New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-16
,.,a with Ger Stone. We bad Committee on the
Conduct of the War, and from that source rnmor
hos ntmated that this arrest and other things have


has intmaed that this arrest and other things have
emanetcd Testimony IS taken secretly and parte,
10 q, abroad n The press and In this way the Com
riftee conducted the War. He read dispatch from
gen. stone, to his friends, saying he desired 10 10
before Yorktown now. lie (NcDougal had en-
deayored 10 see the Secretary Of War but failed TO
PROCURE audience, and ne tbonght the country had
fallen mon strange times, indeed. when tue Secre-
taries Of tho President could not be seen on oihcal
business. There was eAeUse, even. offered by
,lis ngstor Of all The Government forces, who set
de law and statute but had never eeen squadron
in the ield. Written aprhcauors had likewise
failed. Gen.. Mcclellan had, three dislDct times,
demanded oi the Secretary OF WaI "a court lLaita,
for Gen. Stone, but lad ioiied' lie men renewed
Che European and American blihtary Codes,
slowing tnat they wee for the protection
III .o ,u.,.brout of solajprs, The
altices Of war provided ior eummoning a eoufl,
ma1c eight days after tie arrest, yet nc steps had
been tutta for 80 days ate. Gen. stone arrest;
aud worse Than THE no charges bad been maze, nor
cor.d auy ore be found wio bad ever heard oi any
Il lie was charged win trtaeOG be could be specify
tried hy civil cOufts. lie quoted case during an
Madis6n's administration, where an officer wai seo-
fenced death by coUrt-murtlai but oruered e'et
ward 10 dUty hs the President. Bnt ioal was III
the better davf Of the Old Republic, before the
faction had raised its hydra head IN o9e OF tbe de
parfmenis OF this Government. lie olted the iact
that bv The delay OF the tila one OF the most IN
portant witnesses Gen. Lander, had gone 10 slNe
]
War and tie Secretary oi state could not mase iaWs
tor tat bclonced to legislative bodice Mr.. Stanton
however. had made a law which was the law % IL
tvrant more worthy Ot ~. petersburg ana tchstaH-
t,uople one hundred years ago. - toWs rushed IN
where angels dare not tread In conclusion ne
thoucht that the Senate should demand trisl iof
Gen. stone.
" Ny. WADE Rer., Ohio thought that the two
hours pi.lit1ocs oftte California Senator were hKe
nle lvyos whose clieul WAS nj Tho foot oi bad H.
H,ll. .tsf.r q
quoted about constitutional 'igbis No one respected
lgw and hberiy more tbal ne dId but he repeiled
the iusiuuatirn made agaust the Committee On the
Loildrct Of the War. OF wnich he wus Chairman.
BIZ MCDOCGALL oisciamed any reflection on
the .oramitice. lie had beard thnt the COMMITTEE
had the case OF Gen. > one under consideration,
which led to hie arrest. Was that SO
Air WADi. said that the senator had stated that
the Committee had stabbed men in The dark.
Mr.. McpOUGALL replied that he did not say so.
Mr. WADE was GLAD 10 learu that he did not Say
so There was not u word 0f truth IL IT. The
Comuiftce cnGeavoIed 20 correct many wrongs ia
the sriny anu had never published word, bnt bad
given c result Of their invest cations to the ESccu-
five. They had never undertaken 10 coDGuci thc
I, war g. had been alleged frequently The Commit
ice were entirely above s,abbiug eu IN tao dats
and lad never injured d ngl0 man, hut reiueClcd
nmacrous wrouks. so fat as Gen. Stone Is cor
ccrned, ne was II stranger 20 tue COMMITTEE, ava ~
voua not harm hair of his head. lie would say
Is arrest. aud the tesliuon, relating TO hin "a
laid before tue President and Secretary Of War.
Whether that evidence led to hs arrest or not he
did uoi know. That testimony ebVald not lie dr W.
from in! LOW. Willie tie country Wa Struggling or
existence aud unborn generations were 10 be taxed,
.raitors were walking .h,ee gtroeie. Tie senator
,alSed about Constitutional Liberty. BrecslLnage
NEED 10 stSy here aud ialk about IT, aud wac traitor
a. heart IL wa 20 with Q, strs. Hose VINO tihheo
Of ha5eqs ~orDvs u times Ike these were FymPs-
tlizers with the Rebellion. The movements Of our
errljes were known 10 the Rebele 80 quick as to
= loyaI reople. The CoyoInment had endeavored 10
keen This information AWAY iron the TRAITORS, Dut
failed lines cf revolution demanded sllInRen'
nessuys but traitors had been TOO ieuieDtiy doait
with owing to too much goodness OF heait. IN
that air Mo Iougan had sad ~ favor Of Gen. stone
vould srplv equally wen 10 JEFF Davis. The latter
was IN MeSico, AID hnd defended thc Government; ;
but he was traitor. Luciier an angel ia hc;v-
en- once hni had fallen, ard has mol been respected
much since IL that quarter lAprlause
I dr. Wade continued at some length urging VIC
orous moi cetion OF the traitors sacrificing the nsi-
tuition Of Slavery. Let Slavery die ard the Union
live.
! Mr. WILSON REP, NasG.i offered asub5iitute fof
the resolution egug on the President for ail inior-
nation not incompatible with public interestt relating
10 tnc arrest Of Gen. Stone vote wao taken
MR. II DOGGALL desired u 70 go over III to-
morrow. as he wishcd TO reply.
Mr. MORRILL, rep, Mel from the Committee
ON the District Of Columbia reported back the Pehl-
sylysnia Avenue Railroad BIZ, with amendments.
Mr.. SHERMAN rep, Ohio from the Conference
Committee, reported back the Naval Appropriation
bill.
lbe Senate then went into Executive Session, sfle'
which, adjourned. -~.