New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-20
INVESTIGATING ARMY.

The Senatorial Committee ON John Brown (alas!
that Mason and Vaabdigham should have so rig
nnlly failed to pump the old Roman dry at Harper's
Feny) have been indastricusly at their labor' for
some DAYS. They are Just now investigating Mr.
Army Of Kansas. Mr. Army is very willing to tell
all he knows in regard to Kansas, John Brown,
Harpers Ferry, and every subject in any way
come cted Herewith. Bat it is reported from
Washington, that Mr. Army persists in telling too
much Forgetful of that most common of oil IN
functions to witnesses, to tell the TRUTH the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth, our Senatorial
Committee insist on stopping Mr. Army IN the
midst of his most interesting revolutions. He
desires TO tell his story, to disclose all he Knows,
in regard to the subject on which the Committee Is
instructed to act. But We are told that the Com
mittee keep saying, THAT Will do MIR. Army; you
" need not pursue that topic, Mr.. Amy; we do not
" wish to hear anything on that head, Dir. Army;
"why will you say what W. do not wish to near
"Mr. Arny2 VIII you please to quit taAlog'
"Mr. Army Army, shut up; Army, stop" ms
we are assured, is substantially the way in which
this willing witness, Mr. Army, is treated Now,
We beg 10 know if it is in this mode that inlorma-
ton is TO be elected fit for Senatorial Committee
to prepare, and for that grave body, whose repre-
sentative il is to considerl Why not let Mr.. Amy
tell the whole truth He is evidently no knife
grinder who has no story to tell, though it is by no
means 80 clear that some of the Committee are not
nearly related to that profession, and have not some
very dull axes of their own to grind. We entreat let
Mr.. Army go on aud say his say. We desire TO
know what it il. We are Ignorant, and our read
ers are ignorant, as the babe unborn, OF the facts
connected with this Harper's Ferry business, e1-
cevt the statements that have from time to time got
into the newspapers since the arrest OF Captain
Brown. Our subscription list attests that they
were considered very entertaining reading and we
ar. selshly interested if in no other way, IN having
everything, for, against, precedent, contemporary,
subsequent, near, or remote brought out into the
open daylight. Let us know about those SharPs
rifles, that Mr. Army says he can tell more about,
if the Committee will only let him; where they
came from. and what was done with them, aud
with other formidable instruments, at Black Jack,
and Osawatomie, and elsewhere. There are
plenty of people beside our readers who would be
deeply interested in tbs kidd of reading. 1t would
please AtchisOD, Pate, Bul0rd, olrlhgleno"' auu
others, prodigously, and whole crowd of Border
Rofians beside, in Missouri especially, and else
where as well.
We really trust the Committee will not disappont
our reasonable but ardent expectations, nor wllfdy
bsk our hopes. We shall take it i'll if they do.
We have right to expect information through this
Committee, if we may look for it anywhere. Let
us have all investigation as is an investigation, Mr.
Mason, and not one got up like your Slavery Discus
sons in Virginia all on side. Gentlemen of the
Committee will you please to let Mr.. Army talk !
And then will you bring On the Hon. Mr.. Vallan-
digham of Ohio, and let him tell what he pumped
out of old Capt. Brown while he was lying faint and
bloody on a stone floor at Hirpers Ferry Weare
afraid that we did not have good report of what
tina. smart and candid NJ. c. did on that occasion.