Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-06-01

IN REPLY TO GEN. CRARY'S ATTACK
ON GENERAL HARRISON,-DE
Erred IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TlVES FEB Is, 1910.
Mr.. CoRwIN, of Ohio, rose and said:
Mr. Speaker am admonished, nv the eager
solicitations of gentlemen around me TO give wav
for motion TO adjourn, Of that practice of the
House, which accords lis more of leisure on this
day, than is allowed us on any other day of the
week. The servants Of other good masters are |
believe, INDUCED in sort of sat,rnalium in the
afternoon of Saturday, aud we have supposed, that
our kind masters, the people, might be willing to
grant'us, their most faithful slaves, similar re-
spite from TOLL. 1t is now past three o'clock in the
afternoon, and should he very willing 10 pause
in the discussion, were not urged by those me
nacing cries of" Go on" from various parts ofthe
House. In this state of things | cannot hope to
summon to any thing like attention the unauiet
minds OF many, or the jaded and worn down fac
uties of still larger portion ofthe House. hone,
however, the House will not withhold from me
boon, which have often seen granted to others,
that is, the privilege ofspeaking without being i'm
pressed by crowded audience, which is accom-
panied by ihis additional advantage, that the ora
-tef-thiis siiuated least listen to and hear
himself.
If you, Mr. Speaker and the members of this
House, have given that attention to the speech Of
the gentleman from Michigan, (Alr. Crary made
yesterday, which some of MS here thought it our
duty to besow, | am sure the novelty of the scene,
to say nothing more of it, must have arrested
your curiosity, if indeed, it did give rise to pro
found reflection. | need not remind the House,
that it is rule here Gas suppose it is every where
else, where men dispute by any rule at ALL that
what is said in debate should be relevant and per
tncnt TO the subject under discussion. The ques-
ton before us, is proposition TO instruct the Com
mittee of Ways and Means to report bill grant.
ing four hundred and fifty thousand dollars to
continue the construction Of the Cumberland road
in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. The
objections to the measure are, either that this Gov
eminent is in no sense bound by compact to make
the road, or that it is not work OF amy national
concern but merely OF loca interest," or that the
present exhausted state of the Treasury will not
warrant the appropriation, admitting the object Of
il TO be fairly within the constitutional province of
Congress.
If the gentleman from South Carolina (Alr.
. Pckens,) and the gentleman from Maine, (Nlr.
Parrls) who consider the Cumberland road a
work Of mere sectional advantage to u very small
portion OF the people, have attended to the sage
disquisitions of the gentleman from Michigan on
the art of war, they must now either come TO the
conclusion that almost the whole of the gentle
man speech is what old fashioned people would
call "non sequitnr" or else that this road con
meets itself with not merely the military defences
of The Union, but is interviewer, most intimately,
with the progress of science, and especially that
most difficult of all sciences, the proper appica-
zion Of straegy to the exgencies of barbarian war
fare. 1t will be seen, That the far seeing sagncty
aud long-reachng understanding of the gentle
mau rom Michigan has discovered TINT, before
we can vote with a clear conscience on the in
structions proposed, we must I've well informed us
, to the number of Indians who fought at the bat
tie OF Tippecanoe in 1911 how the savuges were
painted, whether red, black, or blue, or whether
all were blended on their barbarian Eaces Fur
fi1ar acanrdinU N lia u nf iba mill hac,.,
we vote money to make road, we must know
and approve of what General Harrison thought
said and did at the battle of Tippecanoe
Again, upon this process Of reasoning, we must
inquire where u general should he when battle
begins, especially in the night, and what his posi-.
: ton during the fight, and where he should be
found when il IS over; and particularly how a
Kentuckian behaves himself when he hears an
milan war-whoop in day or night And, after
settling all these puzzling propositions, still we
must fully understand how, and by whom, the
battle Of the Thames was fought and in what
manner it then aud there became our troops, reg
ular and militia to conduct themselves. Sir, il
must be obvious, that if these topics are german
to the subject, then does the Cumbel land road en-
compass all the interests and all the subjects, that
touch the rights, duties, and desnes of the civil
lied world; and hope we shall hear no more,
from Southern gentlemen, of the narrow, section
al, or unconstitutional character of the proposed
MEASURE. That branch of the subject is. I hone.
forever quieted perhaps unintenionally, by the
gentleman from Michigan. His military criticism.
II has not answered the purposes intended, has
at least, in this way, done some service 10 The
Cumberland road. And il my poor hallinp com.
prehension has not Numbered, in pursuing The
sorng upward flight of my friend from Michigan,
he has in this discussion written new chapter in
the "regRe phiiosophand," and made not our
selves only, but the whole world his debtors in
gratitude, 10y overurning the old worn out princi-
pies Of the "inductive system"
MIR. Speaker, there have been many and pom.
derous volumes written, and various unctious dis