The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-05-19
rhefr : smelling saIe.-eonduct of
1he war Department. yindicated.

1he War department v~lndicated.
The Report of the minority Of the
Committse which was appointed by the
House of Representatives for the pur-
pose Of investigating the facts in regard
to these Sales is a complete Findicatiou
Of the wisdom and integrity of the off
cTsLconductof the HonsJoHN B. FLOYD,
Secretary of WARM the premises. We
? shall avail ourselves of an Oily occasion
to Lay tie very able report of Messrs.
FAvLKNERFa and BrRNETr before our rea-
ders. The report concludes by recon-
mending ferthe adoption of the House
the following resolution:
1sl Resolved, That the recent sale of the
military reservation of Fort Smelling
having been made by the Secretary of
War, under the direction of the Presi-
dent of the United States, in strict con-
formitg to Law; and the evidence reported
by The select committee having failed to
exhibit any fact or circumstance tending
In the slightest degree to impeach the
fairness of the sale or the integrity of
any of the officers or agents of the gov
ssernment concerned in the same or to
sexhibit any fact or circumstance which
should make the said sale a proper sub
jeet for the opinion and action of this.
House, it is ordered that the committee
be discharged from the further consider
alton of the subject, and that the report
Of said committee be laid upon the table.
Referring tostbe objects of the MAORI
ty Of the Committee, as evinced by
their conduct, the Washington linton
has this expose
Under their management the ~inyesti-
CATION has been secret and e1 paste. It
has lasted nearly four months. IA great
number of witnesses have been exam
ined and the widest possible latitude of
inquiry exercised. It turns out now
that the object of the majority of the
committee has been partisan and politi-
cal from the beginning The end aimed
NJ has been political capital, and not
justice and the truth. They have con-
Quoted their e parte and secret exsmi-
nation with the aim of attacking the adj
ministration and the Secretary of War.
tThat officer whose condact has been
thus assaulted, for four months, By a se-
cres coneiaVe, lntne DARK, behind his
peek, mas not peen caiied upon Tor any
statement OF the reasons which governed
1hIm m making this sale III commit
tsc we're ordered to- investigate facts,
SAD they pass 6y5the fountain source Of
lpIormatlop- Inc nrst public nott1ca.
hon the Secretary OF Wal has had OF
their Judgment upon his ofhcial action
has been their report to the House of a
'astring OF reaolutions assailipg his action,
each one ImbodyIng a feeble stump
speech IN its belly, each one founded
upon a gross non se4ustur In logic, and
each one based upon a false allegation
Of fact. The result of four months of
pecret, sPartisan, malevolent investiga
ntion has been a stri9g of resolutions an
snopncing propositions to no one Of which
would any lawyer In The country of
1reputatiou and character deign to put
This individual2 name. They are only
such resolutions as a cabaiao of partisans
would club together in a reckless parti-
snn spirit to p~Fomulgate for reckless
partisan purposes
When this sale was first assailed,l it