Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-14

A months sso--ny pobe:ttiend jiapptoyA1, OF wHs
dissatisfied With, the conduct Of the wat. but tIses
!. The EXPLANATION which took pl6ce ontha oeet'
sion, and aftetlls constant activity III stating the
business ahdpteharing the measures Of the gov.
eminent up Is the Day %hlcl I'aEllameHt re'NS'
: setlhltd, was ceEtalnly somewhat surprised, o.
well qs leenlY concetncd, d receiving the letter
Which ! iaye Just Ees!l. But even without Tue
etea and powerful, AMI almost tndtspea1Ole as:
sstanCe Of my noble friend, We have thought u
i lue 10 ourselves 10 meet th= motion which Is an.
n Rouuced 10 be made tonight In anothet place, anu
which will decide whether censufe Is to be pro-
nounted upon Her MajestYs Government OF IIot,
in fegAtd 10 the conduct OF the pteIent war,
PERSONAL. ExrLASATloS Bv LoRo toUS ktssELL.
In The House Of Commons on the same night,
Lord Johll Russell made his promised explanation
OF the reasons fot his resignation OF ottlce"-a
statement which he had pntlEMHtd, he said, until
that day Of tie request Uf Lord aberdeen, Ne'
| tpuns 10 tie notice given by MI lsoetuCk Of
motion fot committee 10 inquire into The condllOn
Of or army IN The East, and into the condition OF
The w0r departments, he observed That The power
OF inquiry was q nioS valuable privilege o. 'le
House, and thai such motion might Ue registered
upIn Two ftounI,--dtst, that no evil existed Of
such magnitude os to eSll lot inquityt secondly,
thai II such evils lid exist, they would be lest
cuteh by other means,
With regard TO the first, no one, he thought
could deny Tie melancholy condition Of our army
al SebaItOn0 VI oppose any DeaauFe IikelY 10 cure
OF mitigate thu evil. Not hetng aUe 10 deny tue
existence Of the evil, lie could NOT OH that ground
induce tie House to resist tie motion, and lie was
not in a nUSitinn 10 gre faint "no" or Ia meet
the notion eYGsiyelyi Il was his duty 10 stand In
the front Of the battle, maHtuy taking his part IN
opposing The appointment Of q committee, With
respect 10 The Othcf ground, no found, upon Ee'
lection, that was impossible Tot him 10 urge that
objection with effect.
Reminding ths House Of tho changes malta last
session in the war departments, he stated that dur.
ing The recess il had struck hun that better al.
miniAltaiion Of thoc departments was teGniret, and
he nt0cec,lri 10 trlrl . correspondence between
Lord Alttlten aud himself upon Ills subject, III
the cuUtse Of which hU suggested, lS catly Us TIN
! 18th ri NoYcmltI that licf1ft Parliament met tn!
Seals 0t war shONIl bc placed in the hands Of Lord
t'aIuctstol, assigning hss reasons cOuildenay 10
Lord Aberdeen, without throwing any blame upon
the Duke Of Newcastle.
Lord Aberdeen did not concur in this ptopOsol,
and hiS (t.Vth 1oIln'sl only doubt was whether he
Should not then haze EeIinQNiSled offices but he
had adopted The a'Yice OI Lord PaImestoU, aud
determined 10 continue hia coRueXiOn with the
government, lnviNy communicated ~ Lord Abet.
deem his views as 10 the changes In thu department
which he deemed indispensable 10 remedy its I'm
reflections. IN dealing with The motion Of Mt Roe
buck, he W1I, hyetveF, bound 10 fsAett Whsther he
could, fairly, and hOHt$lly, say, III is ltu0 evils
! doeSist, but such arrangements tHvG been m1te
That nll deficiencies and abuses wall he Immediate
ly IeMedied; 1u3 he could not, hVAESiI9 or Tiih1Ht
b'tfHying Tie confidence FepVstd in him, make thai
statement,
lie considered TINT he could come 10 ono coRclH'
SiuN-ilat, as tn was unable tOglVe the only an
SweE that would stop inquiry, twas lis duty not
10 te'lHin member O( The gOSelHIQen, Accord
lWglYoN The 2Ad Of January he placed IN tie hands
uf Lord Aberdeen his GesiInaiiUn, whi6I was &C.
crpIeA By lIeE Majesty, Thete was tepoN, he
observed, that The suggestion he hal made ~ Lord
Aberdeen In November, to place the seats Of The
Wat department IN TIE haIWlS Of lold FaInltTSl0n,
had been adopted. II so, he was glad he said,
that his retirement had contributed 10 the change.
Lord PoIlneISlOu, could not allow lie speech Of
the noble lord " pass without h"nktng sllM lot The
complimentary tenn: IN which tt Il.u'! FAIMeF'
SIUnl had hetII feirEfct 10. lie admitted Tie fShI
ri any public man 10 resign Office, Out 'u SIOnS'
" Urged the N0Oie Tod 10 Eella'l 10 ONCE ~ No.
vG'nleE aud tom that lime I.oF4 john hnSSel' uIl
no! revert 10 hS pet'Onal teStnatlon Ito Thought
1t would have been better had l.Otd John tFSSsI
stated the reasons which prevented Inn opposing
the committee Of inquiry, oNl given the GN'etI'
a'ent time 10 consider the mai'et' with u view to
reconstruct thu war departments to clVose BE-
tween adopting tie NOTCH Of W, lOslnck and (s
loss nj his tI.oEI Iohn'El services. ia: c. use
tlken was NOt in accordance with the usual PIac'
lice Of public men, aud was calculated 10 place
tue eoAtsnment IN position Of embarrassment"
SIR. ROEacCE'$ MotloN--TitE Debate.
:. Nj, Roebuck then rose 10 move iot select COM
mi:tee IN inquire into tue condition Of OUT atny
before Se1"siOpo, anu into Ihe conduct o' NH"se
departments u Tue E0SetNnsIlt whose amy u Inns
J teen 10 minister to The want a That army The
melancholy condition vt OUT army, liz oOsttTeV,
lad been acknowledged ~ i'pfd John tussell,"h
hal contested thai he was unable, rs \ MlnSlef
Ct the Crown, H. resist This Nosl0E: yet, ~ TIE
same lisath, he hail declaFsd that hs should mol
support Tue motion by speech OF S"Ie. Tbs QurS'
lion divided itself into tw" patlS-lfst, what wns
tie condition Of tie army helOEe SeuaslOpOI; Sec'
ONd, how that condition had been brought about
With respect to tie condition u the Amy lhele
couIt not be two opinions; oil he hal IL %, 'hefs'
fore. was to submit 10 The House that inquiry "as
necessary TO ascertain what were The cauSeS 10y
which that Condition had been bfoushI about -
We had SeNt $1,000 so!dteA NEoPerIytl1ppsd, Tho
had done oil ilcy could tnurhOId lie onOt OF Tie
country. AZ present there were not more than
1000 bsyoheS befoEt SebhSlopo. What had
become NJ the 10000! lie believed, thaI The con-
'iIIlOn ol lie army bud uteI thought abaul 10y thu
ncOpaci'y, ut hnmc aud abtOa'l, VI those whose
"".I A." was 10 '"n''>'S' 70 US "I"lS' ...,,..
M'' D HeEoe.'' %"'"!IE ~ val !" t"S's"ns
IH IAOlOUI 0USe|Fcu NhuN VI" H1M cause VI He uc'