Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-04-24

7tat WY tie pszt ding lshe & 'iFty, fhc
very ncxt thing done Wa that the gentle
nlan from, New York, 7ho has alluded g.
this matter, Nlr, BENyarr, sablaittedli..s
rcs aiion; Ms s- t.s43 vi...rs9
j}G@dfea, That the statement of JOHN
Cathoiin, on filesby the ealf soffhis commit
fee is not considered evidence Of the fa Is
+}fea'n stated. y go, 4, &. -
II II was not-evidcncc Of the. fi,c's therein
stated, Why vas, il called for I? For wliat
purpose aa t --zantcd = tic committee =?
+ Way wasthe resolution alopted. which de-
elared its importance, and which WIS thc
fscaas, q bringing It - sllc consideration OF
that esHinttec ;!sda ueA siptesae 20
he uset ior some fisi py.isss 1ass sssez.ssatc
nientia 40 sooner broug in than tlicagcn-
%tlenlan from New York proposes to declare
that that statement Of John Calhoun, cal
/ Id for by the comma tee, is MT to lie re-
gardcd as evidence ofany fact which may
bc}stated in ii. fEQt2+IN
Canyon rnaerstand what lssilstettllat sttatc-
asent. you'll tlsr0W -upon, The matter then be-
lore lie ccminitteeg Still they got tie ben
eft Of it as they hal asked for i ard is
not 4 noyelsy in. the action Of committee.
to ADOPT q resolution calling for a particular
paper, and when the paper called for is
brought in answer to the demand, then for
the committee to ADOPT a resolution which,
in my view, discrelits that paper ) and then
presents it to the House as part and parcel
ofsthe proceedings Of the committee Yet
all this was doge; End now that those Wis
called for Il Fave .liscveltcd the testimony
b. 9 resolution. solemnly adopted III that
body, they come into..the House and init
mate that the majority of the committee have
been faith rs 70 their ttr,sst, AID have sap
pressseGd ;aa ;Evc-tigation Hliich would have
established frauds that have been charged.
pbnt net sufficiently proved to be regarded
as settlel. e&s
Now, let,mc ask in this cennexiop, If
the statement then called for was not to b,
regarded as evidence, why was it not to be
so regarded Can it have been on any
ether ground than tire fact that the gentle
men w.-o called fer Il, and who were oppos-
ed TO, Mr.. Calhoun, regsrdod fsfal as an in
tegested, partisan ia this matter; thought
thatkls feelings were controlled by the
position which he had occupied in'ih t Tc'-
rltory npthe past,.andby the position which
he expected to occupy in the future and
ts,at, therefore, his declarations we're not
entitled Il weight But, sir mosc Il ange
thu 4 al this, after this resolution was adopt
ed one Of the gentlemen proposed that Mr..
Calhoun should be brought before the COM
nittee for examination as o witre $ I put
this Question to them then :.."You disregard
his statement r,l.ioh Fol csl cd for, would
You believe one WORT Ac. would swear to-"
Two gentlemen answered promptly and Dis
tinctly that they would not and the others
sat silent, and thus acquicsccd in these de-
clarations .sSls5N
Mr.. WINSTON. Ifmy colleague will
allow me. While he was upon that petit,
| will suggest to him that he will rcc,lect
that when that resolution was ,unttcr discus
sion i was distinctly stated by two of our
colleagues that thcJ did net consider, when
voting for the resolution, ohat they discrcd-
tied Calhoan's statement at ALL, but only
meant to sly that the evidence was not con-
elusive, and should only pass for what it
was. worth. +f
Mr. LETCHER. Fam very glad to.bc
corrected by my friend from North .Carelin.
in this particular: Ii they would not be-
AeYe him Why did they want to closs-cx-
amine him -,
T Mr. LOYEJ0y. T6lmakc him show Chat
he did not tell the truth M 5
Mr.. LEIGH Err. To make him show that
be did not tell the truth! Here is a man
who, in the estimation Of the individuals
calling hin, is Of so notorious a character
and SO Little to be relie1 upon that those
calling aim ayow in advance that they would
not belieys him on cath, and yet the gen
tlen,an ,fr2H, Illinois,, Mr. I4oyEJoYl saws
that, perhaps, they Wished to cross axa,sine
Elm to sho~ that he did not tel the truth.
a man who, in their estimation, would swear
fal. ely. Is net that most remarkable
position! ..ss.ss
y II, 1T plc say further ;is it not palpa-
lie to any'one. that, in the present state Of
feeling in The House, with the preiudces
aroused, if the committee had gone iuto an
investigation land spread the testimony of
witnesses on tie record, You would have
had each party diacrediting and d,sLe.ieving
the testimony Of the other? Is it not 81
here no@? DO we not see each side dis
- oIipi4So INV otteCiaSshtS ihduc Dy tic UtuCF
throughout b'lis Ell sira debate? 5.s5 W.
|. Then it seems to me that there was moth
Ing else to be done than what we have cone.
Il we were to 60 into such an investigation
as was proposed in the resolutions present
ed to the committee, we should have been
engaged in it for peril p, six Or twelve.
months to come. We should have had
eitler TO goto Kansas or to send there and
bring here such witnesses as either Of these
parties desired And where was the nctc;-
sity for it! Did you rot send out a com
nittee there tlse. sss..lnNscr before last, with
authority. to rrnl o~c-. this entire Territory
aud gather 70 whatever they could get With
reference TO frauds, murders, and atrocities
Of al, soyts? And is rot the report of that
committee here in ii volume of a thousand
or more pages? That .eyt'clcc relates. TO
many inquiries suggested i'll the resolutions
prcsei t d before the commi t. as proper il
quirhrs tosbe made in conncxion with this
constitution. 80 iA. e,a
AFeil III, We adopted this resolution on
re ion 10 Of ny, colleague at Or FIST meeting
Ct the committees
That the chairman Of this committee,
after Inquiries made 1T tie State Department
and the Interior Experimentation tl.eisamc.
report to this coalnlltee at its, next nlccting