The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-05-24
Traitors aud their Sympa hizersl
HON. B. f. W ABE,
8 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 18th. 1862.

Mr.. WADE said: Mr.. President, it vi
not my purpose to have said one word
this occasion. 1t is very rarely that an
question can come forward here that W
provoke any reply for me. have listene
TO the two hours string Of palti,udes whc
the gentleman has uttered here, to which
have not one single word Of reply. The
are precisely such as every lawyer make
when his client is trial on an indclmen
in bad case. He always appeals to thos
great guarantees Of liberty that are SO vel
provided for in the English law. Ever,
lawyer Of very little practice seems to un
derstand how and when to Invoke them. II
that part OF the speech have not one wore
to say. agree with him entirely; would
be the last man TO raise my hand to break
down one single scintilla Of these grea,
barriers of right and liberty to which he has
so often alluded, and which are household
words TO US all. He need not have read
his books. he need not have quoted his au.
thorities in an American Senate on those
: points. because every man stands ready to
subscrlbe IN amen to all the doctrines to
which he has alluded.
But, sir he stepped little beyord that
course OF remark. and violently sssailed the
committee of which l happen to be the
" chairman.
Mr.. McDoUGALL.-Willl the Senator ALLOW
NJ 70 ask one thing
JS Ihs PtEsIDxNr pro tempore.-Does the |
Senator from Ohio yield the floor
M. WApE.-Yes, sir.
Mr.. MoDoUGALL-I shall probably leave
the Senate. but l wish to ask the Senator a
question. do not know that I have a
rIghst0 inquire whether this arrest was
made at the instance Of the COMMITTEES on
the Conduct OF the War OF not. It has been
sisted % aed rumorsde SO. understand
the responsibility is shifted from shoulder to =
shouldeS. did not mean to say they had :
done %, or to asssil them. know il was d
necessarily done. according to my informa. a
Non. by person acting BY the authority Of d
me Secretary Of War; but should like to =
g informed IL IL was not st the instance of q
- Committee on the Conduct Of the War. n
Sef 4 shosld like to be able to think 70 we'll :.
e2&Zx 3s4S vlt,J Ne jha Slpala = .alias !!
Ibid not charge ]. on the Semmittes. do !.
~ kn0wy Ofmy own knowledge. that they = .
have ever done any unworthy or improper - =,
things. ~ ~
Mr.. WADE-You ought to know. al al
Mr.. McDouaALL.-Do not understand me tn
- doing anything more than trying to make oi
. form Of inquiry, by which might be ad. h' W
vised, in some form, why this great wrong 81 .
has been done. ~ y,
Mr.. WApK--I did not yield the floor to u
be catechsed. but for an explanation. IT the
gentleman had any to make. 1t turns out
that instead Of an explanation and apology l
for what he has said. am to be catechised q
further on the subject Now. the Senator Ii
saws he does not know what he has been Y
talking about. did not suppose he did. I
He saws he made the remark as q kind oi Q
fishing argument to see if he could not c
draw out something from somebody that o
would give him some light on this subject. Q
Mr.. M'DouaALL.-That is my very OBJ |,
iect. l have sought light on the subject :
with great labor and industry.
Mr.. WADK.-The Senator, in the course 9
of his remarks, alluded to the committee OF a
which am chairman. | cannot report ex.
actly the words. but it was to the effect that 5
We had been made use of. or that we prac' \
Used stabbiug men 10 the dark; that We pro- {
fess to have some kind Of testimony against
men, and then throw il out to their prejudice II
and the prejudice Of their characters. de- q
mand of that Senstor now specifically to tell G
me what he meant by it. Where has il been
done, and by whom
Mr.. MDouGALL-If l were aware that Il
the Committee on the Conduct of the War .
had been responsible for this act. l should =
have spoken of that Committee as l spoke \
oil the person now at the head Of the War a
Department l know BY information that !,
witnesses have testified before your Com .
mttee, because a gentleman told me he was
going before the Committee in relation TO !,
this very matter. =
Mr.. WApK-I want to know specifically :
MIR. McDouGALL--Do you want to know
the man? :
Mr.. WADK-I want to know personally :,
and specifically from that Senator, when !
and where it was tnat that Committee threw :
out dark insinustions to wound the charac-
ter OF any man? When. where and how
they have done it?
Mr. McDoueALL--I did not state that ,
the Committee on the Conduct Of the War ,
bad done any such thing. and you will find {
am not so reported.
Mr. WApE-There 7 entirely misunder.
stood the Senator. for I understood charge i
Of that kind to have been made. am glad
90 hear that the gentleman says now that
he has made no such charge, for I know
sha, no such charge can be sustained.
Mr.. McDoreALL.--Is am glad to hear that
also.
Mr.. WAp.-Why glad to hear it, sirs
You never heard the contrary; ever. never
While You throw out dark installations a.
Oaiust the committee, ask of You to be
spccitic. or TO exculpate them from the /
charge you have made. State wherein
,hey have stabbed any man in the dark
can tell the Senator the course Of that
committee toward Gen. S,one--not that l
mean to be provoked. under any considers-
tious into . discussion OF the merits or de-
merits Of that gentleman here. This is not
atribunai before whom he can bs arraiyned
and tried. However, rs many sliusions
have been thrown out in the Senate against
the COMMITTEES Of which. /. without any |
seeking ofmy own. Was made the chairman |
flor had nothing 70 do With the raising off
She eommittce.) Iperhaps owe il to The CON-
mit,ee and to myselfto state the course of
proceeding We have adopted. We have AL