Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-02-26

every session, 10 extend your pension laws 10 new o6'
isc,s might then cease; and no more penson oiils
wond he smuepled through the House unobserved, al
th close Of The session. absorbing millions But lear
air that the gentleman from Pennsy vania, greauy
mistaken in supposng that he represents correctly on
this subject the feelings and wishes OF the regular
army What he considers foul slander, they "ouu
hall if reality, a blessing What he eschews tor
them in proud dsdain, mpualion on '0eir hoo'
they urgently seeking have seen elaborate essay
in the papers, yindcang their claims TO THIS very op"
from Congress- and last session the subrct was
before the Military Committee, and IS again al l"'s
sion ! understand, pressed their consideration "a
huge wrong truly, To imply that die "here 'Iy
in peace or in wa in a barruck or on Inc oa,"
their families provided tor grrs"us G,n,;ng
SUPPOSE that the regular army pu, on The same ,e
with the militia and the navy, IN Tie KIND oehe"e'"c'
of this Government Sir, II The report Is c'""' "
making such il has pul forth neither SANDER
Nor wrong. 1t states only what ouEht 10 of, YOU
presen, legislation 10 continue. why shouo j" "a
cppon he made of the regular army. III either your JUS
lice or fyllys Is less useful or patrlotc,"i "hVe'
The militia or navy hesitate mol 10 say tna
you repeal your acts by which your pension Sysu aS
been extended 10 the families OF those VINO o'e h'
wonods nnr IN battle 10 your militia and navy service
YOU ure bound 10 extend these provisions 10 Inc eRua
army Sill 90 step turther-on Inc sume P''"GiP!e'
Won are bound extend your system 10 all VINO o'e W
yuuf service either in The civil or military departments
or The Covernment What is the difference between The
case of soldier who dies in time OF profound peace
quietly in barrack without perhaps having ever seen
the smoke Of I'm enemy camp, and That OF CLERK VINO
dies in YOUR service any OF your bureaus ihueeu,
the non, erk may have worked harder at more un
healthy orcupalion and probably for far less conPrnsa
lion Yon are bound 10 carry cut the prInc.pe Js''
fairly tn all In my opinion the principle OF your "h"
pension system is wrong. lsPrung from VICIOUS s'au
Of YOUR Treasury resulting from the still more vicious
principle OF the protective policy, and has not one par
,ice Of Justice patriotism 10 support It, Nel'her Tue
soldier the civil officer is exempted IRON Inc c"""
fatality of death; and he knows when he enters inlo Tue
hat
fo m and The compensation he is TO receive he enters
voluntarily and voluntarily he can leave II when ne
peases In private life, who would think hImse oouna
10 support the families of all who ole 10 ms employ
ment? And what would be thought OF Legislature,
which should pass a law imposing such an obligation on
individuals The widest agrariansm never advanced
project fatal 10 the rights Of property and individual
Independence Yet, that which IS the siest e1traVa
gance, the most hsgrant niquy, when enforced on
individuals, becomes pa,riosm and justice, and homer,
when enforced the people.
The next erro! the gentleman from fennsyVana has
detected in the report! error OF otnIssnn 'nery
The committee does not state az he supposes lhey ong
to have DONE that the navy pension fund originated from
prizes taken during The last war; and contributions rUtn
the officers and 1t merely speaks "l this iund
as one which Congress has extended lis leslsla'
ton and destroyed by lis unwiSe provisions Sir are
we 10 presume that this body knows nothing: lgno
ran, a. we NAV be- in The estimation of the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, We to suppose the Congress 0'
the States to be still more ignorant: Must we men
ton every thing, al the peril OF having II charged upon
US that We know nothing: And it the committee has
spoken it the Government Ut the L. s. was responsible
Tor this fund. have they greatly erred: Does the gen.
ieman from PenEsy not that 50 tar as the III
ture operations of navy pensions are concerned 1t is per
iectly mmaeria r" hat source the former exhausted
resources Of the navy fund may have originated! we
have kindly taken the fund under pacrna care and
have divided out Unfortunately TO the families at ali
who die in the service 1t s nearly consumed What
to he done: viii not b. bound TO make good Our
own irnpruvdence and supply the means we have eX
hausttd 10 carry out legislation; viii no, The
gentleman himself and his friends hnd this Govern
responsible, and slrenuonsiy claim IN future OUT
II anchorage Of the whole navy pension system as II
exists. IN The Treasury Of the We will see,
Sir-we will STE.
Blu, an inconsistency is detected in the repnrt-a
mighty Inconsistency, the subject OF steam naVIga
ton aud batteries In the first part Of the report
the committee suggest that 1.-THE improvement, IN STRAIN
cation promise revolution IN The mode q"
conducting maritime war; which the report says,
will be noticed hereafter The subject is noticed Of
ierwats and the committee expresses the opinI"n, that
he recent Improvement IN stCan-JdneTisS renders II
certain that very important revolution s about t" be
effected only harbnr and coast detences, but IN
the whole system OF maritime war. Here are the sen
fences; and am compelled to ask where are the incon
sstencies they contain: "magnhcent blundrr, al
though always, suppose exciting TO the iIagInai"n
ought al least 10 be visible.
The last key on which The gentleman from Psnnsyl.
vsnn struck is, however, The most delicate; aud ptuba
bly, The Of all the dIscord IN the report The Ia
rifIhe document is against The Tariff with all It's train
Of abuses and Corruption Is not this the true cause Of
the gcnlemans dissatisfaction: AID does IL not extend
10 tie whole report: Wcud he not Strangle il, if h.
could, by recommilt!ng it, by any other means his
hostility could invent? The causes OF legislative esirava.
gance il discusses and The methods OF economy and
trenchmPn it aGvlses-ae not these deles,able ms
tua,icu' He does not Fay He holds himself nncnin
United ON he subject u the protective pol!cybu he de
the report for expressing the opinion, that this
policy originated from The last war, and the high duties
ndered necessary from the debt in which
were nvoved and to prove error he quotes one OF
the first passed by the Government IN which the
courugemcnt Of manufactures is mentioned; and
tends from It's recI.a that the protective policy is
val with It's existence Sir, this sign may be S eGuvo.
cal as some of the language Of the report and the gentle
will pardon u.s. II we misnpprehend him, If it may
BE- too prrsumpluOus however would suggest that,
what he charges in his eager hostility fact,
may be only d ference in inteence-a d ference in
opinion The committee think, Insugre its preamble, that
the Of 50 strictly revenue ac and that prUhi
billion TO the injury OF revenue, was neither intended,
etfected by lis operation and in this opinion they
certainly appear to have The great mass Of intelligent
thinkers in the Union with them IL the protective policy
commenced lhen-how comes ii, that distinguished
statesman then boy The green hills Of Virginia.
has the reputation of s paternity How is ii, thai
other distinguished statesman from South Carolina,
from the support he give TO the tariff act of 1916 has
been also repeatedly Charged charged but last winter
in the other wing OF the Capitol with having nrrgna
ted il: The first act passed markedly and simply ior
protection, was think, an act passed in 1890 affecting
hardware and cutlery. The fret occasion on which The
principles Of prohibition for the benefit Of manufactures
on Tie one side and free trade the other broadly
and distinctly opposed, on the tariff bill Of 1894
We fell them as fear will never fall ngan, with the
best blood of New England by cur side, conrcnding
bravey for the great principles of justice and liberty
With profound Difference, therefore, would submit
the committee have mssialtd no fact They have only
yentuied TO differ from the gentleman in n!errmces
opinions. If those opinions wrong, take the vote
aud disagree TO the report but the catalogue Of
the gentleman has exhibited will hardly Justify any
ton by this House, much less the strong he
proposes But il is time TO leave the gentleman, and
turn to the report itself.
|, has been objected 10 the Administration party
this floor that they Republicans profession but The
rankesl Fcderass in praclice-that whilst they proclaim
by iheir lins they for the