The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-07-14

the term far which he was elected"
Amount paid under The above resolu-
ton 70 Anah Haight. widow OF 5. HAlgh:
For funeral expenses $500
Baisnce Of salary l,575
Total sl,s75
Now, feIlow.cilizens, ven perceive the
swe eases iasi stated both occurred under
he administration OF President Van Bn-
rem. and are exactly the same in princi-
PIE as that Of the late President Harrison.
They ali died brfore their term Of service
expired, and before their respective sala-
ries became dae. and yet they were burr
ed al the public expense, and the widow
Of each OF ihose officers was paid that ba-
lance Of tile salary which her husband
would have received il Providence had
spared his life 10 the end Of his official
wear. II appears 10 me that the long ser
vices anl high public station OF President
Harrison should, al least, eniiile himan
his wodow TO the same rule Of justice that
that has been awarded BY his enemies TO
a doorkeeper under the administration Of
President Van Barren. 1t is bad rule
that worn'l work both ways. This j.
no new principle. Precedents are nume-
rons in The history Of The Republics
During the last war, Oliver Hazard
Perry, captain in The navy. won amosl
splendid victory FOR his country and cap-
tnred the entire British fleet on Lake Erie.
Very soon after that naval victory ne
joined The army Under Gen. Harrison,
and acted as one of his aids Al the glo-
rioas battle Of the Thames. Perry died
in 1919, and Congress granted 10 his Wild
ew an annuity during her natural life, and
also 10 each Of his f1ur children until they
sererally came Of age; making about one
thousand dollars a year 10 the family.
Ms. Perry is still living, and | hope my
long continue TO enjoy the bounty which
grateful country conferred for the noble
services rendered By her gallant husband.
Perry and Harrison were fellow-soldlers
and broihcr-heroes. One conquered up
on the water, and the other upon the land.
Nov, | think, il il was right to grant re
lief 10 Mrs. Perry for life. il could mol
have been wrong TO give Mrs. Hasrissr
one years allowance.
In the year lsas, Jacob Brown, the
commanding general Of the army Of The
United States. whose salary was aboni
eix thousand dollars per annum, died soon
after his yearly service began. aud long
before rhe cad Of The year when hi:
whole salary would have been due,
Congress appropriated 10 the widow o
Gen. Brown the balance Of the salary
ahish would have been due her husband
al The end OF that year. The acts Tor th'
relief OF Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Harrison
are precisely the same in principle. NJ,
ds guished and ianseIted predecessor
he Hon. Samnel y. Carson. Cav. Nc
Dufi;e, Gov. Hamilton, and many Of th'
mosl prominent politicians. Of thai dal
rsedior he appropriation 70 relieve Mrs
Brown. The same jnst princiile an
patriotic policy has been praised, 10
only among the high officers Of the re
pablic, but among the faithful soldiers
when a soldier dies in The public service
trss kisaed battling for his country, b
too is buried at the public expense Bn
a grateful country Goes noz stop there
The Government annually makes an ap
propria.inn 10 pay pensions tn our oil
officers aad faithful soldiers as long a
sl,ey live; and. alter they are dead an
gone many Of their widows receive pen
siens In consideration Of the services ren
dered 10 die country by their gallar
husbands.
Nov. with sneh lights and such exam
raes Before the na.ian. let me ask VIA
inaaaer &c man was President Harrison
,hat ve IRay uhaerstanlingly deternin
uha, pebtie respee. should be paid TO n
memory and extended 10 his family
Harrison had served his country in alino:
every capacity. from an ensign 10 ma
ier general, and from delegate TO Pr
silent. Ills long and useful lie had be-
chiefly deye,ed 10 his eouatry, AMI nj
The ACQUISITION of wealth. He owned
cool tract Of Iani, and very Hide oihs
property. He onre had la-ge famii,,
shoash death had relnc a the number.
sss children, and greatly increased an
multipiicd hiscares a ID troubles BY throw
aug on his haals and protection the wid
owed wives asd infan! orphans Of his ow
children. There were three widows an
nine ar ten graadehddfen. all depende'
on him for support an education. Va
nf those widows was the daughter oil Z
g,llan Gen Pike, who was killed V %
lie on The northern frontier during the II
war with the British. Harrison hal