Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-03-03

| Mr. MCCLELLAN begged PERMISSION " ~
solution in the following terms ,,.s,ed n
r.no,, n his House whether General "ihheia 0'o.'
has been allowed extra conpei' a''" ~ ~; GO,
| full pay and emoluments oil once, " 80 r,ni.rcd
of the Army Of the United States, '"' 81 -, -,
IN tho ,enr ono thousand eight hundred ana 'n.'y
a;rh, =; tho renewal of the Cherokee nation Oh M
dams; and that II extra conpensai' nus " :.
TO report the amount thereof, aiu ~ WA - c.t
thority the was grahea' 90 - -, a. ox,r,
reouesed ia report the time when Saia cai''' ~, ~
" Taos,,o, r,as first presented 10 the !" ar depart
mon, and VIVA, action has been HAD thereon uy any VI
his predecessors I; and that he feP",' ~ me. y; -,
the documents remaining III MS - i "
ton thereto. 49,, .cs,,;on of Tho resolu
Objections were mace " ''.e -
MI Mr. MCCLELLAN moved that the rules be s~spend
ed 10 enable him to present u, L, -. ,,,o uar.
The oves and noes were called for hut as there were
~ :, ~ 800 =; - a,;,mallvc and l6 in the negative,
,h, ,ero mn, ordered The guesiMn was then on tue
SUSPENSION of the rules which was carried ny majority
Of two,hirds the vote being " III the aiifna''e a''u
Al in the negative. .o..;,.oa
NJ CAmpn.,tI of Tennessee submitted an amend
NOV, ., ncI,da ali other officers OF The army ana ma
w who had received extra allowance
Mr. CLELLAN accepted the amendmeht
Mr.. GlDDINGS wished te oier announcer uhehuh'eh'
to fellow the one now accepted.
A. caMpREJ l. desired first so to alter his amend
man, no 70 make !, embrace all officers who have re-
celved allowance SINCE le-'' :. 49,.
Mr. GIDDINGS then submitted his amendment
which nronosed 10 call for all amounts paid for slaves
under the last clause Of the 10Th article oil the treaty
with Spain since le;o 49,, ,,a
mcnt was in order, aud what cohhecuoh II h'o WV"
the original resolution. 4, o.
Mr. HOLMES replied that they had connection, Tor
the gentleman was anxious place slaves ana The OIL
GERS of the army on the same footing ,,,,s, orr
After a few words from Messrs. BoIlS, ulD-
I DINGS, and SMITH, -,
4 Mr. MCCLELLAN declined accepting the amend
nent Of the gentleman from Tennessee, as modlhed,
and he moved for the previous question on ms feso'
! luton.
The motion agreed 10.
MIR MERIWEriiER inquired If II would be IN or
d 10 move to Law the whole subject the table lie
desired tho whole to come out, for there were some
dark spo,s on that subject He moved to lay the whole
subiect OH the table, unless the mover OF the resolution
would accept the amendment lie Afterwards Will
drew his motion -. -,
Nr ROJTS hoped the latter part Of the amendment
NJ the gentleman from Tennessee would be Withdrawn,
SO that the nqairy might cover the whole SUBJECT ana
include the cases under the Administration ct Cenefai
Jackson. ,,,-
MIR UNDERWOOD asked how long it would take
to re, this information
Nr CAVE JOHNSON OF Tennessee wished to
make a suggestion to his colleague by so modifying
his amendment 10 embrace all extra pay 10 Tue army
from the CONNIE nceme Of the Government, ne Wouo
defeat the object OF the resolution, by making II lnpos-
sble to answer during the present session lie hopeu
therefore, he would let his amendment remain US y
was only calling for the extra allowances since Ic-'
MIR ~ COST JOHNSON called for Me ayes and
Mos IN the amendment; winch we're taken, and The
amendment was nos agreed 10, the vote 'ns-ayes I'll
noes l0l.
Mr. JOHN G. FLOYD thea called 'cr the ayes and
noes the resolution; which "*i' 'eteN' " '''e
Clerk began to call the roll
MIR MERlW ETHER asked It 1t N now III ofae
to move to lay the resolution On the Ia VI
The SPEAKER replied that II was " loo late.
The resolution adopted ayes IL noes %
Mr. CAMPBELL of Tennessee mo- the reconsi
dera,on OF the Just taken on Ind doptoh OF wv
resolution, for the purpose Of oiesng Nm amendmen
ss@s a the "?a's 3 :a nc '1s read for
information of the House.
dcraton, wished give some norn'alfn to the House
!, which had come into his possession The amenameh
itself not perhaps, extensive en'ugh. ne wa
informed that there information on the mes y. w
War Department TO show tina, not only officers OF INT
2 army. but some who had been higher than officer
Of the arinv had received double pay for the SAME
service He would mention one case that he ha'
been Informed Of which was, that the ead OF Tue '"
Department himself had received, at one tme' wv
salaries from the Government. lie referred 10 th
case of Mr. BENJAMIN r. Butler who, while acting a
Secretary If War, received the salary Tor that once
and at the time received the salary OF attorney
General 1t might, perhaps, be owing TO Tins hgh ex
: take a little more than the law allowed them W.
= ourh, said he 10 have all tins information from loo
, to the present time and perhaps ms single can "ou
eniqh,en Congress more the subject OF reirench
nj and REFORM than all the other cases put together
: lie hoped the gentleman from Tennessee would mod
" ~ his resolution, bv striking out officers OF TIE army
g and inserting officers of the War Department lie nj
q so wished HIM strike ont the limitation as TO time
Mr. JOHNSON Of Maryland, hoped the motion 10
: reconsideration wond prevail He opposed to IN
isnlu,cl Of Cel. Scott, when
= was known that there the DEPARTING mis- vas
% pile of precedenis showing whe:e extra allowance
! had been made officers Of every bianch oil The 10
} vernment Let us, said he, examine iho them ALL an
not confne our attention TO this particular case III
wanted 10 see what Governors Of Territories, as well
= officers of the army had received extra allowances
. he had been correctly informed, Governors Of Tefo
RES as we'll officers OF the army, had received eNtr
allowances when acting as Indian agenis lie @oui
vote for the reconsideration in the hope that the w'oes
scope would be given to .he inquiry.
l. Mr.. ADA Ms opposed the reconsideration, and hope
p that the original resolution would stand as adopted
lie considered the resolution just passed rs so niue
! gained and if gentlemen wished the inquiry extendc
further let them submit resolution TO that effect
Is an independent proposition. IL however, The nquir
: had been extended widely = the amendment pre-
!, posed and suggested 10y so Gentlemen, wlthon
q reaard 10 time, why the lnfcrna, furnished woul
j, make publication as vc!umrous Gales and Sea
} ton > debu,es-twenty.one volumes; and, further,
would not be possible for The Departments to furnish
= large body Of information time 10 be acted on
e the present session I ad of objection 10 tn
i proposition pro of the gen an from Tennessee provide
e passed by itself, bu, u eaI that II the reconsde
All s.s ss . ss.t as sssa sn
: up.
:, Mr. COOPER Of Pennsylvania advocated the re
u consideration. lie thought tat the resolution, as
T. now stood implied an attack N The distinguished off
Ger at the head OF the array, though he did not meal
i 10 say ii was intended such lie was opposed ais
. to making investigation into this isolated case, whe
$ there were many equally requiring nvesilga
L ton He knew that several officers of the army ha
been appointed by the President commissioners TO trea
, with the Indians, and had received compensation n
Z e SUCH independent of their regular pay. Genera
u Jackson, Gencra Arhuckse and several other officers
had received extra com under such crcunl
d d stances lie thought inquiry should embrace tn
y whole subject Of extra allowances aud not the case