, 1873-02-27
NUMBER 1872.

*e1gnt. Ii charge were made thst bargain to A.
arcunetauce to show that no stomp. at assassins
aon bad been rnade+ So in this Where the
had acted or voted Improperly! Not only hsd tte
Gomnsiee submitted no proof Of 1t, but far A1r
proof Whist wrong nd The nnhc snfTs1sd VIM
esil hsd III. Brooks done, attempted to DOT Il ht
| Vas the showing Of the Committee. He tntimeted
that the Committee had not been very liberal toward
matters which seemed to bear heavily against him.
He thoghs that II there WAS ono which sppealed
more than another to every sentiment Of 1ibe1ay and
tindness It WIS the Of Broots-a man sick and
broken IN health since his voyage around tic world,
not broken by sense Of guilt a. be knew, but by
| nent naturally produced BY hia su1roundtuRr. he
read letter from Brooks to the Chairman Of the COM
mittee, complaining Of the exclusion Of testimony in
Mr.. E1BLACK-Am member Of the Committee made
This brought III. BROOKS to his feet, who {address-
ing Nibaek) said You opened tic doors to Colfax
two days stter you closed them to ne.n
In conclusion, voorhees, declared folcl1n1y that
he never upheld By 3 drmcr faith iu anything
than thst which he had that Brooks lad told the
truth on this subject He did not believe that he had
word Of proof to show tat he had committed mai
fsssance @ IN ofieo He made closing apnca! to tho
the aoor and in the gal1crles.l
STEVENSON.
| AZ. sTEVESsoN sustained the repart OF the Com
tionabe fscts from reluctant Committee, and we'll
that COMMITTEES might have been reluctant, for what
the YicePKcatdant atug the Speaker OF the House
the Chairman Of ali the portant Committees Of sha
tzaton He not sposed blame the Committee
when It caught all t1esc great levtahans Of the great
deep IN It's that It was not quite able to heul them
al into their little tuba. He quoted the testimony Of
the Wilson Committee, to show the cnornlty OF tho
fraud on the public, aud said this
bu part Of the great system Of fzaud outcroppng
the Indications Of 4
by which there had been turned into the pockets Of
private nd official citizens tot this country tho value
OF 5000 0G0 Of public lnnd, aud $50 0O00 900
OF cash. thel value Of the lind baing stated In rail-
road circulars to be not less than billions OF dollars
government the face Of the earth and how had It
been done? Partly BY legislation, Congressional and
brought to bear; members had been inter
ested; ex-meubern and members"elect had b2eu
interested, until there seemed to be the
mon spp1ehension among the people that
IN auctton-room had been made Of this legislative hail.
and certain It WAS that more property had passed
ever passed under The hammer Of INV suctIoneer in al
the world, and how had this been carried ont tain
y By the suppression Of inquiry By Congress. cor
to California, and had succeeded. Te him INN not that
it Was failure. 1t WAS the grandes. success ever
Mt Stevenson referred to the Congressional Gobe to
show the action OF various leading members OF tho
House On questions affecting tho Union PaclAc BAIL
The hammer fell before he had rot out Of the 1ab-
gt at ot ts r. ia ss oo and psssion to
she objection Of Mr. coSaER
WANTED AL TO GO.
Ar. WH1rTHoRSE got the floor for soroe minutes,
and expressed his views In favor Of the pading reao
lutons. He opposed the report, however, becausett
DID not go far enough. He waa In favor of s1peIHng
NB1Ack's AnauMEsr
Mr- N1BLAcK, . member Of the Select Committee,
Of The position taken By the oommtstee. 10 psItisan
considerations had Influenced the Committee. The
question involved WAS ou:side Of, and beyond, The
lates not only to tho integrity OF The House. but which
affected the honor Of the Government itae for With
ont N honest Congress- honest Executive would bo
Of little arail-
BINGHAM FOR HIMsELF.
Nj. BINGHAM took the floor, and p.efaccd hts re-
no apology for entering on the discussion. It w.s
easy Tor any man to undertake to t:lence the voice of
1rp5ssentattve Of FREQ people hr making false and
dertook that task had mistaken altogether the temper
Of the man with whom they dealt. Some Of tho Jour
country have diahonored heir geat station before tas
American people holding in trust what had net bean
Lile1tes Of he People" IL i unde1taainS' a. 'e bg
|heiE |l elamor, to dictate to the reprssents-
asss tsssa. .e Of & the People hox they should a.
susge Of the President Of the French Assembly to The
perre Go tell your master that The assembly OF tie
people can receive no orders from him." he would
~ to hoae gentlemen, who ; undertaken to control
he action Of the House u,der the rretense he Bur-
3osed that they were the wardena Of the public inter
ST. and that they the keepers Of The consceacrs
avors from such cn H. did hot ise 1 the ras6
II their mouths The Representatives Of tho pcoplc
thank God as free under II: shield Of the Con.
ust II well how to discharge their duty.
Passing to tho question Of the power Of tho House
aid that, bad ns the Credit Motter might BE- ia quit
vas covered with dark ecrse IN tho presence Of thn
ssu,apton made here tha. any House Of Represents
tyes might usurp the power to strip tbs people their
light to representation this floor In accordance with
be expressed letter, well the splt OF their own
littee. He Joined Issue with the mob which demand
victim He wonId hive 1t undezs.ood that he in
af Of single nnsn accused her here, "a % IL bahaif
np.es ,hs tights b Of ns.r,1s t1ss people thus A.
hat they pleased to can the "power Of puridca
on" They had better begin With those who wsrs 20
n violation Of their oath, in violation Of
'e Constitution and State laws and in violation of al
& II d there ~ w. snythtng Which made
ODD 6efore hs eyes, but instfsatsd b tae pesS
trenchments Of the written Constitution to tssuc !:
ne petty power in the form Of what he called put :
Referring to Brooks, he said that nerer in tho
ng years Of his aervtce with hin, had b.
ard breath Of suspicion against his good uaras,
.
otativo from Massachusetts, {Ams}, It would b. -
ID of him ssh.teyeE might be tho Discrimination Of
contributed something to tho honc- snd glory Of
country" But whatever might be said Of either Of
en-, BY way OF praise or censure thing is true,
st the American people would demand Of this House
At whatever Hghta belonged these men, under tno
institution and tbs 1.w, should b accorded ther.
conclusion, be prayed tbs House to oouader .hat
question which 1t was trying ~sa not 50 much tho
tht Of Amen and Brooks, but the r!gk:
the whole people, to representation. He
listed thst vhstever might be said
howl mob the moral ability OF ino Constitution
the moral sbisy Of tho right Of free peor1e to
represented according to their choice, woufd be
,pected. For himself, he was ready to record his
e. and by his vote TO notify all eoruers that he =
uld offer no victim to the mob through hs violated
h and tho violsted Constitution Of his country. :
Ranks FOB K1PULs1oN.
Ar. BANKS next took the floor. He Ratd be could ,
but feel that tho Judgment Of tbs Committee was
stained by tire facts. Thers n1au living who
uld moro gladly have defended and befrienaed Mr.
,oks than himself. This not case against
3ok1 ag1inAt Amer. It tas os the pcople
whom be {Banfa) pleaded. It was case Of good
and II 1t to b secured b.
acqufttsf Of these gentlanen, nono Win b better
ased with the Ta6ult than himself. II the me,n
at tho HouHe should b. 10 far {or1etfuI NJ fh.ir