The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-20 00:00:00

11IR& LINCOLN'S PENSION:

WASHINGTON,
The Senate Committee on Pensions, to whom was referee`
the House Bill, granting a pension of $3,000 per min%
to Mary Lincoln, say in their report made to-day tt,
although by the Constitution of the United States
President is made Commander-in-Chief of the ArmY nth
Navy, he is a civil and not a military officer. The cle3
he
of President,Lincoln occurred while he was engaged ill h
business of civil life. There was no principle on 1,4.1cii
pensions had hitherto been granted in this country "will° f
would warrant the passing of this bill, No provisionues
this nature has ever been made for the widows or fslnisrfel
of any one of the presidents or other el f
officers of the United States, although many t°,l
them, like Mr. Lincoln, rendered most exllbeto
service to the country ; and two of the Presider f
died while in office, and the families of some
c,
them were left in very slender pecuniary circumstance
There is nothing, so far, to distinguish this case fr°l47
that of a great body of civil officers of the Governill°l::
who, of all grades, from the highest to the lowest, fro'
the earliest period, have lost their lives while in the Pel
formance of public duties, and have left behind then'
widows and orphans in beraavement, aggravated 1)):,
poverty and want. It has not been deemed advisable
a free country to provide permanent emoluments
favour of the families of high officers of the State
European countries ; as when eminent officers cud tl s.
official term they become eqnal but not superior menlber
of society. The Committee are constrained to find, fr°:
the facts before them, that Mrs. Lincoln is not, in facOafi
the destitute condition which has been represented, all.t
that her means must be reasonably sufficient to the in'
necessity of a citizen of the United States, either at 11%8
or abroad. A recapitulation of her assets shew that;
balance of salary for her husband's unexpired Yesf3r,
was 22,000 dols., and that on the 13th of Novell-lb'
1867, she received as her share of the personal estates;
President Lincoln, $36,765 60 (the same sum ,being
given to her minor son, Thomas), making her total etio -
assets $58,765 60, in addition to which there is soil leave
productive real estate, of which the committee %lie
taken no account. They have good reason to believiote,
also received no inconsiderable amount of clothing, Plo'i'a,
household goods, &c., after the death of Mr. Lill-led 1),3
which, in considering her pecuniary condition, shone
ere
added to the above-mentioned sum. Subscriptions "fn.
opened for Mrs. Lincoln, but the committee is no._,t cola
formed what amount has been realised. Mrs.
does not seem to urge her claim entirely on the ti,al
of the want of comforts of life. In her Pe" bile
transmitted from Frankfort praying fora pension:, ,01
states that she has been advised to try the ungbat
waters during the summer, and then to go to Italy, tag°
my financial means do not permit me to take anynligtyl?
of the urgent advice given me, nor can I live in n ;reta
becoming the widow of the Chief Magistrate of
nation, though I live as economically as I can. ";:iig'
Committee say—from the standpoint of a European ~eicl;
dom and European society,—this very probably is enr4io
but in a republican country, where there is no distill.,
the
of rank, and where all duties are measured largely 1/,.,0 of
means of performance, the Committee think a fortni:,,,,ist
$60,000, or even one-third of that sum for a WY, !i3es,
take her out of the category of those whose necessl,rare
in consequence of the casualties of public service, p 5,
them a claim upon the Treasury. After other argillncor
the Committee conclude by saying "Under the Cl
stances of the case they do not think that either Loce
ment or duty requires 'a further provision, in acenrcoill;
with the request of Mrs. Lincoln, and therefore rs„ iwor"
mend that the bill be indefinitely postponed." The l'",;cer,
is signed by Senators Edmunds, Tipton, Pratt, SPe-
Howell, and McCreery.

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BIRTHS'.
'On the 16th inst., at Edinburgh, Mrs. Thomas n"bert6°9'
of a son. ‘lr'6'
On the 10th inst., at Madras Villa, Elgin 1, Par",
Clifton, the wife of Mr. W. Perry, of a ditti Jiter.
MARRIAGES. Wit'
On the 10th inst., at the Catholic Church, Nautw ich,
~ to
fred Francis Anderton, Esq. of liaighton Lancobill,te
Mildred Walburg, Tempest, youngest daughter a oie
ill
floury Tempest Esq '
On the lith inst., 'Joi:Henry Weicha 111, Esq., °f ralr 6f.
Frankfort, to Emma, second daughter of the
late -1"
Keys], Esq., of Brussels and London. No cards.
Dtillyis. - iviA'
. .
On the 13th inst., at 30, Henrietta-street, -Mrs. L4'117100"
man, of Covent-garden, deeply lamented by her /au"
friends, aged 63. . . - ,14 t:4
On the 18th inst., at -167,. Queen's-road. Peckha-n, °'''-i.' Iv'
Nicholas Jarvis Bounick, late of Cranbrook, E--"l'' in
-59th year,

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