Washington telegraph., 1848-09-20

IRE not the American People entitled 10
inquire into 1t, aud to know everything
nhoul H. Are they not entitled, through
their representatives, to look Into all the
doeameRta' Do they not dcsiye 10 learn
he truth
To pretend otherwise, is to say that
they are Interested in supprcssing aud
coneealing the abuses OF their public ser.
wants The American People have no
such interest, Public mn, OF course, de.
ire to conceal their peenlatons Their
hangers on, dependanIs, and expeclunts,
are willing to eounlvc ut them. aud To
'hul out, OF cover up the truth, Partisan
presses, like the Union af Mr.. s217, It's
Richie, will ondtNor 10 write down IN.
yestigalion aud will abuse members who
call for information. But the People are
sound, honest, and intelligent They
want every thing brought to the light al
day And they know II the accounts Of
a public officer are kept from the light. II
is because they ifiH not beaythe light
Alr. StewW. moved TO suspend the
rules, that his resolution Of inquiry might
be received. Eighiy.segen members OF
the House voted for suspendng the rules
SiNn.oNE Locorneos, FRIENDS OF GEN.
CAss, VOTED AGAINST susrESnlSG fuE
EuLrs: or. in other words, AGAINST
GIVING LIGHT TO THE AMERl.
CAN PEOPLE ona subject of great IN.
Ietest and Importance. ON which they
were entitled 10 all the information that
is IN possessions Of the Department
Every thing touching the expenditure
of the public money Is peculiarly within
the jurisdiction OF the House al Repre-
seutatives How, then, any friends OF
Gen. Cas- could have voted against tue
reception ol this resolution We cannot
imagine II is confession that IL viii
mol answer to trust the American People
wah the proposed investigation. IL i u
confession that II would be worse Tor
Lewis Cas- TO produce the accounts, than
Ia let the resolution OF Mr.. Stewart 20 TO
the People. with the fact it cmhodics un-
eohifadieted, unpallated, and uneNplain-
cd. 1t ahandons the deirnce Of Lewis
Cas- on tins poiut. II gives up the ques-
ten, aud Is m admission Of record oi all
that the resolution alleges and imputes to
hun.
Tins. ii seems, that though in the
English House OF Commons it Is IN the
power Of any respectable man TO bring
To light the most secret, aud shame thc
most arrogant, delinquent members are
found IN our House OF Representatives,
who will band together 10 withhold ligh,
from the American People. We think,
on the whole, this vote OF the Locoiocos
on Mr.. Stewards resolution altogether
the most disgraceful in our political an
mails. IL Is the most cowurdly aud cor
upl thai We remember without eXeep.
iiun. II is the most insolcni and shame.
less, because the ouly possible eXplana-
ton OF 1t is Il desire to conceal pcculaiiuu
aud plumber.
With the accounts OF Lewis Cass we
have nothing to say in this connection.
Our object /, toprcscnt the conduct OF the
l.ucoioco minority IN IL true light, aud
10 ask for ii the calm consideration oi the
American People,
Those who voted against the rcsolu.
ton calling Tor the vouchers, are A. Atk.
uson. Va, L. l.. +. BcaIc, Va, X. :.
Bingham, Mich. A. Bimsull, New York,
Thomas ;. BocOck, Va, Jane, Is. Bow.
ln, Mo, Richard brodhead, Pa, William
G.. Brown, Va, Charles Brown, Pa,
Charles W. Cathcart, Ind, Lucien b,
Chase, Tenn, Asa W II Clapp, Me,
llowel Cobb, Ga. Williamson Il. W.
Cobb, Ala, William Collins, y. y, Ma
-on G. Darling, Wis, Rudolphus, Dick
iuson Ohio, Joseph Il. Edsall \. j., Or.
lando b. Fickln, ILL.,, Richard French,
Ky, George Fries, Ohio James 5 Green,
Mo, Willard +, Hall, Mo, Sampson W.
llarrs, Ala. Hugh l.. W. Hill, Tenn,
George :. Houston, Ala, Charlie, J. In.
grrsolI, Pa, Robert w Johu-on, Ark,
George W, Jones, Tenn, William hcn.
non, IT,, Ohio, Frederick w Lord, y. y,
John H. Lumpkin, ia, William PITT
Lynde, Wis. William B. Maclay n V,
Robert McClcrnand, ILL.,, Job Mann, Pa,
John X. Miller, Ohio, Jonathan ID. Nor
ris, Ohio, Henry NicoIl, n. Y, Charles
II peasIec, n H., Lucius b. Peck, W.,
George Pctrie, ~ y. john Petit, Ind,
John ; Phelps, Mo, Timothy PIlsbury,
Texas, William A. Richardson, H., Tho-.
Richcy, Ohio, John h. Robinson, Ind,
Ephraim X. Smart Me, Frederick +.
stanton, Tenn, Charles + Stuart, Mich,
James H. Thomas, Tenn, Jacob rhomp-
son, Miss, Robert A. Thompson, Va,
William Thompson Iowa, Benjamin b.
Thmstun Il. l., Thomas j. Turner ILL.,,
John Wentworth, H., William W Wick,
Ind, aud llezekiah Williams, Mc.--6l
Ayes II, noes 81; two.tmrds not voting
in the affirmative, the rules were not sus-
pended The 81 against the motion were
all LoCoiocOs
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