Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-05-05

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10 sAy that Eegrsssa sa5 a. Essst tAs l.ns
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TO upon frmer ascassn - a. gssasass a. hsAss
sAy ar that ths meabsr sai es@.sns ~ ss@sasst
the chafgc against ~ hashs s,astsa tee s~s ~ We
country aud ~ prosttutius me ers heaa q ne ss-
wee Of the country &c i1s pasps-s ~ sp~eul.ea 49, ~
Ga ii ia al Bsa tBg and rrl@ttns saas1nf nna un.as
every effort a. provoke 10 ne maaser q ~eich ~
brought ~ the atrtoa ~ no Hunas and Epaa test
occasion, say aEau ielt w,s~h 90 'aassAsl q ths
charge made aud II a. msba~f ~ shiee a w@ made
that found mpo.shl- o. Festfaa mysef snA asrs aA
guage Cor Which am willing AZ asEs 10 ths hs1se,
but Tor which sball never sPoles a. ~ htn
Sir he had the forged order phtxrApksa and eFoasht
il thus prepared Tor crealaton ~ The tnaea VI she
House aud proclaimed that be ~a ready D. distfbate
them and tina, others eou be hsd ese.p % Ne Paee
graphing establishment 1T which Was tskea | Do ant
know where that photograph msse--wAsther ~ wss
in the Treasury Departulrnt not b~sgs th~y hsse
machinery OF that tad there IL u DOT Me sr tas e
the history Of the i'd In which the zoe at have bern
prosued this b.se aud igaoeis pnrpos tAas 81 pes
petuang and disseminating coanisEiests
myself however that ~hir the ART 81 phtosrapas hns
been applied 10 such purposes has Aiso beea made nse
fu 10 the detection Of the rosnes, criminals ard eoansf
ieers who have basey pr.sttutrd the arr foa s.n hna
sr in any Of the police sfces 81 The country fosae
gallery" 10 which the eg-s II those emiasat er their
crimes and cairs exposed Tor tie parp"se ~ "a
cognnon and detection intend, following ta, sasses
ton to enlarge upon the idea VIII have that orsrf
rrphotographed and will have IL decorated and garuhrd
with the portraits Of the forgrrs and % me
forgery, to perp-tuse their memories aud ylianrs
| in connection with this specimen Of their art
Now sir ii il not my purpose Ia follow these nea ~bn
have been guilty If thu. baseo-ss toward any further
These dogs have been by their master AMI since
have whipped Them back into thrr kennel mssn W ha
their master responsible for this aud not the ours
who have been set upon The evidence. err, shows
that this forgery made public BY Treasury Aaeas xhS
knew the time that he msde il public that had no In
hiatt in nv fhN
knew well that the goods having been sszed he urusd
them over to their proper owner because there WAS o"
ground for their seizure aud He turned them
to the no appeared the paper to them,
and yet he retained 10 his hand this paper to which be
had no right and gave it out for publication after bad
been assaed IN the newspapers OF my city Tor specaAas
in this whskey He gave out for publication alter h.
knew the facts Of the and had had h, attention
called to them because had attacked Mr.. Chase In
speech in st Louis and asssied hs trade regulation. So
sir II ANY officer OF the army, ar any member OF Con-
any gentleman feels sufficient interest IN public
AFFAIRS and in the honest conduct Of public business 10
assa public speech its management 10 the Treasury
and the operation of Treasury regulations he lays bmse
open to assaults from the Secretary Of the Treasury and
all the hounds and dogs that set upon him. aud be
e h hunted and dragged down BY false charges and by
forgery.
bers the Of the facts which brought 10 hs
knowledge when he first made these charges th. foor
shall be permitted to reterate Ia gross aud
offensive that which he utterly failed subsanats when
put to the test and escape without 10 for the
members OF the House 10 decide whether such person
| is worthy OF association with them or not.
| When resumed my seat 10 this House. elt myself
constrained by Of duty TO my constituents TO ssk
Tor committee investigate the which the
regulations of trade" with the States in insurrecton
hsve been carried out by the Secretary Of the Treasury
But that the secretary freuds bad not the
confidence in committee of Congress have shown,
for when asked FIR committee TO investigate the charges
which had been made against the Secretary OF sacrificing
public interest advance his ambition his friends
upon this floor fused it, and assaulted all the
L he ali
ton against the Secretary because he had stopped my
| "hquor speculation"
Now, Mr. Speaker permit to say thst when the Se-
cretsy of the Treasury advanced to his present posi-
ton although my good wishes worth nothing to him
at the time, yet he had them was in favor Of his ap
poinment As matter OF that Of very little
consequence far his appointment concerned yet
it is ac we'll known 1t Of consequences simply far
shows that was not inmca at that time TO the Score
tary. The of change of sentiment toward him
that understood that he had authorized the Mayor
Baltimore to proclaim the streets Of that city, the
18Th of April that he in favor OF letting the States 10
rebellion in peace, and because also took this i'm
precision from the tenor of his conversation that his
opinion and wi-h that they should be allowed to 90
peace understood the thing from the publications
made by newspapers his State which regarded
AZ expressing his sentiments The allegation made
that such his position and il denied by MIN.
| 1t was accepted as fact by all.
know and he niH deny his torien and recorded
opinion that he opposed the reinforcement Fort
Sumter knew that after Fort Sumter had fallen be had
opposed the calling out of large and sufficient force
/
men If his party and my party then but hold party
| relations then with peace men) compelled
after the cry that went up after the fall of Sumter
abandon apparently their peace portion. Yet Mr. Chase
found really abandoned his determination to
off the Southern States On the contrary he has
deavOrrd to work out by another programme, the very
thing he then 10 favor Of dongof letting the s nth
60 He is for making them 90, far their cond
ton States is concerned He is unwilling that they
should return to interfere with his Presidential asp
| rations
Why, sir, it perfectly understood in the second
sessorthe long sesson-of the lat Congress- that he
-vored the snohiaion Of the State Governments of the
South His friends in both Houses made that proposition
those who had the most intimate relations with him in both
Houses made pr oposition And is pressed in this
Hou-e again this winter in disguised aud nsidous form,
ard under the pretentious title of "reconstructon but
which fact intended the destruction Of those States
but this being the very crime of which the rebels 10
are guilty, and which the gentleman from Ohio (Mr.
ssHLEY charges upon them, it is thought convenient TO
give the operation another The bill reported by
The dating uished gentleman from Maryland (Mr DAVIS
representing the Committee the rebelous States which,
by the WY, composed TO considerable extent OF the
P0meroy private circular committee for understand that
the gentleman from Maryland Mr. DAvIs,) from Ohio,
MR. ASHLEY and from Missouri, (Mr Blow, are mem
befs OF both these committees is bill which could very
properly have from the Pomeroy mmttee 1t is
bill which should have been entitled /" bill for the per
dissolution of the Union to dsfranchise the whites
and eDr nche the TO prevent OF the States
from coming back 10 time to vote for Mr. Lincoln for Pre-
sdent and to prom te the ambition OF the Secretary Of
the Treasury" bill which requires the Of
Congress for the readmson OF any OF these States to the
Union.
The gentlemen proceed 10 their DISTINGUISHING bill upon