New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-30

course but tD8t tney VIII VOlo ht once 10 dIbcbarg
US. l am The Committee will gratefully acoep
itaccept It, too, conscious Of what they have done
they viii accept il as tribute to their fidelity
WIN IN has led them to be attacked by the member
from York, and by every plunderer. and every
thief ant by every robbef, who has broken into The
Treasury. While we were thus employed, the mem
Der from Ne,y-York was besieging the Treasury
and the Office Of tbe Quartermaster Of the Wal
Department, in ordcr 10 ge, contracts for one
Of his constituents. lie, f'r, Is pretty man to
come here and lecture this Committee! lie to in-
quire into the expenses OF me CommiItee IN re-
lation what it has saved, and what it has
expended Sir, tie history VI this Western Depart
uent will show that in s. Louis alone we have
saved the Government two millions OF dollars by
our investigaion and Sir, IN connection with these
army contracts-ons OF which the gentleman from
New York sought 10 obtain--we were told by Mr..
| Holt that il Congress and tie Government would
sustain him he would save eight millions more There
ten millions savcd by the Commission on ordnance
contracts, appointed on the evidence taken by tins
Committee aud on ils recommendation. Among other
things viii save a sum CT two millions. Thus a
Of twelve millions will be saved 70 tie country
by the Committee arge u sum 0s II cost TO carry
on the Cove ohcnt OF John Quincy Adams for one
year. And YET we are held up here as spending the
people money, Yee, aud how much have we expend-
| ed? Twenty thousand dollars. But will not talk
about it. II any man wants TO complain, let him
ttand up here. scorn TO talk about the trivial ex
penditures ior travel. That we should he met with
opposition, with all this oboquy, We very well un-
derstood. We knew whose paths we crossed; we
knew that the contractors and the thieves, and the
| plunderers, who had the Treasury by the throat,
would be at our heels, and we well knew also, who
were their sympathisers and abeters, both in this
House and out of this House. We Of course did
not expect approval. They do not like be CON-
mittee aud its labors o, mol
No thief s'er felt the halter draw,
With good opinion OF the lA@."
These are the men that proposed to crush US down.
But let me sny few words 10 my Republican
friends who listened with silent attention, If not
with real interest 10 the attacks upon tie Commit
tee. Let NE talk to them, ia all kindness, for
moment. i believe this is Republican House.
believe the Republicans have majority in II.
believe the Committee wns appointed by Repuo-
lican Speaker, for specific purpose DO you teleye
we, a. d Committee, were bGse and vile and dl.hon-
est enough TO betrsy the trust reposed in usl lfeo,
then brand us with your instant condemnation. But
II is said we must not break down the Republican
party. have been In Congress come little time,
and have seeu various investigating committees,
when the Republicans not in power IN the Ad-
ninisra,ion and in those days found my Regubh-
can friends always Oh hand, in season and out OF
season detect and punish these frauds. II frauds
were detected, they went before tie country, Gnd
Z e country hurled from powsr the men who had
committed them. What wac then said IN relation 20
these matters Why, when we announced TO the
country that these frauds were committed, the
party in power said that lie frauds Were
committed by men for whose az he party YVES not
respousible What WIS our ,ly 20 thisl What
tie reply OF the Republicar II was. 70 be sure
You would not be respond p ~ the iirst Instance
bul when your inve,tgatDo ConIsIttee disclosed all
the facts and placed the particulars record instead
Of your coming out aud voting upon them, and CEN
suriEg the parties who committed them, you are found
on the record supporting and susialnlnB iLeIn 40
not propose 20 place myself IN that prcdicament.
When | suspect a Republican Of committing fraud,
feel vastly more inclined 10 expose a.Id punish h.m
than l would Democrat, for he brings disgrnoe
ard dishonor uIon tho party to which
lie bolougs And arc We to initiate this
examplel Are my Republican fiends willing
30 stand the record The ndorserso o these frauds
Or will they 20 with NE, and say 70 their consi,u-
euts when We found tiese fra ds existed what did
We dol As RcVu lcaus we aII pointed a committee,
as Republicans we made invss. cation, and W.
Republicans We voted condemnation on The thieves
and the iobbers and puldcrers 81 tll parties, whsr
ever we found them. How shon,d we stand before
the country as "a pnrty IL we act Otherwise IL ia
forosladowed BY the member from Ncw-lork, who
clamors 20 have the committee d-banded. Let that
gentleman lMr Conkhnfl come up. here call upon
Tim To introduce lie extraordinary Tcsoiutlcr, ana
the committee have nO the confidence Of the House
aud Of the Republican party let It be voted down. IL
msy be very harmless thngtO punish frauds and rob
beres in time OF peace, but IN time OF war when
the National Treasury 10 betrayed wbcn II u rerng
under the attacks OF theyes and ylundescr can We,
az representatives Of coEhdlng aud loyal people,
eiand here and support these robbers and lobbeEs
Whatevcr other gentlemen may do, whatever II may
seefn 6t 10 the party 10 do for one do not propose
10 ,tand on the record IN that way. As the oldest
member present representing constituency foT ten
wears | should deem myself but a mscrcaut repre-
sentative OF that noble constituency II stood here
IA the defender Of tie rotleics and The piunieIngs
now going 4uinst tle puthc treasury. Ihe
.ger tle1an from Pennsylyania (Nr. Steyensl, our
leader in this House, great and shining
liObt in our Republican party, brought IN
his Tax bill the other day-a blll 40 large |
that il would require tue use OF wheeloarOw
to Qt il in here bu. slmost on the next day We lind
him gssllDg the committee, became, indeed, II ttei
in between the thieves and the Treasury. The cOun-
try will look with some interest to the vote Of the
gcntlen aa from Pcuny ana, when vote is taken
as 10 who are the iudOTseTs Of the schemes ana JOBS
of tbose punderers because 1t ia nothing more nor
ess than an iudOTsement OF these rObbeles 10 vote
for the discharge OF the committee. lhls lax OH,
which was supported by the gentleman from New.
York. is to enable them TO pay these robbers and
ulundercrs with tie taxes TO be screwed from the
Iu,,ble yyorkingmen Of the country. When think
nron whom this tax will fall heaviest, | would
,sll myself a miscreant representative unworthy
of the confidence Of my people, II j did moi
,b-ov, r,vself with all my feeble Influence, between
,bs Treasury and these public pluneerers. in
ret.rencs TO matters connected with Gen. Fremont,
oud the administration Of the Western Department,
tbe Iou,e will bear witness that the COMMITTEE hao
moi drawn Gen. Fremont into thS uiscnSsiol'
While speech after npee,h WIS geihs n"uo Y tn1
trend, of Gen. Fremont, We said nothing and had
,hs matter been allowed 10 rest we did not lnietd
90 sou suvibipQ And must add, that when thE
renori was drawn up Gen. Fremont whs nov ~ we
bead of au army. lie IS there now, ahl WHO
tbere ve did 10, infond ~ tnter INTO any dlresi"D
upou matters conirc''d WIN hi' IN Ia '',,'H
re,,Ier.eu ofr cx' rtmeiy sensitive when anything
is..if iu .feIerc1 % Nremonti but whenever any
,itc.id ia fll,TcHCe 20 another General ia me
Gcd' not yery Tar from here. bod tbese gentle