New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-14

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Eotvithstandps my esrpsst peo:es: sCsirs. the pro
ce,dns. of he Committee, !. eoe'iaued 20 hold IL
irori.irors. ard IN he Iess dsy Of sabr7Sy fur
MEMBER Of pre.eeted 70 .nis hoase 80 e.,o'Se
and copehcips with Q judgment, prom 'uooei in TO
seruste resolutions 81 sentence Of psnshnent pro-
roui csd IN third.
III fs, and most obvious rehAcf'on which 9 Pc
ru,al Of this report susseets Is that u IL rs Der IN
s-cr .ips srguufn. Of prosecuting ST rney han ne
fair ard impartial suruipg up Of last Judge. It's
general current and tone are subcient 70 snos 'ne
l. d.iole ,,amp upon i. Blu. there 10 one most re-
marksble suppreeso Of evidences ron tos cum nlns
mn xh,ch isht be favorable 20 ne 70 ~hich ssk
si,sption Indeed the Committee only prcfees TO give
stater ent o. ~ crch Of the testimony a., IN tosr
iudgp eut "imphcstes me- See psge ~, where the
report ssy,: The Material portions q Aat t'tsmoaS
fer,r,y ~kicA, On me Judgment IF ike Corn ni.tee,
"lsPIIcArls tie member freu Neg York rM BE- sue.
"cinetis sa ed" Accordingly see that % much OF
the testimony Of William T. JOBS son, In which De
most expressly dec a-es 'has hsd no interest 10 mo
Des Moines Company l. wholly igcored BY this report
On page lg6 s The following Question by Mr. Ds-
wis: Va, Mr.. hstssos asmeer Of he Coz"
"pantp witness: He Vds not, aHd serer hGd dSy
"in,eJs,t ~ tie Company ~ any ray" Again, on
page Ia. when further questioned by Mr. Davis, who
sttmtd unwilling 10 let The matter rest on such p,si
tive statement a. the witness hsd before made the FOL
loving appears
"B, NJ Dsv'-How many members Are there in this Com
Wfn,"-I cculd no, tel. youi great many The s,"ea !:
very ,ubdvded should ;hink over one hu9ded and
t.rbap. a. nsuy three hundred; very large mum
B, NJ Dsv.-You feel .nr. th.. MI M..e.on doss
hold any portion Of nat stock
Wirs.,-I am yer, sure ths, he does not
M ne y SSu sG' on s Suspect !. ali have no
ids. h.. possible interest IN the matter In any way
p %.. e biz . s. saa
expectations whatever except from h personal .lstoas 20
ID. pe. number Of the sOehoOder' are 81. con.nnsn.
20 BE- s'iips entirely without reference
to bis interest, contingent or othsr~''e
Material ard important a. this evidence Is to show
ths, had no possible interest direct remote or con-
ii, IN. not The least susion ie made to i 10 the re
port; and il 10 quite natural 70 ssk why It was sup
pI esstd The queetons by one OF the Committee 10
Mr. johnson shovel either expectation or desire 10
find some proof that was Interested in the Des MONIES
Company. The first question met by Mr.. Johnson
with A fat deptal But thst doee not seem TO have
.a.fed the prosecutor, and at subsequent sage be
returns the point with the question hat, ION teel
"sure that Mr.. Madison does not hold any portion o.
that stock'" and the witness ans sers. am rery
,u,e hat he does not But this does not satisfy
and The prosecutor returns TO the attack In dinerent
form, viz: Are you sure that no one h0tds any Jor
him ," and the witness nails the whole foul suspicion
/, The counter by answering, hare no doubt on 's
",ubect at all; hare idea that ne has any pos'i-
"ble interest IN the matter IN any ray" thus wss
Mr. Dsviss mouth shut on that point but msk II,
when The Committee come to give what they aege 10
be the ma,erfa portions OF the e-tm my, The whole
Of this evidence by Mr. johnson Is rot only suppressed
but DO one would suppose, from the report, that
Mr. JohI con had BEEN thus questioned st oil, or hsd
snsw.red at all on the subiect In order TO convict
OF in propriety IL was important for my sccusers 10
show that was interested IN pecunsry way 10 the
psWage Of the Dee Moines resolution, and see 'rd'ngy
stries Of Dterog stories were framed and put for ths
purlpee. But when hat puIpcee VA wholly dete.ted
By The positive testimony Of their witnesses and
it vas proved beyond the possibility Of DOUBT that
bad DO such interest whatever, this COMMITTEES INST
carefully refuse to let this proof appear in then ree:
evidence which implisats" me, but because this
evidence does not "impfcste," but, on the contrary,
tends 20 powerfully to ercnlpats me, Il y wholly sup
pressed from the report Of the majority.
Again: When the report comes 10 abatement OF the
testimony of the Hon John Suyker, II contains, not
merely suppression, bat most palpsble perSers'on
Of bis evidence on the same point II says, on page
u, that he (StDker) communicated freely with all
members of Congress whom he knew, pl.inng the
matter to them, and particularly 80 to Mr. Ma'te'on
who Was the member from bic own county and dis
"trct, who profesad to take jealous interest in the
"bIl purely to OBJ ige bis friends several of whom
"were stockholders In the Company, resiting In his
"couny and we're bis political a. we'll as personal
"f nds" This Is the stat ment which this report Of
four members Of this Committee has presented to the
Hou'e as and for true statement OF Nh Stryhers tes
tmoDy on this most material point Nov, thsn, ask
tie members Of the Houe TO turn To the only )ny
given by Mr.. Styker relating 10 IT, which they will
find on the both psge, a. follows:
BIZ M oI-Dia MI n..."a hnov Of your .r,.nteTsa.'
,ss b. 3D. M, entr. con aSsScs ''a from
by Dir or-Do you communicate to him The AT that You
had s.eested draft for sioo and deposited with Mr.
"witre.-I bsve no doubt did indeed know did, but 1,
to SUPPOSE Tbs. NJ H.s.on frhnr: the
isS. DO s% %,1 the s % ots
and personal relations mode asly col say therefore that
according the best Of my knowledge and belief be had not
the Lishtest interest in the matter
The Iepsr. represents Mr.. Shyker q having sworn
that "professed 10 take an interest ~ TIE 6H purely
ito oJIIge my hieads" Mr.. Stryker said no such
thing nor any hing resensinT IT, nor anything waSa
featured statement in whole and In DETAIL Mr. Styker
said nothit about prof. snoHs on my pIt but on the
contrary, confined myself 10 the strongest declaration
of bis own conviction that had not the slxhtss inter
Get In u matter. Again, in The same paragraph toe
report describes Mr.. SHyksr - saying that Mr. Mat
"t son professed TO take Inter est IN the bill purely
"to ooise bic fiends, several Of whom were stock
'tole ers in the Company, residing ~ bis o3any ana
" ue,e his political q, rel az personal (rlends.'
Tits lie another Outrageous perverslon OF what mr.
Styker cid say. SO far from his stating that sought
to obbge my personal and political friends" Mr..
Siker expressly says that he "dOes me- this justice,
"btcou~ our political relations hare Arrays been
"ongiy against each Other, and our PersoHal reia-
tens moderately So"
II the purpose Of the report was 10 suggest that
was lsbOriDg to promote the intsrests of political
fiier De- and thereby arouse party prejudice against
me- ssk the just men among my political opponents
o. 10, for q moment q, this cruel perversion OF Mr.
Shyt ers testimony and To do me the justice which he
aimed to do, bat which this majority OF the COMMITTEES
have &C sgnaly refused He declared 70 them, III der
CATH that was seeking to stfye political opp ,nent,
and only moderate perronai friend. Tney have repr"
senfed 10 the House that be sw0re l was serving
political a. well 90 personal friends. When, among the
flee and documents which have reputable origin and
authorship, and especially which aspire to the chsfs,er
judicial report W. there ever before sacd unfair
ness Ard with such convincing proof Of he unfair
ners Of this ret orr in the Suppression Misrepresentation
a peryersion Of the testimony upon which Il Processes
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