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

lhkin, II hD ttEAped lhelf animal Hs~hi esH v.
sifs Id fscsIss ther curses on hl nans 20 TO these
vsts,s ma M The w est and ash them They approve OF
bill like this, and you will seein ntnent the nre o.
their early days kindling in their chicks ana nasning
fiom their eve They would stand rect anu prouo
that the justice Of their country was bout 70
more wreath upon the tomb OF their bved
Every hill every valley was instinct With but one ieei
ing. He wished the member who lad spoken sucn
things could have been in Mr.. w state wnen .no
news of Harrison's death was first Te;eved nc MN
self was riding at the moment in cmpany win an
aged man, but one who we meried ne ute OF an o'u
Roman--a Of iron nerves anc 81 non neaisI -:
man who, perhaps, had never shf tear since n NE
childhood; but when the doeful. und entered MS
ears that Harrison was dead, he we like boy tney
were manly tears--the tears of morning patrions'
Did the member from Ohio ever she'd SUCH inere
in this act of appropriation the 'eauty OF re'pu
tive Justice When similar Appropriation haa pee5
moved for another William Henry Harrison had stood
up on the floor of Congress- and the tones OF ms clear
and manly voice made its walls e-scho as he adVoca-
ted the Justice Of the deed. And we're the base leei
ngs and views of party to be brought In upon the sa
credness of an hour like this2 Wat was party put
that end accursed which was destined to rend asun-
der our union and strength, which, 1t could but ac
compish momentary triumph card not, though IL
should lay a nation in ruins2 MrW. recognised no
such influence, he would belong to 10 party that did'
He worshpped at the altar of lis country alone
He would appeal to gentlemen ofoIpose political SEN
timents and would say them consent but to 90 with
us now mar not the unity Of this act, and viii 60
with you for almost any thing you ask Forget for
moment your party feelings do tbs act OF justice 10
the memory of man who loved and served his coun-
try and fear not but the nation vii sustain you.
Mr.. BRIGGS, of Massachusetts, after succinctly
stating the object of the BILL enrted gentlemen on
all sides of the House not to desecrate an occasion
like this by going off from the question. into wretch
ed party contest The People Of the United States,
by such expression of their will as they had never
&c hoI Hanru Harri
to be their President; and in one short month after
he had taken his oath of Office before high Heaven,
and in the presence of thirty thoufand OF has exung
countrymen, voice from that Heaven had demanded
him, and in moment had cast his family into dis
may and desoation The blow had smitten ~ hearts
with sorrow; it had left nation in tears And could
any man here speak Of William Henry Harrison,
think Of all that he had been, and remember all that
he had done and at the same time admit the impulses
of party into his bosom2 Mr.. B, would as soon think
Of entering the cold and silent vault in yonder ceme
terry, and tearing the Wondering body from its wind
ing sheet Both fslt to him as being alike sacrllege
No; let the dead slumber in their long repose break
their rest by the dscordant sounds Of party wrang
ling The House now dealing with the living
with the living, who, alas had been deeply affected
by his death. .ss. .... a~
If gentlemen entertained constitutional scruples,
Mr. B. held these scrupes in respect if they had OBJ
jections honestly founded in principle, he was ready
patiently to listen; but let not gentlemen mar the
gravity and solemnity of an occasion like this, nor
stoop for the sake of any party object to dshonor
themselves before the civilized world Congress had
made similar appropriations other occasions, and
Mr.. B. thanked the honorable gentleman who had re-
called the fact to their recollection. The Government
had stood now for more than half century, and nc
Chief Magistrate had been smitten while occupying
the Presidential chair but an officer of this HOUSE
had died while in the discharge of his official duty
and they had all cheerfully voted to his widow ant
children the residue of his years salary Since Their
another officer had fallen in like manner and the House
had passed similar vote Still later, the Sergeanta
arms of the Senate had deceased the Senate voted
the same allowance, besides granting sum sufficient
to remove his remains from the Seat of Government
to his distant native State. So when beloved and
distinguished general in the United States service had
died here at the Seat of Government, Congress had
voted to his widow one years pay Of her deceased hus
band. He thanked his friend from New York Mr.
Ward) for recalling, with much feeling, that just
act to the remembrance Of the House, and he thank
ed that gentleman for another thing, that although ne
belonged personally to party opposed to the late Pre-
sident, he came into this Hall in the funess of the
most generous feelings avowing his purpose to
vote for the bill. Whatever might be the case in the
districts of other gentlemen Mr.. B. well knew that in
his own but one sentiment prevailed-in this all men
of all parties united. Many and many an opposition
man had said to Mr. B. "Give his widow, at least
one years salary" Oh! ii this question could be put
to the American People, man by man, sure he was
that they would show the same generous and noble
feeling of sympathizing grief which they had mani
tested when, like kne of desolaton, the news pass
ed through the length and bradth of the land 9Th.
President is dead :" AT that sound how quickly
how instantly all party feeling died. Men forgot tha
Harrison had been elevated by the vote of party
they saw only the bolt from above, and they were
bowed awe-stricken before the dreadful blow. "A
once the sympathies Of all hearts drawn towards
the family of the deceased-there had then been Blu
one opinion throughout the land, he believed Their
was but one now, and he hoped that Congress- will
united voice and act, would respond to the sentimen
Of grateful and generous People ~. l... .....
Mr.. PENDLETON, of Ohio, said that it had no
been his intention to take any part in this debate, no
should he now, but that his friends urged upon hin
the consideration that tho objection had come from
citizen of Ohio, it due to that State that som
voice should be heard from among her Representative
here in support of the bill not that he thought it ne
cessary before American Congress, and in the pre-
sence of the American people, to urge such measur
as that introduced by the gentleman from Massachu
| sets. ...ea@,
Mr. P. rose not to vndicate the memory of the illus
| trious dead from sneers uttered in quarter flor
whence surely such sounds should never have bee
| heard Did he stoop to a task like this, his volc
would be quickly lost in the swelling tones of an in
suited and indignant people. This was the les
necessary after what had fallen from his friend tn
right from the great and glorious State of Indiana
State whose promise was now so full and whose pei
formance would soon more than redeem it. Will
Mr. Z. had listened, not without delight, TO the Ian
guage of honest indignation which had poured fror
the lips of that gentleman, he could not but feel som
surprise at the excitement he had manifested Mr..
was actuated by such feeling. The remarks of hi
colleague had produced in him anger, any thin
allied to it, He had listened to them in all the calm
ness of unalloyed contempt If 1t were indeed true
his colleague had said, that there not il
his district who would vote FIR the BILL unless it nigh
be some distressed Wing old Federaist, Mr. T
thanked God that this could not be said of the disrc
he had the honor to represent There you could fin
no man, of any party, be he Wing or be he Democrat
who would not lift his hand to express his esmatIo
the services Of the ustrious dead by appropratin
the ve-y moderate now proposed to be inserted
this bill. Mr.. p. said this deliberately. There wa
not a single exception. No. there was not one mar
not human being among the fifty thousand in Cir
cinnati not those of his colleagues own party
who would not repudate and utterly disown the ser
timents he had uttered here A gratuity! Why, di
it not strike his colleague, while he was abiding I
the three old soldiers whose petitions in his desl
and implicitly arguing the Propriety of remuneratin
them for their past services that he destroying hi