The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-12-31
Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune.
Things in Washington.
Washinqton Dec. ID, 1S46,


bug as you would wish to see of Summer
day. Its impudence is little too cool for
Winter. They pretend to be the friends Of
the poor, but what claims have they to the
title or how do they show their faith by their
works
You recollect that during the last session OF
Congress Andrew Stewart, one of the Wing
Delegation from Pennsylvania, offered a res
olution to increase the pay of the Private
Soldiers, who were fighting their Country 5
battles in Mexico. Loco-FocoiSm voted
down this motion, and the Wings supported
1T with very few exceptions on either side
The Wings were for rewarding the poor pri-
Yates. The Loco-Focos we're opposed to it.
Loco-Focoism only cares for the Rich Aristo-
cratic Generals, Majors, and Colonies. The
poor common soldier is left by them to find a
sufficient reward in a soldiers nameless
grave.
AS soon as the present session commenced
the gallant Wing Senator, Crittenden, of
Kentucky, moved series of Resolutions in
! favor OF rewardlng the common soldiers, who
have hazarded, or shall have hazarded, their
lives In the present war. This was introduce
ed in the positive form that the Military Com
mlttee be instructed to attend to this.
There was no need of inq hiring into the
justice Of such vote as this. 1t is eminently
just on its face. The common soldiers de-
serve some extraordinary mark of public IA
vor Not so did -Focoism seem to think.
MIR. Benton proposed to have it worded so
that the Committee on Military Affairs be in
structed to inquire into the e1pediency of some
public mark of appreciation. Mr. Crittenden
insisted upon his motion, and called for the
yeas and nays.
At the earnest request of Mr.. Benton and
others, the call for the Yeas and Nays was
Withdrawn, and the question taken by the
Senators rising in their places, This trick
was resorted to, SO as to avoid the publication
Of the names but the Loco-Focos shall not
so escape. | was determined TO take their
names down, and therefore observed, as strict
ly as could and l will endeavor to give you
the division, that the country may see who
are in favor Of and who against rewarding
the private soldier, who fights the battles of
his country, only tc have his name buried
with his butchercd body.
Those who opposed Mr. Crittenden's Res
olution ! consider as opposed to this just mark
Of the Senate's appreciation of the common
soldiers Those who went for killing Mr..
Crittenden's resolution, by supporting Mr..
Benton's amendment, l consider as voting
against public approval of the common sol
der. If make any mistake it is from the re-
fusal to record the Yeas and Nays-and |
will gladly correct.
In taoor Of the poor Soldiers.- Barrow,
Cameron, j NJ. Clayton, Corwin, Crittenden,
Davis Dayton, Evans, Greene, flanagan,
Huntington, Jarnagin, Mangum, Miller,
Morehead, Pearcc, Phelps, Speight, Upham,
and Webster-20 in all and all Wings, but
the three marked in Italics. Honor to them
for being nth the People against their par
ty.
against the poor tSoldiers.-Allen, Archer,
Ashley, Anterior, Bagby, Benton, Calhoun,
Cass, Chalmers, r. Clayton, Colquitt, Dickin-
son, Dix, Fairfield, Caley, Lewis, Niles, Pen
nybacker, Semple, Sewer, Sturgeon, Turney, |
Westcott and Yulee-24 in all, and all Lo-
co-Focos but the three marked in Italics | |
may have forgotten or mistaken one or two,
but the above is pretty correctly the vote on
the question. So the Senate, by aparty vote |
have refused to give the common soldiers any
mark Of respect.
They have ordered Committee to inquire
into it, as if there could be any inquiry about
it. This is another proof of Loco-Foco con-
sistency in their profession of love for the
Poor. They may attempt to atone for this by
reporting in their favor hereafter; but the
very fact that they first institute an inquiry,
takes away the whole worth of the compli-
ment. RICHELIEU.