The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-27

resolution on the table.
rosr ROADS
The morning hour having expired the bill to sstab.
sh certain post roads in the United Stat.s and terri
tories, passed without reading
TESTAMENT MEXICO.
The House then went into Committee Of the Whole
on the bill to pay tho last Mexican instalmsnt.
Mr. KIso, twhiO OF Nj having made speech in
favor Of the bill,
NJ. ALLEN, Gree soiD Of Mass asked the indulgence
OF the com mittee that he might make few re ks
The CHAIRMAr, Mr. BoYp, (dem) of Ky, said tha
debate was now closed and the gentleman could pro
coed only by general consent.
Mr. AsHauE, (whig) of MaSs-I hope that ssnssnt
will be given.
Several objections were made and confusion imns.
MI. ALLEN hoped that the committee would not sx.
clude the truth.
gentleman had already spoken.
The CHAIRMAN said that no other claimed the fsor
and the gentleman could proceed.
Cries" DO on
Gentlemen in the lobby rushed to the sofas to look
over into the hall and there was lively movement In
every direction towards the scene.
Mr. ALLEN, amid tho confusion, referred to what he
said last night that before Mr. Webster would take
gain with the bankers Of Wall street ana state sr.st
that they should first rsse him fty thousand dollars
Was this statement met by Mr.. Ashmua, Not at all.
He did not hear the distinct enuncation that this
was true. But, notwith ding, . member Of this
house on his responsibility stated the grave fact
enQ0avOrpt
divert the attention OF ths House. to excite
against him.
There was another Interruption as the tims TO
which debate WAS limited had arrived.
Mr. AsHMur 1 suppose can speak Eve minutes In
an amendment.
Mr.. BArLY (dsm) OF Val am entitled to the aoor
Mr.. AsHMun--I want the floor to make . statement
WAS not prepared to make last night.
,., points oi order were raised and great CON
proposed that Messrs. Ashmun and Allen each have
twenty minutes for explanation.
hts fn
cries of "9o on" the interest increasing on the
part of the listeners who chose the best places to
hear.
Mr.. ALLEN said in substance-If my colleagus denies
the charges am ready to meet the issue whenever,
and wherever, it may bs presented. All ask is,
that the Secretary Of State his friends will give
me opportunity to call for evidence, aud pledge
myself notwithstanding the denial to eubstantiate
the charge that the Secretary OF State before he
cepted the Office, wrote to his friends to raise him
monsy The entire twenty five tn susaud dollars was
raised in New York, but only nineteen thousand six
hundred In Boston the gentlemen there being
freely bled that 1t with difficulty they could BIZ
brought to the point He stands in ofoe under
the most UNIT person to have the management Of the
pecuniary negotiations Of the government. man
Of independence, instead OF seeking, ought to have
spurned the gift. Whatever my portion ct home
or here, l have been frank, open, and undis-
gused: l make no speeches here for enc por-
tion Of the country, and alter wards go home and
write them out differently for country newspapers
which are never seen south Of Mason ani Dixons
line never obirude my opinions. The reason why
have not been s that the laws of Massa-
chusetts require q plurality OF votes am twelve
fifteen hundred ahead Of my competitors but there is
q coalition Of strange ingredients in my collea
district He then replied to Mr. Hilliard to show that
greatness was sometimes the way to rottennsss and
read from former speech OF his with references to Mr.
Webster. He spoke OF the elder Adams, snd the
Otises, and ssked what would have bseu thought of
the Maessch usetts sigusrs OF the declaration OF in
dependence II they had asked for money as . condi-
tion Tor sppsnding their sisns.ures. They lived aud
died poor, and preserved their characters immscu-
late and lett posterity good names far better tasn
ON N neSl thaf frufh
9th indirect bribery. because Mr.. Webster
Mafsscho.stts maa. lie dsmsnied TO b. Informed In
what he has been upgrateful tow trds Mr.. Webster
IL be had partsken of Mr. Wsbster table that ould
not have fenced him.
Mr.. AsHsUr arose sad raid should do Injustice to
the good sens. OF the ususe consumed the twenty
minutes allowed. The OF shame AMI indig
nation In every face, snifested last sht
effective response than any words OF niue There
no honorable man but cried " ssame ~ - hime." The
gentleman charged last nigh. end 20 day that before
oepting Office, the Secretary OF state, Mr.. Webster
Qured as condition that hs should receive $50 COO
nom Wa and State streets ard that the contract
entered into snd fulfilled entirely With the exception
balance In Boston. 1t charge OF corruption and
that he entered upsn office 20 fsyor certain by
his official infusucs. l bsve nothing more to ssy
than this, in the length and breadth the aggregate
and detail sm authorized to say and tina. author
ity do tsy, thas IL IL an unqualified falsehood.
Nr. ALLEN--1 take tsus.
hf. AsHmuv. v.-Ths challenge is accepted viii not
let the dsemer OF the Secretary cary out his dessns
This h sli have 20 say.
ar. ALLEx win % colleague yield the aoer
Mr.. AsItauN, Wbe, | get through have nov
done what wss authorized TO do There IL no mis-
take about the language nov. Mr.. Ashmun then rs-
ferred 20 Mr. kilenr character for fairness aad
DOR snd ssd he made some Nusiors last sh. 20 the
fact that, dliing 'hs very Congress- Mr.. Allen had
colleague had read from old spssoh he SMILED and
pretended to be fi.ndly, st Mr. websters table spd
poured out his malice day, which hs muat have loag
Mr. GILss said ,he statement wa. ,ntrel, false
Sir. Aansus,-Was not the speech made thls nos.
Mr. ALLFv-Eo.
MIR AsHnUs Then you read from m old nevspspsr.
My collesgus admits that during this Congress. he
eined with Mr.. Webster Then he accepted u hespi.
ts!ity With dagger Ia his haud. This Is his iranE
ness. There ere gentlemen who remember that my
colleague and were at the Philaielphis snton,
and We both voted for ths nomination of Jr Webster
for Prssidsn the candidate OF the whig party suI
denounced the convention to the whis party ths
was the man who talks of consitenoy. Mr. Ashmun
then denounced other illusions 70 them as false and
Mr.. ALLAN rose to question OF order lie said he
wa. allowed to reply TO bonner personal attack Of
Mr.. Ashmun, but another attack had been made and
be asked leave TO reply.
There wa. much eoniuflon sul sf.er conversation
between many members had been INDUCED.
Mr.. MCLasE, dem Of Md mo ve0 that the COT
mittee rise In order that the House mhs take aston
on what had occurred
Mr.. B,ytY, who wa. entitled to the door refused 20
give way 10 either Mr.. Allen or Mr. Hillisri. Mr.. u
then meae speech In favor OF the bill
Others spske snd the excitement soon died away
The House after recess, resumed the consideration
Of the Mexican Instslm.nt bill, which a7propriates
three millions one hundred and eighty thousand dol
lgTs.
Dir nRooys' amendment directing the President
~ In the case of loan made by the United Statea,
70 contract tor the payment OF the money through
the highest bidder rtiscei by so to 70 nays
The committee rose, and the bIl passed.
Wa taken up 10 committee and Mr.. Gtppivgs, (ffee
soiD Of Ohio, moved 70 strike out the appropriation
or recruiting lie was opposed TO further increase
Of the army.
Mr. JonN A. grvc (whig, sf New York opposed the
amendment and showed the nccsssity Of keeping up
the pTsss nj force. f-s-s
Mr. LrvtS, Native Amercanl sfPa would g agsir,t
reduction OF the army; not that he feared danger
nom foreign toe but because OF the enemy wthi1;
and when this question shall come to vote, b. de-
srad TO see on one ride the Americans lovers CT lner
~ and order, aad the disubion.is the other Let
usmeet the brute force of demagogues ftmay Be no.
cessary TO have increase OF tha army 70 press
the laws ef the land lie then launched OG into stro
condemnation Of the malignant sphit With which Mr..
Webster bad been assailsd and highly eulogized ths
Secretary Of State.
Mr.. GIpDfNGs congratulated the country the fact
that the free soiers th. Dor not ths sgiti.ors