New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-08
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; = II. Hlackburu; Of Ksatoeay. eneeaef
member q The eemmit1oes saaa = - ~
sarprised g the unseeinss ~ .s ~.
ness manifested by the eenoe0en nDa
Maine. He ms. Dla6khasS) did ~ i.tenf
to charge that it va The purpese q tne
executive TO intimidAts yit1seess. TO toros
tie Investigation or to AFFORD immunity 70
criminals, but he did say tAas unless sne
Gsg process Was stoppoa ~ oounfEy vOuld
believe that that vas Tho purpose. He
would believe it too. LApplause on the
Democratic side, and . queseaon fcm ~.
Blame, Whist gsg psose:srI I.;..a IL no HSnss Sns
conpived ut tho abeconding Cf IN important
witness, against the protest Of the kepubl
1icsn members Of the commieeees 1os - VA
needless for him to say thst Inst eber4e vas
AstIy false, and he only W0n9ofed cna1
thoee Republican members had AN0Wod u %
20 out ON their authority without oonsfe
diction. He went on to arGue thas u wouIe
be utterly impossible ever - oonvics tnc
lats Secretary Of War; o. any ethsr Capinee
officer, except BY the testimony ol acoo%
told that any accomplice should not testify
before committee except ut his own peril
It was against that that he protested.
He intimAted that the phrase "Ltt
no guilty man escape" would bo CON
strued BY the country to mesn "Let
no man escape who dafes e teu %
those Who are in authority. He warned
the House that the voluminous investgt
lions that wore now prpgreeoing wouid %
stopped, and that 1t would % utterly nm
possible to carry them further enoee1faliy,
nnlasa share vas Q doclAsation that the
testimony of Witnesses should not 10 used
against them. ......... .<...,..,l
Mr.. Lamar, of Mississippi, said that there
ehould be no exhibislon o. party feeling OF
excitement in the pfetence Of such solemn
events q were throwing their shadow ovel
the House. 1t seemed to him that the
voice Of faction should st Last 10 hu6hed.
He regarded this mandate or summons OF
eubpens issued 20 memhef1 Of committee!
bv the Supreme Court q the DieFict Of
Columbis - m outrage on .tho privileges
Of this House. He did not sey mat the 90.
| iect az the court was 70 hush u 70 euppfesl
inveetie,tions. The question wae ono pure.
| IL Of parliamentary privilege. He regarded
* ~ : violation of the privileges Of thu
House for court to issue eumm0ue TO
I member and order him 70 bring along With
l him the records OF tho House. and to re
/ msin In court aud not to depart until al
! lowed by the court Of district attorney.
| Mr.. Blsine-DOes not the gentleman ffon
| Mississippi zee, and doee not The Who'll.
country zee, that h:ying pos1sssaon q :!
he found. and having in its possession
every psper IN the 90, tie Hoose puts II
self behind ito technical privilege an
throws itself across the Indictment OF Belk
nsr,. and that to-day u stands - tho Oh
etacle and sole obstacle 10 tho i1dictmen
of the late Secretary OF Wars
Mr. Lamar-Neither the gentleman iron
Mississippi, nor the country, nor tho gentle
man from Maine sees any such hing.
Mr.. Blaine-It y nothing bus that:
Mr.. Lamar-It 10 anything but that. tn
onestion ia simply whether this House vii
1.ermit its records to be at the beck an
cxll of = district court. There 10 NO doub
hnt that whom tho investigation u con
| nleted it will be within the discretion Of tn
Houee to permit tho courts Of the oountr
| 70 come in and get evidence, but not Pe'
dense lite, while the investigation 70 gOln
on. and while the committee ID taking fu
ther testimony. Such pfoposiuon VI
| mar that while tho affair was IN Insine
vould be improper for court TO interior
| hnt that Wss mot tho case here. Tho que
ton was whether tho House would PORN
the testimony and papers in the hands
ita committee to be sent to tho court. IT
House could refuse it or could send il, On
now. said he impetuously, dare, l do
that aide of the House to refuso It. Ia
pleuse ON the Republican side. and gre'
excitement.J
Mr.. Lamar continued his remaEko, Whit
ho closed by offering resolutioa reeitir
the history Of the csse; declaring the ma
date Of the court to 20 nfeacn o. ne pr,
| ileses Of tho HOuse, and directing the mel
hers of the committee to disregard SUI
mandate.
M. Kassou, Of lows, invited tho Hou
to look cooler at the aituation develoP'
The question was raised hero 40 . qu'
ton of privilege on the part Of . member
, | the House who had received . judicial
, | vitstion to aid in tho indictment and pu
! ishment of criminal. It was IN extra
t dinary case, and one without precedel
l ana 8&oA00b H1OcWo0mS - 0~~
there had ever been any such propesttiOn
r had been suggested to tho House-ce
r demnlng Q sworn executor Of tho laws
! csnse he hsd directed his subordinstes
: enforce those lawa. The grand jury .
sWorn to ipdict men guilty Of crime viii
n their Jurisdiction, and the House and
4 oommittee had NO right to embarrass
. q and jury in the execution OF tho Laws
Q the land.
a Mr.. McCrary, of Iowa. reminded his
2 league that the committee had In its poes
sion the contract which must bo the foun'
Il ton of any proceeding for IN Indictment
|. this officer, and that that contract Y
4 probably the very thing that the gra
d turv would get hold Of.
a Mr.. Clymor remarked that tho o0ntr,
3 | was between Caleb p. Marsh and John
d Evans, and that the Secretary OF War In
| nothing of IL when it wa0 made, NOR for
y years afterWerd.
= Mr., Kseson, in the course OF some turtn
a remarks. referred to the interview which ]
8 Blsckburn, Of Kentucky, had with some
the parties implicated, and suggested u
D the grand jury might have deeue %
!. anime him about it.
. M. Bleckburn replied with some heat
manner that II tho gentleman nom 10
A aaid that he had had oonvereosaons v
a ~. Belknap, and at great leDgth, b wo'
Al oonv the remark Of . Senator, and Wo'
r. authorize the gentleman from Iowa, VII
. sver he head anybody making any q
,r ststement, to cay that he had his (Bla
-,.1 .v<lor3tv fnp tA1l3an that man