the
after that publications and publcs ton in the North
american OF abstract Of the panyipg docu-
msnts became possessed Of copy Of those documents
the conclusion of conversations with that once In
relation their making Of the matter in my posses
eon the Presidents confidential message transmittins
the prej ofa ~ ty to the Senate and the instruction
from Mr. Buch-oan to Mr. sliaell, dated November 10
le appeared In the Herald Of the 2lst day of March
last. These documents not furnished BY me; tut
the editor informed that he had received them
his regular correspondent that he would receive tbs
balance Of the documents accompanying the treaty prof
by the next mail or the same day The next day Maron
a2 the Presidents confidential message alluded to
above and the accompanying the treaty
set with the exception of the instructions to Mr. sds
appeared In another New York paper.
H.
either directly or indirectly from any person connected
with the Union ofee neither In any way by from In
consequence OF, or through my connection with the
Union once directly or indirectly.
Further, did not In any way myself, nor did apv
person for me- directly or indirectly procure them
said ONCE.
Further, the said documents to the best Of nv know
sSs' and according to my firm did not
"Furfher did not procure them from snu person ,oho
could any Wav hare obtained them Jw 5rsicR
any 81 CATION IN JInishf, 4 them l, NE WV '''''''
Further the treaty had been published sou,e TINA
previous to my seeing the documents moving that
Further the documents in question we're out whom
met vh them, and would have been published without
any agency OF mine. JAMES w. sIMONTON
Attest: y. b. MITCHELL.
Subscribed and sworn before me- this 2ld April ls4s
J.P VAN TYNE, J. r."
Now, this is very important document; and
believing that Mr. Simonton swcars TO the
truth, we are, therefore, constrained to excupate
both the Senate and the Union office, as far as
the leakage OF this correspondence of Mr.. Trist
is concerned. II, therefore, the Senate and the
Union office maintain the mystery, where did
those documents come 'front.' Mr. Buchanan
Secretary OF State, has already declared that he
never gave them to any person. or course, after
these solemn denials from three or four. there ia
only another source from which they could
emanate, and that is, the White House itself. l.,
is probable, therefore, that Mr.. Simonton re.
ceIved the documents in question from Mr.
kaen Walker, the Presidents private secretary,
o. from ONE other person in the confidence of