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Mr.. Pr.sson. fton y ccmmilise q Alil'iaIy
Affairs. reported 4he tllpr The re-cfganlxssicn
af the nrmy a 1, cat Nth amenaments Rom
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senate disagree 70 n The alnendAeHn 2 'ns
House and ask for eommi'ee 81 eoa .9si'
~ tho1ebtis desira 81 ID 1. lhis bill should
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800 ,inscS;,h he Bill liking appropriations
for ~ army. The presl bill might De con.
sid,red as csmpomisink hnee differences, ena
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The Hpu,. vas oeeuied during The greater
,.,, n tbei week insse discussion Of the SEN
-. -z-it-------46r 49,, NJ the Army
The Tsgimsht of dragon. is lobe aispaadser-
the iss Of Cet9bsr next
On Tuesday; Mr.. Barton, having the floor,
spoke on The following section ofths bin. viz.
/" That The Offices Of the superintendent of
the armofies At Springfield. and al HarpeIs- Fer
~, shall be-. aud the sans are hereby abolished;
and The duties, shall be performed BY such OH
GERS Of the ordnance corps as shall be designated
By the President"
Mr. b. denounced, 10 terms Of glowing elo-
quenee, the tyranny Of military supesinisn-
dence He went into the history OF the armory
military despolism over the work
men was prepos,erous. He assured the wings
thai lhsir plan OF breaking up The old custom
would not be submitted to-
frhe sketch or Mr.. Barion,s remarks, given
in the National Inielligeneer, is also avery mea-
gre one, but enough is reported 10 show that
MIR. B. maintained his position ably and earn
eslly.l
Mr.. Barton addressed the committee during
his. hour ia remarks which were at times sptin-
distinctly Aeafd that nothing beyond a genetal
sketch IS attempted 10 be given. He said his
principal object was 10 strike out the second sec
ton Of HE bill He had but little 10 say or The
lgeneralRfeaiures Of the bill, and,if equality had
been preserved, il they had not reduced The ma
w, he vould not have given vote 70 reduce
The army one single man. He regarded this at.
tack, in the first place, on the navy Of the Uni
ted States, as one Of he most unfortunate party,
as we'll as one Of the most unfortunate patriotic
movements, eIhaihad ever enlisted the attention
OF any delibefatve body. II had become neces-
sary, alter the reduction Of the navy, in order
to enforce a corresponding reduction Of all the
departments Of Government, that they should
reduce the army but he imPlored the committee
never 10 touch the skeleton Of the army, but 20
preserve It's regiments and companies as they
had been established by law. He referred IN
terms Of admiration 10 The pension system pi
England, and 10 The protection afforded by bel
10 those who had worn themselves out ID her
service on land or on the water, and deprecated
The proposition Of the gentleman from Tennes-
see (Mr. Cave Johpson) and others. that those
who had spent The best of their lives in most ar
dupus service 10 Florida should now be cut of
from the army, and that the second regiment Of
dragons shonld cease TO exist. He raised biz
kyoice agains; any project TO abolish any eompR
ny of the army Of the United States.
Mr: B: now came 70 :he second section Of th'
the Ordnance Department. With reference q III,
lsupefinlendence Of the afmories. Haape.'s Fer
~ was in his district, and there were some two
hundred votes there; yet he disclaimed any Der
sonal OF Politica! motives here, but claimed L
stand forth in the defence of liberty. He wen
At some length into The history Of the armory a
Harper's Ferry, showing that il had been esta.
blished BY one Of the earliest acts OF Congress
that for forty years ii had been under cirilsu.
1perintendeney, the prac.ieabilily ana dement's OF
which had been proved by experience; but id "
they had become wise above what was Twtiten,
ane the recorded evidence Of The experience ~
years was dlsregarded in these improving and
iunovaling times, and military superintendent
had been es,abIishedihere by the Governmen 81
in direct opposition and without any authority
Of law, He referred 10 the manner ia which
this noyemepifo the change Of SUPPLEMENTARY
had been effected 70 lheIepori Of Colonel Tai
colt on the suhlect to the fact that circulars
had been addressed BY him 10 each Of The Sena.
tors 10 influence their votes on the subject 10
the disqualification shaexcilement that had sprung
up among the workmen a. the armories, and 70
the cause thereof; 10 the oppressive orders tia,
had been issued; 10 the unreasonable Length OF
daily labor required undet Me new regulations ;
10 the discharge Of the laboEers without suti.
cient cause, sc. and said thar the military So.
2erintendence might now be forced en- the people,
but II never would be carried out, aud The Wing
party would see that under newNdynasiy the
shaekles they imposed would be ihroAn of He
went for continuing the civil superinlendeney,
and resisted with much spirit the policy htupos-
ed 70 be established. As far ~ he was poiiti-
eally concerned, il matlered not % him What
course uas taken, bulif this House were infeM-
bly, determined 10 faslea 4 military despotisnN
over these armories, he should return 70 his con.
sIiinents with the satisfaction that he had done
what he could do % resist it, and with the assur-
anee that the time would yet come when i. should
be removed.
Mr. SPrigg Of Kentucky followed on The same
'ide, in very energetic speech. He wanted 10
resist the effort now making 10 faslen on every
sivi office Of the Government military or ma
raj officer. This taking officers Of the Ordnance
Department and making military supefinien-
.euis OF the armories was q new thing, and NJ
} opposed its policy, eoniending that these Off
'sEs wers disqualified for serving in this Stallion
y ignorance Of its duties III
The cost Of making guns. continued Mr. s., Z
. these establishments, had been cheaper under
be civil Than under he military superintendent
y 10 proof Of this, Ne referred 70 documents
noTIne shstio the single Establishment atSpriug-
leid since the civil superintendent had been re-
moved, the COST, and that for an unusually small
usnli.y Of work. had been $50, 600 greater than
Mr. Gosgin Of Virginia Zone Of The military
enmit'eel supported The military system.
The correspondent Of .he Baltimore sun
ays ~ -
Ar. Calhoun, Of Mas ably seconded the
norIs Of M Barton, 10 shew ID proper fight
,e hafdshlPs Of The workmen at The Armories.
II y said he considered this question as one |