The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-05


rvs sEMI-wEEKLy subscribers sa enclosed win
nled copy srafi''
that what in the tsshnca vocabulary of politicians
il called log rolling is msdsmssner at common law, pun
sss, sss.
Now sir those who competent TO decars the siand
ard AZ morality in relation contracts of this sort der
widely from the gentleman from New York. ne ssys he
wanted The 100000 and the factory stock for the
benefit of outsiders Well sir Is equally 10 Violation os
the duty of member il it had been brought here for the
ssas Of LIS ,s SSS 81 and
IS or that reason especially that desire vote of the
House upon these resolutions ia order to show what y the
OF the House ia reference TO the orGy on
such transactions wish TO know WHISTLER the House VIII
sustain the gentleman in inciting to bring on here
Sl0000O give oneourrh OF valuable factory worth
from twenty TO thirty thousand dollars to be cut up
and used among outsiders for the purpose OF carrying
biI through Congress addition 10 what ker had ar
ranged and then, when the Transaction maze
lv leqaie and proper transactlop. And again ne says
that at mos he has committed any offence, Il y merely
s factory stock was not taken and used the 100000
was not used. Sir that is not the point he who attempts
to use guilty under the common law o.
A. n has been determincd than century sgo They
had "ousdsrs then, il appears az we'll a. now 4 hoid
i, INV land The fourth volume Of Burrowss Reports In
which The Of Rex Vaughan is reported % having
been decided in 15e9, to which will briefly REFER
The Duke OF Grafton who First Lord OF the Treasury,
had il 10 bis power TO recommend the appointment Of
clerk Of the supreme court 2! ne saaa =, i.
wrote letter the Duke OF Grafton, saying Thai toooo
was deposited ia Newcombs hands 10 Dc paid 10 the
order Of the person who should procure the appointment
Of his son 70 the Office WE'LL sir the Duke OF Grafton did
not take the money and did not pay any attention 70 h
or his proposition but he informed the prosecuting htor
ney for the Crown who flied information against hm
Now, there was no money Fnd but there was money
promised and ample security to be efven nat ne money
would be paid to the person who shonio procuIe ls ~
xorl
island OF Jamaica. Well cir upon the trial 9! me case
before Lord Mansfield and the other judgesand
briefly from the arguments OF the COUNSEL ana lne
of the court
"Wedde burn and Lee argued for the defendant that
this offence ~u-ths solicitation to take money ior
offence even If the itself had been done, and the oce
had been granted pursuant to the solicitation no o.
p"";.sms"t sa'iG Il . not immoral good and sufficient
one is promoted to the ofice Nor there any
been dons and the proposal carried executions would
have been punishable at common law. Mucn e's, .aen
the solicitation to do il be 500 oo'
Donnpg Wallace and Ranby for the Grown. coasndsd dec,
thAt attempt criminal in The tempfer and snS coura VIII
declare granting the information This oasr Is
criminal because the sos the money wss
and FRS. Lord the Teasury 4 offered 2 tempt the
duke to brdy hs trust by giving bis adyioe 70 tns nng nm
ting Of crime Is criminal Here was III iatsaon in the
npr and ity in the duke TO perform the n'ng pro-
Lord Mansfield: The defendant himself thought this
transaction would bear the light If these transactions
minister trusted BY the King s persons to
would betray that and dsappont that
ii he should secre take brbe for that
terrible would result the public il every
thing that such officer concerned in ADVISING me as
the rule absolute am clear this is isdemsnnor and
punishable such. Wherever It crime 70 sdSs, AZ
peciay in bribery At elections Parliament the napt is
crime it complete III. side who offers it, Therefore,
appears to me that this Ia q misdemeanor !. .
Mr. Justice ates said This charge for attempting i'm
properly the procarng Of the Office not for giving price or
bestowing it. No doubt this is offence at common lao
Burrows Rep, p. 2,4ot
Let the legality, well as the morality OF
the members conduct (as admitted BY himself oy the
standard OF judicial authority and there is no ushcaion
for it The solicitation of parties deeply inter-
ested in the legislation Of Congress- the melting them to
bring large sums Of money here and other valuable prop
ery be used either upon outsiders or insiders Tor the
purpose of influencing controlling such egsauon was
an attempt do unlawful and immoral act The at.
tempt criminal in the epr even II he had no other
object in view for his own personal benefit - .
We gravey told, however, Tat 1t Is perfectly legi.
at this day to do these things To have 800 600
factory up and the stock divided among outsiders in
addition to what Styker had arranged said 70 De per-
ty legitimate for the purpose Of operating on ana con-
trolling legislation, and that there Is nothing crmndt
or improper in it. dissent from such doctrine ana
this House declare its judgment against Ito
place the seal Of its condemnation upon all sncn cornpt
practices desire expression of the opiuon OF the
House whether these things TO go tnese
practices ofeusiders insiders to be considered g
| male ana proper. .6alsss
There another fact developed by this testimony indie
pendent of the factory stock do not read the testimony
in full Every gentleman imagine has read the reports
OF the committee aud the evidence accompanying them
aud therefore will not refer to it in detail The member
does deny the facts He the to De brought
here and the cutting of the factory stock were perfect
legitimate operate outsiders to help pass the Dill
That ia the gcound upon which he justified himself There
is another $1,000 which placed 10 the hands OF Mr.
Greeley but for whose special benefit has not peen dis
ncty established though the implication Is quite strong
and pointed in view of the circumstances under which the
money placed there The proof s that Mr. Stryker
4 member of the Des Moines Navigation Company, who
here under the direction of the board for the purpose
of urging the passage of this bill through Congress in
which the company deeply interested their interest be-
ing about three hundred thousand of land transmit
ted in letter Horace Greeley draft for $l 00o On
first viw that would 10 be an ordinary transac-
tonhat he had transmitted by mail but on further
was found that they both stopping at
National Hotel in this city He sent the letter through
the post office of that hotel He first said that It given
counsel fee bnt when pressed said that the dram was
deposited in the hands of Mr. Greeley TO aid IN the passage
Of This b Here ST 900 deposited In the hands Of Mr.
Greeley to do with 1t he pleased in order to aid In the
passage of this bill Nobody who understands these
thingsnobody who has been accustomed to ferret out
and up the transactions of when they attempt to
evade the law and escape deecions deceived about this
mstser By the act Of 1853 it Is made criminal and pun
ishable In the pententary for outsider to offer mem
Der OF Congress money other valuable thing to AID IN
the passage of bills Sykcr deposited the money IN the
hand Of friend, because he had confidence IN him that
| he would make bad Of the money. Did any
member Of Congress have similar confidence The
money placed where could ind who wanted
6rd ,ba fr0mN New York Mr.