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The Daily Dispatch: March 11, 1862., [Electronic resource], House of Representatives (search)
icial or officials were more immediately charged with the protection and preservation of said public stores, and by whose act or acts, either of omission or commission, it was, that said public stores, or any portion thereof, fell into the hands of the enemy. Resolved, further, That for the purpose of forwarding the investigation indicated by these resolutions, the said committee be empowered to send for persons and papers, and to compel their presence and production. Agreed to. Mr. Hilton, of Florida, opposed that portion of the resolution authorizing the committee to send for persons and papers, upon the ground that it might call from their posts of duty persons whose testimony was essential to impartial investigation. Mr. Foote was surprised and mortified at the views expressed by the gentleman from Florida. One of the highest duties resting upon the House was the investigation of public grievances. This body was the grand inquisition of the nation, and if it faile