New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-23

crrnseI This was refused, ard they, con.e 1uenly
v.rp iuedia.ly soed under srtet ais 10 oas ,as
UoLss TO wDe1 instead If committing the parties 70
The g. ,oo, Of the Sergeant at-Aru The Com nit.se
sbo.'t ave reported toe facts. The high banded
str-ch of power shsn the p-iioner were broueht to
the bsr If tte House, was eIpo-ed and rebuked By
Msests- Baker Ba nee Nan Va kenbargb, Elss
R,a,b Ni,r Dury.s snt W olford. But ths House
by majority. chose to regard i.s diguiy in,ulted.
,nd while requiring the witnesses to purge the
tempt conceded the pTo2nety OF auoslng counsel to
Itisd de 20 M-.srs Kennedy and Hamilton n say.
LA, ID ri c0unse! they were Lot influenced by
ery uDwiungIess to be ekamlned, any hesitation t1
sn.yer fuly en-. freely, or above al by any sopre-
bet.oo Of comuit ing or compromising tue nseves.
n. the, e6w .he invest cation 70 be partial aud
n,eiudjeed ara therefore tvalec themselves OF the
1vyts which all lsss provide in such cases.
The Cen mittee, wien again in session, permitted
Sir Ke. nedy TO have, Mt NE cour.d Of Ris cd0lce
Iwbom the COMMITTEE iglorej but other counsel.
But when Sir. Hamilton was recalled the Committee
ncein denied hun the beDeht OF c0unse he OF
rsfused to testify, ard was again committed AMI
rnirusd at TIE bar Of the House. Here, again, the
a.. - as. Iisg es one Member did that its whole
, yrr arc authority vested Ia It's Select Committee
a. d that it, lon'r and dignity had been wounded.
adopted the following resolution:
Bl.,ed That James w. Hamilton be- and he is hereby
,1-i IL custody e the Ser. there remain
SH,n nt .D' o. ~ Casa, Gis inr...soa and SS, ans
~ Hamr MAI have ooas pre'eat 10 adri'e h hin up0a
This stat.rc .tiop of its action is garing that
the Aseubly will, II - hoped, that il has been
brought step by sep, into very false position. Mr.
asr ilton was dtried what rad lust been granted to
sud etioyei hy Mr.. Kennedy. tie very properly
fused 10 testify, and was second time deprived Of
is liberty and srragned at the bar Of the House.
Here he is ren.Guded into the custody OF the Ser
eean,-at Arms, there 10 remais &C., &C. but that
EE NAY HAyL COUNSEL PRESENT To ADVISE WITH
Nm IPOS SUCH FNANISATlOA.
This i, precisely Whist he had twice asked for and
w AZ had been twice refused him. Mr. Hamilton was
twice deprived OF his libertytgce arraigneda pris
-, f at the ba: OF the House fer demanding just what
H.. House accorded TO tim in the very resolution
ehich remarded him into the custody OF the Ser
cesnt. al Arms
But III what spirit does the Select Committee inter
~ and obey the direction of the House Counsel
ras yesterday sloseG to be present but restricted
ard h.mrerec yitus,y to oeteat the ends of truth
a. irsticp Nc examination is permitted. The
Chairman Mr. Smith, in explaining his purpose to the
House shows nhat malner OF investigation IL des'
iened: III. s.,,...
MIR Smith question Of privilege he said: Sometime
oaered resolution IL relation 20 the Emgrans Depot II
none out the purs. motives solely for the benefit oil my
constituents Il has been ssd this door by the opposite side
e an nsIe;a ~ Co1, Dn am Fo s ,bS . b @ co se
uittec wl mad any intention OF prevent
m ,S vi.be va. tns for the purpose of getting speedy
report cross .touid take place and to-day Sr
yoed 10 sdnii counsel and nat % cr0,'eZdnine
TIE ruth adopted 10y the Committee excluoed coun-
se from the room. Witnesses have been three times
arrested and brought 10 the bar of the House for do
maDd NJ precisely what Mr. Smith says ne has never
opposed But the Chairman of the lnqusltlon will
tolerate 'uo c.oss examinations Will the Commit
tee. aid will the House especially, inform US how
truth IS to be elected bat by "cross.examlnatons
That is the legitimate object of investigation If not
to elicit truth t. the end ths justice may be done
The witnesses on whom the Chairman relies would
not it is to be pres laed, bear "cross-exanisaton
They are II seems, to be secretly examined, with
nobody to confront or cress,qreetIon them
Is this ~e respectfully but earnestly inquire, the
character of investigation which the Assembly de-
sigLeo Does such proceeding comport with Its
sense Of justice dignity and selfrespect There IL no
odeln parallel tor this inquisitorlal, starchamber
proceeding. Judge J.ffey's mode Of examining wit
resses and Of administering justice served as beacon
fer centuries. to instruct aud acmonsb the world.
But il this committed pre- Idced aud preudging trbu
nal il allowed to complete, as IT has commenced,
ote-sded invest cation, the House of Assembly which
Civ es ls sanction it will have abuDdant occasion to
deploe The iufatuaton which limits aud restricts their
view Of a question which has already violated the
rights snd Liberty Ct citizens AID is subverting the
ends OF truth ana justice.
. We hsse authority for saying that the Commission
ers Cf EmiTtCn tnG othere obnoxious to Assembly
man Smith accusation desire the treest, fu lest aud
most searching investigation Of the management and
affairs of Castle Garden But they desire that the
investigation should be conducted fairly and openly
by En- urpreiudced ard ilnpart al tribunal.