Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-11-26
"SENATE THE UNITED States JANUARY ID,

penses Of the Senate, the sum of five hundred dol
| lars to the order of The widow Of Stephen HaIgh,
deceased, late Sergeant at. Arms Of the Senate, Il
defray the expenses Of placing his BODY in pro
per manner and a secure coffin, ca rsfully pro
,ected in the public vault in the Congressona
burying ground a, Washington, and the expens,
oc tho transportation of the body TO his friends
Vermont, and its burial there; md tina, the Sec
| rotary be, and he is hereby, further directed Il
to pay to the said wido,c the salary ofthe deceas
ed for the residue of the term for ,chich he ,ra
elected"
| Amount paid under the above resolution Il
| Anna Haight, widow Of S. Haight
| For funeral Expenses $500
| Balance of salary 1875
Total Sl,S75
| Now, fellow citizens, You perceive the two
cases Just stated. both occurred under the Admin
istrat,on Of President Van Buren,, and are exact
ly the same 10 principle tina, of the late Pres
dent Harrison.--T They all died before their term
Of service expired, and before their respective
salaries became DUE and Vet they were buried
at the public expense, and the widow of each OF
those officers paid that balance Of the salary
which her husba nd would have received if Provi-
dence had spared his life to the end Of his oc ial
year. IL appears 10 me that the long services
and high public station Of President Harrison
should, al least, en,i,Ie him and his widow to the
same rule OF justice that has been awarded by his
enemies TO doorkeeper under the Admnistra-
ton Of President Van Buren,. II is a bad rule tina t
WON'T work both ways. This is no new principle.
Precedcnts are numerous in the history of The
Republic.
During the last war, Oliver Hazard Perry, a
captain IN tho Navy, won mos, splendid victory
for his country. and captured the entire British
flee, on Lake Erie. Very after that naval
victory be Joined ,He army under Gen. Harrison,
and acted Of bis ads at the glorious battle
gress granted to his widow annuity during her
natural life, and also to each of his four children
until they severallv came Of age; making about
one thousand dollars year to the family. Mrs.
Perry is still living. and hope NAV long conin-
ue 10 enjoy a bounty which n grateful country
conferred for the noble services rendered by her
gallant husband Perry and Harrison were fell
low soldiers and brother heroes. One conqured
upon the water and the olher upon the land
Now, think If ii was right To grant relief 10 Mrs.
Perry for life il could no, have been wrong TO
give Mrs. Harrison one years allowance.
In the year 1873, Jacob Brown. the command
ing general Of the army of ,he United States.
whose salary about six thousand dollars per
annum, died soon after his yearly service began,
and long before The end of the year when his
whole salary would have been due. Congress
appropriated TO the widow Of Gen Brown the bal
ance of the salary Which would have been due
her husba nd at the end Of that year. The acts
for the relief of Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Harrison
are precisely The same in principle. My dsiin.
gn,shed and Iamen,ed predecessor, the Hon. Sa m.
uel P. Carson, Gov. McDuffie, Gov. Hamilton
and many Of the mos, prominent politicians of
that day, voted for the appropriation TO relieve
Mrs Brown. The same just principle and pa ,ri.
Otto policy have been praciised, net only among
the high officers of the Republic, but among the
faithful soldiers. When n soldier dies in the pub
lie service, is killed battling for his country,
he too Is buried a, the public expense. But a
grateful country does not stop there The Gov
ernment annually makes an appropriation 10 pay
pensions to old officers and faithful soldiers
long they live; and, after they are dead and
gone, then many of their wIdows receive pensions
IN consideration Of The public services rendered
to the country by their gallant husbands.
Now, with such lights and such examples before
the nation, let me ask VIVA; manner Of man was
President Harrison, that we may understanding
y determine wha, public respect should be paid
10 his memory and extended to his family. Har-
-ison had served his country in almos, every ca
,actty, from an ensign TO mn jor general, and
rom a delegate to a President. HIS long and
Iselu life had been chiefly devoted to his coun~
ry. and no, to the acquisition Of wealth. He
'wned a good tract of land, and, rery little other
property. He once had large family, though
lea IN had reduced he number OF his children.
md greatly increased and multiplied his cares
md troubles by throwing on his hands and pro-
ection the widowed wives and infant orphans OF
MS own children. There were three tc'dotrs and
line or ten grandchildren all dependent on him
Or support and education. One Of those widows
vas the daughter o: the gaan, Gen. Pike, who
vas killed in battle on the northern frontier du.
ing the last with the British. Harrison had
dopted in his family a poor youth, - Neville, ,
he grandson Of Gen. Daniel Morgan, the hero
the battle of the Cowpens. When William
ienry Harrison. private citizen, and farmer of $
mo, with very limited means, was oborng to
lpport and educate this very interesting liule
ock OF fatheress and for;uneless children he was ;
allied and elected. by overwhelming ma iori,v :
the People of the U. States, to preside over :
us grea, Republic. He welcomed and in- {
allied into his high office. The confident hopes ,
nd sanguine anticIpa,ions Of the future were di.
'cted towards the patrio, President, fresh from ,
lie People. Blu, the uncertainty Of life, like an :