The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-06-19

stated az ono reason lA hF0. ~ WARTS il,.'raa In
,hs, Gan Harrison had made large expenditure ~
an eleelioneering campaign. What was oongIes"
~ ,emunerate men for expena,ng laiss sums a. t..
nsy ir building log cabinsi Was ~ indeed sol ~
hinsaf he had no doubt IN the worid tha' no"oy a'
h"a oured out like flood for electoneering purposes
r. J moi doubt that the Treasury had been enPlea,
haJ been drained TO effect electioneeiing purposes
Here Mir d. was interrupted by loud laughter ana
cri.s Of Who doubts it'll I" Very true" and no
had the treasury -. ,h, tho
,,oets,s Of individuals had been emp,Ied likewise u
Ia House should vote this donation, i wou'd pe
shown and proved that individuals had Improperly
drawn money from the Treasury 10 be employee III
this election. ..;...,.I nth cr;es
- 'uNo Doubt OF ihatn-''we all know that
M, d said that he knew personally that the west
had been flooded with documents when hnu eoine
free of ex pense and had been spread IN poius'oh al
over the land II gentlemen knew oil theSe coiiuP'
n,actcsx WHY had they voted down a resolution
,yh;ch ssuqht TO bring them out 10 light Were ne
nerme9 openly repeat in his place remark whicn
had been made within his hearing, he could give
very fair reason why that resolution hau peeh No'eu
down. -, am
Mr. L. said if it were proper he could soon give NJ
for il had proceeded from an old Wing Federaiis'
.TCalb To order, mixed with cries OF 10 on. ]
MIR d. said he was not to be deferred by any NOISE
or confusion which gentlemen might choose to get up
10 work upon the better feelings of men 10 make them
do wrong; but both honor and policy should place
men Above all such influence When had such apro-
position ever been heard of in any deiberave body
When had ever before been asserted that because
mans expenses had been immense In getting INTO a
publ Office therefore $25 600 must be granted TO ms
widow
Mi d. had been little surprised at the action OF the
Hous, though he must say that he had not before
been aware TO what certain influences could be
| .,J. 4, ,ha. of mani
| He had not supposed that any man here would ever
have given his sanction to the rules under when hey
| wen sitting and acting; but they had peen
| adopted and he was bound To yield to them ! hey
had resolved that no petition should be received nor
any subject acted upon, such as had been spee'
! ally eierrel To them by the President NOW, uiu
50 happen that the subject of this bill was referred 10
In tn, Presidents Message; but the rule forbade lhe
consideration of any other claim. NOW, was TINS MOI
an extraordinary feature of legislation was IL no,
moste Extraordinary state of things that they should
be sitting legisatng an ideal ciaim mere gratui
ty ppiect to give away the public money to those
who had no legal claim to it whatever, and yet tha
those VIII, had fair and legal claim must be smut ou
from presenting il ,
Mr. D. had in his drawer three petitions from old
soldiers won out in the public service who never nat
received arthing of the public money IL thes'
men knocked at the door gentlemen turned rouhu ant
said to them depart I'LL more convenient season W.
are busy with making grant to Mrs. Harrison. IL
did not know what other gentlemen might think, hut
among his constituents, it was thought that twenty
five thousand dollars was an enormous suiIl--an am
Pile remuneration indeed for the public service OF an,
4 man. And il not enough To compensate any can
ddate for the expenses he might be at when election
eering for the office IT, after he had got into oihce
he should die he would be entitled TO his legal saar
50 long as he performed the service and no more
! Mr. ID had been surprised at the decision OF IN
Chair and of the House in reference to the amend
| nent moved by the gentleman from Pennsyl'anl
| Mr.. Snyder in behalf the widow and children 9
| Charles Ogle. What difference was there betwee
the claim of Ogles heirs and those Of Gen Harrison
Were not the much entitled to the sympathle
of Federalists as the other Were gentlemen IN ia
! vor of giving bounties here, and such bounties a
should follow men down TO their heirs Was tins tn
retrenchment and the reform that the country ma
been taught 10 expect2 He should like to know hoy
any could justify his. vote Tor such grant Z
this Was not the Treasury already suihcicnti
trained Had they not come together under the sp'
cious pretence of furnishing ways and means to r
plenish drained exhausted Treasury And wa
this one of the means Was this bill to provide
sound and uniform currencyf as thls one OF ~
measures that TO restore confidence! Could tn
be the object nf the bill } Mr. ID. concluded by pr'
testing against the grant of any sum whatever to pc
sons " no had no legal claim to single dollar.
Mr. LANE. of Indiana, said he had not lntende
len from the member from Ohio. Strange indeed,
must have sounded to every human being that hea,
II that that member, hmseIfa citizen of Ohio, shou
get up here to make war on dead citizen OF his ow
State To prey like vampire an illustrious ma
now committed to the silent tomb He hoped the pa
ty to which hat member belonged would not susai
! him in such a course. The member had told Il
House that he would orbear making any attack upo
the military character Of VIM Henry Harrison
Gods name, who did he think would listen to such a
attack on the floor OF merican Congress II
refrain And was not that military character pa
Of the history Of the oountry} The deeds of Wn
Henry Harrison given 10 the past-far beyon
The reach Of any puny efforts OF such an assaan
The member had informed the House that, among h
constituents, there distress. lthey never hD
been distressed before, they would be when they cam
10 read the members speech lie opposed the mel
sure because the Treasury was empty And who ha
emped il Who had wasted and squandered and pi
iered and stolen the public money by thousands an
millions, and fattened the spoils MI l.. truste
in God that no party would sustain sentiments lik
these. Who that had an American heart in his b,
som could refuse grant which did equal honor to Ii
gver and receiver.
MIR l.. would put il to the vote of Harrison's ow
soldiers Ask them whether the widow of their o
commander should or should not have this sum out
the public Treasury. The member talked about 10
cabins. Did he not know that the log cabin stood
this contest as the loved and chosen emblem Of II
free, unbought affection and the power and maesl
of,be People For what could this topic have bee
introduced, but for an opportunity of INDUCING IN lov
unworthy, disgusting party slang ltthesc were III
laurels which the member sought to wear, Mr. l.. eI
Wed them Long and grecnly might they 1our,s
on his brow-a brow that seemed well worthy to wet
them. Gratuily Who talked of gratuity I'll
committee proposed no gratuiy They had brougl
forward the bill expressly The ground otndemnlf
cation. Did the member think 10 achieve for hnse
Immortality toy having his name record as an oppc
nent OF this blll Yes, he might, but i, would be a
Immortality Of infamy. The members vote migi
stand upon the Journal, but il would stand there
vote against the father of the West 1t would stand o
some minute and scarcely visible spcck and hems
upon the marble that recorded lllustfous name 10
posterity, What might be that members notions
fame was hard to say Did he expect TO win fam
by attacking the dead He shared his fame with I'll
hycna and the wolf The member had asked with
sneer of triumph how gentlemen were to sustain them
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