New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-19

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On the 9th of August 1852. Mr.. Houst0 n introduced
into the Senate the following resolutions:
Reached Tha, cOmnitts Of Eve be appov ted inquire into
ge or the Department, or in passing through
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have power to send fO persons OF examine witnesses
On the 22d Of March, 1853, Mr. Bor!apd made re-
port, by which il appeared ths they had examined
witnesses bearing heavily upo the President Mr..
Fillmore, and other high Exc sutiye officers. 1t is to
be observed that no ressanf was made to that In
quiry.
On the 18th Of February, the President addressed
pote TO Mr.. Underwood, imply denying the truth OF
the testimony of Robert mith as it affected him, he
| having been Heretofore " otihei of its contents.
With these precedeuts before them, your Committee
have felt at liberty to investigate the conduct of the
President Of these Up tied States the oficere OF the
Government, not onf rs 70 whether they had, by
money, patronage other improper means, sought to
influence the action of Congress, or any Committee
thereof, for or agar list the passage OF any bill, &c,
but as TO the manr er in which the patronage OF the
Government, by sanction of the President or any OF
his subordinaes, been administered IN snbsidzng
the public funds. in carrying elections State or Federal
or in efecting ~ legislation of either branch of Con-
gess believing that either Of these subjects OF inquiry
are properly w .thin the purview OF the resolution.
| LEO NIPPON CONSTITUTION. &C.
Your Conn niitee first direc. the attention of the
House TO tia portion of the testimony which relates
10 the Kans' policy OF the present Administrator OF
the Govern nent. The patriot will mourn the histo'
Tan viii with asonishnent over this shameless
record. accustomed the American people are to the
errors a0S crimes OF those in power they Will read ths
exposure with feelings Of unmng ed Indignation. The
facts revealed by the testimony prove eonclusiveiy,
First The emphatic and unmistakaoc pledges OF
the President wen before as after hls election, and
the ledges of all his Cabinet TO the doctrine OF ieav
ing Che people Of Kansas perfectly free to form and
regulate their domestic institutions IN their own
d "way."
the attempt TO convert Kansas into Slave State by
o means Of forgeries, frauds, and force.
Third: The removal of and the attempt TO disgrace
the sworn agents of the Administration who refused
II 10 violate this pledge.
IL Fourth The open employment of money in the pass
age Of The Lecompton and English Bills through the
e Congress of the United States.
IF Fh The admission Of the parties engaged IN the
= work of eectoneerng those schemes that they re.
IF ceved enormous for thu purpose and the proof
OF the checks upon which they were paid by an agent
in the Administration.
e Sixth, The offer to purchase newspapers and news
ID paper editors by offers of eXravagan sums of money.
3 Secenth. And finally the prescription of Democrats
- of high standing who would not support the Lecomp-
ton and English bills.
The evidence of the Hon. Robert j. Walker is con.
elusive as TO the first of these facts and il is compact
ard clear az 10 require no comment. gentleman born
in Free State, Democrat of high standing and ap-
proved authority he convicts the President and his
Cabinet, not alone Of dupicy and Inconsistency, bat
OF reachery 10 himself as pubic officer, after they
had in loIed him TO accept perous and protless po-
sOn, and to principle which they Were the first to
present to his favor. The treatment which Governor
Walker received evinces depth of iDgrattude unus-
ua among politicians. IL shows how even in
cur happy country, power may not only be used to
destroy On honest cit zen but also be welded to over
throw the vital clements of constitutional liberty. He
was selected tie best instrument 10 carry out the
promise of permitting the people of Kansas "to form
and regulate their domestic institutions in their
| way" Tempted into Kansas by the representation
that If he settled the kansss question would addnew
aures TO his name, he went forth armed with the as
surances, written and verbal of tho National Admin.
IL ration that he would be sustained and strengthened
in The good work. lie remained long enoagh TO see
bimsaf betrayed and deserted, and the people Of Kan
turned TO the keeping of reckless officials and
Pro-Slayery mobs. 1t has been frequently alleged:
ard frequently Denied that the Administration of
| President Buchanan intended converting Kansas ntoa
Slave STATE Elected as he was upon the distinct I'M
dersandng that the destiny Of Kansas should be de-
|
II the North because Of his supposed sy npathy with
Northern tment upon this subject, II was indeed
treason hard 10 comprehend crime difficult TO credit,
that lis was The hand that struck the blow atthe sacred
right be had ostentaously defended, and yet Gov.
Walker and abundant cotemporaneous witnesses, las
ten this inedaceable stigma upon the name OF James
| Buchanan.
! The impression however which will be made upon
the country by Gov. Walkers testimony establishing
does, most conclusively the triple crime of The Ad-
ninsiIatiOn in deserving first, sacred principle then
faithful public servants, and finally in attempting by
forgery, force and fraud, to make Kansas Slave
Satestfong and lasting this impression must be- 1t
will sink into insgnlicance before the astounding de-
velopmens contained in the testimony respectively of
Mr.. Wendell, Mr.. Bean, and Mr.. +. w Walker. For
tunately for the of truth the evidence of these
Witnesses does not depend upon their admissions
however reluctantly or fully made The appalling fact
that money was Iavshly expended to carry the Le-
compton and English bills s unanswerably proved by
The books and other records Of the Bank OF the Merop
oils at Washington through which the parties conducted
their bUsness operations With all the ingenuity OF
those parties 10 escape the responsibility of degrading
position the fact il proved by their unconscious con-
tridicons Of each other; and III at least one case, that
| Of f. w. Walker, who has laid himself open ~ the
grave charge Of perjury the lOuse Of Representatives
took prompt action by oxpeng him from the reporters
gallery as attache of The Nep- York Express n
decree which in itself is the best construction that
| could be placed upon the accusation that money
ufed carry the LecOmpton and English bills through
| the Congress of the United States.
Mr. Wendell, III his testimony, 10 which the House
il respectfully referred admits that he expended be-
tween $50 900 and $40 900 for this purpose. He is
witness whose credblly cannot be impeache1 a, least
by the Administration. lie has borne the very closest
relations 10 the venerable head Of that Administration.
| He has been consulted by Cabinet Minister'S and by
the intimate friends of the President and his constit
;,,sn thot-