Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-19
[NCoNeREss.
SENATE,

10lunlcAtiOn from tne sec
WAR and the navy on tn
relief Expenditure for tn
arty, recommending i'm
Lion, as the situation of tn
rllous; also correspondence
the execution of Chimes
ct asked for.
California, from the com
foreign relations, reported
he bill relating to the exc
supplemeutai commercial
veen the United States anC
heed on the calendar. Tn,
Il the importation of opium
j and It's expectation t
o went Into executive SEES
hen the doors re-opened i
Until Monday.
ROUSE.
on, January 1S.-SlocuGl
imous consent that toner
b be get apart for debate oI
iii Porter bill.
cted.
fered = resolution, whict.
10 the committee o., for
instrucung the committe,
uiry whether any foreign
Ecredited to the United
ndeavored to nullify the
. unanimous resolution oil
by Its representations
the honor and integrity
ers. [ Note-The above Il
get the iacts concerning
West affhir.]
owed To dispense with the
Or, and though there was
psiti0n on the Republican
tion secured the requisite
II 1853 to rs. The house
ntO a committee of the
le private calendar, with
n the chair. Tie
was for the re-
Fitx John Porter
pike In support Of the bill.
any gentleman desired n
conception of this case
d it In y few pointed, COM
sentences uttered by Gen.
drew q picture of the eX-
lch existed at the time of
and Without casting any
the court, declared the
eg0ne conclusion. Up to
OF his arrest, there
q stain on Poiter's es-
in a time of intense eX-
when mems passions
reason. his brilliant rep
no shield. For twenty
bat man had suffered as
st criminals are seldom
uffer, but to day Fi'z'Jrhn
ltter what the action of
buld be. stood before
lily vindicated. No, not
tut afforded the highest
. by the best military au-
he country. The same
ruined Porter struck "a
it Hhernan, and he had
reunion of the army,
man refuse his hand to
OF war because he had
throw disgrace upon
his lHlocum's) firm be-
not the war closed as it
MS name would be placed
With that of Porter. Slo-
WAS warmly applauded,
we'd In opposition TO the
not SURPRISED the gentle.
Jew York (Slocum) ne.
ouch the merits of the
4 appealed to the sympa-
ouse, but did not say the
the court was not
proceeded to defend the
he court martial, assert
Is satisfactory to Rever-
POrter's counsel. who adj
orter had Il fair trial. He
of orders of 9th and
August, which he
Porter utterly failed
all the good he had done
veil have taken his corps
Washington. Porter did
he orders because he was
70 did not accuse
hat. IL was not
declined TO serve
but IL was because he
Ian more than his coun-
had positive orders to
push his army against
IL enemy, and there was
Pntcd al, the court-martial
did SO, and General
d he firmly believed that
gone in as ordered by |
ion victory would have |
Hooker, Seigel and
friehds of Porter, |
the battle, ana
turned not his
his country that day.
led TO obey, because he
we'd his men ms ordered he
b fight, to which Mellow
That's what we came
nils inquired why, if
Inted to light, he did not
Piled that is just what he
these gentlemen spoke
|evernl other members
leir feet eau led great CON
The committee for
utes, aud drowned
Of The debaters.
Steele did not wish to
he gentleman who COM
I'd Of review, but claimed
CONSTITUTED legal and con-
lrt, and Under tn laws
K they were liable to
ming judirial functions.
thc organization of the
Senator Randolph OBJ
persons selected, sent it
0tel and submitted it to
eutier1ien there to know
~ satisfactory. These
| 6chQdeld, who liked
bIillnetlon for the presi-
Randolph, who carried
AID New Jersey in his
let.
aquired what the gentle
v Ills friends understood
~ understood, the gen
II underrtood that sscho-