Show FORTYNINTH CONGRESS Ilic House WABHINOIOV Juno 18 llelnionl from them the-m on Foreign Affaire reported back lIce Consular and Diplomntto Appro printion bill with n recommendation that crtnin of tho Senate nmcndments thereto be concurred in and others non concurred In iho report was agreed to licliuont also do meted back n messaeo of ho 1rcBldcnt on wr subject of tlio iunueu ratio of thostntntoof Liberty I nlinhtenillL he World iujsewlorkhnrbor Itcforred to ho Committee on Appropriations Anderson of Kansas offered n resolution providing for the finnl ndjonrnment of JoiiRiessat noon on haturdnj July a t Ito erred to the Committee on Ways and Means TIme Committee on Labor reirarted n bill ranting lease of absence to tho employes nt tho United States navy yards Pat on tho llouso calendar Also n bill to amend the net prohibiting ho importation of co itrnct Inhor Honso cnlondni Hie llouso went into Committee of ho Whole on the Naval null Appropriation bills The Stanton debate was continued bv lepbnrn Iowa who severely criticised Wheelers speech upon time Into Secretary of War nnd dcclnred he could not tamely submit ohnvo men who were embalmed thehcnrU of their countrymen nud whose memory was revered derided by each as lbs gentle man from Alabama He then yielded to Kelly Pcnn who rend the following letter written by Wanton to lIe II Dyer under Into November 18 1802 Your note of the 11th last humus remnlnetl nnniiswered because of the pressure of bnsi I less which left me neither time nor strength to respond When General Mo Clelland failed to obey the order of the President to mauve ngninst lIme eneiaj iven on October 1st 1 thouuht he ought to be removed upon tho spol Nearly n month wns time enough to have A victorious campaign wns lost by his disobedience of orders When his crcnturcs nnd those who ore enemies of tho country undertook to Impala gie for his delay b > tho false pretense that ho needed supplies thnt were held from him by the Department dy ilutj to he count > required the exposure of the falsehood and I 1 demanded n report on tho subject I N1O lXlrtllOI Hit from n1th General in Chief 11 is not m > fault that he was not removed I re-moved before the New York election and after his disobedience of orders In respect re-spect to nny combination by Jlr Chase Mr howard nnd myself ngninst General Me Clcllaii It is utterly false For reasons not necessarj to mention here fire nnd wnter would ns soon combine 1 noh does his duly as ho deems right In respect to the impu tntion of seliisu nnd ambitions motives denial de-nial is needless Ihoso who iiinkotholm natation action or do with it ignorant prejudiced of feelings mv principles nnd like of other public men I must cipect lIed pa tientl bear misconstruction and false reports re-ports In respect lo lIce present couditlon ol ni Iis fl nl h l 1rli ilnirs nil I can snj is hunt thus whole power of lIce Government is being put forth with tho utmost vigor and I think with more cnrnestness on the part of military commanders com-manders ban at ahuy other period rrcnson is 1 encouraged in lbs Northern = North-ern Staten by the just discontent of Iho people but believing our Nntiona destm is ns iiunicdintel m the hands of the Host High ns ever wero tho children chil-dren of Israel I am not achy uu dismayed but full of hope neither for fcdlu tll 11 r erh i myself turning to tho right ham nor to tho left bcrving no man nud nt emu It with none I hlmll strive to perform mv wliolo dot in the MO it work before us Mistakes and faults I no doubt may commit but tho purpose of my actions shnll lo Rln glo to the public good |