The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-06-19

the present House of Representatives was to raise
committee to hunt up evidence and material with
which to accuse the democratic party of dishon-
esty. This testimony is to be used, and is now
used, at the North by the Blacks for the purpose
of defeating the democrats and aiding in the cleo
ton of Lincoln; while the opponents of the demo-
cratic party at the South use it for the purpose
Of aiding Bell and Everett. One of their main
witnesses is a man named Wendell, formerly pub
lie printer, who now comes forward to testify
against the President, although not long since this
same WeadeH published a card an the Wash
ington Constitution entirely Generating the Pres
ident from all charges made against him.
The following, clipped from the proceedings of
the Senate of the 3lst, will show how much re-
lance is to he placed of the testimony be-
fore the investigating committees:
Mr. Slidel from the committee appointed to in
vestlgate into the payments made by the public
printer to various papers, and for electioneering
purposes, &c, made majority report, giving
history Of the public printing, and stating, in
effect, that the payments made by Wendell to
rious papers, were made IN compliance with bar
gain by Wendell. If he paid any money for
political purposes, it was entirely voluntary, and
levy was made on any person connected with
the public printing. Whatever money was ex-
pended by Wendell was without the knowledge
of any officer of the Government. The report con-
dennis the present system of public printing as
the worst that could have been adopted; comment
ed severely on the testimony of Wendell as to the
inaccuracy of his memory, and the recklessness of
his assertions; entirely exonerates the President
from any knowledge or giving any direction in
a. H. ~ NJ, alp,
especially touching any completely of the Pres-
dent, contradicted by himself and also by
other witnesses; but, disappointed in the hope of
profit, made rash assertions. He referred to the
offer of Mr. Defrees BLACK Republican, to Mr. Kill
gore and others of Indiana that if elected Printer
of the House he would give out half of the profits
for the good of the cause testified to by Messrs
Defrees and Kilgore; and closed by the resolution
that the present laws of Public Printing require
reform, and that committee on printing be in
structed to inquire into the expediency of provi-
ding by law for the printing being done by con-
tract or otherwise.
Hon. Warren Winsiow is a member Of the Co.
vote investigating Committee, and in some re-
marks before the House few days ago, he spoke
as follows of the character of the witnesses sum-
moned before that committee to testify against
the Administration:
81 If | were permitted to read an extract from
the minority report of the distinguished gentle
man from Alabama, with regard to the Presidents
protest, [ think the House and the country would
declare that the whole matter perfectly rotten
In arguing on the propriety of such an investiga-
ton as this, the gentleman from Alabama says that
the witnesses would be merely disappointed Office
seekers-men bankrupt in character and bankrupt
in purse, seeking an opportunity to vent their
spleen against all those persons about the Admp
istraton with whom they are dissatisfied. Such
has proved to be the fact. The witnesses before
the committee have been, with very few excep-
tions, either persons who have been turned out of
Office for malfeasance, persons who sought to
get Office and could not; adventures, SPECTATORS
strikers, and confidence men; and about num-
Der of them | may say, Fastaf said of his regi
ment, that there was not whole shirt and half
among forty Of Them
nsg% The Argus misrepresents did not pub
fish the quotation it says we did, We did not UNDER
take to quote MIR Bells language-we made statement
which the Argus does not deny.-Char. Democrat.
That is what complain of. Had you published
the quotation all would have been fair. But you did
publish an from the Raleigh Standard flor we
saw the article in that paper which omitted the
words "and the majority of the Democratic party,
and in so doing you did Mr. Bell njustce-W ades-
6oro' Argus.
The Argus is wrong again; and before it charges
others with unfairness it would be better for it to
show little more of the good quality of fairness
itself We did not publish extract from the
Standard, did the Argus in the Standard
the article which we published. We stated that
Mr. Bell said in his Philadelphia speech that he
believed majority of the Black Republican party
were devoted to the Constitution and the Union.
Neither the Argus or any other opposition paper
dare deny that he said So. Of course Mr. Bell said
he believed ma ority of the democratic party
were devoted to the Constitution and the Union
he was obliged to say that, forf he had said other
wise he would have shown himself destitute of
correct information. But why did he put the
Black Republicans and the Democrats together in
his complimentary notice? Does he really believe
that the Blacks are devoted to the Constitution
and the Union, when their acts every day prove
that they are seeking to destroy both? Look at
Summers speech, where he says that the object of
the Republican party is to make continual war
upon slavery-look at the laws passed by Repub-
ican Legislatures to prevent the execution of
Constitutional act of Congress-look at their
speeches in Congressman then say if Mr. Bell is
right in saying that majority of such miserable
fanatical party is devoted to the Constitution and
the Union IF the Wadesboro Argus can justify
Mr. Bells conduct let it do so.
WAKING UP THE WRONG PAssENGER.-At an
onposiI ion meetino in Onslow county week before