, 1876-03-11

demand for Immediate fmpc.chmont but tho
charges wete wholly and utterly n1co1foborstcd.
Evilenco had hoen Eivcn BY witnoss az to Ger
tain certificates Of deposit shat wefo sott to tho
Booretaty q War; Would T. not ha7U e., boon 3uat,
until tho bnnk had boon applied to
Kpo.ts propagation. that the detention
Of witness would have boon an assault, ho
(1,aRs) regarded that ~ ptcnosterous hbanr-
dNy. II had been charged by gentlemen on thc
otlor side TINT other people vero responsible
for tho escape Of wstncss and It lad bocn askcd
how they could dctain him; Tho answer vas
that l'o could hnrc boon dS.alned. As ho had
boon brought by snbpnnn. What evidence WAS
tllero that tho subpNua hNd LOST iea Siftuo ae
1880 O'clock On Thurhdag7 Tho wtnosa would
hare romained III Obedience to . subpoena OF 1t
ne had escaped wht'c nnser Il an attachmont
conld havc boen Immediately ieaued against him,
and m officer aeut In pursuit OF him In the ne1t
trnin WHO would hnvo returned him TO the cus-
tody Of tho House for incarceratlon.
Cha!r,nhn Of The Connlttoc, replied to Nrs. Dase
prufacing his remarks With tho Btatemsns that
ho wonld not have said word oil tho subject
wctp # not that tho recollection OF bis colleague
li}asB) differed essentially and thoroughly from
Committee. 20 that Ills colloagno stood in tle
Atttrde that one Witness did ngainst four. Ilo
proceeded to road extracts from tho statefnonts
81 Danfor1, blackburn. and hnasc!f, and from
NIr. 1,ass' statements but ho was INTERRUPTED by
MIR. Danford, who asserted That there was not
tho slightest discrepancy oolwoon Ills tOah-
forlA) mud Daes' statement,
Mr.. CEmer said l1o would leave tho Hor1ao And
country 10 judge OF thAt. II tho statement OF
Tho gentleman from Nav York vas correct, then
It was impossible for tho Statements made by tho
othar four members Of tho Committee 20 ho cor.
rees 1Io wished to state once for nlf, that II
any member OF Tho Committee (whcn Witness
AiarBh left tho room) had made tho s1lRhtost
snRgoatIon that ho should bo' rotahnedt neither
hiuso'f nor any other ireuaber Of tho Commit
70 stato that ho [Clymor) was responsible for
tlars'l's discharge moro than any other mcmoor
OF tho Committee Was to stnto what Was neither
juas nor fair. 1Ic vas willing u. shhre tho full
Tho Committee. 1fc ropentod his belief that
tloro WAS NO legal powor In tho Committee 10
hayo dctained hfarHh, and that hia detention by
the COMMITTEES would havo been au outrage and
wong. -.
HI. uLAoEnunH
said ho had no donht that tie House was rs atck
Of Tho personal explanations growing out Of tho
transaction as tho country md Tho Republican
had no doubt that tie gentleman from New
York meant TO tell tho truth, and he Was only
sorry that TINT Eentleman's statements were not
corroboratod by ctther tho Committee or the
record. ...
from tho records Of tho Committee MIR. Dass'
statement TINT the Committee had only TWO
meetings boforp Marsh was telcgrnphod for, md
lie 1opcntod that from tho day that Congress-
convnnod until Mursh's Testimony Ind boon
completed and signcd. neither OF tho Republican
members OF the Committee Ind crossed tho
threshold Of tho Comnaittec'roou, although hav-
ing notico OF the regular neotiugb Of tho CON-
mtttoc, and that Mother OF thcm xould havo o7or
como. doubtless. II special morsonger had not
bcen aent for thcr,. Tho suggestton of thp gem
tloman C3assl In regard to the retenuon Of
Marsh had reinrcnco only to holding him until
ho was cross-nxaspined, nnd ho dared TINT Eon-
oppoao tho discharge OF tho Nitnees nftcr crosa-
examination. lie (l3iackhurn) acnlod that Marnh
Ind mado any s,ich gtatcmcnt as TINT ho wns
going to leave on the o'clock train. Referring
to Dasa having loft tho Oommitteo-room In order
to havo confesance with tbs proeldept, he sug-
gesscl TINT ho llad entertained tho hopo that tho
rcccEtly-vacatcd War Office wss about to bo filled
by membor Of tho Committee which had un-
sent for to DO converted into Secretary OF Wnr,
or to ndvfso tho President and Council In regard
to the prosecution Of Marrh he, (Dlackbnrn) did
not know. Tho Executive, the eentlcnaa from
Ncw York, md tho Lord only did know. II that
gentloman wnntod Marsh detained. rhy had he
not suggested 1t to the President or the At
to1ney- General to stop him2 That gentleman
Classy bad sat In tho Committeeman asserting
oYery othor 1nombor Of the Committee. Whether
10 {Bass} had nctod In good tssto or had illus
trntcd Lis appreciation OF fair treatment, he
{Dshckburn), WAS willing to leave tho
peatad that tho gentleman (Baas) nover did
object to the dlsotinrge Of tho mitnesn Marsh
after Ills croea~e ~e1hrniuatsop, and that ho naw
wItncss loayo tho ROOM without making single
objection. ...
a1r. Basa insisted that the record Of the Com
tnittce bore out Ills original statomont that tho
Committee had hold only two meetings prior to
tolesraphing for Marsh, those meotings being
on the 2d and 1Uth Of February. Az To tho sug-
9estion ahou! his advising tho Attorney -Genoral
OF President to stop tho escnpo Of hfarnh, he re-
carried it ns too Abaurd to ro4uifo an hl.swer
The only tribunal In tho world that had juriedtc-
tion OF Marsh waa, the Committee on tho Ex-
The authority Of tho House. The witness had been
discharged before any Republican tnombot Of
tho Committee had any knowledge Of it. How
could tho Republican mombers OF the Com
mitteo hav0 known when the Chairman loft the
Committec-roon with witnaHa what directions
were to be given TO him2 Denuuciatlons had
becn h,ulod In this House, BY tho goptloman
from kontucky, at tho head Of tho Becrotary Of
Hhloid h!mgof behind the ilBhonor OF h!a family,
ul,oraas every other molnbor OF tho Commlttoe
| know that tho struggle .hsd boom made on htH
p.rt 70 s,o!d :hcl dishonor, and to shoulder tie
| burden him1slf.
Mr. Dlaokburn said 10 was glad to know that
that sentonce had tono on record, and shat ho
(uhc&bu1n) stood baisra Tho lIouBs and cou1-
Try as ono who had doae I'll that an honorable
sure m innocent woman. Tho eeoueman from
| Now York WIS welcome IN stat4d before the
country ~ ho did nov, striving to ahiold from
punlshmont a guilty man. .{Applausn iron tho
galleries. aud snecra from tic Republican alds
Adjourned.
BoYMTON.