The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-02

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The House then resumed the epnuidsz.ten II tho r.
port Of the sesH coQmttee ths sale Ut Fort Snci
ling. this day having hsh vet apart fos its considera
ton
MI GROW. o< Punnsyiva.A, moved tA.f the further
consideration a this subjes b Yopoasd Until twelve
O'Clock TO- morrow in order that the HS<~s might take
up tho kan bill.
Mr. FAULKNER, a Virginia hopsd the Heu.s would
ona1ider the report now It had besa posponed long
cnO~gh
The qns.asoa being On tbs MOTION OF Mr.. GGow.
Mr. LETCHER. Of Virginia demanded the yeas and
nayu; which weee 0gderud
M GROW tAan withdscw his uotion-
Ar. A0A0KI1A IT Vomont, then procosdsd with hSs
argument He hid he should con6ns himssh mainly to
recital u tbs faca they appeared In ths evidence,
and leave the oonclusi0o tor the House ~ make for
themselves He cootsndsd that great wrong had been
done the sale Of Fort Smelling and strongly condemned
tho cousss of the Secretary Of War.
Mr., FAULKNER sAid the ma5oEity and minoxity re-
ports Of thu sso commec had been for weeks IN the pos
session the House. and had received hat careful and in
teligcnt ooasideszon which might be expsted from tho
high character Of the members we'll - thsgrave charges
prefsred against high functionay II the government
The minority in their report, had sought in fir and
impartial present the trus character Of the
Transaction 1t true they hal paassd IT.
relstve matter which had been tie subject of comment by
the gentleman from Vermont, Mr. Aoszn,) but DC spoke
with confidence when he artd that they bad omitted no
fact maaeriL to just Judgment Of tho cause They
had followed the law bad been pracced by the gov
ernment for the la thirty of its history and -
expounded by the highest judicial authorities Of the gov
esnmsnt aud If they had oommtted any error it had
been from any disposition 70 screen any an from just
condemnation. nos 70 cover mp any s6ae fnom Tie a.
posure y might meait "a could NOT In diacaaying his
duty, Givs his anctn 10 tAe report Of The majority He
did question the ability with which the document
had ocen prepared, opf ne dd complain tnat ives eoai
~ displayed In presenting the csss II the House and the
country IN light N hh juden wholly dnsrsnt
A
Of committees Of Congress he had no hesitation m say
ing thAs was more chaxacterxod by PARTISAN feeling
than any document OF similar character that he had
ever read and he appealed TO the House. who had listen
Cd to the gentleman from Vermont, MI Moa1nA, II
that gsntlemans speech was not characterised By the
Same pAEtazAn spirit In cung from that reort every
thing calculated TO nnusucs the seengS of poso0 OF
the H0use In his opinion that document was maccu-
rAfe In l0 statement OF the evidence, and dad IN
Justice to the witnesses who had been examined
They had censuTed the Socretay OF War upnn sub
ordinate points where the records allowed that he
Wa liabae to no just censuEc, and what was Of
higher Importance they bad omitted to do Justice to the
Secretary Of War in the only material and important
point Of tho whole inquiry and in point in which he
assumed 70 say, and id without the fear of contAdic
tion these gentlemen cOOcmred in the conciuon of evil
dsncc with the gentleman from Kentucky Mr. Bu1xEn
and himself. The committee raised to ascertain
whether, rumor asserted there any corruption
the part Of any connected with the government and
was well known that Immediately succeeding the f.ac
of this reservation there commenced in the northern
papers attacks impanching in strong terms the
integrity and honor of the Secretary of War
So systemattcally and pertinaraously wezc these
sAults made, that it was not to be disguised that
throughout the North and South there became rainfu
impression on the public mind that he had in some man
ner prosituted hs official influence to some enormous
speculation il which he, snd others connected with him
were interested Accordingly committee appoint
ed to investigate the matter At the first meeting of the
COMMITTEES be had introduced resolution calling upon
the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. SIXTH the moverof the
resolution to appear before the committee and give the
names Of all the persons witnesses upon whom he relied
sale o Fort Smelling This was the inquiry and the only
material and substantial inquiry He dreamed that
for three months they had been occupied at expense
Of $40 000 to determine either for the benefit Of the
ceaful purchaser the disappointed land specnlator
whether Fort Smelling would At future time become
the site OF hourshing CITY, Or whether when made the
saac might or might nOe havc oaos lagger into
the public treasury than that which had been obtained
BY the agents OF the government The committee had
been in seon three months their search thorough and
complete yet IN that report OF forty pages there not
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