Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-04-29
LATE NORTHERN INTELLIGENCE.
THE FEDERAL CONGRESS-.
DRUNKENNESS u TEE ARar-THE NEGRO CUES
TON coNrGscATIoN, &c.
WASHINGTON, APRIL %, 1862.

luton SIS follows:
Resolved, That tho Committee on Military
Affairs be instructed to inquire il any General
of the army Of tho United States belors York
toSn has exhibited himself drunk in the face
Of the enemy, on duty, and if So il any
measures have been tsken for the trial and
punishment Of such officer.
Mr. Hale read the statement mad, in the
House yesterday by Mr.. Morrill, stating that
commanding Gunurnl before Yorktown hal
been so drunk that ho had twice fallen from
his horse al The timn Of The engagement 1T
Lees Mills, in which some Vermont troops
were sacrificed for tho want OF timely succur.
tle said thus was another Bulls Bluff affair,
and there nas no punishment known TO the
military Law CT which such General was not
deserving Congress ought to vDdicste itself
as G part Of toe governing power in these mat.
tors, and not perlui: our soldiers TO to led into
battle aud shul down like dogs, while tueir
General is ton drunk To sit on iiis horse.
Mr. Foster, of Connecticut, had no objection
to the inquiry, but thought that bcIore the
Senate piqued Itself on its virtue, il ought to
luck at Its own cr,nnality confirming msn to
suct appointments vino arc known 10 be ha-
blLuully Incorporate nj the time. Ho thought
souo blame thus rested upon the Senate, aud
;,e,o,,nr,d m, n,actic.
The Chair took occasion 10 say the COLI
mandWg Genaia Of the occasion referred to
had n0i ye: been confirm by the Ssnalu
MIR. Hale said ne chlncided in tbs general
character ui The remarks OF The Senator from
Connecticut, and rotated instances in the past
during the early pr. Of hls Senatorial Service,
wueru ia one caao bo had ssun an officer so
In 10 In. bad
and stu; I'll additional bottle oi whiskey from
tho hua. es he weat 0ui rad yei, when he
mrhtonett tbs ease in the t;@asiu al IL reason
ally ~" person should not ho cIrirlard in
the piomotlun taea IL ndlaE, he w.s Told
That these private usat:era sci" mo- mn 10 be
tried here.
Nj. SntA:ar- ih-i ~sa IN ihe old pro-sayery
days
Sir llSie-- t"u ka@N that wo ara any
bo;;ei IN t!ia' regard, ia Ike gnti slavery
daya.
Nj. Y lisum III Massachusetts, said ko pre-,
snrned the uilicor rejsrred to before York town
was Gantral u. F. Smith. HIS bad himself
decilDed To vote 10 couGfm nuy officer who
Sas guilty o. irtcmpersnca, and should con>
,uuG to 81 so, Is be had no idea OF trusting
TIE lives CT American soldiers to anT such I'm
reliable AID di,grscetul authority.
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