The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-01-25

! OF the nation by refuslng 10 make apy pro
| vision for these men. when we have bee
so nchly enabled TO do il by savings, here
totore made ont of the very price Of thei
own proper tolls and perlls'?
The provision made in this bin for th,
relief of the widows of the deceased 9th
GERS. is made according TO the spirt.offh,
pension system of the United Statea anC
was introduced, not only on 0econnt'of ID
justice, bot 10 satisfy the pressing demand
of this House for such provision nwS
look to the savings made by ths natiol
from the services OF their dec I'd has
bands, we shall tHd them as great pr near.
ly as great as those made trom the ser
vices OF such officers as are nes alive
We can, therefore, make this provision
without sustaining any real loss.
The character Of these women places
them peculiarly under the patronage oi
government. Not that their husbands
we're called to an eight years absfnee not
that they suffered the desol0tjoI( Of youth
iul wldowkood; not that they Fcre from
HecessIly scantily provided ipf ~ home,
No. no. hunger and cold We're things OF
mere corroral sulIerenCe !" and those OF
our race. whom God made to sopihe our
pains, have no tonEee TO complain OF thelr
own. need not to O2Trow the angnage
Of the report = need not tclI gaaant men
what a soldiers wife suffers IN ne day o.
battle 1t Is, indeed, the insNpresslOlc IL
anguish of breathlcss apprehcusios, bring
mg 10 them, As II brought tn the dhuRhtci
OF the stern Cato, the distant din OF en-
counter. The blaze, the blood, the groan,
,he shout, rush on their senses bot IN
deed by the material organ, but throogh
me maguliyihg medium OF Imagination,
Add 10 this the suspense, the hope, uh"
lear, the wish to know, The dread to hear,
ihc Tremendous result. These, these, SIR.
aIe the sullrriugs which have consecratc.
he character OF these women nor do
believe one gentleman IN tins Han can
with Justice to hls understanding or IA
ceilings. i,,t mp his YoIuo against wuAln-
provisions for them.
Fur-thc other class Of those who serve,
10 the revolutionary war, tha (ommlttr'
have reported That provision ougW 10 b,
made 10y idw.--ilerc, SIR, Is that Venerable
fragment of the Regular Continental Al
my, for whom Jheir country has, hitherto.
done nothing. P.UHl; ne, sir, m icN
words, t. lay before youtAe rgusons induc-
ing the COMMITTEE 10 place these men In
lhc number Of those for whom provision
ought 10 be made by lGw.
The war may be divided into two pen
ods. the one previous Ia / ESQ, the Other eutr
scuuont to that year. In the FIRST penot
The army was paid entirely an ooauneuIa.
money. I'm the first summcE Ol the last +,
rod, they were partially pa,d IN the forty
for one money, after TINT time they wcr'
not PAID at al, until the close OF The war
{ 0npress, by rcqllslloDs Tor specific art
. O. made oh the several States were eno.
bicd IN some sort, 10 clothc end iced ~.
army: but to pay them, was beyond Their
power. For, literally speaking SILVER anr
gold they had none and the paper mcas
um Of The country had sunk below the rW
rent Differentiation. Al tac END OF Inc wal,
those soldiers who continued IN service uu-
TT that time, were eutlllod 10 receive $eu
oach as bounty. Did they receive thy
money? No. They received tho final set
t,ement certificate of John Pearce. They
were entitled TO receive the arrears OF Their
wares. Did they receive the money No.
They received the final settlement certlh
cate Of John Pearcc. But those officers
and soldiers who had served in either pc
Rod of the war for one, two or three years,
were entitled To receive the arrears oithen
pay. and 10 be compensated for their de-
probation. Did they receive the money
No. sir. they also received the final settle
ment certificate of John Pearcc. One class
of The army was not 80 paid. The nine
months men who served anterior TO The
time reached by the scale of depreciation
received nothing OF this loss upon their wa
ges. Being probably thought beyond the
reach of remedy, this ca'holicon was not
TO them; and they did not for
their depreciation, receive even the final
settlement certificate Of John Pearce.
Why, sir, this Mr.. John Pearce, commits.
soner of the Paymaster General, was the
n. Biddle, the Abraham NewlaDd, of the
government, and issued. more millions Of
paper IN one year, than, had almost saiG,
either the Bank Of England, or of the Uni
ted States. ever did IN the same length Of
time Different indeed was this emission
Of paper money, from the bills Of those
Banks. Such bills command their nominal
amount in silver or gold but these forlOrn
certificates were by thousands Of these un-
fortunate soldiers, carried into the market,
and sold from % TO ~ cents on the dollar
Now, sir, what did these men lose, what
did this ma ton save by this mode Of settle
ment with them; will not detain the Com
mittee with specific calculations; each gen.
tleman can make them for himself Nei.
ther DO request any one to bring into the
account any item for loss, by these officers
and soldiers, where the nation did not make
a correspondent saving. Let US, therefore
omit 10 mention the millions lost by selling
final settlement certificates at l25 cents on
the dollar. Did not these men lose and
did not the nation sBye, by postponing pay.
ment Of the army until the close Of the war:
nid not fhnu lnan and did NOT the rrnIlnn